NBL 2023-24
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2023-24:
@Bovidae said in NBL 2023-24:
NBL free agent McDowell-White returns to NZ Breakers
William McDowell-White has agreed to a new two-year deal to return to the New Zealand Breakers, sources told ESPN.
Amazing news given the interest for him.
He should make the wider Boomers squad but probably not the final WC team if all the NBA guys make themselves available (even though I’d take him ahead of Delly).
Now we need Brantley back if the Jazz don't give him a full contract
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@mariner4life said in NBL 2023-24:
You know what? Fuck this "comp"
Pinder to Perth
Fuck pinder, fuck Perth, and fuck spending money and emotional investment on a feeder club.
Fuck off.
and the raping and pillaging of the Taipans continues
DJ Hogg to the Kings
So of our four best players last season
Pinder to the Wildcats
Hogg to the Kings
Scott to the BulletsHello darkness my old friend
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pretty much every import in the league starts with a 1-year deal. If they suit the league you get them back on normally another 2-year deal. We didn't even get that opportunity.
Pinder was at the end of a 2-year contract. What fucks me off is, we picked him from Adelaide where he was a nobody, and the sixer fans laughed at us wasting a spot. A 2-year contract was an acceptable level for all parties. We turn him in to an MVP candidate and he jumps at the first opportunity.
With Hogg, word is we tabled a pretty hefty offer. So either he really hated living up here, or his real Sydney offer is obscene
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@mariner4life what is hefty for these guys do you think?
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None of the three US imports will be back for the Breakers, and Maor didn't expect them to be.
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An update on the Breakers.
Signed:
Tom Abercrombie
Will McDowell-White
Izayah Le’afa
Cam Gliddon
Dan Fotu
Tom Vodanovich - may opt out of the second year of his deal to head to the Philippines
Mangok Mathiang (Derek Pardon's replacement)
Mantas Rubštavičius (Lithuanian NBL Next Star)
Dane Pineau (replacing the retiring Rob Loe, who wasn't happy with the money offered)There are still three import slots to fill and one more local spot.
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Finn Delany is back.
Finn Delany signs 2 year deal with NZ Breakers
Kiwi forward Finn Delany has signed a two-year deal with the New Zealand Breakers, sources told ESPN.
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Bardoc lines up investors for shot at NZ Breakers
Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Aug 20, 2023 – 6.42pmThe New Zealand Breakers – the privately owned, Auckland-based club – appears to be on the radar of investors as the team goes toe-to-toe with the Sydney Kings for the top spot in the National Basketball League.
Street Talk understands a handful of local investors have fielded recent approaches from Bardoc Group, a United Kingdom-based firm. Bardoc has been gauging their appetite to buy a stake in the NZ Breakers, sources said.
It is not clear if Bardoc was working for a NZ Breakers shareholder looking for an exit, or simply testing buyer appetite to then try and shake out a deal. Its outreach comes after Tesla chair Robyn Denholm bought a stake in the Kings this year. The Kings finished the last financial year at top of the league tables, tailed by NZ Breakers on the second rank. Naturally, the M&A interest in the best club has spilled over to the second-best.
When reached for a comment, the Breakers’ majority shareholder, Matthew Walsh – an NBA player turned sports investor – said he was unaware of anyone on the register appointing Bardoc. “Like any good sports owner, I have a duty to myself and to my shareholders to be commercial. But I love owning the Breakers and, given the amazing growth of the NBL, I am looking forward to the next five years of ownership,” Walsh said.
The Breakers have been around since 2003 and is the only team outside of Australia to play in the NBL. Walsh put together a consortium to buy the team in 2018 from the Paul and Liz Blackwell, who made their money in supermarkets.
For the past five years, the club has been tightly held. Sources said it was set up as a partnership, with Walsh as the general partner holding the first right of refusal from fellow shareholders who are limited partners. Sources said the business could be worth as much as $US30 million ($47 million) to $US45 million – but that is yet to be tested pending a sell-down.
It’s an interesting time to be an NBL investor. While clearly a second-tier league that is dwarfed by the bright lights of the National Basket Association in the United States, the NBL is a popular destination for investors. That’s because it’s a much smaller equity cheque than the NBA, still in the English-speaking world and a springboard for players globally.
Phoenix Suns sold for $US4 billion last year, while Michael Jordan last month chipped off his majority stake in Charlotte Hornets for $US3 billion.
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The dumbest basketball I’ve seen for some time
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The great escape!
Good solid overtime by the Tall Blacks, but man I still can’t get over those fouls on Hollis-Jefferson. So dumb.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2023-24:
The great escape!
Good solid overtime by the Tall Blacks, but man I still can’t get over those fouls on Hollis-Jefferson. So dumb.
Is it being played on NZ TV?
Edit: the internet says Duke
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@canefan said in NBL 2023-24:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2023-24:
The great escape!
Good solid overtime by the Tall Blacks, but man I still can’t get over those fouls on Hollis-Jefferson. So dumb.
Is it being played on NZ TV?
Edit: the internet says Duke
Being shown on ESPN here in West Island.
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We are clamps down D. Playing really well.
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Scoring dried up big time
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The Cairns Taipans and New Zealand Breakers will travel to the United States as part of the fifth edition of NBLxNBA preseason, the NBL announced on Thursday. The Taipans, who will be making their NBA preseason debut, will face the Wizards on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at Capital One Arena, before they then take on the Raptors on Monday, Oct. 16 at Scotiabank Arena.
2023 NBL runners-up, the Breakers, will meanwhile battle the Trail Blazers on Oct. 11 at Moda Center and then the Jazz on Oct. 17 at Vivint Arena.
