NBL 2016/2017 Season Thread

[Exports]

Knight free to play game 1

 

[Scotland]

Rightly so.

Tonking someone with the ball shouldn't be suspendable offence.

 

[Scotland]

Why is this year best of 5 and why do we have to play home games at midday?

 

[leungtl]

Did anyone see the tosser from the Taipans ditch the ball at the wildcats celebrating?

He threw it at the refs, not the Wildcats!

Not the sharpest tool in the shed, that Tony Mitchell...

Found this part of the Knight suspension quite humorous:

 

[Richard Cranium]

Why is this year best of 5 and why do we have to play home games at midday?

$$$$$

Or in the NBL's case, $.

 

[Noctorniquet]

He threw it at the refs, not the Wildcats!

Not the sharpest tool in the shed, that Tony Mitchell...

Found this part of the Knight suspension quite humorous:

That's outrageous, that's primary school stuff.

Hi Travis,

Sorry for throwing a ball at you.

Cheers,

Matty K

 

[vaughany]

Melbourne United have parted ways with coach Dean

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[kane249]

Tony Mitchell likely to face a big ban for his throwing the ball incident

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...y/news-story/45d6e685b940b169ff01067c9fcab808

However as he isn't likely to be back in the NBL, he will never serve it.

 

[SloaneysDanger]

Mitchell was one of the biggest flop imports ever in this league. He was overrated before he even got here just because he scored 73 points in a game in China and averaged like 40 ppg.

He is crap.

 

[SloaneysDanger]

Also good to see DD gone from United. He was a cancer and United failed massively the past two seasons. They finished top last year and then choked and with the talent they had this season they should have made playoffs.

 

[leungtl]

Wonder who will be coaching MU now? Vickerman? Do they have the $ to throw at Goorjan?

Shawn Dennis surely deserves any gig in the NBL, even as an assistant...

 

[2006_Eagles]

Also good to see DD gone from United. He was a cancer and United failed massively the past two seasons. They finished top last year and then choked and with the talent they had this season they should have made playoffs.

They need a defensive minded coach

 

[Exports]

They need a defensive minded coach

Give them Gleeson

 

[2006_Eagles]

Give them Gleeson

About to become our most successful coach all time, yet there's still no warming to him is there

 

[Exports]

No doubt the dude has been a great coach. But he is also a liability. Our players got him out of jail this season. I really think it's time for a change

 

[leungtl]

Gleeson is never going to write a textbook on game day coaching, but he's got a world-class eye for import talent.

Obviously helps that the Wildcats are so well-resourced, but Ennis, Prather, Beal & Cotton didn't all come to us by chance...

Had one [arguably] dud pick in Jaron Johnson, but he just wasn't what we were looking for in our system. Showed he had the tools to thrive in other teams. Jury is still out McKay, but that pick was 100% Neilsen.

 

[cartel]

Bit of a harsh assessment on McKay I would have thought.

Of the Perth games I have watched, which is admittedly not all of them, he has been quite handy and was pretty much the difference when Perth playedUnited to seal their finals spot.

I dislike any of the coaches, and Gleeson (along with DD) seems to be a key proponent, who carry on like pork chops at the refs. The reffing has been poor at best this year in the NBL, but these blokes are supposed to be professionals.

I just hope that the new Melbourne coach doesn't make as many random rotations. I think it had become evident he had lost the players by the looks of them at least halfway through the season.

 

[leungtl]

Bit of a harsh assessment on McKay I would have thought.

Of the Perth games I have watched, which is admittedly not all of them, he has been quite handy and was pretty much the difference when Perth playedUnited to seal their finals spot.

McKay plays well in patches and the game against Melb was certainly one of his best - started the season like a house on fire, then slowly tapered off to become a near offensive-liability and then got surpassed by Angus Brandt (but recovered at the end).

He's always had elite rim protection, but his athleticism can't make up for his lack of size in the post when going up against bigs in the NBL. His hands are very average and he has a tendency to travel as soon as he catches the ball while moving, which is certainly not ideal when you want to use your speed and athleticism against your opponent!

I think he's a perfect 3rd import though - if the Wildcats can reload next season with 2 similar offensive juggernauts (I think Prather & Cotton go onto greener pastures), then I'd be all for retaining him and continuing to build up his strength because he does have a ton of upside. But right now he looks like Max Gawn circa-2011 out there against some of the other bigs.

He has one of the worst twitter games too...

 

[NSWCROW]

 

[kane249]

Illawarra getting it done.

Why was the Adelaide guy ejected?

 

[Neese]

* this

 

[NSWCROW]

Illawarra getting it done.

Why was the Adelaide guy ejected?

2 T's

1st for a flop
2nd for dissent

 

[NSWCROW]

Keystone Kops on D all series

 

[kane249]

Freo 2015 type choke from the Thirty Sixers.

Blitzed the season, coasted into finals and lack of momentum cost them making it to the big one.

 

[cartel]

Did joey deliberately get them to take the foot off the pedal?

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