NBL 2004-2005 Season Thread

[Fresh8]

haha... yeah- we'd need to shut the down to a lockdown if we lost a ball. So thats why the balls look like fatass pumpkins... (Shitty 19th C balls)

[Arcane]

hahahaha 4sho

[J@3]

Well the Brisbane fan has gone quiet, so I'll post a game report

from some bloke at ozhoops.com.au:

In their first re-match since last season's exciting semi-finals series, the Sydney Kings have come away with a convincing 107-99 pre-season victory against the Brisbane Bullets at the Boondall Sports Centre.

Played under typical pre-season protocol with both coaches freely rotating players, the Bullets generally trailed the visitors throughout the game. Despite a brief respite which saw Brisbane leading by a pair at three-quarter time, the Kings switched on the turbos on the final period to run away with the match.

Olympian Jason Smith led the way for the victors with a 22-point haul, which included a swag of six triples. Team-mate Brad Sheridan also notched 22 points, including four treys.

For the Bullets, a clean-shaven Kevin Freeman tallied a game-high 23 points, whilst fellow import Bobby Brannen had 20.


SYDNEY

Jason Smith - 22pts (6/9 3pt) in a well-rounded game. Made a crucial block on K-Free when the Bullets were attempting a run at the end of the game. Very quick release three pointers which noone had a chance of stopping.

Bradley Sheridan - 22pts (4/6 3pt). Bulk of his points came off open looks from ball rotation. Didn't create much himself. Didn' miss too much after first quarter.

CJ Bruton - 16pts, 6ast. Played about as well as one would expect. Highlight of his night would probably be his difficult fadeaway over Eversteyn.

Ben Knight - 12pts, 7rebs, 7ast. Seemed to fit in the team well, had a good game.

Luke Martin - 11pts, 6rebs, 4ast. Solid game in 20+ mins.

Luke Kendall - 9pts, 8rebs, 4ast, 5stl. Wasn't expecting much from this guy, but he impressed me with his composure. Brought the ball up floor a lot and didn't seem bothered. Knew when/when not to take shots and was reliable on defence.

Brett Wheeler - 7pts. Lack of stats doesn't show the intangibles he provided. Decent game.

Thomas Mobley - 6pts (2/12fg). Only played 24mins. Very athletic and got to the rack with some nice moves but was unlucky to finish off on a few. Got a mammoth tomahawk on Brannen's mug, then caught a huge two-handed oop off Bruton/Martin (can't remember). Is a 2/3, and with some people saying the Kings should go for a bigger player, I honestly didn't think he was a bad fit for the team. Time will tell.

David Barlow - 2pts (1/8fg), 5rebs. Showed he had the smarts, just didn't finish off.

Overall the Kings shot 46%fg, 43%3pt, 44%ft.


BRISBANE

Kevin Freeman - 23pts, 9rebs. Showed an apparent improvement in jumpshot. Kings made a point of clamping down on his moves to the bucket, so he was forced to take a few more jumpers than he would've liked.

Bobby Brannen - 20pts, 10rebs. A brute. Had his way with a number of Sydney defenders, and hit a lot of jumpers too.

Stephen Black - 19pts, 5rebs, 6ast, 6to. Played 42mins, highest of anyone on court. Looks set to have another good season.

Daniel Egan - 16pts, 10rebs. Despite a few ill-conceived jumpshots, had a good gam. Rebounded and hustled well, and had a huge two-handed tip dunk in traffic in the 4th. Looks to figure strongly in this season's rotation.

Ben Castle - 6pts, 7rebs. Strong start to game then went quiet.

Adam Darragh - 6pts. Decent cameo. Bruton picked on him a fair bit when they matched up. Whoever said they would prefer Darragh to Rucker is a goose but =)

Derek Rucker - 3pts, 4rebs, 6ast. Never looked to score in the game. Not taking much from his performance as he is didn't figure too much in games last pre-season (and early in the regular).

Peni Nasalo - 4pts. Would have liked to have seen him play more than the 5 mins.

Jason Eversteyn - 2pts, 6rebs. Never seen or heard of this guy before tonight's game. Comes from same club as Mick Hill. Mammoth of a bloke, but that's about where it stops.

Miles Pearce - 0 pts. Only played 5 mins, never got a chance.

Brad Williamson - 0 pts, only played 48 seconds.

Overall the Bullets shot 48%fg, 35%3pt, 64%ft.


GAME NOTES

Telling factor of the game: Brisbane 25 turnovers, Sydney 15.

Crowd of appx 800 at game. Having the Broncos play at the same time didn't help, but then again the Broncos only had 31,000 at their game.

Mick Hill on crutches. Nothing major apparently.

Thalo didn't suit up for the Kings, not sure why. He was with the team however.

Not much else to say that hasn't been said. Just a typical pre-season game. Few good plays for the crowd, so at least the game wasn't (rather naughty word) boring.

[Arcane]

i didnt go quiet i just been busy and this thread was dead for a few days

[Fresh8]

Just wonderin... wats the NBL blitz...

read in paper Freeman aint going to play for brisbane in this event due to injury!

[Arcane]

nbl blitz is like a rugby world 7's thing mini tournement

edit: havent heard anythin bout freeman being injured simon kerle was the only bullet i knew was sort of injured with calf injury. I checked bullets site no info there i havent got to do any work with bullets and get the latest news coz been busy with state champs here in bris qld

[Fresh8]

How is States championship?

Who won Div 1 and Div 2?

[Arcane]

BSHS came 4th we lost to cairns today we only had half the team there physically and well even half of them were there mentally as well im not gonna go into details bout somethings


btw are u a jpc boy ??

[Fresh8]

nope! was there an asian on JPC? Cause my cousin is here at JPC... not sure if hes Firsts though... apparently only reason he was accepted into JPC was cause of his ball game. But he might have been too old to play for JPC in this comp....

I'm a Saint Peters Boy... and hell no I'd be playing for Firsts... although i felt ripped cause I could have been water boy or bench heater (new terminology for y'all) at state champs cause this guy on my team I play more minutes than every game got to go wit the team cause they werent allowed to play their two asians who are both 19 yo... I guess coach didnt see any need in another point guard...

[Arcane]

aiight well congrats on the 1st place in state champs i didnt notice asian guy on jpc team was too busy teasing 1nut #13 for jpc and swearing at the refs.

[Fresh8]

kool- did we come first in Div 2? Were u guys playing Div 1? Did u see them play?

[Arcane]

ahh jpc lost to townsville and bshs was in same div as townsville all saints nudgeeand pbc so what ever div that was im talkin to my friend well brother basically who goes to jpc and ummm hes not a happy chappy

[Fresh8]

you must have been playin Div 1.... Cause my school played in a division with schools they never heard of... cept I know who Grace College are... and they're not in AIC or GPS...

I thought the comp was mush bigger than this... did BGS or terrace play? Also- is it true Nudgee went over to the States to do some scouting and they're first are all black....

btw- did u see St Peters play? If you did- if you saw Number 9 oncourt... he's the man...

[Arcane]

haha i dunno if the nudgee did go to the states we kicked their ass at home in gps both the teams i coach did , terreace and bbc played i dont think bgs did i may have seen u play not sure what colour were your uniforms

[Fresh8]

lol- our school came 8th man! I heard Townsville state high won ur comp... could u have beaten them?

yeah- my friend who wears the 9.. scored 20 points a game... good for him- lol

[Arcane]

we lost by 20 against townsville that was our 1st game in state champs from what i heard that may have been the closet anyone got to them in the comp not too sure how jpc went but it seems bad on how my friends reaction was who plays for jpc

[Fresh8]

Any info on some guy who hit round 7 threes in the Finals... including a lot of fadeaway threes?

[Arcane]

the number 12 guy seba or watever he killed us not a bad dunker too i would have liked to gone 1 on 1 dunk comp with him b4 my injury troubles

[Fresh8]

kool- he must be pretty good....

hey- would u know who would the best player in Queensland for U18's?

[Arcane]

nah i dont i barely even know the guys i'm coaching at state high i finished high school 5yrs ago now wow where does the time go ohh yeah at the bottom of a liquor bottle....nah jk but yeah it does go fast ive only really just know ppl within the bshs community and a few others outside plus i know a lil more bout the nbl league since ive done alot of work for it this past year and will continue at a new level by the end of this year

btw u might be hearing a fresh bullets song at everyhome game this year

[Fresh8]

u made the song? lol

hey- do u know if the Bullets need ball boys or somethin... i'd like to do that! And scam free tickets man! (joking)

so wat do u do with the orginaization?

[Arcane]

yeah we made a song its hot too my boy actually mad it

earlier this year i worked for hoop 2 hoop as 1 of their designers fo clothes and stuff like that

now im working as part of the crew to be working on the bullets website for this season but wont be workin on it till the end of the year...alot of mad ideas are in circulation for the site just a matter of what we want to do keep it simple but great or go nutz

[J@3]

Season started, I didn't even realize... Adelaide beat New Zealand 106-94

Sixers top Breakers
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 07:49 PM
Sportal

The Adelaide 36ers have survived a last-quarter surge from the New Zealand Breakers to pull away for a 106-94 victory in the opening match of the 2004-05 Philips Championship at Trusts Stadium, Waitakere, on Wednesday night.

The Sixers were led by Dusty Rychart, who opened with a couple of early three-pointers and hit 12 of his 25 points in the first term, and Brett Maher who finished with 19.

Willie Farley, new signing David Cooper and youngsters Oscar Forman, Darren Ng and Jason Williams also made significant contributions.

For the home side, new import Shawn Redhage was very impressive as he took it to the Adelaide defence with a game-high 27 points, Aaron Olson added 21, while Mike Chappell had 16 and Ben Pepper 13 points.

Adelaide was one or two baskets ahead for most of the first half, leading 29-27 at quarter time and only stretching the margin to five at the main break (52-47) when Jason Williams hit a three with the last score of the half.

But the visitors came out with the first couple of baskets of the second half to quickly open up a nine-point break, and the difference hovered around double figures for the remainder of the third period, with the 36ers up 80-71 at the last change.

The Breakers started the final period far better and an eight-point run saw them close the gap to five points, but then Maher hit a steadying three, triggering an Adelaide run that put the result beyond doubt.

The 36ers now head to Townsville for a clash with the Crocodiles on Saturday while the Breakers have a bit of time to regroup before their next match, another home fixture against the Sydney Kings on Sunday October 10.

Adelaide 36ers 106 (Rychart 25, Maher 19, Forman 11)
New Zealand Breakers 94 (Redhage 27, Olson 21, Chappell 16)
@ Trusts Stadium, Waitakere, 29/9/2004.

[Arcane]

haha the season did creep up quietly didn't it last night or night before on sports tonight should have been a hint though when they had an interveiw with 1 of the new imports for can't remember who now

bullets play tonight thats gonna be sweet shame its away ohh well oct 16 isnt that far away

[J@3]

I saw that thing about the import, maybe he thinks he's here for Search For A Supermodel or somethin... all he did was flex and dunk that mini hoop.