Something to do with Tigers being hated in the juniors.

Also something about the name having a greater appeal for sponsors.

Can someone in the know explain to me why Melbourne Tigers changed their name to Melbourne United? Seems so counter-productive to change a name like that when there is plenty of history and success associated with the Tigers.

I knew...but its like no one cares as you said. Just another sleepy season of basketball.

has anyone noticed that the new season of the NBL has started

It should be renamed the wbl, the "whocares basketball league" so little attention the league gets

The sport still needs to exist though, gamblers need another sport to gamble on to have a bit of variety :roll: [-x :twisted:

yeah a 2-4pm Sunday game.

Do Ten show NBL ?

Hate how the Ten game is on at the same time as A-league

Josh Childress played the house down with the Kings.

Brisbane confirmed for next season, name unknown but overwhelming majority want them to be called Bullets, it would be a huge failure if they werent.

Also NBL has started.

Edited by iridium1010: 12/10/2014 07:01:45 PM

Even with all the awards he received he's one of the most underrated players of the last 20 years =d>

Chauncey Billups retires. =d>

Tanking to achieve a high place medal compared to filling one's own pockets are like apples and oranges....

oh alright its still tanking though.:lol:

Cough Kalac cough.

-PB

:lol: Because Aussie's are immune to tanking.

If we had an Aussie as a coach , we would not have tanked. If it was Shane Heal he would have gone all out.

couldn't agree more, we got what we deserved.

NZ or Dominican Republic depending on what Lithuania decided in their final group game
as it stands NZ

Who would they have played had they not tanked?

wouldnt have made much difference
the tanking backfired in the end and is probably karma. failure to reach quarter finals means a major hit to BA's bottom line in Federal funding
they could've been playing a much weaker team than Turkey.

they thought they were better than they actually were by trying to manipulate the draw to avoid the USA

blessings must be counted

Edited by ricecrackers: 8/9/2014 04:04:50 PM

Would have been interesting had Bogut and Mills been fit for this tournament.

crackers is spot on, easy to forget turkey came 2nd at the last world cup even though they havent been as good lately

Turkey are a very good team as are most European qualifiers
they were favourites to win that

Fark me dead what happened. Boomers are out.

He hasn't exactly impressed has he. Im thinking he will be a long term project. He's going to have to be more of an assists guy than an isolation player. He can play isolation against dudes that are athletically inferior than him (like he has been in Australia) but in the NBA he will be up against a brick wall night in night out. And also he will have a scouting report on him so teams will really do their homework on him and nail him on his weaknesses.

Edited by SocaWho: 6/9/2014 12:08:11 PM

Better hope Dante improves a hell of a lot in 2 years for that to happen.

The tanking paid off
We da best

yes i saw at the end
they were standing around watching them get about 4 rebounds on the one play when they kept missing

even with their bench players they should've smashed angola without raising a sweat

i dont like seeing this kind of tanking but when the tournament format encourages it, what can you do

It was an obvious tanking by the the aussies. Coach Lemanis should get the boot, I've been following basketball for 25 years and it was the biggest disgrace I have seen in Australian basketball. I don't care if it was about avoiding second place, we should be playing to win all the time.

Im probably overreacting but im pretty passionate about the Boomers.

Edited by switters: 5/9/2014 06:38:16 PM

thats true :lol:
at one point all the aussies were just watching him go get the rebound and easy lay-up

Yep not a fan of how the knockout stage is structured. It's pretty much like this to ensure the top 2 teams can't meet before the final. Not sure why that's such a big deal.