Glad they made the right decision in giving Iggy MVP over Curry.

Proberbly sgould have been Lebron tbh:

G1: 44 p 8 r 6 a
G2: 39 p 16 r 11 a
G3: 40 p 12 r 8 a
G4: 20 p 12 r 8 a
G5: 40 p 12 r 8 a
G6: 32 p 18 r 9 a

Shumpert / Delly / JR Smith were garbage tonight.

And to think some of the posters here were pumping up Delly's tires like he was the next MJ...big reality check.

Edited by SocaWho: 17/6/2015 02:21:46 PM

I agree to an extent but I can see their reasoning for giving it to Iggy

If it had gone to 7 and the Cavs lost I think they would have given it to Lebron, but Iggy has had such an impact, without him Lebron probably would have had 50pts a game, and that's without even mentioning the impact he had offensively.

The Cavs had no right to even win a single game. To take it to 6 without two of their Allstars against a full strength stacked GSW was a phenomenal achievement.

In a way I would have liked Lebron to win MVP just so he had to give a speech infront of the whole Warriors team and officials :lol:

In front of his home fans too. :lol:

Pretty happy with who we got at pick 11.
Now we just need to tell Roy Hibbert to fuck off.

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Edited by switters: 29/6/2015 11:10:02 PM

lol Hibbert...a poor mans moses malone

The Los Angeles Lakers are nearing agreement on a trade with the Indiana Pacers that will bring them former All-Star center Roy Hibbert by week's end, according to league sources.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13199245/los-angeles-lakers-indiana-pacers-talking-roy-hibbert-trade

LaMarcus Aldridge 2.0

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just need to make a few more moves and im confident we'll be challenging the east again.

Rejuvenated NBL gets a facelift

Adrian Warren
July 24, 2015, 12:31 pm
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Rejuvenated NBL gets a facelift
Rejuvenated NBL gets a facelift
A few months after appearing in desperate trouble, the National Basketball League is undergoing a major makeover and Andrew Gaze detects a new feelgood vibe.

The eight-team competition was in dire straits when the Wollongong and Townsville teams went into voluntary administration back in March.

It needed a white knight and successful businessman Larry Kestelman answered the call.

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Already affiliated to Melbourne United, Kestelman brought passion, vision, money and a determination to rejuvenate the ailing NBL.

The Crocs and Hawks came out of administration and the return to the league of several quality Australian players including Chris Goulding, AJ Ogilvy and Julian Khazzouh plus Sydney's re-signing of former NBA star Josh Childress added momentum.

"We've been started 60 days and we've set ourselves a target of trying to give a complete facelift of the game in 100 days and we're well and truly on the way with that," NBL executive director Kestelman told AAP.

"Our goal is to make basketball the best entertainment in sport.

"People that already love basketball feel that way, but what we want to do is attract a whole new group of fans that will love basketball not just for the game, but for the entertainment value.

"It needs to be something the teenagers find cool and sexy and want to be part of and that's not something I could say about the way the brand presented itself in the last 10 years."

On Thursday the NBL announced it would schedule regular season matches five days a week from Wednesday to Sunday and avoid directly competing with the start of the AFL and NRL seasons.

There's a long way to go.

Crucially, the competition still has to secure a television deal and also a naming rights sponsor for next season.

"I would have loved to have been doing this deal with them six months ago, the timing is very, very difficult, but we're confident that we will a deal of some sort," Kestelman said.

"We've started a lot of conversations, but over the next 30 to 45 days it's about locking in the sponsors and the corporate partners."

Kestelman's vision and early actions received a stamp of endorsement from arguably the greatest player in NBL history, Boomers legend Gaze.

"It was a tumultuous time at the end of last season with a couple of teams going into administration and that has really brought about some significant change," Gaze told AAP.

"The most significant change is the different administration of the NBL with Larry Kestelman buying a majority share and basically taking over the league.

"I think that's an encouraging sign for a lot of the clubs because it's a different formula.

"It was conceded by virtually everyone involved that more of the same was not going to get it done.

"There's a vibe, there's a feelgood time we're going through, which is unusual when you consider at the end of the season there was talk of losing two teams and perhaps being a six-team competition.

"There was a lot of doom and gloom about, but I think with a change of governance and a new ownership model for the entire league, that generates a bit of excitement.

"This injection of money with Larry taking the league in a new direction, setting up some new structures and new governance for the competition, I think it's revitalised it and hopefully it can bring about better on and off court performances."

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/basketball/a/29023648/basketball-nbl-building-momentum-under-kestleman/

Boomers upbeat despite Slovenia loss
AAP
August 4, 2015, 11:26 am
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Boomers beaten by Slovenia. Image: Getty
They've suffered three straight losses in Europe, but coach Andrej Lemanis insists the Boomers are in good shape for next week's Rio Olympic qualifying series against New Zealand.

The Australian men's basketball team were beaten 79-70 by Slovenia in Ljubljana on Monday night, following back-to-back defeats to Lithuania last week.

Ryan Broekhoff led with 20 points, shooting a perfect 8-8 from inside the arc.

Matthew Dellavedova joined him on double figures, adding 11 points, while Dante Exum had a quiet night with just 1-5 from the field.

Returning NBA centre Andrew Bogut only played eight minutes, with Brock Motum rested.

Lemanis' men, while competitive against their 13th-ranked opponents, struggled from the three-point line, hitting just five from 23 attempts.

But the coach is still happy with the team's build up, 11 days out from the first of two Oceania Olympic qualifying matches against New Zealand.

"We've made progress over the course of our 10 days here in Europe," Lemanis said.

"We've had the ability to work everybody into the group and our broader system is in place.

"Now we just have to refine both offensively and defensively those things that will hold us in good stead when we play in a couple of weeks."

The Boomers have now lost five games on the trot, with their last win being over Mexico in the group stages of the 2014 FIBA World Cup in September.

Australia and Slovenia meet again on Tuesday night to round out their European tour.


https://au.sports.yahoo.com/basketball/a/29173985/boomers-upbeat-despite-slovenia-loss/

lemanis just fuck off

Very disappointing about Dante Exum, I was expecting a huge season from him :(

new zealand vs australia tonight on GEM

Bring back Goorjian.

Lemanis is a fucking lemon.

opals are playing now, boomers are on after. Opals playing poorly at the moment but I expect them to pick it up, still early in the game.

Chuck everything at him. Hell melbourne united wanted him he said he wanted back but only stumbling block is the pay

lemanis is the frank farina of basketball

should of given mills a break. If we need him to beat new zealand then we really have problems.

new zealand giving us hell at the moment, not really surprising to be honest.

even if we made the Olympics in Rio , we would come last in our group with tge way we are playing.
Lemanis is clearly out of depth, The players are trying to execute plays by Lemanis and they are looking like shit. No excuse when you have a roster of quality players that play in the NBA.

not only that hes persisting with players that haven't performed well for us in the past. I don't know why jawai is there, hes all size and not much else.

We need Ben Simmons for Rio

jawai looks sluggish. hes still recovering from the neck injury.
At the moment its iso-patty.
Lemanis is clearly a man without a plan

Edited by Socawho: 15/8/2015 09:24:31 PM

Edited by Socawho: 15/8/2015 09:25:32 PM

New zealand have never been push overs I think its naive for the commentators to say we are red hot favourites.

has always been fiery.

watching these games are like watching NBL standard games:lol:

at times yes :lol:

jawai getting out rebounded :lol:

i think dellys days of bringing the ball up are over.
he struggles to do it even against Nz:o