Thrown straight into the deep end! Would love to know what Heal plan's to tell Young about this fixture.

This isn't on TV?? Surely thats some kinda of joke??

Nope, Melbourne V Townsville will be shown on TV.

TV schedule was done before the start of the season. Tip off is 3pm WA time which means, what? 6pm NSW/VIC/Eastern time? So impossible to re-schedule.

You wont ever see a game in Perth on Sunday on TV.

Would mean a 11am tip off or 6PM EDST time slot.

When does channel 10s deal end ?

Yeah, it couldn't really be helped - I don't think when the fixturing was worked out that anyone said "Well, hang on, in Round 8 the Sydney Kings might sign a player straight from an NBA bench to play up against an NBA 2nd round pick playing for an undefeated Perth Wildcats, so we should probably put that on TV".

I mean our last two games with the Kings were on FTA, so we can't be too greedy about it.

Best weekend of games so far this season. Perth are going to have trouble against the two teams expected to have the ability to beat them, whether they can is another thing. Cant wait for this match up, but the Adelaide vs Perth game will be a good one as well, is it going to be on TV?

Yes Perth vs Adelaide game is on TV

This game should go close to a sell out (hopefully)

^ I checked the blocks that available tickets are in, all look promising.

Thats really sad they are not showing it on TV, think of how good an opportunity it would be? 6pm eastern time would be perfect time for a game to be shown live on tv, i know for a fact most people spend there sunday nights relaxed on there couch watching tv. I feel the NBL is missing a huge opportunity here!

I agree Benno

^ I was referring to Perth v Sydney

That's what NBL TV is for.

On top of the unknown of Sam Young's arrival, there is no way anyone could have known Ennis would have such an impact on the league.

There are imports who have been drafted much higher in better drafts (remember last year's draft class was one of the weakest of all time, and Ennis was deemed by clubs to be one of the weakest players in said draft class) that have come to the NBL and flopped.

I know NBL TV is there for this but how about the growing fan base, this is such a good opportunity, two very well rounded and respected players going at it. There will be so many highlights it would be quite good to watch. It would make people have 2nd thoughts of the NBL, For example i tell my friends to watch the NBL they think I'm joking when i say its on the up. Thats how much people don't respect it however when i mentioned the name Sam Young, They want to know more about it! More high-level talent on free to air= More fans and more money for the Teams to bring even better players into town!! Its all about exposure and exposing the NBL the right way!

Yeah shame on the NBL for not showing every game live on free to air TV! They should also have "The Hoopy Show" on channel 9 while the Footy Show is off air.

Also why can't 7 Mate show old NBL games all weekend?

NBL is not putting in enough effort to make these things happen.

!!11!!1!!!!1!!1!!!!!

#nbldreamlist

I'm all for the NBL doing more to promote the game.
However, tv channels will not play stuff like old games unless they can guarantee all advertising time slots are full.
So I suggest the NBL start with finding sponsors for the hundreds of slots in a 2 hour plus game.
Can't see that happening, can you?
I wish that I could put up a decent argument against those who say the league should go semi-pro for a few years then work up again.
I don't see it ever recovering from that.
Boomers and BA don't care, all their players are not NBL anyway...well, soon will be.

NBL.tv doesn't even allow you to watch highlights of games unless you pay for the service!

anon--NBA.com shows highlights of every game to anyone who visits their website, FIBA shows highlights to most games anywhere and everywhere

I don't think its asking much that they put up game highlights on their website that you could view without having to be a subscriber. I would be more inclined to buy the NBL.tv if i could see the quality of their product, just as I purchased NBA.tv after years of watching their NBA.com highlights.

It's a fairly common practice in most successful marketing strategies to 'offer' a sample of a product/service to create interest and awareness of the product or service

Since when has nbl tv not allowed you to view highlights?

I think the Kings are going to have a lot of turnovers with Carmouche playing his first game as Point Guard. Damian Martin is a gun on defense so Carmouche is going to have a tough game.

Apparently point guard duties will be split between Madgen, White and Carmouche. I don't know when Gleeson will return.

It should be interesting to see Sydney's PG play against Damian Martin D.

To Nathan of Perth, perhaps I'm doing it incorrectly but when I click to watch highlights on NBL.TV it ask me to login/ subscribe. There is no free option to watch it, it only gives you options to pay monthly or yearly for subscriptions, neither of which i'm interested in doing as I only want to watch some highlights.

Click the Video on Demand option at the top, then click on the Highlights tab. It will let you watch those ones for free. Presto, streaming NBL :)

When the site isn't being a jackass anyway.

Thanks Nathan, appreciate that!

As much hype as there is, perhaps it might be better for Melbourne v Townsville to be shown. Isn't Farrakhan suiting up this week against Steve "the Marksman" Markovic? That will hold some interest.

As previously mentioned, Sydney have adjustments to make and there are expressed doubts about Sam Young's "showtime" potential (personally I am yet to form an opinion)

If Young does bring a full kit bag of NBA tricks with then let the anticipation grow. Young v Goulding Sunday week might be an even bigger event than the Ennis v Young show (given the circumstances).

Kings by 12

Perth by 12.

Wow I don't think the Kings could play any worse.

They should have came out with the game plan to go to Madgen and Oglivy as the first options instead the team looks like they have no idea what they are doing out there.

Mercy rule?

Wildcats up 77 to 42 at end of third

Bugger, at least it's a long season.

-Kings lack direction

-Firing Sanders was a mistake

-There will be more bloodshed before the season's out...watch your back, Carmouche.

Agree with SS, Sydney need a point guard asap. With Sydney and melb losing has opened the door for NZ and even Townsville to make a run at top 4.

Just me or did Young look really, really lazy? Heal would hate that.

Was thiking the same thing Isaac. His body language was awful.

did Martin posterize Young with that dunk??

Well coached Gleeson doing a great job.

Who was worse the Kings or the Poms?

I didnt see much of the game, saw half of the 3rd quarter onwards.. Looks like Sam Young had a real hard time adjusting to the league... Got stripped of the ball and made to look a bit silly multiple times.. but I am not going to judge him on the 14 minutes of basketball I saw today.

Don't doubt for a second that Sydney were awful, but surely it's no coincidence that the two lowest team scores by far this season have happened at Perth Arena. The notoriously tight rims are a blight on the professionalism of the league.

I also pissed myself laughing reading Jez's post. "the notoriously tight rims are a blight on the professionalism of the league". LMFAO.

I almost for for it jez.. Was going to retort before i realised you must have been fishing for a reaction. Good one!

*fell for it

Wish the game was on free to air complete with press conference would love to watch Shane Heal explain that "performance"

To be honest I wasn't actually trolling or anything, but I get the response!

Perth clearly murdered Sydney, as they did Wollongong earlier this season when they only scored 40 something. Still feel the rims are too tight though, and obviously Perth have more practice with them then travelling teams. I'm not sure on stats this year but I remember a fairly noticeable discrepancy in FG% at Perth Arena versus other stadiums last year, so I think it's a legitimate point.

Again I stress that Perth were clearly the dominant team. It'll be interesting to see if any team other than Adelaide can challenge them this season

Tweets around tonight suggesting that Carmouche was lined up to be replaced but then had those good games in QLD (?) and Adelaide. Convinced the Kings to offload their PG.

Assist count tonight was something like 29-6.

And this was why Shane Heal was hoping we beat Adelaide on friday, because I don't think any team in the league was going to escape Perth Arena with any better than a 10pt loss after that screw-up 2Q against Adelaide.

Sam Young played good in patches, but clearly needs to get up to speed, was unlucky to draw this figure first up. As for lazy, well, if I were Shane Heal I'd want to know if he's relieved or cursing the fact they don't come back to Perth Arena this season. Would say a lot about him as a competitor.

Shane Heal comeback?

Lighten up Anon i think you missed the sarcasm. No one really believes that the wildcats tighten the rims without thousands of people noticing

Just for the record.....on the NBL website, have just clicked on "video on demand" and a message came up saying "YOU MUST BE A SUBSCRIBER TO VIEW THIS CONTENT". That says to me that highlights on the NBL website are only open to those who subscribe to NBL.tv

Nice way to promote the game.....

Oh, and was Perth that good today or were the Kings just that bad?

The cats have been shooting the ball so much better at the arena this season. Does anyone think they have changed the rims in the off season or is it just better team shooting? Btw opposition teams coming here and getting belted have nothing to do with the rims

I believe they did change the rings in the off season.

yeah thats the impression i got

Holden V8, if you then click on the Highlights tab you can watch them for free.

It is silly how it comes up though, it means the url for highlights can't be sent/tweeted/facebooked/ put in the match report. BA and NBL have both been made aware of it in past two years but dont appear to have had any luck getting Perform to change it.

Thanks Paul. I have tried that before and it has never loaded. Just tried it again and it did load so I saw the 36ers v Wildcats highlights.....but it took well over 5 minutes to load (I have ADSL 2.....from iinet).

Unless I am mistaken, the 36ers are the only NBL team who actually practice exclusively where they play. That's because the Adelaide Arena was built as a basketball stadium, unlike the other venues in the NBL which are generally the cities entertainment venues.

Yeah Holden, after what was a reasonable debut for the price, NBL.TV has upped the price and dropped the standards this year! Such a shame, hopefully the contract ends this year.

I honestly only really use NBL TV for watching replays, rather than live.

I hope you're right about that paul.

Personally I wish that the NBL and their sponsor iinet would do something similar to what the NRL and their sponsor Telstra do with the NRL website. On that site free highlights are up within an hour of a game finishing. And within 24 hours of a game you can watch a full game replay for free regardless of it originally being broadcast on Fox or Nine.

IMO the NBL should do the same. It would allow fans to see their teams play if they couldn't get to the game and it wasn't on FTA.

Wishful thinking probably.....

I think that's the direction they want to head.

Its the same rings @ Pert Arena they haven't been changed... And the Wildcats hardly ever train there, it costs so much for them just to rent it out for a training session.

If the rims have been changed for this season then I concede my point is entirely moot! Was just kind of mystified as to why all rims in NBL venues couldn't be set up in the one uniform/standardised way.

Also on the Kings import problems Carmouche would have felt hard done by if he was cut given the scoring form he was in. The problem is that he isn't really a positional need for the Kings when they already have Madgen and Harvey, whereas the PG spot definitely is.

I'm not sure of Young being lazy, but I thought Garlepp's running the floor was atrocious and he looked out of breath all game (hopefully it was only a flu that won't be passed onto anyone)

Does anyone believe the kings should get rid of a Carmouche for a douche and apologise and reinstate Aaron Bruce... He would surely make a better ball handler/playmaker?

Sydney were awful and angry (never seen Ogilvy so upset but he wasn't getting the calls he normally gets) and they seemed lost.

Perth were just so brilliant and the court time shared between everyone was great and Knight seems to be more confident in his body and play by the day

Perth were not brilliant, the Kings couldn't even compete with their new shoot first PG.

^ Don't be mealy-mouthed, Aaron, you know that isn't true. The lack of point guard hamstrung any attempt at a cohesive offense, but there were two teams out there and one of them was breathing fire so hard their bench and DPs took over the second half and still blew out the lead. That's more than just Sydney being unbalanced on the court.

Did you watch the game?

C.Carmouche FG 4/14 3PT 1/7 ASST 1

Your team is good but if Sydney had played a highschool basketball team, they would have put on a clinic against the Kings that day.

Yes, Aaron, I was there and watched it all.

Just like I watched, for instance, Wollongong visit. Very similar, and they had a point guard, no less.