Super impressive win considering the players out. If the 4 missing guys come back fit and firing all season Mt G will be right there once again.

Nice to see Ben has seen the light!

How did the Miner's imports look?

Hahaha!

Frankston has its starting 5 and thats it.Chuck is finished as an import but very handy as an aussie.Pity the club wouldnt listen to Al.

A very impressive performance from Jenkins but I'd hold off on any best import in the league assessment until he's played a few tougher teams.

Early days yet but Bandits looking very average in their first game.

Frankston wont be getting another import unless they win tattslotto or rob a bank.

North West Tasmania Thunder smashed Knox and take their roadtrip 2-0 behind 36/7/5 from import (and former NBA D Leaguer) BJ Jenkins.

Locked in player of the week easily.

First time Tas have swept a road trip in years.

Knee injury for DQ.

Franga will not move forward in the short term. Letting Al walk was a huge mistake - no disrespect meant to Simon G a good young coach in the making.

Frankston is going down the path of promoting from within which is great but they will be anchored to the bottom 4 for the next 2-3 years. Is the board prepare to wear that only time will tell.

Below are a few of my observations from round 1??


NWT - good start, Jenkins came out firing.

CoE – Love the concept but chalk up the points for whoever is playing them

Spectres – Look solid but without Kenny & Tey's Brisbane lack depth so not sure I’d read to much into this result.

Brisbane – will be pretty good once all plays are back on deck

Sandy – Import Goins is undersized and out of shape! Moore looks "ok" but is going to be streaky so not sure if he fits the group. Overall they look in trouble....might be a transition year for them as the kids aren’t ready to perform week to week in this league.

MT G – Solid first up will be around the mark pending how the NBL guys come up this year

Miners – Will struggle this year…the local talent just isn’t good enough

Kilsyth – Bit like Nunawading - Look solid but really need to wait until they play a better team before passing judgement on them.

Geelong – Deep and close to best front court in the league…..they were expected to dominate on the weekend and did….

Bendigo – They lack depth and the imports/Vigor are on the same level as last years “big 3”…so wouldn’t surprise me to see them miss the play-offs.

I'm always dubious about judging NWT's success at home when every team they play has been softened up by Hobart the night before. I'd bet every team in the league would love all of their home games to be against teams on the back end of a road double.

Some positive indicators for both Apple Isle teams from the weekend but it's still very early days yet.

Interesting to see Gynes putting some good numbers on the board for Geelong against his old club.

interesting lot of results for round 1

in the womens Knox playing well without there big 2 (Gabe Richards & Kelly Wilson)

Seabl Men

NW Tassie looked good over Knox

Knox were without Carter , Doyle & the 2 imports

Gynes is a much better player than his stats at Canberra sometimes showed. I don't think he was ever really happy there. He is capable of putting up big scores and is an aggressive rebounder, probably comparable to Hill in terms of his ability. He had a few great games with the Kings and many thought he deserved to be re-signed ahead of White.

Look out for Rangers women. 8 or 9 players with WNBL experience.

Weekly round wrap up now online at AndThefoul.net:

http://andthefoul.net/archives/8175

Round 1 recap is now up on PnR:

SEABL Round 1: Road Teams Revel as the CoE Picks Up a Debut Win

PnR has you covered for SEABL and all state leagues this year.

Yes, Knox looked like a rabble in that highlight video & the Bandits defence often leaks like a sieve too. There have been a few imports in recent years who've looked the goods with impressive performances early in the season but have not been able to sustain it during the season. I look forward to seeing more of Jenkins but he's got a way to go before I'd label him an NBL prospect & one good import does not make a championship team (even the Bandits still have one of their duo from 2012 but it didn't help them last weekend).

Yes, that's very true about Jazz.

I haven't written off Jenkins yet... just saying it's still early days so I'll reserve judgement until I've seen what happens once he's been scouted & played against tougher opposition.

I think Arsego was the coach at the time??

Good test for Jenkins this weekend taking on Mcdonald.Be interesting to see how he goes against Mercer later in the season.