What like how joondalup have the same size court as everyone else?

So will an apology come from ettridge for the way he acted as he is meant to be the godly sportsman who is the best coach in the sbl and the world. Disgusting behaviour after a long season.

Hate the change to 48 minutes. 40 mins is stupid, if they move to 40 minutes agree with the other post in the other thread, one import is all you need. Otherwise with teams like Geraldton (or slammers last year) you'll have 2 yanks, 1/2 naturalized yanks and a fringe NBL player getting paid and you'll see 1-2 aussie guys on each team getting court time.

Also if the 40 minute game comes in, surely the salary cap has to be reduced in line.

It might also reduce the quality of import we get. Heaps of imports come to this league to prove themselves to get gigs in higher leagues (Turner, Swing, Mcdowell) with less mins their stats won't look anywhere near as impressive.

Yeah apparently ettridge refused to shake hands with players from the Cougars and simply turned and walked away when approached. He is a sore loser and after the article in the week saying how Cockburn staff don't like him, it's because when Cockburn beat them at Cockburn he made comments to players and staff after the game which caused drama down there when Cockburn won the minor premiership.

Stating "hope you enjoy this win cause it won't happen again b$6ches"
And other fruitful language comments.

The guy is the worst loser and the fact people in the league continue to love him is beyond me. Name a time he has coached a team that he hasn't had a good team already around him and money pumped in to get players. The year he wasn't there was the year they didn't have money to get imports, or wildcats guys etc. poor seb salinas had to ride it out, then magically the next year imports, players from other clubs are poached, wildcats guys join the team and look who decided to coach again.

SO GLAD THE COUGARS KICKED THERE BUTT!!!

Will NEVER HAPPEN....save your time.

clubs cant talk to any players for 2 weeks after the season finishes Harrison. there would be talks happening of course , what about coaches any clubs looking for coaches ? I think the most interesting club in the off-season could be the flames. with the land brothers gone and there women not quite getting to the big dance.

what are the reasons being given for the change from 48 minutes? I am yet to hear one. and no some other league changing is not an actual reason it is just an observation.

so they should change to 10 minute games and make it SUPER-entertaining then! seriously tho I don't see how reducing the amount of entertainment by 8 minutes makes it more entertaining.

it has had a similar effect on the NBL. some consider that a good thing, others bad

Ezra ( Giants ) seems to be moving back home.

Wouldn't be surprised if Goodluck moves back and doesn't return

Holmen likely also to be done in Kal

This is not new behaviour for Ettridge. He has done the walkoff/no handshake before and nobody batted an eyelid.
i guess when you do it on a bigger stage it becomes a bigger deal

One thing we know is that sports can uncover the true character of a person. In the case of Ettridge, when you win you are the first one over to shake hands. When things dont go your way you walk off and show a lack of character.

This is where you would hope that the leadership at Joondalup would guide and mentor their young successful coach in the appropriate manner to conduct himself in situations such as this.

the total disheartened look on Ettridge and kinder in the stands and the set up crew and the hashtags and green blood and all the Greg hire statuses and the new stadium and money that goes in to the program and how the wolves even though the Cougars were minor premiers and the number 1 team all year.

The wolves were still tipped to win by everyone and the bookies on bet 365. Without field, Prince returning late to season and Thomas still bearing injuries along with McIntyre who has played through bad knees all season.

All this culminates in to such a sweet feeling for cougars players and fans everywhere. green blood must have bled out cause the Cougar pack took a good ol chunk outta therm

Etteridge was just shitty that Rhett didn't ask him to marry him.

I heard ettridge got really drunk and tried to hook up with kidner and the grey haired gorilla that follows them round after the game.

Why? State league game length being in line with the NBL makes little sense. How are State league players meant to jump to the NBL if they are playing less time?

I know both Giants imports from this past season have signed contracts with teams in Europe. As we know those seasons typically go untill April at least.

Holman being a player-coach would for sure be out the window and him returning as a player would also be questioned as I dont know if the Giants would want to wait an additional 2 months for there stud to arrive.

Goodluck's return? That will be interesting. He could be a solid SBL starter so it would be a big lose if he does return home.

"I love the 40 minute game!" - said no basketball purist ever

wa u-20 player and former goldfields giants junior sam julitz may leave Mandurah and head back home ?

Sam Julitz 15 min/game 3 pts 2 reb

This young kid still needs to mature and get stronger but this past seasons experience will only help him in the future.

Yeah to be honest it cost me a round of drinks with my mates, I said at half time Wolves will come out in a zone.
Nothing. $40 down the drain.
U need to go to plan B.
He didn't make any adjustments just keep bombing from deep with either ISO plays or trying to get alley-oops (worked a few times).
I don’t know the full story about the end of the game but I did see Ettridge turn his back on the Cougars Captain as he went to shake hands, bad form, no one likes losing but show a little bit of class and shake the opposition hands.

$$ says BIG BEN is done @ the Wolves.

Seb and CO were nothing but respectful.
Full credit to them.
Seb/Damo and co were a class act to the very end.

Coach is a different story.

Ettridge is a flog

The Wolves players were nothing but respectful after the game.
McIntyre got turned away by ettridge but Thomas got to catch up to the assistant but didn't even bother chasing down Ettridge as he saw what went on with McIntyre.
I'm sure DT would have loved to shake his hand and give him a reply to what was said at the end of the regular season.

Parsons two time coach of the year and stealing jobs yeahhhh boooiiii!

I heard the same as they never delivered what they PROMiSED / OR WHAT COACH WANTED in GERO.

We shall see. Its a shame that the SBL has such large coach turnover but its the level I suppose and a big commitment for little reward in the pocket!

I know Slammers/Magic are on the lookout as well.

Joe Allen returns to Eagles?
Haney back with Giants?

Assuming Ellis goes again at Stirling with all the church $$ coming in.

haney wont coach the giants, kyle wont coach the magic. shaun dennis back in perth ? ettridge ? who knows let the rumours fly people.
MVP. -- COOPER LAND. RUP GOODES.

Would anyone be able to rank say the top 5-10 imports in the league? Obviously stats don't tell the whole story sometimes.

Looking at some highlights I'd say Nicholls & Hobbs would be up there & maybe Kenny from Goldfield.

Could any of these guys play SEABL or even NBL?

All the good imports in the SBL could play in the SEABL. The gap between the best players isn't huge. There is more depth in the SEABL though off the bench etc, and the shorter games means depth matters less.

MVP considerations:
Nichols, Alexander and Land are the favourites for me.
Demunyck
Adekponya

Because of the voting system in the SBL the top team players Davis, Goode, Field, Lane etc will poll well but have a tough time winning because they share votes with good team mates. Goode is a rough chance with Field missing a few games, but there is a reason he wasn't selected as an all star.

Well he wasn't even selected, first you have to be selected then you get replaced because of injury.

Why wouldn't the coach select him so he receives the recognition for his resume and ego then pull him from playing like every other coach did with their players? About 10 players received All star selection and didn't take part in the game across the mens and the womens due to injury. They still get the all star, and are replaced with another player.

Stop making excuses.

To be fair his first half of the season wasn't anywhere near as goode as his second half

Yeah the reason for Goode not playing in allstar game is not a secret. He was told by cougars that he wouldnt be playing because of his injury. I heard they informed league well before the game selections went out. They nursed him through the first part of season as it was.

Well that is just dumb

didnt that happen to Turner last year?

Turner was an all star but was taken out of the game by his coach.

Goode wasn't an all star at all.

How stupid to say he wasn't goode enough. The dumbest single comment in the FORUM history. The guy was carrying an injury for the first part of the year and the cougars were simply resting him on a very smart level. He didn't get selected in the first 5 but Parsons wanted to put him in, however he was told at the one practice that due to injury that he was required to rest. Parsons made sure he was healthy at the correct time of the year and look what happened.

Championship!!!!!

If you think Marcus Goode was not an allstar yet Brandon McGill was then you my good sir are an absolute moron, and there are many others who didn't deserve allstar also compared to Marcus.

If you read what I said properly, i am arguing for him being an all star. I am saying it was stupid to not include him, and then pull him from the game due to injury.
Just because he gets nominated as an all star DOES NOT MEAN HE MUST PLAY. Do you guys understand that?

Hobbs was an all star this year. But weird, guys, he didn't play in the game... I know this must be confusing for you..

Exactly, he was let go and man what a smart move from Cockburn to get Najee Lane back rather than McGill. Cougars wouldn't have barely made the quarters with McGill on the team. Kalamunda have already resigned him.

Cougars will need to retool next season and I am sure they will be up there again. Gavin will be back and they just need to get two decent imports and they are set again.

Speaking of Hobbs do you reckon Perry Lakes will look to get bring him back. He was a great scorer but his playmaking and efense was questionable.

In that case, credit to Parsons, that is a class move for the player selected over Goode!

Have the suns really already resigned McGill. Hopefully they get a big man, they need one.

They need an athletic big that can run and run and run. Expect more of the same from Kalamunda. Just need horses that can play. They looked good in stretchs until they ran out of legs.

the All star game is not representative of who are actually the real All Stars of the league. Its a lets pick one from each team so everyone is a winner, let the coaches choose a couple of their own guys who they have a bias toward and some fan voting to see who the starting 5's should be.

By performance i think you could safely say
TJ Hallice was not an all star.
Bobby Evans was not an all star.
Marcus Barrow was not an all star.
Brandon McGill was not an all star.

Then guys like Jayden Coburn ended up playing because not everyone was available. Great young prospect but was definitely not an all star.

Totally agree with above, except for Barrow. He was no doubt an all star

you could say that guys like Carter Cook and Robbie Huntington could have also been considered.

Barrow was good but maybe not a clear cut all star?

The All Star 5 that is awarded at the end of season awards is more of a realistic take on who the real all stars of the league were.

My All Star 5:
1. Tre Nichols
2. Matt Adekponya
3. Jourdan Demuynck
4. Daniel Alexander
5. Cooper Land

Anyone see any big offseason player movement?

yes make it a 9 team league like WAFL and cut all the average players out of the league. Maybe more players will get picked up by NBL teams when the competition is better

f*ing lol...and tell me ... which 5 SBL clubs are you proposing to cull from the 14 currently ^^

All the 'average' players won't be playing next year because there won't be minutes for them! Take away 8 minutes of garbage time and you instantly remove the Aaron Lopez's, Clayton Dann's, Mikey Collin's from the league...

Demuynck wouldnt be in my All SBL team personally. Team benefitted far greater from Vigor coming back into the fray, Demuynck didnt carry the team like Turner did. Though Turner was a different beast altogether.

1)Nichols
2)Adekponya
3)Lane
4)Alexander
5)Land

"WHATEVER", the single dumbest post ever. Cougars imports came out here for free and had to find work. Aussie players went out and found sponsors for themselves if they could. Club paid no one so be sure to understand what goes on before flapping them gums.

Parsons has now done two years without paying players, Lane was the only one working at the club to make money.

Big fella- Nothing
DT- Nothing/Sponsor
Della- Nothing/Sponsor
Field- Sponsor
Hayto- Nothing
Van Lit- Nothing

The rest nothing either. SO dont be a salty squid and research before you open them lips.

Having a sponsor for the club that is paying the players is the exact same as what happens at other clubs. Willeton has sponsors who pay Willeton, then pay the players. Call it what you want.

Off your high horse

Good on them for not paying their imports though, probably not sustainable or good for the league but.

TVL and MVL. both as bad as each other, pretty sure it's the latter posting on here. From success breeds jealousy and they had zero to do with winning the title this year. Poison still seeping out of them

"Tigers - good strong club with unlimited SBL budget.


Where does that come from. Just because they have strong junior numbers it doesn't mean they have an unlimited budget."

They have/had an unlimited budget because a local guy that won a $30 million lotto jackpot about 15 years ago is a Tigers fan.

Only internal issues involve the VL. Just leave the club

The cougars didn't have sponsors paying the players. The players had to do the work and go out and find them for themselves.
Players went and found them, which in turn helped the club get more fans and signage and possible future sponsorship to bring money in to the club you NOOB!!!

The internal problems are simply people not liking other people, that is in every club. Not everyone gets a long but if it results in a championship and an increase in junior players joining the club then so be it. Andy Stewart seems to be happy having his kid there.

SO a quit crying cause willo didnt win again after pouring thousands of dollars in to the program and got an ex NBL coach and NBL player as a coach, along with so called NBL players.

BOO HOO. COUGARS simply put beat all the odds without their captain and a zero budget. read it and weep people.

Haney rumours turn out to be true. And from the look of it Goodluck is staying, seems to have a job at Goldfields Toyota/being working his way through Kalgoorlie's single women.

http://www.goldfieldsgiants.com/20160909haney/

Cougars internal power struggle and issues are very real. I can guarantee it is causing issues for the people who really matter - the Players and Coaches.

bowie not getting paid ?? ha ha got paid nearly double what the goldfields were paying him.

Who is retiring from Cougars Prince,Arrowsmith, Sheldon. Not Thomas or Della Or Vanlit Also heard Narjee and Marcus may be back.

Re issues for players and coaches of the champion team. Recent photos they look pretty happy to me. Why can't you just say congratulations and move on . Forget the past and move on to another great year

No chance Goode is back at Cockburn. Held them to ransom the last month of the season.

Who said anything about not being happy for Cockburn? They balled out this year despite all the tension. They played exceptional basketball and did what 90% of people said they couldnt do. The internal stuff is very real though. It would be great if everyone in the club could get on the same page to ensure that club had a real decent chance of repeating. Just not sure it will happen. It would be great to have everyone come back, but reality is that some players( imports) need to get some sort of payment and they probably wont from Cockburn. Its a bit tough to expect these guys to come from O/S and live on scraps.Its the same with every team that doesnt pay players. The chances of having a guy in his prime earning portion of his career coming and playing for nothing season after season is just not realistic. Either way whatever happens the Cougars have plenty to look forward to and plenty of options to help them win again.

rockinghams coaches are completed samuelson ( men ) petrick ( women ). both bunbury and Mandurah positions are open I see both advertised on web sites.not sure about any other clubs looking for coaches.

If that's the case for Cockburn then that's the biggest mistake they've ever made.

grapevine news "" stirling senators going after some big names already- the 2 biggest names in the WSBL- a package deal I believe. this team will be the biggest improver in season 2017 . Clarke has had a look at the comp. he will have land as a naturalised aussie . add 2 quality imports which he will source and maybe an experienced aussie see above. LOOK OUT.

Have heard Chudier Pal could be on the move from Rocko. Would expect some serious $$.

Goldfields would be a good fit, could give him a pretty penny.

giants,buccs are not as cashed up as some people may think !a lot of overheads with these teams.

Farrison: Mathiang Muo went to the Giants after training with the wildcats two seasons ago. What's your point?

I've heard Malpass is done in the SBL, she is heading overseas. You would be hard pressed to get Sami out of Rocko as well in my opinion, unless Petrik has really screwed up

Replacing Parsons in Cockburn with Matthew Van Lit would surely be the dumbest move in the history of Cockburn Basketball. From Championship to outside the 8 in one season.Surely the exodus of players from the team would follow.

Parsons has resigned from the cougars. Cougars now need to find a new coach and the organisation should be doing the right things to get money in to the club as sponsors are surely more easily attained after winning a championship.

I wish the league worked like this....

Up and coming assistants would be hungry for head coaching positions ( EX: Nener to Giants ) Similar to in the states.

I'm not sure what Nener does as a 8-5 job but would be a good fit I thin as well

Would be nice if it worked like that. Some assistants prefer it to be that way though.

Cougars: Parsons rumored to be out, only recently surfacing that he is linked to PL.
Wolves: Assume Etto is back if he wants the job.
Tigers: Stephen Blacks job if he wants it?
Buccs: Rumors Trahair wants to move back home?
Flames: Samuelson announced as HC
Senators: Ellis contracted correct?
Redbacks: Lackovic could go around again, wouldn't be suprised to see a change though after several under-performing years.
PL: Rumors Nixy is not guaranteed to return, Parsons?
East Perth: Joe Allen should be the coach again.
Slammers: Job has been advertised
Lightning: Oatman contracted
Giants: Job advertised
Suns: Clarke contracted
Mandurah: Job advertised

If Parsons resigned then the Cougars are in serious turmoil. Coaches of the Championship team, who could quite possibly repeat, dont leave a team if there isnt something nasty happening.They just dont. I feel for the players in this mess. They played their asses off last year for a coaching team they believed in and now after winning they may not get a chance to go back to back. Shame

Interesting as to where and who these Parsons rumors started...
He resigned. The clubs budget for restricted players next season was a huge factor.
By all accounts the playing group are very disappointed he's leaving.
MVL junior will not be head coach of Cockburn next season. Front runners will be a ex-captain of the club along with a former head coach of the MSBL program.

How is Lackovic still the coach of Perth? The lies and empty promises have to at some stage bite him in the butt.

Harris is all about his son playing. It must of burned him knowing that even his influence couldnt get Jake on the court. Now he may gets his chance albeit on a team that if the rumours are true is going to be a bottom 8 side.

Parsons has left. It done. I guess a few coaches will be looking over their shoulders now. Maybe he can take Ettridges job at Joondalup. That would be a pisser

Even if parsons leaves, they will not be wooden spoon. They have too many good players to be wooden spooners.

How many of those players will be back? Sheldon retired, Peseva at College, both imports unlikely to come back, Field coming back from a major injury, Della and DT are about the only ones that have any juice. A couple of good young guys may get some minutes but that roster is depleted.

Trahair would be better than Nix. Utley would be better. Haney would be better.

Trahair maybe but not sure about the other two

How can you say Trahair is a better coach then Utley / Haney?

Utley has experience , Haney played Div 1 college basketball. Surely he was coached by some smart coaches in his day.

Trahair and some success early on playing but that doesnt mean anything. He has most talented team in the league ( no depth) and gets beat in straight sets in the SEMI'S.

cougars will still have Della, DT, Field, Hayto, and other young guys, along with the possibility to recruit Aussie players and surely a few imports within reason. They wont be wooden spooners and will be in the 8 surely.

Della DT Field Hayto Holmes + two imports that mix should get you into the playoffs. Might not snag top spot but depends on the coach and imports.

they will also get another few aussies im sure.

That was Wolves plus Gav Field (maybe one or two others?).
This year Cats are playing Gero in Gero over the next couple of days with the addition of Pal, Scott and Vague.

Doubt that happens this year. They have already played Cairns twice and then Geraldton Twice and then 36ers in Bunbury. Then they head to the pre season tournament in like 2 weeks. That's plenty for a pre season.

Hawks have just advertised Nix's role

Heard from an excellent source a while back of Parsons to PL. I know most of the Hawks boys are sick of Nixy running everything through Hobbs so they would embrace the chance to get Parsons on board. Although they have pushed the top teams in the quarters the last two years, Perry Lakes have seriously under achieved since Shawn Dennis left.

Hawks need a change. They need new imports, new coaching ideas and a new direction. Whoever gets that job will have a bit of work to do. They need to recruit some locals just as much as they have to recruit imports.

I heard somewhere Trahair could be headed to the Giants? dont know if there is any truth in it.

Parsons and the Cougars players did an outstanding job to overcome adversity this year. All the internal issues in the club going on around them, losing their MVP to injury and beating the teams in playoffs most people were saying they had no hope in the world of beating. They should hold their heads high.

Isnt it ironic that basketball by nature is all about team work. When we roll the balls out to the young under 9's and coach them in mini hoop, its all about how team work is important. We teach them how to work together to achieve success and that disunity results in losing.
Why is it the leadership in a basketball club, which should all be about team work, cannot work together?

Losing Charlie after winning a championship and going through some rebuilding and now losing Parsons after winning a championship shows there are issues keeping them from sustained success. Instead of looking at repeating the same process and outcomes and looking at budgets with the same heads in the room they should look at getting a "team" together who can really agree on the way forward. Get back to what the sport is all about in the first place.

Parsons will be successful wherever he ends up and will probably stay in the next place long term as they will get behind him. Parsons is a great recruiter too, you watch players from Cockburn and from every other club lining up to play for him.

Above post is spot on the money.

Totally agree with the above post however some thought has to be given to the management side of the clubs. They don't run on thin air and the budget has to be maintained.

No idea what is 100% accurate but you look at the 2012 Cougars championship and the quality of imports they had, then the subsequent down years following. There was a fair bit of rumour about over spending that year sacrificing the future.

It's an age old argument, sustained success vs going all in on one year.

I couldn't agree more with that post above. The sad part is, ego, self involvement and personal gain comes into play and then our "team sport" becomes all about what one person, family, group etc can get for themselves. But at what cost? Where is the line drawn and when does anyone say enough. There's for the genuine good of the club and then there's for the good one the individual.

It says a lot that a club loses its championship winning coach less than 2 weeks after winning said championship, with a team that no one thought could go all the way. I would think a coach like Parsons would be worth it to keep but if the cougars are really letting him go then they deserve to be the laughing stock of the league. And if he does truly go to the Hawks then it's a Good move for him and maybe there he will have the support and such behind him that he should have had to keep him at Cockburn.

Cougars didn't blow over budget this year, they got two imports dirt cheap and lane was the only one on a sports visa and even then he had to work at the stadium. Goode flat out did nothing and ruined his chances of getting work at places.

Cougars had a budget and Parsons adhered to it, however from rumour Goode ran up costs that put them over budget to an extent but nothing the club cant get out of.
The club should be doing everything right now to get more sponsors and promote the club using the championship as a springboard to do so, the Aussies returning to the club will keep the Cougars in the top 8 for sure.

why would any player who can choose were they want to play now consider Cockburn? Avg facilities, just lost their Coaching staff, Best player injured and probably not likely to have any decent imports being signed. As much as they still have in DT, Della, Field what else can they offer? We know money wont be paid. Think Cockburn screwed the pooch on this. Instead of winning now and helping to breed a continued winning culture they are happy to sit and hope that the success will just bring in the sponsors and player. There is NO incentive for players to come.

"The club should be doing everything right now to get more sponsors and promote the club using the championship as a springboard to do so, the Aussies returning to the club will keep the Cougars in the top 8 for sure. "

The club cant even keep their 2016 CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING COACH!

2012 they couldnt keep their CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING COACH!

I dont think sponsors are going to solve the issue they have internally within their leadership group.

^^^^ bingo. Let's see if they wake up to themselves before it's too late. I'm guessing announcements would be made if he had signed with Hawks? So until it's been made public they still have a hope in hell to fix their screw ups and keep their coach. Big talk about wanting to have a winning culture, not enough action to do the right thing by those that GIVE them the championships. Like the person above said, the team sport is being ruined by power hungry people who just want to claim "mine". If they truly cared about "their" club wouldn't they want to see it succeed? Instead you just seem to hear about the infighting for control by the ones who want everything for themselves and don't care about the greater good.

Hawks only just opened up the coaching search. I highly doubt they will make a decision until after they meet some candidates. The rumour is Parsons, but they would obviously be looking at more than one candidate just in case. Nothing done until someone signs a contract.

Surely other teams would throw a look at Parsons as well. Perth should def be making contact if he is indeed Avail.

Della and DT would never play under Van Lit . Have you watched him coach? He hardly gets off his bum, only got the Bunbury job as no one else applied . Let's hope Bunbury get a decent coach this year.

if VL ends up coaching Cougars it will be the end of that club

Funny reading a lot of this stuff, rumours are good though creates conversation and better then not reading anything.

Keep note of this post, we can reflect in a month or two and I will say I told you so.

Parsons will stay at the Den.
He will coach Coug's in 2017.
Just few teething issues to sort out.

Coug's will lose a few in retirements.
They will have imports, but the quality may not be the same.

So lets reflect in a month or so.
Parsons to coach.
2 x imports (Quality of imports tbc).

WSBL COACHES.

WOLVES- FRIDAY
WILLO - PARKER
FLAMES -PETRICK
HAWKS - JACKSON OR DOCCY ?- anyone know.
MAGIC - ?
LIGHTNING - MANSFIELD
REDBACKS - ?
COUGARS - TRISCARI
SENATORS - CLARKE
SUNS - KNOWLES
EAGLES - ?
SLAMMERS - PETER HARPER ??

Giants - EX Club Captain to coach ?

Who would this be? Would Randy Miegel ?

Hulme? Creek? Ballantyne?

Speaking of the giants, where is Lordan Franich?

so that only leaves the eagles and the magic. surely the hawks have not moved Jackson on after such a good season ?

hawks have only advertised mens position so far

Why would anyone accept 2 imports of lesser quality when they can go somewhere else and have the pick of imports and new recruits available without the budget constraints. Thats one of the dumbest things posted in this forum.

Creeky - Already had a go....lives in Perth, seems to be settled...but what do I know

Hulme - Dont think he ever wanted or will ever want to coach...next..

Shaymus - Dont think so , but it would be the favorite out of the 3.

Mus 12%
Creeky 10%
Hulme 3%
Causer 20%
Meigel 20%
Charlie 20%
Eastern States 15%

HAHA, what do I know.
All The best though to the boys and have a great off-season! See ya around the traps

Would CJ coach Hawks men?

'Why would anyone accept 2 imports of lesser quality when they can go somewhere else and have the pick of imports and new recruits available without the budget constraints. Thats one of the dumbest things posted in this forum.'

Oh really??
Because with Cockburn's local talent your already half way there.
You will basically have what they won the GF with (minus Lane and Goodes), then adding Gavin plus two solid but not star imports.
Or you can go to Mandurah or Slammers take two star imports and see how that works for you....

haha above post haha

HAHAHA tell us who this talent is? Outside of Gav, Rhett and DT. who are you going to rely on? Pesava is away for a chunk of the season, McINTYRE will probably retire, Hayto may walk away as well. Please dont say SVL, Holmes as they are nice kids, but hardly talent.

also dont mention the 3-4 guys who warmed the bench this year. Outside of Jake Knight and Mandic not one of them is ready to contribute in any way,shape or form. It could be a really rough spot for Cockburn if you lose your coach and number 1 recruiter.

You needed two exceptional talented imports to compliment this team last year and yoou talk about not needing that calibre of import anymore? please dont do drugs

http://www.australiabasket.com/Australia/news/462922/Australiabasket.com-All-Australian-SBL-Awards-2016

Australiabasket.com has awarded the following:

Grand Final MVP: Najee Lane (192-G/F-88) of Cockburn C.
Player of the Year: Cooper Land (205-F/C-88) of Rockingham F.
Most Improved Player of the Year: Jayden Coburn (191-G) of Stirling S.
Domestic Player of the Year: Matthew Adekponya (194-G-90) of Geraldton B.
Import Player of the Year: Cooper Land (205-F/C-88) of Rockingham F.
Rookie of the Year: Daniel Grida (195-G/F) of Lakeside L.
Defensive Player of the Year: Ben Purser (201-F-90) of Perry Lakes H.
Coach of the Year: Matthew Parsons of Cockburn C.

1st Team
G: Tre Nichols (180-G-89) of SW Slammers
G: Matthew Adekponya (194-G-90) of Geraldton B.
F/C: Cooper Land (205-F/C-88) of Rockingham F.
F: Daniel Alexander (206-F-91) of Lakeside L.
C: Marcus Goode (208-C-88) of Cockburn C.

What the hell is that? Who awards that? Since when has that been done? I would agree with all but the import player of the year and DPOY. DPOY was Lane and import was prob Nichols or Alexander

Sorry - didn't see that one. Don't agree with Land being player of the year either.

they are from a website Australiabasket.com

and say Australiabasket.com All-Australian SBL Awards 2016
so pretty sure not official Basketball WA awards

Why does it look great on the resume? It's written by a Perry Lakes junior player.....

Hush Hugh. You also picked awards that don't even exist.

Exactly, which is why they literally mean nothing. May as well have posted your thoughts here.

The Lackovic rumour is gaining some momentum. Have heard it mentioned a couple times now. 3 seasons too late.

With roughly half the league to change coaches in the off season holding on to Lacko isn't the worst idea. His players seem to like him.

his players like him??

They must do. There hasn't been a major exodus of players while he has been there. He has managed to recruit decent players while there and then Vigor returned.

Confirmed vacant coaching positions.

Cougars
Flames
Mandurah
Hawks
Slammers
Giants

Possible:
Redbacks
Buccs
Tigers
Wolves

Will the SBL every get more $$ into it to be able to keep these coaches around for longer. It cant be good for the league to have over half of the coaches leave year after year?

Its a shame but its the nature of the level of the SBL i suppose.

SBL imports who have continued to play in Europe.

Giants ( KJ / Jacob ) have signed contracts I believe.

Anyone know of others who have continued playing elsewhere?

Lakeside's Daniel Alexander has been working out with several NBA D league teams (Spurs, Pheonix etc).

trevor setty - in England again, changed clubs this season and is is playing for worcestor wolves.

hobbs will be back in australia as his so called girlfriend is here.

he may not be back for the Hawks thats all lol

Highest bidder

If they want someone who whinges to the refs and doesn't pass to team mates and tries to do it all himself then hobbs is a perfect fit.

I surely would hope a coach wouldn't take HOBBBS unless its late or even during the season and something has happened with a VISA / or Injury. Imports get picked apart after 2-3 years.

All imports, well 90% of them who come out can play the game, but what separates them is the TYPE of person they are. I think HOBBS is to risky for me to take onto a team where chemistry is important. If thats fair or not, the import spot is to important for a coach to go that route in my opinion.

Love it, but doubt if 1 of these comes TRUE!

Haha those are great. Pal one i've heard going around. He's talking to a few coaches. Wonder how much $ he wants.

Pal deserves $250-$300 a week.

He gives you a starting 5 man, this will allow your import to be something other then that. Teams like Gero/Flames/Eagles who can do this have an advantage has you can go smaller with your imports if wanted.

Wade Horwood offered coaching position at Perth, possibly head coach?

I doubt there is enough $ for it to happen but if Pal was to end up at Willo ... that would probably tip them over the edge into real contenders.

timmy rendiluck would have been a better option for the mens redbacks head coach position following his successful coaching in the d league this year

RIP Redbacks.

until the money from his backer runs out he will keep his spot. Everyone knows he is a trash coach but he does have something others dont. Cash backing him.

hahahaha the cut and paste manifesto from steve nash coaching book. that got me bigtime

never underestimate the ability for $$ to be found at willo to recruit. If they want pal, they will find a way to pay him. The interesting thing will be if any of kyle, scott, bowie, johnson, cody and clarke will all be willing to take pay cuts to bring him in or whether they will just find cash elsewhere.

One thing that previous poster was right about was if they had a high clabire big they are clear contenders. Funches had a lot of hype but was a bit of a bust.

The thought of how tough they would be with a player of the calibre of Daniel Alexander, Cooper Land or even Marcus Goode is scary. Pal would be a great fit, cost them less and get a good result. Even someone like a Ben Smith from Mandurah would be a real asset to them.

lets all be clear the cap on SBL payments dont really exist lol. I mean any club can spend whatever they want and no one would bat an eyelid.

Johnson Cody and Clarke are getting paid?!?!?!?!?!

You would pay Armour,Scott and Bowie.
None of the rest would be getting paid surely.

You would hope Cody isnt getting paid.
If so he would be the only guy in the league to avg 12/6 and get paid!!!

Is Kyle still headed over East?
If he does go there's a big draw card for other players to go to Willo gone...
If Kyle does go there's every chance Scott will be out as well and back at Cockburn to play with Gav Field.

Nope he's staying

'timmy rendiluck would have been a better option for the mens redbacks head coach position following his successful coaching in the d league this year'

good trick there Tim trying to misspell your own name so it doesn't look like its from you (smh) - you coached D LEAGUE womens mate.. calm down

Laco's last handful of seasons.

2016 - 7th.
Swept first round.
2015 - 11th
(had League MVP at disposal)
2014 - 3rd
Swept by 7th in Semi finals.
2013 - 8th
Swept in first round.
2012 - 6th
Swept in 1st round by combined 65pts.

Positive is he does seem to always get very solid imports, plus has had Bennie Lewis and Jesse Wagstaff for a few seasons.

So looking at the numbers, they are pretty average results!

johnson cody and clarke are getting paid

not large amounts but still getting something

Lako's teams have definitely underperformed for the talent they have had at their disposal

Everyone used to say Dave Harris underperformed with his redbacks teams but i think Lako puts things into perspective there.

rumors swirling that daryl morgan and brad jackson will be back for lakeside in 2017. if true would add much needed experience and depth in the wing positions

Compare this to Mark Utley's record.
Who was let go by Flames this year.

2016 - 5th
Tough series loss to Buccs
2015 - 3rd
Lost Semi final sweep to Wolves
2014 - 5th
Finished season 2nd, lost in Quarters finals in 3 games to Eagles
2013 - 11th
1st year.

Perth need to make some decisions.
M.Utley record stands up a hell of a lot better the Nic's with alot less talent.

They have to get the sentiment out the way and do what is best for the team.
Im sure he does great things for the club away from the MSBL but this is purely abt his coaching and results in the MSBL.

Lako does great things for Lako. He will milk it till it runs dry, then blame everyone else for the mistakes.

any news out of east perth regarding their coaches joe-allen and also narelle henry.

also heard that about Morgan and Jackson @ Lakeside.

Compare this to Mark Utley's record.
Who was let go by Flames this year??

Don't think this is correct as Utley commented on the basketball radio show after flames were out of the race for the finals that he would not be coaching next year and needed a rest. Also from what one of the players told me apparently he told the players the same thing at the start of the season and also at the end and that once the Land brothers were finished so was he. Does not sound like flames let him go, sounds like it was his decision to stop coaching.

so which teams still havent got coaches? Mandurah, Rockingham, Perry Lakes, Cougars, Bunbury and Gero? Is that it?

Giants
Flames
Hawks
Cougars
Magic
Slammers

Only coaching jobs that I know of.

Compared to last season there will be alot of turnover come 2017 in the SBL

Rumour has it that the COckburn Cougars are playing in a tournament in Malaysia. They are getting guys from the SBL to make up some numbers.


Good luck boys.

Cougars leave next week. Some fill in players from the SBL playing.

Whos coaching them

Assistant Coach Francis is coaching and apparently from what i have been told. Wundenberg, Adekponya, and Thurkle from Gero are joining them.

any word on who will be coaching Giants next year?

they desperately need some stability in the role in order to build something sustainable.

Other than boast about his credentials and spend money like its going out of fashion what has Lako done for Perth? He lied to players about payments, He forced them to go to Curtin which lost them money, He alienated the players he did have. Lets face it he isnt a very good coach. Nothing personal its just fact. If he loses the Perth gig he wont get another gig in the league.

It is clear he cant coach, you can see that in his results over the past few years.
I dont know abt the inner sanctions of the club, but results alone from the outside as a coach he has to be a fail.
Im sure he might a nice guy, players may like/or not like him, gift of the gab etc etc..
But at the end of the day, he isnt getting results, and he has had some talented, talented squads.

Spurs forever obviously you were there? Only going by what I was told by a few players and also what I heard on radio. And obviously you are not from the club otherwise you would know exactly what Samuelson has done not only for the club but also for state teams too. He is the one who has coached most of the current SBL local players from development right through. Everything they have learned they have learned from Brad so think he does have some experience. Did Utley win a championship? No. He has had a few chances with some of the best teams in the league quite a few years ago and lost. Sometimes change is good for players and coaches as they do become stale and complacent. Utley did a great job during his time at Rockingham but he has had 7 or 8 years I think to prove himself. People are great at throwing out comments without knowing the true or correct stories or listening to heresay. I don't know exactly what happened but I have worked on committees and know what the gossipers are like. Like I say the general consensus was that he did not want to coach anymore as he had had long enough and now all of a sudden he has been sacked apparently.

Looking at the talent Utley had on the team, the results they had are about where you would have predicted.. maybe even a little better. Knocking off the Cougars last year etc. A decent contingent of aussies, albeit missing a little bit of depth, but still top 4-6 quality. They probably needed an import with more scoring punch than Taylor Land to be legit title threats.

The year flames had Carlin Hughes, Adam Caporn and 2 great imports and other good players, they finished 1st I think at the end of the regular season and still did not win with Utley coaching. Utley has been at flames twice now.

if chaudier pal and/or ryan godfrey leave they are stuffed

does anyone know if any free agents from around the league attended the Suns tryout?

^^^ hahaha

I expect some young guys from benches around the league went along looking for opportunities. Happens every year.

who caught your eye a the u20s

Michael Garbellini also

Shervil, Garbellini and Grida from Lakeside.. where are the rest from?

Andrew Ferguson, also from Lakeside was injured but will make the team being 7 foot tall and at the AIS

Beveridge from Stirling should make that team also

Lach Evans is a willo kid and will be a solid SBL player in years to come. Maybe once Scott retires

Lakeside going to have sudden depth with Morgan and Jackson returning, if the young guys can step up

Grida likely to sit out to protect college eligibility
Frank Johnson also

shervill with a year under his belt in SBL and Garbellini fresh off MVP 20's season. Both will be good role players for them

vinci training with the wildcats and rapidly developing. I wouldnt be suprised if he takes Seva Chans starting role

If they could get 2 top imports they will be a playoff team with Morgan and Jackson

Vinci
Import
Morgan
Parkinson
Import

Chan
Jackson
Martin
Garbellini
Shervill

They could do with another aussie big off the bench and would be great if they could somehow get Ferguson suited up, but still an exciting team for Lakeside to build around

any decent girls @20s- trahair done in geraldton.

Official in GERO...Another coaching change in the off-season.

Be ineresting to see where these now "Free agent" coaches end up. Say 40% you will see somewhere else next year?

Gride protecting elgibility....this must be for Div 1 or Div 2 right? Why should it matter if he has already played in the SBL. Is he currently playing now?

Heard Martin is not playing SBL

Trahair was never going to stick around. They didnt provide him what he was ment to get to start with. Another coach without a job. Seems to be more coaches avail then jobs at the moment.

If Gero can keep securing the A grade "local" (Lewis/Akeponya mould) they will be fine.
Wunders/Ralph/Akeponya and two solid imports you will always be in the mix.
What will take them to the next level is the depth which is not so easy for the country teams.
If Cook is naturalised then looking at potential line up
Import
Import
Akeponya
Cook
Wunders
Hussey
Ralph
That team will take some beating!!


Giants need that A-grader Aussie (Like Muo last year) to be competitive. The eastern states experiments of the past not going so well, but at least they giving it a crack.

Slammers - Terrible year.
4 x imports plus the locals.
What can you say.

I agree....Someone correct me if Im wrong.

Ty while at Slammers was full-time develop officer for the basketball association?
Mark Heron at Gero...similar position?

Haney at Giants and Trahiar at Gero ... I agree they need to stay put and do the hard yards and bring up the younger kids...spend time around the stadium and do all that.

They dont have full-time develop roles which will allow them the time do they? Im just asking from an outsider looking in?

Cockburn expected to announce they are looking for a new mens coach very shortly, Parsons has moved on

SBL staying at 48mins is good. Hopefully rest of Aus return and go back to 48. Look at the NBL it hasn't been as good since going to 40.

So Ettridge loses SBL and not even a medal at Paralympics. Is this guy cracking at the seams?

Can anyone give me some feedback on Bryton Hobbs? How is he as a team mate & around the club? Looks like he can flat out score...

Where has it been said the SBL is staying at 48 minutes?

Yeah and it doesn't hold a candle to mid-2000s NBL during Kings/Bullets/Tigers era. Did you even watch back then? Those three top teams battling it out was super quality unlike anything of recent years.

Parsons officially gone from cockburn. They really dropped the ball there. I'm sure at least one family at Cockburn is pleased about this

Why are we even talking about that flog Lackovic anyway when the best coach in the league over the past 2 years has just quit the club he won a championship with. I would think that is more worthy of a mention than the walking ego

Will Parsons look elsewhere, if so where is the money on?

arent there only country jobs left? I doubt he would take a job for the sake of taking a job. He could just stick with the U20s gig and take a season off

hawks yet to appoint coach i think?

ah yeah the Hawks. That would probably be a good spot for Parsons. Must of been a pretty big disconnect for him to leave Cockburn after winning a championship.

So can coaches be replaced mid season like players are? has any team done that?

Two more coaching jobs announced.

Aaron Trahair for Magic and Lou Causer for Giants

That has been confirmed, they will both field D league teams as a curtain raiser to the SBL games in the country road trips. Adds a bit of cost to the travelling teams but it's very worth it for the league.

So is it time to reflect yet?


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Reply #599073
re: 2016/17 WA SBL Off-Season Thread
Funny reading a lot of this stuff, rumours are good though creates conversation and better then not reading anything.

Keep note of this post, we can reflect in a month or two and I will say I told you so.

Parsons will stay at the Den.
He will coach Coug's in 2017.
Just few teething issues to sort out.

Coug's will lose a few in retirements.
They will have imports, but the quality may not be the same.

So lets reflect in a month or so.
Parsons to coach.
2 x imports (Quality of imports tbc).

So is Shaun Dennis a chance to coach Hawks again?

Lou Causer (sp) appointed Giants head coach.
26yrs old.
Is he the youngest head coach in SBL history?

Causer is young to HC in the SBL

McCormick was 28 when he took over Suns program

Forde would have been around the same age when he first coached Flames

I hope the Giants will support him as he finds his feet. They have had some fairly competent coaches preceding him and none have been able to have any notable success to date barring Haney when he had Bowie, Muo and Holmen practically 3 import/pro players

they need some stability in the role and invest in developing local talent

Roger - Sam Oatman is signed on to coach Lightning for 2017

Jo Alan at Eagles or not confirmed?

Maybe Cougars and Hawks may do a coach swap!

The quicker Cockburn kill the poison that is the VL family the better off they will be. Nothing but a bunch of hate filled, envious bunch of nobodies that are grasping to whatever shred of power they can get hold of so they can stay relevant. Such a shame for the Cougars that Parsons has left. Don't be surprised if some players follow him to where he goes.
Nener or Nix would do ok there, not sure about Davey, Thwaites nowhere near at that level yet

Is the SBL moving to 40 minutes or not??

Lol Parsons leaving is terrible for Cockburn. He loved that club. He loved the players, the fans, the support staff. What he didnt love was the gossip about him, the personal agendas of the board and the constant hassles. He is a coach. You should of not tried to bully him and just let him do what he does best - Coach .The jnrs worth developing got their chances. A couple didnt because they didnt put in the work.

All this talk about coaches... which imports are coming back?

Quite a few import now playing in Europe currently, depending on when their season finishes in 2017 some may not be back next season.
Bowie - UK
Setty - UK
Manigault - Poland
Holmen - Bulgaria

Nichols has re-signed with Slammers.

so it seems the poisonous situation at cougars is still festering

it was probably because you were under the limit

do you think BC and Hobbs will be back at Perry Lakes?

Apparently BC liked the hawks guys better than every other team.

Parsons just wanted at his disposal the same as what every other coach in the league has.
Nothing more and certainly nothing less.

Suns not getting imports till round 10????

Parsons just wanted at his disposal the same as what every other coach in the league has.
Nothing more and certainly nothing less.

Seems like a fair assessment of what happened.

I pity whoever takes that job. Its going to be a nightmare for them. Cant expect champagne results on a beer budget.

Hobbs vs Nicholls. Who is better?

Nichols by a mile. Doesn't bitch at his teammates, coach or the refs when things don't go his way

Hobbs won't find another job in Aus?

Nicholls seems the real deal. Could he play SEABL or even NBL?

Who were the next best imports behind him?

A good sourece tells me that jacob holmen will be playing for another S.B.L team next season. a southern based team.?

why does everyone keep pumping up the SEABL? The better players in the SBL could easily play in that league. The only difference between the two is the that after the first 5-6 players on the team the SEABL benches are better. If the SBL had the same type of money in it the quality would be the same.

Agree^

Bench players 10-12 in the SEABL get paid. Not much, but paid

Except it doesn't, SEABL salary cap is double the SBL

Of course Pal will sign at East Perth. How many players go there because they get to keep their shoes in the NBL mix with the cats. Its quite realistically pathetic.

Cockburn in trouble as their coaching situation is not looking good. There are not a lot of options.

Just get Matt back its not too late.

Holmen to join Bowie at Willetton apparently. Wants to leave Giants and Bowie convincing him to re-unite.

Jem Wolfie doing some recruiting of her own for the Kalamunda Eastern Suns, with her emphasis on acquiring dbl-D-fensive players...

Well Willetton lasted halfway through the season with their Aussies this year so the above stands true. Holmen a huge upgrade on Funches.

I dont think Holmen and Bowie were even that close?

Didn't say they were close, but they aren't adverse to one another. Holmen's biggest issue was with shouldering too much of the load and Bowie this year was content with not being the only scoring option.

Scary prospect if the Tigers can acquire him no doubt.

What's Jem Wolfie's situation? Any SBL boys been through her?

hahahah Jem Wolfie ties herself to some of the worst basketball players possible, who seem to sell to her they are any good at basketball.
Remember seeing her looking for coaches and she chose some absolute bums to teach her and she thought they were good.

Surely shes been copping a few from the wanna be ballers in perth who continually think they are any good.

Wait for Cockburn to spend stupidly now to save face. Then they can say it wasnt about them not wanting to spend the money. Thats how disfunctional they are.

lol Jem Wolfie is gutter trash. Nice lungs, but such a feral

Check out her Facebook page with Michael Clarke
"She is the MSBL programmes biggest supporter"
Yeah I wonder why......

HAHAHAH JEM WOLFIE, NEXT JOKE PLEASE. Why is she even being brought up in an SBL page? Trash basketball player, if she even plays basketball at any level and as a person she seems to be such a great judge of character. :)

Who cares.

3rd Coach in almost the same amount of years coming up for the Buccs.. Hopefully they retain Adekponya as he was a gun and good for the league. Wundenberg should go on but you wonder how many years he has left. Ralphy still late 20's, could play well into 400+ games.

If Cook becomes Aussie, with two good imports and possibly Adekponya PLUS the move to 40 mins reducing their depth issues they are going to be a very tough team.

so Perry Lakes havent got a coach yet?

Perry Lakes, Cockburn and Slammers remain.

So basically Perry Lakes have got the pick of whats avail out there, because unless you are desperate you arent going to Cockburn to deal with that mess or you arent going to Slammers due to the whole country thing without some sort of other job to top it up. Some good coaches will be without jobs.

The thing about cockburn is at least they have good aussies to at least keep them in a steady place within the SBL program sense. Gavin, DT and Della are old enough and smart enough to hold a group of guys together and the young boys coming through look up to them and trust them.

"Cant expect champagne results on a beer budget"

I beg to differ, we had champagne results this year on a beer budget. Players who deserved to get paid, went out and found money from sponsorship's. The two Americans didn't get paid at all. And the crap the team had to go through dealing with Goode was beyond insane, yet still a Champagne results for the boys from the DEN!!!

Cockburn will be there abouts next year... Della might be retiring though, along with Mcintyre and another bench big man. So might be a little short in the big department.

But with Gav in the lineup with two good imports, that's enough to get you into the top 4-6

"I beg to differ, we had champagne results this year on a beer budget."

Don't give me that crap. Marcus Goode is currently shopping himself out saying he wants what he got last season, which was $600 a game

You're a fool for believing him.

Goode is a compulsive liar

D-League and 40 minute games for 2017 confirmed on SBL website.... interesting year ahead.

He wasn't paid. That's the absolute truth. If he says any different he's a liar. He blew any money he was given on shit and then cried poor. He threatened to leave numerous times throughout the year but never followed through

lol He used to walk out of after game functions with trays of food and drinks. They never let him struggle. One way or the other he got paid, whether its a donation or a few cooked meals or flat out cash. I dont know why people lie about it. Its the same in every club. Its not like the SBL even bother to check.

bitch and moan about Goode all you want but without him Cockburn dont win a championship. He was as important to the team as any other player on that squad. Was he immature - yes, Was he highly talented - Yes. To throw shade at the guy now he has gone is absolute horseshit. Especially as most of it is coming from someone on the Cockburn board or associated to it. You guys are so gutless to blame anything on the departed people when most of the crap starts with you.

So the worst kept secret is out with 40 min games confirmed. Also Kal, Gero and SW with DLeague teams should be interesting. How do you even roster that without blowing the travel budget. DLeague not aligned with SBL fixture.

Good move though, Kal, Gero in particular have nothing to offer their 8th+ players other than a few beers at the end of the night. Good for the SBL.

Can't understand all the saltiness on the comments of SBL. I mean one ex players pipin up about kids not getting a run...give them a run at D League or 20s. SBL isn't for 'giving kids a run'. Give MarionKart another spin son.

Goode is an extreme liar and in many cases made unwanted movements towards any women. He was not paid a cent and for him to say he wants to be paid $600 is hilarious because if a team wants to pay that money for a player who plays little to no defence and causes so much animosity within a team then feel free.

He was a rude, obnoxious and unsportsmanlike individual who never shook hands with opponents and even in the Grand Final had no class to shake peoples hands.

^ article published on 13 Oct 2016 @ 9:41AM by Cougars bench-warmer who thinks he made it by getting on the court in blow-out wins. If you aren't Goode enough, play D-League and prove you can make the main 8. Are people honestly THIS retarded. Coaches will still have to manage fouls AND minutes. SBL isnt a participation league. Go down to Wally Hagan on a weeknight if you really want to 'give the kids a run'

right... and cricket was created for Test matches. Yet I GUARANTEE you every major cricketing body in the world is looking at ways to implement short versions of the game. And your gonna be just shocked when the IOC announces 3x3 in the Olympics soon...because heaven forbid, if we alter how basketball was MEANT to be played. like every other league around the world...

The game was also created with peach baskets without holes in them and no three point line, should we revert back to that also?

Sad to hear about the change to 40 minutes if it's true :(

Na screw 40 minute. 48 min games had a whole different type of scenario to deal with involving player fatigue. Its the reason why I prefer to waych SBL over NBl. There are more variables that come into it. Now they can pretty much run those guys 35-40 mins.

#bringbackthehalves #ripharambe

Can we please start to talk about allowing teams to have long weekends off at least ONE PER YEAR?!?!?


its ridiculous considering every other league allows it.

Considering that the time was changed and thats a way bigger feat why not change this now. The players, coaches and familes will love you for it! The fans wont notice

i love watching basketball games with 50-60 point scorelines

no more players dropping 50 in a game thank God!

imagine some of these low scoring womens games that are going to be 30 or 40 point scorelines for each team with the reduced minutes. I cant wait!

Women already play 40 mins...

rumour is SBL will have one bye weekend this year. likely All-Star weekend

Hey guy who keeps asking for having long weekends off ... instead of posting in here why don't you email Adam Bowler at the SBL and see if you can get the change implemented...

No piss off, we already play a long enough season. A week off in the middle is a waste of time. If you need a break to hit up metros and not be hungover for your game just take the week off.

Season doesn't have to be any longer - have one extra double header weekend.

Would be a big fan of a week off - would give you the chance to take a holiday during the season and not feel that you are letting your team down.

Its not a matter of getting smashed at metros. People have families, partners, butt buddies etc that they would like to enjoy their time with. It makes sense havin a week off and coming back reinvigorated.