EC
Years ago

What are the benefits of Pre-Season Games

Can anyone explain why pre-season games are played when the teams have so many players missing? What are they gaining from it? Its difficult to get any idea of how well your team has prepared for the coming season without all your players. Its also difficult to get a feel for what sort of competition you are up against when you play a depleted team. All I can see is a great expense to travel for these games but not much to gain out of it apart from starting to generate some interest from the fans with some early games.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Look at, and asses fringe players.

Give the youngsters a feel for the NBL.

Try out some things that you want to use in the main show.

Trial an import.

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XY
Years ago

Test some new plays.

Try to gat a feel for what might and might not work.

Do the best you can with the personnel available.

Not rock up on the first night of the regular season with a bunch of guys who have no idea what they are doing?

Some people available for pre-season matches has to be better than none?

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DJ
Years ago

Get a feel for the opposition and their new players (new players - anstey returning, how dominanat will he be).

If there were no pre season games, or blitz, how will the Sixers prepare for a team like Perth were they have made some major changes? They would have no prior knowledge of new players.

As mentioned above great oppurtunity to try different combinations and plays and give the youngsters a good run and feel of NBL.

Re Gower guarding D-Mac, probably would never happen in the NBL - unless Gower completly shut him down (in the pre season) - and a preseason game is the only oppurtunity a guy like gower etc would get to try it.

Think it was mentioned Nash was defending the 5 at one stage - once again not likely to happen in the NBL, but if he can do it (and sounds like he did alright) than the coaches now know - probably worst case scenario - that they can throw Nash in the middle to mix things up a bit. (or maybe save Reesy if he is getting in foul trouble).

I would think they would benefit so much more out of pre-season games than just a regular training run.

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Pickles
Years ago

Also new players being able to run offences and defences against other teams and not just at training. They also get some fairly decent crowds too so that helps new players adjust to bigger crowds.

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gayness
Years ago

to get the rookies into the style of game gets some fame and to keep the older guys fitness the same will be there main aim.

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