Freethrows
Years ago
NBL halfway mark report cards
Completion of tonight's games between Cairns and Sydney, and Perth and Melbourne, mark the half-way point of the season.
How have teams fared so far, against early season predictions? Here's my report card. :P
Adelaide: A-. They've done a whole lot more than I would have expected with such a young crew, without their Captain, and with Joey as coach.
Brisbane: B. It's been a very solid first half of the season for the new guys. LemonAss has done a very good job of drawing his team together. They still lack cohesion in big stretches of games, which will probably come with time.
Cairns: B+ (I'll give them an A if they win tonight!) Fearne has done a really good job with the team he has to work with, and being in fourth place after playing 8 away games and only 4 at home is very good going.
Illawarra: A. After struggling in the early rounds, Bevo has got his men believing in each other, and the team's lack of individual egos has them performing their roles really well.
Melbourne: E. Even given the injuries the team has suffered, Melbourne have massively underperformed, after the huge expectations placed on their star-studded roster. Hands up if you didn't have them in the top two, and streets ahead of the main bunch, before the season began.
Perth: C. I want to give them a lower mark, but Perth have been the most injury ravaged. I toyed with giving them a B, but they are the reigning champs, and haven't done a good job with personnel this season.
Sydney: A. What can you say? They're 2.5 games ahead of anyone else. Even 'though they are winning largely on the back of Lisch and Newley, they're still getting it done.
