Winners: Illawarra, Perth, Melbourne, Cairnes

The server continually rejects my attempts to pay the $5 to get it to run, so I'd say there are definitely issues. The pq on Twitter is not worth watching.

Nothing says "The NBL is back" quite like live cuts to the baseline camera during live play!!

direct link to game : https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ynKOYpVoyvJR

Live stats for Hawks-Bullets

Wonder who thought it would be a good idea to have a team in dark blue play a team in black? Hard to tell who is who on the link above.

Is the NBL TV feed any better than the Twitter feed?

Direct link to Wildcats game: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1YpKkLQkyVyGj

Twitter feed is flawless

Court too dark, video quality poor, commentators irritating. The NBL needs to look at the way the league is portrayed in these kinds of tournaments and consider whether it does us any favors. The Sydney Kings streams have been far superior.

The NBL TV feed blows the Twitter feed away, quality-wise.

Breakers first hit out together, looking ok so far.

Hawks 91, Bullets 69.

Jett 17, Coenraad 12 and 6, Andersen 12 and 6
Cadee 15 and 4 AST, Bairstow 11, Holt 9

Hawks 23-10 in the final quarter.

NZ 88-84 Perth
NZ looked well drilled, Perth suffered from no Brandt on the boards. No Martin also hurt defensively, especially from the arc. White needs to hustle more defensively and on the boards or Perth will send his ar$e home.

Perth lost the game on the boards.
That was the only difference... plus Websters 4 or 5 three pointers in a row.

The twitter feed has been really great. I don't know what the ungrateful entitled complainers are on about.

The Twitter feed is really dark and looks to be in SD. It's certainly not a low-bitrate mess by any means, but it's not great. The feed to NBL TV is HD and much brighter.

Who do we have suiting up tonight?

the way i read boti ....it's everybody....

From the lineup graphics in the live feed, it looks like Drmic is out? Anyone know of any injury issue?

Commentators just said Drmic has an ankle injury.

Link for the 36ers v Melbourne name

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ypKdYQqLBLGW

Wheels are spinning no one home. Like NBL TV in the old days.

I know its only the Blitz but Deleon looks shocking to me.

For those who have signed back up to NBL TV, can Blitz games be watched on demand?

Kings v Cairns
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1kvJpaerdpmxE?t=5m50s

Impressive win over United that even if only a preseason game. I was surprised by the energy of De Leon and Wiley looks like a beast.

For those who are watching, how does the import crop look this year?
Any early standouts? Any that look like they won't last here long?

If Wear can't finish this tournament avg at least 8ppg, its over for him as a King. The signing made zero sense when announced. The guys they have cut/not resigned over the past 2 years, Tyler, Ellis, Whittington, Powell, Leslie, even Blake, Wear is not as good as any of them. He's Michael Bryson bad.

All 3 Taipans imports look good, Jett & Wiley probably the best new imports I've seen. Didn't see the NZB game but Long put up good numbers.

I would've thought Wear or De Leon first cut but if Adris keeps bringing that energy he will be a nice piece.

Have seen all his games with Sydney, and save for the first month or two of 2016-17, Lisch has clearly lost his shot. Most of the misses don't even look close.

I'd hope to see Newley get back to starter minutes and Lisch spend longer periods on the bench.

Jett isn't a new import, he played for Townsville about 5 years ago.

All reports about Wiley have been positive, so that's a good sign. I feel like he will need to be MVP level for us to compete this year, so it's a good start.

I meant new to this season he played for the Crocs 3 seasons ago.

Any livestats links around to other games today?

Cairns played their starters full minutes, Sydney didn't. Awful game however.

Jeff Van Groningen is a horrible recruiter. does he just play blackjack the whole summerleague? David Wear is horrible!

Adnam again unbelievable. Bowen amazing. Fortunately for the Kings, the bench was exceptional, and probably won it for them. Lisch 3 missed lay ups and shot 3 air balls - not even close.

If the Randle and Bogut screen doesn't work, offence looks lost - with no second, 3rd options.

Jeff Wrong Again is wrong again: Wear, at best, is worse than a local Australian player, not an import. The signing made no sense when they have cut/not resigned Ellis or Whittington.

Kings Barely scrapped through against a team without Jawai and Walker.

Ive seen plenty of Sydney so far this preseason, and they are yet to play a well rounded 4 quarters. The mix of the team is well off. Randle can play with just about anybody, and Newley looks great. Lisch continues his downward spiral, even if they still laud him as an MVP type.

I think another role playing center would be good either alongside Bogut or when he is in foul trouble, or injured. Illawarra and Cairns got some use out of Delvin Johnson, Michael Holyfield and Nnana Egwu. Sydney don't need a soft big man like Wear for that type of role.

When your Next Gen player is better than your import, you've got problems.

That was me.

And Wiley 12 points, 15 rebounds is the other stat line that jumps out.

Wiley looked really solid, but I don't think he's going to be grabbing 15 rebounds if a guy like Boone is in the game. I'll be more than happy to be proven wrong though.

Violet Crumbles:

Gaze can't coach
Lisch can't shoot (any more)
Kickert can't defend a chair
Wear can't play

Bogut - great player with knees held together by sticky tape

This team is balls