Regional Blitz thoughts??

Hearing Mathiang Muo to the Buccs. Can anyone confirm?

Regional Blitz thoughts:

Cockburn: Handy without sending shockwaves, still awaiting the debut of Caleb White following the huge announcement on Facebook last month of his signing.

Goldfields: The addition of half of the Mandurah junior program has seemed to work alright so far for the Kal boys. Will push for a 7th or 8th spot providing their imports settle in quickly

Geraldton: Defending champs lost two close ones to the two grand finalists, import looked as budget as you could get but when you pay him the centrelink wage what do you expect. Cant see them repeating

South West: Brodie England with dunk of the year nomination was the only highlight of the weekend for the Slammers, with more talent running around in their Div 1 country Champs team or perhaps even their all conquering vets team. Another long year down in the south west

Mandurah: One would hope that Trahair would be making giant strides in development down there after being in the gig three years now but if weekend results are anything to go by then give them the spoon now. Horrific would be a kind way of describing their blitz efforts and if they get within 20 of anyone in the Top 8, I'll put money on Pauline Hanson to be the next PM

Cockburn is regional now?

They were an invitational team as they start the season one week earlier than all the other metro teams.

Cougars
Much the same at Cougarland. Field is still Field. Travers didn't play Saturday but suited up Sunday - he was handy in those three games but he effectively just replaces Pesava. Pond is a big unit and could be more than useful for them. Import JT Harris and Holmes still to come into the team we saw on the weekend. They will be better than the 7-19 Cougars from 2019, but not enough to make the top-8. If they had money for a second import, they would be a playoff lock.

Giants
Import Jones is smooth and could vie for SBL leading scorer this year. The other import Hammell was on limited minutes but showed enough to confirm that he loves a rebound. Would of knocked off the Cougars in the final and stayed undefeated if it wasn't for having three starters sitting out the second half with minor injuries. We didn't see their QBL recruit Tipene as he appeared to be carrying an injury. The Giants are big and long, and the addition of Ballantyne and Garang gives them very good depth. They will push for top-6, and maybe higher.

Buccaneers
Lost a couple of close ones to the Cougars and Buccs, but there would be alarm bells with what they saw from import Roach - you can see why SBL teams generally avoid imports from D3 schools. We pretty much saw their full team on the weekend, and if nothing changes then they will need Stewart to score 30ppg to make the playoffs. However if the rumours of Mathiang Muo joining them are true, they are back in top-6 contention.

Magic
Played without both imports and also Jerami Grace, and certainly were not as bad as the previous poster is making out. The return of Ben Smith is significant as he is a premier Aussie big in this league. Import Gray was an elite shooter at D2 college, and if import Marvin Smith can continue the good form he showed towards the end of 2019, the Magic will be a much improved outfit from last year, and should get off the bottom-2 at the very least.

Slammers
The Slammers were all over the place - competing well with the Cougars and Buccs, but also getting trounced by Mandurah and to end the weekend on a low... getting rolled by the State Country U/18 team. They have an import big to arrive and Aussie big Mitch Keller is still to come back from injury, but that's about all I believe. The other import Washington could well end up being the worst import in the comp, but they won't replace him as he is probably cheap and handles the ball well. They were 1-25 in 2019, they may struggle to replicate that in 2020.

Tyrone active on social media today, letting everyone know Cockburn won the nba championship this weekend lol. Thanks TT

TT when is the massive Caleb White debut? The media release last month was huge news, surely we have a date to see the star signing in the sky blue!?

Yes, that's still as funny as the first six times someone said it.

Yeah we get your point. Cougars stuffed up and were made to look like fools with that announcement. But continuing to post about the 'Cougars debut of White' is actually not even funny.

Anyone have any further comments about the regional Blitz on the weekend, or what lineups we will likely see at the 'metro' Blitz this weekend?

No.

*** POST REGIONAL BLITZ UPDATE ***

Here is an update of the rankings following the Regional Blitz last weekend, and leading up to the Metro Blitz this weekend.

2020 MENS SBL PREDICTIONS

1st - JOONDALUP WOLVES
2019 Finish - Regular Season 1st, lost Grand Final
KEY RETAINS:
Rob Huntington, Ben Ironmonger, Trian Iliadis, Seb Salinas, Reece Maxwell
KEY LOSSES:
Kevin Davis (import), Ridell Camidge (import), Earnest Ross, Damian Matacz
KEY GAINS:
Roddric Ross (import), Makinde London (import), Jake Jobling, Jordan Wellsteed, Joel Vaiangina
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-London, F-Huntington, F-Ross, G-Jobling, G-Ironmonger
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
Despite some big-name losses, highly-credentialed new coach Andrew Summerville has put together a squad on par with the 2019 team that finished 20-6.

2nd - ROCKINGHAM FLAMES
2019 Finish - Regular Season 4th, out in quarter finals
KEY RETAINS:
Josh Ritchart (import), Greg Hire, Ryan Godfrey, Justin Beard
KEY LOSSES:
Caleb White (import), Luke Travers, Chudier Pal, Jarryd Griffin
KEY GAINS:
Robert Heyer (import), Travis Durnin, Jackson Hussey
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-Ritchart, F-Hire, F-Beard, G-Heyer, G-Godfrey
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
If they can get a full season from Ritchart and Hire, along with the likes of Durnin and Hussey off the bench, they will challenge top-2.

3rd - PERRY LAKES HAWKS
2019 Finish - Regular Season 5th, out in semi finals
KEY RETAINS:
Ben Purser, Ryan Smith, Mitch Clarke, Shawn Redhage, Cooper Hamilton, Rob Cassir
KEY LOSSES:
Kyle Sovine (import), Clint Steindl, Brian Carlwell, Tevin Jackson
KEY GAINS:
Michael Parks (import), Brachon Griffin (import), Austin Kisselev
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-Parks, F-Purser, F-Smith, G-Griffin, G-Clarke
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
Lost some bigs, but two new imports and retaining Redhage will keep the Hawks in contention.

4th - LAKESIDE LIGHTNING
2019 Finish - Regular Season 2nd, out in semi finals
KEY RETAINS:
John Isenbarger (import), Rowan Mackenzie, Michael Vigor, Jarrad Prue, Ben Lee
KEY LOSSES:
Jobi Wall (import), Kyle Armour (injured)
KEY GAINS:
Jay Bowie (import)
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-Prue, F-Vigor, F-Bowie, G-Mackenzie, G-Isenbarger
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
Armour is a big loss, but if he's back before playoffs then they could sneak into the top-4.

5th - WARWICK SENATORS
2019 Finish - Regular Season 6th, out in quarter finals
KEY RETAINS:
Justin King (import), Caleb Davis, Cody Ellis, Wani Swaka Lo Buluk, Ash Literick, Jay Thwaites
KEY LOSSES:
Rob Anshila (import), Ngor Manyang
KEY GAINS:
Edward Hardt (import), Corban Wroe
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-Hardt, F-Davis, F-Ellis, G-Swaka Lo Buluk, G-King
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
Top-heavy in 2019, which makes the addition of Hardt very puzzling, but Wroe gives them more back-court depth which might see them go up a spot or two.

6th - GOLDFIELDS GIANTS
2019 Finish - Regular Season 7th, out in quarter finals
KEY RETAINS:
Manylok Malek, Fletcher Klasztorny, Jerome Reid
KEY LOSSES:
Patrick Burke (import), Jay Bowie (import), Dave Humphries, Brandon Holloway, Dan Forlano
KEY GAINS:
Josh Jones (import), Corey Hammell (import), Kyle Tipene, Damon Ballantyne, Majier Garang
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-Malek, F-Hammell, F-Jones, G-Tipene, G-Ballantyne
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
Lost some quality but countered with good recruiting, and a good showing at the Blitz confirms they should challenge for a top-6 spot.

7th - GERALDTON BUCCANEERS
2019 Finish - Regular Season 3rd, won Championship
KEY RETAINS:
Brayden Inger, Aaron Ralph, Matt Wundenberg
KEY LOSSES:
Colter Lasher (import), Deangelo Isby (import), Liam Hunt, Marcus Alipate, Alex Ducas, Brendon Dinardo
KEY GAINS:
Shaun Stewart (import), Kyle Roach (import), Mathiang Muo, Xavier Shaw, Zack Te Puni, Geordie Murray
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-Te Puni, F-Inger, F-Muo, G-Roach, G-Stewart
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
A week ago they were looking at possibly missing the playoffs, but the last minute addition of Mathiang Muo changes that.

8th - KALAMUNDA EASTERN SUNS
2019 Finish - Regular Season 8th, out in quarter finals
KEY RETAINS:
Louis Timms, Ryan Blanchett, Corey Easley, Logan Viskovich, Carl Aylett
KEY LOSSES:
Josh Braun (import), Javion Blake (import), Jono Diaz
KEY GAINS:
Tevin Bellinger (import), Albert Almanza (import), Brendan Dinardo, Jermaine Malie
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-Blanchett, F-Timms, F-Viskovich, G-Almanza, G-Bellinger
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
The Braun/Blake pairing was the best backcourt in the league, and that will be very difficult to replicate in 2020.

9th - WILLETTON TIGERS
2019 Finish - Regular Season 9th
KEY RETAINS:
Maurice Barrow (import), Damien Scott, Andrew Black, Scott Elder, Michael Garbellini
KEY LOSSES:
Chris Galbreath (import), Jackson Hussey
KEY GAINS:
Patrick Burke (import), Lewis Thomas
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-Thomas, F-Burke, F-Barrow, G-Scott, G-Black
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
Played with only one import for half of 2019, so the addition of import Burke and veteran big man Thomas helps, but the rumoured signing of Marcus Alipate seems to be just that - a rumour.

10th - COCKBURN COUGARS
2019 Finish - Regular Season 11th
KEY RETAINS:
Gavin Field, Jaarod Holmes, Seva Chan, Hayden Bell, Jakob Knight, Jake Harris
KEY LOSSES:
Eric Milam (import), Julian Pesava
KEY GAINS:
JT Harris (import), Luke Travers
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-Holmes, F-Field, F-JT.Harris, G-Travers, G-Chan
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
Harris/Travers replacing Milam/Pesava should see slight improvement.

11th - PERTH REDBACKS
2019 Finish - Regular Season 10th
KEY RETAINS:
Joel Wagner, Zac Gattorna
KEY LOSSES:
Jourdan Demuynck (import), Lee Roberts (import), Marshall Nelson, Kyle Bowen, Jayden Coburn, Majier Garang
KEY GAINS:
Caleb White (import), Brian Carlwell, Tevin Jackson, Dennis Tawhiti
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-Carlwell, F-Gattorna, F-Jackson, G-White, G-Wagner
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
Some big losses and haven't recruited enough to cover those losses and get back in the playoffs.

12th - MANDURAH MAGIC
2019 Finish - Regular Season 13th
KEY RETAINS:
Marvin Smith (import), Jerami Grace, Aaron Kearing, Akau Deng, Cousteau Kyle, Riley Parker
KEY LOSSES:
Shaun Stewart (import), Travis Durnin, Damon Ballantyne
KEY GAINS:
Jarrett Gray (import), Ben Smith, Matt Honey
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-B.Smith, F-M.Smith, G-Gray, G-Honey, G-Grace,
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
Ben Smith and import Jarrett Gray are good pick-ups, but is it enough to lift them off the bottom three.

13th - EAST PERTH EAGLES
2019 Finish - Regular Season 12th
KEY RETAINS:
Andrej Donlagic, Aiden Murphy, Chuatwech Reath, Shaquille Maharaj, Ned Seery
KEY LOSSES:
Cameron Williams (import), Anthony Golden (import), Drew Williamson, Jordan Wellsteed, Dennis Tawhiti, Jermaine Malie
KEY GAINS:
Brian Sullivan (import), Kevin Davis (import), Chris Clausen, Jayden Coburn
PROJECTED STARTERS:
C-Davis, F-Donlagic, F-Reath, G-Murphy, G-Sullivan
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
Mass departures combined with coaching turmoil does not bode well for East Perth.

14th - SOUTH WEST SLAMMERS
2019 Finish - Regular Season 14th
KEY RETAINS:
Brody England, Mitchell Keller, Cory Richardson, Lucas Goff, James Goodlad
KEY LOSSES:
Terrell Carter (import), Tyler Livingston (import), Michael Lay
KEY GAINS:
Jay Washington (import), IMPORT CENTRE
PROJECTED STARTERS:
IMPORT, Keller, England, Richardson, Washington
ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY:
Finished 1-25 in 2019, lost arguably their best player in Michael Lay, and the one import they have so far isn't setting the world on fire.

The sbl threads are half the length of previous years without all the anti Lakovic and Ettridge posts.

I know, isn't it nice?

It's pre-season, why are we surprised by clubs treating it like pre-season?

Women's preview?

Favourites? Warwick? Perry Lakes? Joondalup?

Big improvers? Cockburn? Redbacks?

Set to fall? Mandurah?

Write offs? South west? Kalamunda?

Round one of the SBL starts this weekend with just two men's games scheduled....

- Buccs vs Giants at Gero (Saturday 7.30pm)
- Cougars vs Giants at Cockburn (Sunday 12.00pm)

These three teams played each other at the regional Blitz 10 days ago:

Cougars 53 def Buccs 50
Cougars without Field, Travers, JT Harris & Holmes.
Buccs without Mathiang Muo.

Giants 59 def Cougars 56
Giants without Hammell & Tipene.
Cougars without Travers, JT Harris, Chan & Holmes.

Giants 52 def Buccs 48
Giants without Tipene.
Buccs without Roach & Mathiang Muo.

Cougars 58 def Giants 54
Cougars without JT Harris & Holmes.
Giants without Hammell & Tipene.

Looks like three evenly matched teams. Will the following players be available for this weekend?

Cougars - JT Harris, Travers, Holmes
Giants - Tipene
Buccs - Mathiang Muo

Picks anyone?

Xavier Shaw never played at the blitz for the buccs either.

With that lineup, nobody in the wsbl should get close to the Wolves. If they don't comfortably win the title this year, then Nix deserves the sack

I assume the purpose of the first round is to spread the season out longer for regional teams to aid with travel.

I'm sure lukosius can confirm but I'd imagine it would be a Friday night flight down to Perth, Pick up some hire cars then stay at their regular Perth accom, then early drive to the Midwest sat morning. Stay the night in Gero then back on the road by 7 for their arvo game against the cougars before the 6pm flight back to Kal

Very close R@nD0m.
One difference is that we are flying to Perth on the Saturday morning.

And this is actually something we (Giants) requested. The alternative was to start our season a week later like everyone else, but then we would have to have two triple-headers during the season (we already have one).

It's not ideal but we are fine with it and we have done these Gero/Perth double-headers before. A quick 4-hour drive up to Gero and back is nothing for us.

Thought Hawks women was going to be the stacked side this year, when the roster is full

He played in the local comp down there. If the shoulder doesn't concern him too much, and given how horrible they looked at the Blitz one could definitely make the case for it happening sooner rather than later.

My predictions:

Buccs vs Giants
Buccs struggled for scorers at the Blitz - Ralph being their leading scorer by a fair bit which is not a good sign. Muo will change that but he's 33yo and probably out of shape to begin with. Will he even be cleared? A younger Giants outfit with more scoring options will overrun the Buccs by 10.

Cougars vs Giants
Cougars import JT Harris has been sighted in Perth so you would assume he will play. They should also have Travers as I can't see him traveling away with the Wildcats. Those two combined with Field give them a potent threesome that I don't think a very tired Giants line-up will be able to contain. Cougars by 12 over a Goldfields team on the back-end of the toughest roadtrip this season.

They should also have Travers as I can't see him traveling away with the Wildcats.

So how long until the sbl follows the nba lead and suspends the season?? It has to be considered an option at this point surely

Play with no FANS... wouldn't be much of a problem!!

That's fine for your poorer clubs with low attendance and minimal corporate sponsorship but for your Joondalup, Geraldton, Goldfields and Rockinghams of the league who make considerable bank from their Corp boxes, that is simply not a sustainable solution.

^^^^

Incorrect.

Does the 500 people gathering together effect the SBL ? Surely it has to....

How many usually show up at an SBL game?

Local comps are still going on this weekend but they will be aware of the groups of people who gather at these locations ex: HBF Areana with u16's

There are fewer people at any given game, but the total number of people in the venue would be vastly larger. From memory BWA said 3000 people were expected to be there.

An SBL game with 500-600 people there will be easier to manage as far as keeping numbers below 500, than a tournament or grading with 1000's.

Wolves' crowds increased with the new stadium.

Tonight's game in Gero has been cancelled

Will the cougars game tomorrow go ahead. Anyone going to venue to watch.

Will Travers be playing

Sundays SBL game cancelled now. HTF can they justify playing any more NBL games. Irresponsible in my opinion.

Hypothetical for all of us so called experts on here. Let's say this thing continues as is for six weeks with no end in sight, a couple of questions:

When do clubs seriously consider sending imports home? Hard to justify keeping them here for no games

When do BWA make the hard call to abandon the season?

Playing games with no crowds is much easier for sports that get TV and sponsorship money. If you lose the gates in SBL, and with WABL unlikely to go ahead, where does the money come from?

Best case we've kept it contained in WA and things can return to relatively normal in a few weeks, but the national leagues continuing on and other interstate travel makes that much less likely.

League reportedly has a meeting with club contacts on Monday. Hopefully they figure out a solution whereby we play with less than 500 at each game. Sucks for the clubs who draw larger crowds but for the likes of Hawks, Eagles etc it will be business as usual. If the clubs and league can not come to an agreement, make no mistake about it - it will be a drastically different league in 2021 when we have zero country teams due to no finances and maybe even the loss of one or two metro clubs at sbl level.

SBL postponed until May 31. If it goes ahead after that apparently will not include imports.
Both mens and womens Division 1 written off for the year

What obligations will SBL clubs have to imports already in Australia? Will they be allowed to travel back to the USA? It will expensive if they have to stay and there are no games.

Potentially 8 weeks before they play. Eight weeks x four imports x $6-700 per week each still a lot to fork out with no return. Even an Eagles crowd 60 spectators each week would go some way toward the costs. Or they could hire a former SBL coach as a consultant and find out how to not pay them at all. But that would show a lack o respect.

So who wins a non-import shortened season?

1. FLAMES
Hire, Durnin, Beard, Hussey, Godfrey

2. SENATORS
Davis, Literick, Ellis, Swaka Lo Buluk, Wroe

3. HAWKS
Redhage, Purser, Smith, Cassir, Clarke

4. WOLVES
Huntington, Vaiangina, Salinas, Jobling, Ironmonger

5. LIGHTNING
Prue, Vigor, Whately, Mackenzie, Lee

6. COUGARS
Holmes, Field, Travers, Bell, Chan

7. EASTERN SUNS
Blanchett, Timms, Viskovich, Aylett, Dinardo

8. GIANTS
Garang, Malek, Reid, Tipene, Ballantyne

9. BUCCANEERS
Te Puni, Inger, Ralph, Muo, Hunt

10. REDBACKS
Carlwell, Gattorna, Coppin, Jackson, Wagner

11. TIGERS
Thomas, Elder, Scott, Cummings, Black

12. EAGLES
Donlagic, Reath, Seery, Maharaj, Murphy

13. MAGIC
Smith, Kearing, Parker, Honey, Grace

14. SLAMMERS
M.Keller, J.Keller, Goff, England, Richardson

WABL/domestic as far as I can tell:


NO, IT'S FINE, EVERYONE SHOULD HANG OUT MORE, BRING YOUR FRIENDS:
Lakeside

BUSINESS AS USUAL:
Mandurah, Willetton

RESTRITCTED DOMESTIC ATTENDANCE, NO INFO ON WABL:
Hills, Kalamunda

DOMESTIC AS NORMAL, WABL TRAINING 1v0 ONLY:
Cockburn

TODAY IS CANCELED, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT TOMORROW LATER:
Joondalup

EVERYTHING IS OFF, AT LEAST FOR NOW:
Perry Lakes, Perth

STOP BANGING ON THE DOOR I'M TRYING TO TAKE A NAP IN HERE:
East Perth, Rockingham, South West, Warwick

All (WABL, domestic) suspended until at least 27/4 now as at 3.00pm WST

Directive from BWA to all associations.

https://basketballwa.asn.au/blog/2020/03/17/basketball-update-basketball-suspended-in-wa/

Just because you get married to an Aussie doesn't mean you automatically become a permanent resident or citizen. Isenberger is still regarded as a 'restricted' player in our league.

I think playing Isenbarger would be more in keeping with the spirit of such a restriction than keeping him out.

The no-import rule is to make it fair for all clubs. The second you allow an import to play 'in the spirit of the game', you are asking for problems.

If you are an import you can't play >>>>> it's clear-cut and can't be misinterpreted.

None of the rules are official, and we have no idea what shape the league might take if it does get off the ground, so nitpicking over the detail of a rule as though it's been officially put forward is silly.

All we have is "it will apparently not include imports", which is clearly second- or third-hand information of a proposed rule, which may well take the form of "no flying players in from overseas", or have a specific carve-out for people with Australian family, or something of that nature.

If they go with a blanket "no imports", you're right, Isenbarger shouldn't play. But it would be perfectly acceptable to me if the rule was structured such that he could.

Kobe just continuing to show why they are one of the most disliked people on this forum - just because it is your opinion, doesn't make it correct mate. Unless he is an Australian Citizen, he is restricted - It's really not that hard to comprehend. Redhage - Australian Citizen, can play. Do we understand now?

Have I just seen the greatest forum nitpicker calling nitpicking silly. Oh my.

Kobe just continuing to show why they are one of the most disliked people on this forum - just because it is your opinion, doesn't make it correct mate.

Unless he is an Australian Citizen, he is restricted - It's really not that hard to comprehend.

Koberulz the no import restriction is 100% happening. Teams already working on getting them home ASAP.

I don't see how it is a more equitable league if one club is allowed to play a player who earns $15k but a different club is required to send a player earning $15k home. Is that just purely because of the country they were born in or just because it is convenient? #equality

But the proposed ruling isn't based on who or who isn't earning 15k, it's based on citizenship, which is pretty arbitrary at the end of the day.

Anyone whose primary residence is in Australia and who has Australian family should be allowed to play.

But the entire intent behind the rulings was the smaller clubs being concerned that the league wouldn't be fair if some clubs could have imports and others couldn't afford to keep them round. It was $s driving the decision - so surely the ruling should be based on dollars

But if Isenbarger lives here, nobody had to pay to keep him around.

But why does it matter. If Rocko can afford to pay to keep Richart around how does that provide them with an advantage if isenbarger can stay?

If isenbarger is getting paid now - that is the figure that is relevant in the conversation of fairness.

Why do you assume he's getting paid now any more than Redhage, or any other player?

Or any more than an import?

Treat them all the same

So if the league goes ahead, it should only be with no players?

Kobe - Isenbarger is not an Australian citizen, therefore regardless of him living here he can't play until he gets citizenship. Why are you continuing to push a moot point? It's pretty black and white yet you want to blur the sh** out of it all because his partner is Australian. No, it doesn't work like that. Learn and understand the rules before you try to make what is an invalid point

Delightful, another poster with no reading comprehension.

shouldn't come down to what sort of visa you're on? An import visa is different to a partner visa. Isenbarger would be on a partner visa now that he's married to an aussie???

Making it no Imports is relatively easy to implement.

Restricting paid Aussies would be hard. Where do you stop? there would be quite few players getting ~$50/game for fuel money etc. Do you restrict them?

Also, how does anyone know what is being paid? Unless things have changed, all contracts (whether they are accurate is another question) are submitted to BWA and remain sealed unless there is an issue.

Easiest thing to do is let each individual club decide what they want to do. If they want to pay an import for a reduced season and claim aim for a championship that has a * next to it, then let them go ahead.

If a club wants to send imports home and save some money then so be it.

I think we need to remember that these athletes - imports or Aussie actually depend on being paid. For some this is their only source of income. How can you take that away? Its going to be pretty hard for them to get a job any where else atm

if no imports are allowed it would be fair to just say no paid players allowed.

It's been said above the only restricted players that will be allowed to play will be those who signed before this all happened, so that won't be an issue.

Darnell Dialls (Former high flying Giant) to be with what would have been this years Flames (Godfrey and Hussey at the point). Hothouse would have become the Highlight House with the amount of alley oops plus drive and dish's to an import who could throw it down easily and often.

Aaron Shaw for this Lakeside team - no Kyle, will slip in to PG seamlessly and take them to the top OR Andy Gilbert on the Willetton Tigers, him and D Scott would be a joy to watch.

Virtual SBL

www.sblonline.net/vsbl

Coming soon!

SBL Streaming???

What?

Grida with ACL, was his team training after the suspension shutdown? Disgraceful if so. Any other clubs doing this sort of stuff?

Grida isn't even playing in the SBL??? Don't think you can really point any fingers???

Not pointing fingers, asking the question.

Tough kid is a bit of a stretch, he is Sam Van Baren's cousin, soft as baby shit

So with Lukosius sharing the virtual sbl site and the proposed knockout tournament of the best teams from the last 31 years.. got me thinking.

Which team and what year would be the best team the sbl has ever seen? Would it be John Gardiner's three peat hawks team of the early 2000’s. Could it be Norm Majors Swan City Mustangs of early 1990’s with 5 imports and the Ellis brothers still playing as Wildcats?

Also what teams would be in the top 10 teams of all time?

Let’s hear your thoughts

2008 Giants who embarrassed Willo in the GF: Dialls, Heron, Haney, Ballantyne, Hulme, Earle, Leske, Bowler;

Perry Lakes with Burston, Blennerhasset, Mayger, Joe Allan etc. vs Willetton Tigers with Tovey, DJ etc would have been a nice watch.

Yes the four peat

The Longley/Vlahos Redbacks would rate very highly too

SBL Virtual league website is up and running! Suppose it gives those missing the action cant live through there imaginations over these next 3 months. Great work by all involved!

Wolves over Senators in GF with the Giants being a surprise team!