Pride cometh before the fall

No weak spots? Did they sign a starting 4 man? They are definitely the most talented on paper, but that was true last year too.

Undefeated?
I'll have some of what he’s smoking...

Love the honesty.

1986 Adelaide 36ers team, 24 - 2 in regular season and 3 - 1 in the Playoffs

Landale is confusing NBL with European leagues. We actually have parity.

Adelaide invincibles were a two loss regular season team.

why is this a thread aha.
Like their bench is interesting mcdaniel and white lual acuil could struggle
Undefeated ahah nice try if they lose the 1st game everyone needs to go back to this thread and say f

The bullets team was coached by a superstar coach.

Only way MU goes undefeated is if the season is cancelled.

No Weak Spots?
1. They have no starting PG, and presumably are going to rely on McCarron.
2. Goulding was moved to the bench because he was too inconsistent, but will now have to hold down the starting SG spot.
3. Ok, so they managed to poach Hopson, that's a big plus.
4. They have no PF, apart from old-man Badlow, who passed his use-by a few years back, and as usual won't last the season.
5. Landale should be Good in the NBL, but already has one foot out the door.

Landale explains to the rest of us why he hasn't made it to the NBA. Not even Westbrook would make that type of claim.

Bit of a strange comment as I'm sure he doesn’t realistically think they’ll be undefeated. Nothing wrong with having confidence but these types of comments can come back to bite. Disagree that White and Acuil are weaknesses off the bench. White looks impressive as a role player at the 4 while Acuil would IMO be the best 5 off the bench across the league. Just needs more consistency and to hold his position in the block. Has got range as well. Barlow as the starter at the 4 presents some problems as he really should be off the bench these days. They have another import spot up their sleeve though.

Not interested in a ridiculous prediction like this from a guy who's never played a game in the NBL. Unfortunately it says a fair bit about him though. This United team isn't even the best team on paper.

ich komme aus Deutschland :). I am from GERMANY, thanks/qwerty

Yes, fair point, Loe is a probably a better player right now but I think Acuil has a much higher ceiling with potential to be a genuine starter.

Source on this quote?

https://www.espn.com/nbl/story/_/id/30615106/nbl-2020-jock-landale-help-melbourne-united-nbl-title

Thanks. Bit of overconfidence there

If he's under any illusions about how competitive the NBL is, they'll quickly be erased

Interesting context though is He's been playing in Lithuania where he team was 22-2 last season before it was ended due to covid, and in 18-19 32-4 and then 7-0 in playoffs, undefeated

He may not realise exactly how rare that type of dominance is in Australia

I guess he's gotten used to success after being part of a team that went 61-6 and he's feeling invincible

I've been a fan of Ogilvy for his entire career but he is slowing down, as for who I'd go as best bench centre, I'll go Jawai as when he is fit and firing, he is more unstoppable than other bench 5s... it's keeping him injury free that is his biggest challenge.

As for United, I'm intrigued by their Japanese shooting guard, will he get a starting role over Goulding or will they finally play McCarron at the 2 (his best position) and start Ili?

Undefeated? I guess not.

Jock by name and nature.

Bump.