The difference being the Bullets roster spend would have to be at least three times what the Hawks is. If Brisbane somehow manage to lose this game to drop to 0-6 you would have to think Duncan can't continue as coach.

What do the Hawks have, a roster spend for ants?

Zodiac, Perthworld raised a valid point a few days ago. If Duncan gets the boot, who takes over? It won't be one of the two assistants that’s for sure. Regardless of record, I’d wager that the cheapskate Bullets hold on to their HC season long.

Bullets by a fair bit, hawks really have not much and there key guy, Froling seems starved off the ball. Now after saying that, Harvey going nuts could cause problems, I just don't see it.

expecting PC to take over on Nov 8th.
not the current PC

Do you think they would be talking to a kiwi ?

expecting PC to take over on Nov 8th.
not the current PC

Battle of the early cellar dwellars. Hawks a solitary win, Bullets zilch.

Will Weaver would be a great coach for the Bullets IMO.

I wonder whether he is enjoying coaching in France?

Weaver only took over on the weekend in France, away game, he had work visa problems, by the way, it was there first win in lnb, pro a. Very tough league is pro a.

PC will be busy on the 8th, but could take over a few days later.

Interesting Stattman is playing ahead of Devondrick tonight.

Big Banger having a breakout NBL game.

Matter of time

Baynes finally showing good form, really hard to tell if Brisbane are doing good as hawks so bad. Never been a great fan of Cadee but Brisbane certainly look better with him at the point. Hawks 2 of 8 free throws, you would be unhappy from your under 12 team shooting that.

Hawks look woefull. King & Froling don't get the ball & Deng has to be the dumbest player in the NBL with what happened in the 1st minute
Hopefully Siva gets them back on track

Siva would have to be lebron to get hawks back on track. Yes Deng oh my, not a lot upstairs.

Either Tyler Johnson is injured or Brisbane simply don't utilise him enough

Mathiang get a block and flexes when they are down 10 next possession turns it overnight brains

Sobey again not having a go one, lucky he can get to the stripe

I'm about 10 mins begins the love action but Sobey almost singlehandedly getting the Hawks back in it this 3rd Q

Live*

Brisbane good first quarter, the rest crap, Baynes has done well though. Illawarra other than Dent nothing to write home about.

Probably the worst NBL game I have ever seen.

I didn't see Cairns-NZ on the weekend, but this is how I imagine that game looked when I saw the box

"The Isotopes win a game! The Isotopes win a game!"

Johnson should start and Sobey should go to bench. Sobey will able to take control and have the ball he requires. Nice win Brisbane, they needed it.
Illawarra, the spoon is there's, probably only side most sides look to for an easy win.

The hawks lack of talent is alarming. They must be on a very tight budget. I suspect you wil start seeing more lopsided scores against them as the season rolls on.

AngusH. The Breakers Snakes game was reasonably enjoyable IMO. The low scores caused more buy good aggressive D and scouting rather than the lack of skill, poor shot selection, low IQ shown by the Hawks tonight.

Harvey has been trash so far this season. Siva will at least add some IQ to the team.

Both those games were pretty bad. The NZ v Cairns one came to life a bit later on, but a large part of it was a very tough watch.

The NBL is on track to set a record low for fouls called per game, the result of that is scrappy play and scoring droughts like we've seen plenty of this round.

Whilst the Hawks have a weak roster (how many in their would make it onto other teams rosters - 4?), they lack the efforts and smarts of a similar limited rosters like Cairns or Tassie. Effort and strong gameplans/coaching make a world of difference

Probably the worst NBL game I have ever seen.

Will Weaver would be a great coach for the Bullets IMO.

I wonder whether he is enjoying coaching in France?

Professional basketball teams should not miss that many free throws in a row

Well Jackets summary of modern basketball has come true again with his summary of whoever makes the most 3s win. Brisbane - 8/25 and Hawks - 7/35.
That guy is such a genius!

If you look at how your top players are going, ranked by PPG: Hawks top 6 is shooting at 37%. Next closest is Cairns (42%). Leading top 6 team is Sydney on 51%.

If you look at the top 7 PPG scorers shooting percentage: Hawks: 41% (Mango shooting at 58%!). Next closest: Cairns (again) at 42%. Leading top 7: Bullets (51%). On 3 games but shooting at 80% is Tyrell Harrison.(Harrison edged out Harry who has slightly less PPG but whose shooting % would've dragged Brisbane down. Sydney are still getting >50% shooting from their top 7.

So, Hawks have to get more accurate shooting out of their goto players. Or get more shots up?

How to do this? Over to you coach

The problem with stats:

I just had another look. Contributing to the Hawks % is JR who only shot at 25% in his only game. This meant that he go 10 pts putting him in the top 6. If you took him out, that would elevate Mango into the top 6 (with his 58%) and Wani into the top 7 bringing 40%.

So, that would change things a bit but I don't have any more time. And there could be things like that changing other teams stats (McCall?).

But. what I want is Tyler to get his mojo working on that one handed floater he had in his first season. He gets that working, he'll be damaging.

With the depth concerns I get why the Hawks haven't been rolling with their best 5 from the opening tip, but I think that's a luxury they can't afford - they need to have their best 5 on the court as much as possible, which for me is Harvey-Wani-King-Froling-Mango. When Siva comes on board, Wani to the bench.

Bench is shallow (especially down an import) but Dent seems to have stolen Harvey's floater game and at least appears capable of filling a similar role to Adnam in this league, Deng has his moments but is best suited to 8-12 mins a game off the bench at most, and agree with the commentary team last night that I thought Gak would get a bigger role this year, and then... well, Hickey showed some energy last night, Mudronja has also had his moments and might end up being a rotation guy if he gets opportunity.

Walker getting a DNP for the bullets. I was personally forecasting this

Cadee and Sobey getting 30+ minutes each as starters definitely means there is limited opportunity for an import wing. To me, while not being spectacular, other than the JJ's game, he has been more than adequate while being given pretty limited opportunities.

Unless there is an injury, a possibility on the back of a big minute NBL1 season, and it looks as if Johnson and Walker have identical roles, I'd be thinking Brisbane are preparing their roster for a life without Walker, thinking the slot need to be allocated for a different role.

If this is the case, only thing I can think they'd be retooling for is either a stretch 4, or Baynes has been tapped to go already and they need a replacement 5.

Devondrick Walker will be a game time decision (back soreness) for tomorrow night's game against the Hawks in Illawarra.

— Brisbane Bullets (@BrisbaneBullets) October 23, 2022

Interesting re Baynes (getting a nod). A bit like the old gag about watching mother-in-law driving your brand new car over a cliff. My guess would be that he needs more than one great game but he does look good out there.
Worried when he was fouled and hit the deck, but thankfully, he showed no sign of any injury.

Bit of a Mud fan. Also keen I White. Great sturt talents. Think sixers should look to get these types back home. Builds depth. Builds the base of local content. Both under utilityilizing by current clubs..
Agree that Jj have beaten us to gun with JMcV. He been superb addition to squad moving forward.. not all about sixers but heelyeah it us sixer year

Mudronja has consecutive 3 point air balls Monday night, kid is a 10 or 11 at best.

Walker will unfortunately be gone shortly.