Red84
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Positive Start to 2023 NBL1 East Season

Pleased to see the new NBL1 East season start yesterday with more spectators attending. This year sees NSW metro stalwart clubs- Comets, Penrith, Hornsby and Bankstown - entering the comp. I see the NBL1 comp as performing a similar role to college basketball in the US - providing a local team focus within an integrated national playoff structure. Give this comp time to settle - it has potential to greatly improve popularity of the game in Australia.

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Weedy Slug
Last year

Will take some time for the level to go up, east is still the weakest conference.

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Sebastian
Last year

COE will dominate

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Dunkman
Last year

I tuned into a couple games, yes some nice crowds which is good. The standard is still not great but improving, certainly weakest confidence. Ex kings dp, Hutchinson looked good for Sutherland at both ends, some excellent assists as well, certainly worth another chance in the nbl.

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Dunkman
Last year

^^^ weakest conference

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Ben
Last year

"providing a local team focus within an integrated national playoff structure"

Last year's National Finals was a complete joke due to NBL teams pulling players out, leaving the talent pool farcical compared to what had been seen in each state's respective finals series.

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Weedy Slug
Last year

Hopefully they keep finals away from other events and actually have the teams travelling to home/away venues. All going down to vic in one location to play finals was a very stupid idea. No atmosphere.

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Steel Titan
Last year

Tiny Pinder's son Isaiah looked very good for Sydney Comets. Didnt look very tall. Solid player and can jump.

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Red84
Last year

Agree Sabastian - CoE-W will be hard to beat this year with a playing group one year older and stronger with more competition experience. As for the others my prediction for the season is Albury, Central Coast, Comets (assuming Shyla plays most games, but who knows?) then bracketing Manly with Newcastle. This is a low conviction call and I invite comments.

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