Hoops

Preseason: Kings vs Washington U.

Ahh, thanks Duke Fan.

This Saturday's lotto numbers:
73, 105, 51, 80, 644, 0. Supplementary: 3.14

Angus......Turner has been playing Waratah League for Sutherland for the past couple of years...and yes he's American

Yeah, Noah Dickerson, he's a beast, and has a nice touch on his jumper too. Also like the look of Malik Dime, their other strongly built forward, real meat and potatoes guy.

Impressed to hear that Cadee took on the job on Fultz and did well, suggests he's serious about improving that part of his game.

Cadee guarded Fultz quite a bit and the Kings did OK on D, but Fultz took some bad shots too, and drove right into traffic a whole heap. I was more impressed by their big who gobbled up every rebound that came his way... Looking at the box it must have been Dickerson.

Thanks Watson for your crap input.

Well, that got a bit heated. Not sure what started it, but Garlepp/Newley/Prewster were all getting stuck into it with the Washington bigs (and Newley with the Washington coaching staff at one point) and a few times it flared up. After the end of game handshakes the Kings were huddled on centrecourt and the Washington big who was most fired up got stuck into it again and the Washington coach had to come out and order him and the rest of the team back to the locker room.

I guess it's the same story each year with the college teams - I'm sure they come out to Australia expecting to stomp some professional teams.

Kings were severely undersized with Hill/Garlepp starting at the 4/5 against a couple of solid Washington bigs, and we also played some pretty decent stretches with 5 guys on the court who likely won't be on the roster this season.

Cadee was Curry-esque tonight, Newley found his stroke late but looked a bit rusty, Hill was OK, Prewster was really solid, and Tommy got his jumper blocked a few times but got his own back with a few really nice blocks too.

Some of the DP/non-roster guys were interesting. Faithful was strong on D as usual and Moller actually had a good impact as a rebounder/shot blocker. I don't know the story behind Isaac Turner - sounded like he had an American accent? Is he an import? I think he would probably be kicking himself that he missed so many good looks from deep, because he looked like he might be a solid option as a cheaper import to give depth at PG.

I wonder who was guarding Fultz? Cadee doing what he does against sub-professional competition. Maybe this is the season for him??

Kings 96, Huskies 86. Scores level after three quarters.

Cadee 32, Newley 23, Prewster, Hill 11.
Fultz 20, Green 15, Dickerson 14, Atewe 10

Cadee 11/16 FG inc 6/10 3P.
Fultz 7/28 FG. Dickerson 14 boards in 16:40.

USA vs Lithuania starts in 45 min at 1:30am

Serbia vs Turkey starts at 3:50am.

Kings declined the offer of a free stream.

No stream?

Looks like no Bryson according to the boxscore. That's a shame. Some familiar names, good to see Prewster on the (preseason) roster.

Here is the live stats link for the match. 7.00pm tipoff.

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/68067/17/52/78/59EjCejUMF4vg/

Still no word from anyone if Bryson is in town, which is a little bit frustrating... Hate dragging the chain with imports coming in and not getting enough pre-season with the team...

That means expect No Defense will be played by the Kings and Washington should smash the Kings!