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Kilsyth 101 - 46 Melbourne

talk of the braves not all happy campers. Maybe the 3x3 comp the next day might have been the wrong focus for one player?
Tigers are indeed shithouse.

It would seem that Melbourne Tigers were totally outclassed. The result was not unexpected. Kilsyth had 4 players that played in the NBL this past season. Melbourne Tigers had none.

As a team, the Tigers probably shouldn't be in SEABL. Same could be said for their past 2 seasons.

However your comment that "Pineau & von Hofe went to Kilsyth on less money than Melbourne offered" doesn't seem to make sense. They've chosen to play at Kilsyth for less money, than play at their junior club for more money???? I guess they must really hate Nick A? However, I don't think this is the case.

Also, I have spoken to a father of one of the above players & he informs me that his son is earning $20k for playing at Kilsyth.

I believe $20k is Melbourne Tigers whole budget.

Whereas I would imagine Kilsyth's budget would be approaching if not exceeding $100k (Patton, Pineau, von Hofe, Daly, Odigie, etc).

I noticed his agent tweeted on the 28th June last year that he was headed to the 2018 NBA draft. Will be interesting to see how much attention he gets from the agent now.

I see the kings latest Melbourne tigers recruit shot at 20%, had 7 turnovers and was -46 , will fit right in, jacks it up don't play d and likes to give it to the other side.

This was posted in seabl for you SteveK-2, oh the kings.

Pretty sure Tigers had some Asian sponsorship planned as a springboard back to the NBL, that was part of having some Chinese players the first year in SEABL, don't think they're around now. Funding now comes from juniors, hence why there's "Melbourne Tigers 9" teams running around in VJBL.

Seems like their womens' program is OK though

Why did they enter SEABL without the budget to do so? Should have stayed BigV

Doesn't look good for the Kings' latest golden child either. Wilson looked real ordinary, pretty terrible on the defensive end & Acuoth still looked very raw. I'm tempted to make some sarcastic remarks about the negative influence of being associated with a train wreck NBL program but then Pineau and Daly are on the other team.

Think the irony is that Pineau and Von Hofe were long-time Melbourne juniors, and MacDonald played the last bit of his juniors there. And all three now play at Kilsyth.
Whilst I am certainly not a fan of either the Melbourne Tigers, or the idea of club-based SEABL sides having a huge budget spent on players from other programs, at least the Tigers (both women and men) seem to mostly play their own juniors.

http://basketball.net.au/index.php?id=302&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2319&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=bfab0fb33d

Penny Taylor has been named European Player of the Year, by European basketball portal, Eurobasket.com, as she continues to post impressive numbers.

The award was voted upon by the website’s 300 correspondents across Europe, with Taylor also being named Small Forward of the Year.

Taylor, who plays with Turkish club Fenerbahçe who are currently the only undefeated team Euroleague play (9-0), is averaging 17.8 points – which places her fifth in the Euroleague in scoring – and 4.1 rebounds per game. Competing in the Turkish League, she is averaging 18.5 points per game and 5.9 rebounds. Fenerbahçe sit in first place on an 11-1 record.

Well done Penny!