Hoops

Bullets have re-signed Stephen Holt

They'll be competitive but won't make top 4 with that roster- unless absolutely everything goes right.

Illawarra is Conger other option besides Perth i was getting at.

Bullets had the chance to sign Conger last year but chose Buford over him so it's safe to say he won't be at the Bullets this year.It will be Perth for the $$$$ and playing under a shit coach or a lot less $$$$ and playing for a great coach that he loves playing for.

Quite obviously the worst import that played all season & you want him back?
Lemanis has a thing for wooden spoons by the looks.

I think they will look like this to start the season:

Cadee / Gibson
Gliddon / Holt
Import / Te Rangi
Bairstow / Vukona / Fullarton
Hodgson / Magnay

Lemanis did say they will be going with 2 imports.

They aren't stretching the floor with shooters in the 4 and 5 spots, they're not getting much penetration and they don't have a guy to just throw it down to on the block for a score. That's absolutely woeful recruiting if they don't get a floor spacer

On the surface it seems absolutely stupid for the Bullets to not add shooting to that frontcourt. But hey, I'm not the coach.

Bairstow (range to 15ft)
Vukona (range to 4ft)
Hodgson (range to 6 inches)

The Bullets have already said the re-signing of Bairstow was in place of an import so only one more import to come.

Problem is, I doubt they do sign another big to go with Bairstow, and Holt is backing up a starting backcourt of Cadee and Gliddon. Unless the B-Team Boomer chemistry carries over in a big way, hard to see Brisbane in the top 4 IMO, pending a sensational import 3.

Plus, he'll play great D on opposition's star import point guards. Gibson/Cadee don't play D at the level of Holt

Holt on the ball is so much better than Holt off the ball

If Brisbane sign a great small forward and import big man to partner Bairstow, I like them. Their starting 5 and depth will both be spectacular.

Holt
Gliddon
Import
Import
Bairstow

Gibson
Cadee
Te Rangi
Vukona
Hodgson

I like it. Haven't been following the Bullets closely, but to me that's what the lineup should look like

That's true Isaac and I did think last season Holt appeared to have the mindset of a player that had all but given up but he has shown he can get it done in the past on a team with talented individuals around him. It wouldn't be the first time Lemanis hasn't used a player effectively.

I would assume Cadee has been offered a starting role too but that might go out the window once Lemanis sees him day in day out on a regular basis.

"you know he does have potential to improve."

Given they were a battling team, if you thought Holt had it in him, wouldn't you make some adjustments during the season?

Puts a lot on Cadee which is interesting in the third year after poor showings in the first two for Lemanis at Brisbane. Dare say Cadee has been offered a significant and likely starting role.

Bullets after Conger to fill the 3

Yeah this signing has to be about $$$

I'm surprised by this but it makes sense. We all remember the player Holt was three seasons ago at United he very much under performed last season so you know he does have potential to improve. If he's the right price and rediscovers his United form it could be a shrewd signing plus with the inconsistency of Cadee I could see Holt eventually starting.

That lineup posted above by Hogwash looks decent if Bairstow manages to stay healthy.

One has to worry when the article lauds Holt as a star in 2015-16 for Melbourne as his highlight. Ummm....what about when he played 2017-18 for....you know....Brisbane?

This is going to impact anyone who relies on less-than-legal live sports streams that are hosted on .com, .net and .org. If your favourite sites are still up now, there's no guarantee they will be for long.

Federal authorities said Thursday they had seized and shuttered 307 domains, 16 allegedly engaged in unauthorized live sports streaming and the remainder accused of selling fake professional sports merchandise, including National Football League paraphernalia.

Full article at Wired

NBL feeds are unlikely to be targeted as the sport just isn't big enough and the league has no clout or relevance with ICE, but fans relying on those streams could be collateral damage if they're hosted by those big sites and are targeted.

Streaming sites in different domain name spaces (.ly, etc) will be harder for American authorities to tackle and will survive a while longer. I don't believe there is any risk at this point (outside of malware/etc) for the end fans using the streaming sites. Unlike drug use and maybe general copyright infringement, they are going to the source at this point.

In the end, any sites shut will just pop up again elsewhere. While the demand is there, the authorities will be playing whack-a-mole for a while yet.

Just wanted to bring it to the attention of those interested.

What's your stance on unauthorised live feeds? Is rebroadcasting defensible (in poorly reached markets, for example) or are the restrictions justified and never to be broken?

Personally, I suspect the marketplace will eventually overrun laws of copyright infringement in some spaces but the big companies with a lot at stake won't cave easily. There was an article recently with quotes from recording artist Neil Young saying that he thought online piracy of music was the new radio - free discovery of music for fans. (Not identical, just similar in some ways.) Can see his point.

I'd like to see countries consider making geo-restrictions like DVD region encoding or prevention of parallel importing illegal. If you want to profit from pricing inequality (third world labour), let consumers do the same.