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SF Series 1: Melbourne v Sydney Feb28

I’ve heard the owner is taking over next season.

there is no reason it couldn't be done very quickly with their budget. but step 1 is to appoint a good quality managing director to run the show and they still haven't done that yet.

JVG said from day one anything other than semi finals is a failure, three years later one semi finals campaign and millions spent, hardly a success.
They should have built the side from the ground up, taking their time and not shooting their mouth off at half the cost, but setting the club up.

Bitter?
How much are we paying him? For the money we spent on him, could have had Kay, Norton, a couple of decent imports, and still had money for popcorn. I expected somebody with his credentials and pricetag to do three things this year. Dominate all season, win MVP, and stepup bigtime in the playoffs. So far he's done 1 of 3.

I'm just sick of the whole freakin mess, and oxygen thieves like JVG and Gaze. All the money poured in, and nothing to show for it. Give Joey or Bevo half this moeny and they'd be motoring towards a threepeat.

"Bogut is too slow to do both. Boone will beat him on the break every time."

Quite a few occasions Boone wasn't on the court though.

Sydney was beaten in every position on the court last night, but the biggest problem was their cornerstones Randle and Bogut getting outplayed

If Boone keeps that up, United wins the title. My biggest concern is his health. He may need to be nursed through the 5 game GF with careful management and treatment

"Only watched from the second half onwards, but there were so many occasions when a Kings shot went up that Bogut would start heading to the other end of the court as if it would go in every time."

Bogut is too slow to do both. Boone will beat him on the break every time.

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Only watched from the second half onwards, but there were so many occasions when a Kings shot went up that Bogut would start heading to the other end of the court as if it would go in every time. He's an elite rebounder so not sure why he wouldn't challenge for the offensive boards when he was in usually a 40/60 chance of out rebounding his opponent. Must have had flashbacks of still being on the Warriors roster...

Not all about Bogut, Kings experience the same defensive liability with Randle the Sixers had. If he is shut down then why have him on court. The bench had lots of young fit talent that could be injected and make a difference. Will never win a title. The two teams that could challenge Melbourne and Perth in a finals series with adjusted officiating and pace is Illawarra and Adelaide.

Bogut didn't have an off-night, he is a liability.

As I have said many times, he is too slow to defend the perimeter or the on-ball screen, so what happened?

Vickerman gets Ware to drop 4 3PG in the first few minutes, and the Kings never recovered.

Other coaches have been slow to catch on, but they will.

sorry wrong thread this was meant to say

BOGUT MVP - LOL

If Cadee is your starting PG you are going to have a bad time.
Why/How does he keep finding himself in that situation year after year. He needs to put into the Goulding coming of the bench role and stay there.. or go to Illawara/Cairns (no offence).

Te Rangi showed up proving why he was MIP and 6th man also ... smh

Why does Ware not called for the push out, full length arm open hand. Called on pretty much everyone else

Kennedy, an import with a difference. He can defend !

People still bitter over Bogut winning MVP, despite how it was tallied huh.

Bogut had an off-night, but so did the rest of the team. A real lackluster performance and maybe not surprising with the stupid timing of the Gaze announcement. At that point it felt like the Kings had given up on this season, and last night's performance pretty much backed that up.

Bogut vacationing with Carmen Sandiego?!

Bogut really is a non-factor in this series.

Boone competes on the boards better than most and runs the floor really well for a big.

On top of that, Melbourne has a superior perimeter game.

Both of these factors take away Boguts strengths.

And last nights results are why Mr Entertainment League Owner wanted the villain Wright out of the finals series. They are the only ones able to challenge his team and the largest money spinning club. Boring. Could have been a great finals series, lost to the green shirts. Meanwhile... non finalists are busy forging ahead and nbl already behind them and on to bigger and better things taking advantage of getting names for themselves on the the international stage at the pointy end of international seasons. They’ll have the last laugh. Cricket is looking interesting and the aflw.

Bogut is the worst MVP I can recall.

Game one of the finals and he basically doesn't show up. Clearly doesn't give a fuck about his team, fans, or the league

We've made excuses for this guy for years, because he can play sport, but clearly he is as big a wanker as we feared.

"Cant believe no-one has mentioned how shit bogut played considering all the hype."

Always said Pork Chop is not as good as Angus Beef, DJ, and now Boone.

Cotton should have been MVP.

Bogut sucking air. I must say as a long time Kings supporter this is one of the most insipid games I have ever seen the Kings play.

Can't blame the players. Kings players have tried their best. However from the preseason - #Wear is our PF? Where are our athletic rebounders? Where is our athletic swing 3/4? Where is our balance? Where is our coaching - no open shots, all contested shots.

SWEEP

Cant believe no-one has mentioned how shit bogut played considering all the hype. Melbourne in 2

Randle looked injured or has heard the rumour kings chasing Trimble. Thought this would be close but kings no match, Goulding off the bench has been sublime, Kennedy, Boone, Ware big time players. Barlow, McCarron, Moller, Hooley do what’s required and get the job done. Jois not so much, athlete but not much else there.

Kings few high points, Bogut out played by Boone, Newley did well probably kings best. Lisch tried hard, Deng got a few shots up but doesn’t look the level, Adnam has a go but hard ask on Goulding, rest not much to out there league.

David Wear will go down as one of the worst NBL imports in history to last entire season he is TRASSSSHHHH. JVG and Gaze go bye bye together??

Gaze lost any chance of beating united when he announced he not returning
as kings coached next season. The will and desire to go out and win for
the coach didn't show in tonight performance

The team played with zero defensive intensity, no leadership and lacked enough points productions from key players.

Wear = 2pts
Kickert = 2pts
Bowan = 2pts
Bogut = 7pts

If Deng had been given 5% of the opportunities that Wear has inexplicably been given this year can't help but think he'd be a useful player for us by this point. As it is he had a nice preseason then had a couple of poor showings defensively to start the year and never made it back into the rotation.

Goulding schools Adnam and then makes the 3. FFS.

Apologies Calf. I got confused with Stephen Hoare's Hammie.

King's are showing that their decision not to get a 7th import is going to cost them a spot in the grand final series

Sad result, was hoping for an upset Kings win, would much rather them if we happen to get through, i have been fairly critical of White as an import, but good lord Wear the Kings version makes him look like an all star.

I thought it was a quad injury.

I'm a bit disappointed by this game. I was hoping for more from this matchup. But you never know. Maybe this is the wake-up call they need...

You would want to hope so if your a king's fan, because they couldn't possibly get worse

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Oh look, there's some AFL players in the crowd.

Hammy makes sense. If you're tight you're tight. Can't manage that.

Hammie I believe. Adnam on Ware. Game over.

What was Randle 's injury? Looks a bit slower than usual. Out of rhythm

Adnam is a chump. Deng's on now and about the same. Another gutting of the Kings next season is needed. JVG please leave.

Adnam has overall been pretty great this season. Biggest issue has been Gaze playing him alongside Randle throughout the year.

Adnam is great as a depth option. Hes never going to be a superstar, but he's hardly out of his league on the court. Has some flaws but he's decent

Never been a fan of Adnam, he left because he didn't have a gig with United. Now hopefully the Kings realise they made a mistake in recruiting him. Out of his league. Oh it was never SEABL either.

Everyone loves to bag Goulding but his defence this game has been impressive.

Better start for Sydney, but need to keep this up and also survive the late 3rd Q/early 4th Q Gaze substitutions.

Aw well, hope Perth v Brisbane is close game

Just tuned in, wtf is happening

Classic sydney lol

Something STINKS, wait is the rot at Sydney Kings.

Give melb too much confidence and it won't matter. If melb win this by 15+

I am expecting a sweeping for the kings

Kings should leave Bogut, Lisch, Newley, Kickert, Randle on the bench for most of the 2nd half. Save their legs for a crack at games 2 & 3.