Hoops

The SBL August 2019 thread

I watched the SBL Final on the "Live Stream"
Very well done by the way. At it's peak there was over 1.5K viewing it.

Gero looked like the better team the entire game beginning at the initial "jump ball" when Gero had a easy Dunk.
Lasher/Hunt were the best on the court. You could tell who wanted it more. ( Davis / Ross should pay all there season's wages back for the performance on Saturday night )

Love seeing the country boys showing what it is like to play with heart!

Well word has it the Wolves will be shaking off the GF bleeder Etto.

What does off court success entail? Money taken off juniors to pay juniors taken off other clubs. Perhaps disgruntled members and coaches of junior teams. As usual the Joondalup spin is full of shit.

I was with Jem Wolfie not Andrew.

It sure is. I follow a lot of sport and have never seen a streak like this. Comical stuff.

Would it be the first time that first year coaches have won the SBL and WSBL champs in the same year?

Wow, four losing Grand Finals in a row now. Oh my.

Wolves brass seriously erred by persisting with the GF choker for as long as they did. What an absolute waste of money. #cashburn

We got the infamous four-peat ladies and gentlemen. 4 different teams in 4 years. Can we go for 5 next year? Who will be our prevailer next year? Rocko? Lakeside? Only time will tell

The Buccs definitely wanted it more, were higher energy and deserved the win.
But that had to be one of the most poorly reffed games I have ever seen

Heard a rumour Utley and Franko are doing commentary next year!

ahhhwoooo *neil barnard slamming mic while chanting defense*

Maybe next season they can fly Mike Breen and JVG over for the night.

Yeah they should have called Dennis Cometti.

Franko isnt wrong, would be the largest spend in the womens comp

0/3 now for Dagastino :'(

"Franko" sounds more like a disgruntled former employee. Don't let that salt consume you or you may lose your hair. Oh wait... Nevermind

Congratulations to the Rockingham Flames and Wallet Boucaut! Another victory for $$$ #BroughtnotBuilt

classic wsbl drubbing

AHWOOO!

Sorry to change the subject but....Wolfpack....Wolfpack....Wolfpack!!!

garbin- Kalgoorlie
wheki- mandurah

Garbin is not a Rocko junior

Samuelson was a great wabl coach who couldn't transcend that at sbl level. Some would even say he struggled at state team level given some of the teams he has had, but he's not the first in either of those categories and definitely will not be the last either. For the poster who said clubs don't care about developing juniors, you only have to look at the Flames to disprove that statement. All of their Men's team this year outside of the imports, Robbins and Hire are all local Rockingham products. Their women's team have Garbin, Hetherington, Cooper and Wheki plus a couple of younger fringe squad players with talent. Many other clubs are the same but you need those highly skilled players who might necessarily be from your club to be competitive in the League, that's just the facts. Best of luck to all four teams this weekend and hopefully my Lightning can be back there next year

"Forde was the Head Coach of the Rockingham Flames SBL team in 2010"

http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-5920-0-0-0&sID=85311&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=13690970

Adam Forde coached Rockingham? When the hell was that?

You can buy GF tickets directly through your club. It at least elimantes the BS Ticketmaster handling fee.

Best way to get TICKETS?? Ticketmaster ? Hard to pay $26 bucks for an SBL game but I believe this could be a good one worth the $$ ... if the Buccs win.

Didnt Rockingham beat the Senators up at Warwick by 20 odd with Howard and Barr playing like two weeks before the finals? Yep cool story mate! The question is how does Warwick stop the Big 4 in Garbin, Allen, Boag and Ciabbatoni? I think this will be alot closer than their previous encounter but still predict Flames to get their third title

Mens game is a fascinating one. Can the seasoned legs of the wolfpack contain the young studs in Ducas & Lasher for the Buccs. Ralph is also due for a big one and wouldn't it be a fairytale if he and Wunders can finally taste the ultimate success whilst giving Ettridge his fourth consecutive loss in the decider! I think this will be a classic of a grand final.

craig Reynolds had a lot do with the recruitment of this team .
boag, burrows,duffield all went to rockingham because of him.
Duffield has sat on the bench all year behind petrick , she probably wishes she stayed at lakeside.
however she may end up with another title.
you say how would craig Reynolds be feeling , how about ambar land she has carried the senators for the last 5 years before moving. I feel sorry for her to be honest.
who would have ever thought st-de jorre would reach a grand final.
well done to dagastino for blending this team together .
barr,howard,villegas,hepburn,roscoe,bourke all new to the team from last year and it may pay dividends - surely c-o-t-year.
darcee garbin surely would be in the best 5 players to have played WSBL in the last 10 years, roscoe back to back ?
great grand final coming up - my prediction is stirling by 6 . rocko will not be able to contain howard and barr.

Isby was sacked weeks ago...

"biggest budget in the league" nope, not hawks

The bar manager at Bendats wildest dreams have come true. The ferals from rocko drinking the place dry on Friday night, only for the emu bitter loving folk from Gero to finish off the drinkfest on Saturday night. Grand Final Club with the drunkest fans:

Rocko $1.20
Gero $1.80
Warwick $12
NRDP Refs in Courtside Seating $51
Joondalup $201

let's go gero, take down that lousy wolfpack

the wolves asked for them to be seated on the other side of the court, PL aren't associated with them. they are a bunch of kalamunda spuds

Someone forgot to tell the Hawaiians about the four peat.

How were the guys in the Hawaiian shirts tonight? Followed the losers in the QF series and now rocked up and followed the losers in the semis. Keep doing whatever you are doing .. it works for us.

the four-peat dream is well and truely alive. C'mon buccs/lightning, make it so!

Thanks for your own thoughts their Craig, sleepless night I see. The reality is mate you got your own karma from doing some back stabbing yourself back in you BWA days.

How must Craig Reynolds feel at the moment. The squad he put together makes a Grand Final after he was stabbed in the back mid-season by his replacement plus one or two others down there. Hopefully karma sees a Senators win for the good guys next Friday night

WSBL GF: Senators vs Flames

Disappointing for Magic women. After going all in for a title this year, they get swept in the quarter finals.

Smartest player from Mandurah must be Morgan Ballantyne. She plays meaningful minutes in a much better team whilst Watts benched all of his young locals. Maybe she saw it all coming.

Need to get Randy Miguel back without a doubt. The Watts experiment has been a catastrophic failure.

SBL coaches have agents?

ben ettridge just signed with vlad alavas sports management agency. could this mean he is moving on from wolves after this season?

I'm thinking Wolves best opponent in the Grand Final are the Buccs so then they have a shot at winning because the latter may outchoke the chokers.

MENS

C-O-T-Y daniels ( lightning ) smokey - Utley

M-V-P nelson ( redbacks ) smokey - stewart

ALL STAR -5 nelson-braun-stewart-burke-prue

MOST IMPROVED - hunt ( buccs )


WOMENS

C-O-T-Y Mansfield ( lightning ) smokey - parker

M-V-P barr ( senators ) smokey - dyer

ALL STAR - 5 - barr-dyer-deegan-grant-allen

MOST IMPROVED - Tayla Hepburn

there is no rookie of the year award, its most improved

what are the awards that are handed out.

1. coach of the year
2. mvp
3. all - star 5
4. rookie of the year.

is there a defensive player of the year or defensive 5 ?

hawks went down 1-0 in the semis last year...

Ross and Purser got into a bit of a personal battle and both started to put up silly shots.

I spoke with Steindl tonight. It's his back playing up. Hopefully it's good for next weekend.

For the Wolves it was Ironmonger & Iliadis who performed down the stretch with some nice drives to the hoop.

Next weekend is certainly going to be a ripper. It will be intense!!