Hoops

Premier League Finals Week 2

Mass exit at West.

12 game streak. Means Jack. Next weekend game all that matters. North 4th ouch. That not great is it.

Southern Exodus incoming

WOW..the biggest crock of lies and BS I've ever read on Hoops

and from past rubbish on here that's not an easy feat

I think those early rumblings you're hearing Anon 576 are from one of your body parts

I'm calling bs on most of it.

Staring and Dowdell want to play together again, come as a package deal.

Early rumblings that McLean is wanting to return to Woodville and bring Patty Thomas (he was close to moving to woodville last offseason).

McLean + Thomas, Dowdell, Starling at Woodville is a solid core.

Whitmore out of a job if that happens. A return to centrals on the cards?

BJs numbers were pretty solid for the season if you had bothered to look. Especially as he was the 3rd or 4th option.
BJ grew alot at North from the start to the end of the season, was clear for anyone to see who followed the team closely.

Looking so good. Everyone knew they would self imploded.

Norwood showed great heart but i agree, North stopped playing hard like they had won it. Then the pressure and "yips" kicked in.
Horrible way to go out for a team that looked so good heading into finals.

Who is going to stop Moultrie off the bench in last quarter or so. Won the game for Norwood and North couldn’t come up with the answers

Can we at least try to put some effort in when trolling.

Silly to play this league with a groin

Medical certificate to say he can or can’t play?

He looked uncomfortable from early in the game, perhaps a groin injury?

He get a medical certificate regardless.

Will Cairns let him play with an injury?

Forestville might struggle to get over Norwood next week without Deng.

Nathan Hawkes has lost the respect of at least 4 regular players and his position should be reviewed. Once you start losing the respect from your players your position becomes untenable

Whats wrong with North players being unhappy. I would have thought that was a normal reaction for any team in any sport losing in a final

754029, yes will be a cracker at Wayville next week ,crossing our fingers and toes it doesn't rain and the games get called off, wouldn't that be embarrassing for BSA???

Eagles complaining about others. Please chill. So now north players unhappy. Well well... thought was all rosey with the recruits.

A bit of tall poppy syndrome against the pioneers on here. The Australian way of cutting down anyone who is successful.

No!!! They won’t be playing Premier League!!!

They finally found a league that wants them?

Pioneers will not be in Premier League next year!!!

Double header this week at wayville gonna be an absolute cracker !!

Yep great game at Hillcrest last night. Just goes to show a team with so called individual super stars will never beat a team who have bigger hearts and determination. Hawkes use of his bench was puzzling,had good quality fresh strong players who only spent minutes on court who would have made a difference in that last quarter. Definitely out coached and has lost some players now. He needs to go before players there do. Great win Norwood and i feel there a genuine chance to go all the way if they continue their grit and hunger and attack on the ball.

Cracker of a game at Hillcrest. Only way to make it better was overtime. Monster 1st qtr for Rockets as their intensity overpowering Norwood early who dribbled too much and got held up in the back court and turned it over. Marshall and Aistrope hit some shots early, Starling, Tobias and McVeigh killing them inside. 2nd qtr Norwood adjusted and started passing the ball quicker up the court. Started getting stops on North which translated into transition offence. BJ offered nothing for the North. Was probably the difference in the outcome. Marshall and Aistrope turned down looks that they took in 1st qtr as the game went on, causing North to become a bit hesitant in offence. North gave up 2 shot clock violations in last qtr. Bad basketball and soft turnovers. Had to rely too much on Starling and McVeigh, who both made some huge plays to keep North in it. Refs made a couple of big calls in 2nd half, one was foul on 3pt shot sending Legan to the stripe where he hit all three. The other was a block called on Tobias which could have just as easily been an offensive charge on Lycett. Coin must've come up tails on that one. Norwood was just too good when it mattered down the stretch. Moultrie came off the bench for the last qtr and blew the game wide open. Hit some inside baskets, a jump shot and got some crucial offensive boards. He chucked Norwood on the back of his huge shoulders and made some huge plays. BJ gave up a stupid unsportsmanlike with a couple mins to go. Could have defended hard early and closed out when Lycett was on fast break, but chose to let him get past and then put in some effort and fouled him from behind. Bad, costly defence from a so called NBL player. Cost Rockets dearly.

key take aways from north v norwood. and ( season )

1) Hawks needs to go, he isnt a coach all he does is just yell and say "cmon guys". that wouldnt even work at under 14s level...

2) BJ from north needs to go, he is like a westbrook type player minus the skill or scoring ability. more of a pre game dunk/ hype guy.

3) The webbers are the most toxic thing to hit basketball SA, how does D Webber play the minutes he does? he is the king of making bad pass in transition! he doesnt/ cant play defence either.

4) If norwood played BEMO as much as they played D webber they would be undefeated. he is a good player but norwood dont give him a chance to get going before he is subbed out. I guess the webbers had a cry because D webbers minutes would of gone down.

5) north have way too many cheif and not enough indians. if you have Mcveigh, starling, Tobias then why do they not have someone who can run an offence and be a play maker?

key to success for norwood next week is running offence through Legan and Brine and being accountable of defence. also ensuring D webber plays no more then 10 mins

^genius, Mt Gambier is in SA.

Feel for north. So close again. Cruel blow. Up to eagles to topple the mountain men I feel. Do SA proud.

I would stop being salty about last season if Andy and the cheatgles tongued my anus

North’s heart was left on the bench!

anon #970
Starling shot 40% from the field.. not good enough against a undersized norwood team. I thought Brine did a solid job making things tough for him

Deng looked like he got injured

Eagles complaining about treatment. Bet andy giving harris a tongue lashing. Poor eagles. Hope Norwood towel you guys. Play fair earn respect

Shit. do*, ice*. Must have inhaled some second hand smoke tonight.

So pioneers fans ever thing of clever things to yell at the opposition? I know I’ve affects your brain but even that doesn’t explain the rubbish they were coming up with.

North cash splashed really crashed. Flames play with heart and for each other. Cant duplicate that with cash for buckets. North clearly cjoked. Massive lead and splutter splutter

Does teys always spend the whole game sucking up to the umpires with his hand on their arse?

Going to need to

Majok to score about 50 next week

Bijan in the North game.

Who is the 6 era player to only score 2 points?

You’re not wrong. He was very good last week, so not shit in back to back games like claimed. At least he isn’t a 36ers player scoring 2 in a final.

He won Forestville the game last week.

You’re right, I’m pretty sure Mt Gambians are ashamed of their town enough.

Two massive PL finals on tonight and you losers have digressed the game thread into town shaming and drugs.
Tossers.

Can you advise how much will be admission costs next year when there are no games there

Drug problems are everywhere. Just nowhere more than Mt Gambier.

You do know the guys you are feeling unwelcome in Mt Gambier have a major say in whether you will have somewhere to play next year when no-one else will take you. The rank and file are voicing their displeasure already through their club administration. Good luck profiteering next year!