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Breakers signings Obekpa and Henry

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Love all the fanboys thinking an 18yr old kid is going to be the starting PG in the NBL.

The Teams Owner has said as much, is he a fanboy or a fanowner?
You are high if you think a kid who's a projected top 5 pick in next years draft with great size for his position isn't going to start for NZ.
Plus Hampton is a PG not a SG.

Webster & Abercrombie had dismal seasons last year and yet you have them projected to start in front of the new Imports?
Are you their fanboy?

Loe won't be starting, you're reading too much into the order of players by position on the NBL's article on the new signings.

Really disappointing year for nbl, not the way it’s run but the depth in talent, expected a lot more. A few next stars is great but little else.

These guys put up really poor numbers in college. They've been ok in some of the European leagues since but they're disappointing signings when you consider the names that were being thrown around (Noah, Monta etc).

Santamaria saying Delaney starting, but he’s a commentator so probably got no idea.

I’m certain Delaney is starting.

Obepka and Abercrombie starting? Righto.

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Love all the fanboys thinking an 18yr old kid is going to be the starting PG in the NBL.
Better make sure he has on the extra capacity diapers!
Although I'm sure he will get to spend some time there.

Also doubt Hopson has come all this way to play 3rd string off the bench.

I think you will find it will look more like this:

Henry / Weeks
Webster / Hampton
Hopson / Abercrombie / Ngatai
Obekpa / Delaney / Vodanovich
Majok / Loe

or possibly this:

Henry / Hampton / Weeks
Hopson / Webster
Abercrombie / Ngatai
Obekpa / Delaney / Vodanovich
Majok / Loe

Good signings to round out the 19/20 roster.

Sek Henry and Scotty Hopson are not unknown quantities to Dan Shamir, both playing in Israel and Hopson playing a season for Shamir.
Ater Majok had a good campaign for Lebanon in NZ against the Tall Blacks during the world cup qualifications so it's great to see him signed especially having an Aussie passport.
Obekpa & Majok will hopefully keep teams honest in the paint.

Hampton (6.5") / Weeks (6.1")
Henry (6.4") / Webster (6.2")
Hopson (6.7") / Abercrombie (6.6") / Ngatai (6.5")
Delany (6.7") / Obekpa (6.9") /Vodanavich (6.7")
Majok (6.10") / Loe (6.11")

NZ can create quite a few mismatches with roster versatility.

Henry is a beast. Tier 2 for mine, plenty of experienced depth and a great coach too boot. Hampton is the enigma, he must be pretty freakin' awesome if they're putting this kind of faith in him, especially considering the maturity of this group.

Strongest bench in the league without question.

Sek Henry brings back memories of Myron Allen. Good player

SG Webster / Henry (or other way round)

By round 5 it'll be the other way round.

Not sold on the Breakers squad this season. Will be interesting to see how they go. Seems they will be blocking a lot of shots though :)

Yes.

Henry a 6’4 g
Obekpa a 6’9 f/c
Hopson a 6’7 sf

Are these the imports?

PG Hampton / Weeks / Li
SG Webster / Henry (or other way round)
SF Hopson / Abercrombie / Ngatai
PF Delaney / Obekpa / Vodanovich
C Majok / Loe

PG: RJ Hampton**, Jarrad Weeks, Terry Li***

SG: Corey Webster, Sek Henry*

SF: Thomas Abercrombie (c), Jordan Ngatai, Scotty Hopson*

PF: Finn Delany, Tom Vodanovich

C: Rob Loe, Chris Obekpa*, Ater Majok

Someone hit us with a Depth Chart

Anyone else seen the 30 for 30 on Benji Wilson that featured Everette from his high school days? Gives you a sense of how far the NBL has slipped in terms of its ability to get quality imports - but perhaps good in that it was somewhat boring to watch two black guys take all the shots whilst 3 white guys stood around watching em - (and made it easier to dismiss the NBL as just a lesser version of the NBA) now teams actually play more balanced interesting basketball.. in theory at least, though the league is hardly filled with offensive mastersminds these days is it? (geordie being the obvious exception)