Hoops

Hawks v Cats Oct 27

Capacity is 5,500.

It looked fullish, hopefully after that performance they can get a sell out.

3200

Capacity is 4000

https://www.hoops.com.au/forum/46178-hawks-v-cats-oct-27/#p770587

I don't expect Matt to construct a team that will be automatic top 3, but he didn't even say he's trying to win or even make the playoffs.

He's happy to be a feeder club which is not what the Hawks should be.

How does his team feel when hearing this? The CEO has no objective to win, why should I? I'll just get my stats and screw the rest.

Of course it was an advertisement how could someone be as asinine to say they no longer have respect for them, I mean they just landed Sam Froling on a 3 year deal for precisely that very reason.

How the hell could you say you've lost respect for Matty Campbell when he's doing the only thing they can do to keep the club afloat.

If you haven't noticed by now Illawarra & Cairns can't afford to keep up with the big spending clubs

I took what he said as being advertisement aimed at other young Australians and American “next stars” who I’m sure are watching these Ball/Hampton games.

How the hell could you say you've lost respect for Matty Campbell when he's doing the only thing they can do to keep the club afloat.

If you haven't noticed by now Illawarra & Cairns can't afford to keep up with the big spending clubs so they've only got two choices when constructing a roster cheap young guys who are exciting but will leave for more money asap or older veterans that have fallen through the cracks looking to keep their careers alive ala Cairns last season.

The Cairns model from last season isn't great as we saw so developing youth is probably the better option who knows one of those young guys might be loyal and stay on once they've developed as Mitch Creek did with the 36ers.

I am really disappointed with Matt Campbell's assertion that Illawarrais a club for developing young talent then they go to other clubs (his words).

This means top down this organisation has no endeavour for nor objective to win, might as well call them Cairns Taipans 2.

Lost a lot of respect for Matt and the Hawks today.

A pretty unimpressive performance from Perth overall, but they knocked them down when it counted. That game was really the Hawks' for the taking though, some great looks outside that didn't drop, and a ton of blown opportunities on transition and inside the paint.

I don't know you're telling the story the only 'tanned' guy (assuming tanned does mean tanned and not black) I saw standing around during timeouts was Harris.

Who is the tallish "tanned" guy in civies for the Hawks?

UTA thanks. It's still shit though.

“WTF is a shabam...“

English translation is “shebang”, as in “the whole shebang” or the whole thing.

Ball is very good, makes mistakes at times but he’s got it. I’ve said previously time to get rid Brooks and Boone, now injuries might make it possible. Get a two guard that can score and play D and a rebounding four man that can defend and hawks would be great.

LOL Lamello show 5-14 from the field and is still being talked up.

Soooo funny how people will do anything to bring attention to this league.

Illawarra could not possibly afford 3 new imports.

Unless a fringe NBA player/s play/s for “exposure”

Prop to Illawarra, much better performance and hopefully the coaches understand you can't play all players equal time or all of them sometimes.

This league is owned by someone that is trying to generate profit.
All stars programme which has big flaws.

This league where a team HAS to play a player that clearly should not be starting and should be getting minimal minutes off the bench but have to play him in order to generate interest.
What a Micky Mouse league.
No wonder the TV ratings are abysmal.
You all watch this as if it is a professional league lol

Thanks for cementing the win for us, LaMelo. #bigballer

Prop to Illawarra, much better performance and hopefully the coaches understand you can’t play all players equal time or all of them sometimes.

Blanchfield played today? In this game?

Man that was ice cold

LaMelo shoots a three in the clutch.

WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

bail out*

serballin yep - an 18yr old rookie getting bailed out calls. NBL - no better than ever!

Man that was ice cold

TERRICOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

WTF is a shabam...

A knee in the back while going over the top, jump ball...

Homicide just labelled Stiendl as reliable.

Time to go back to the clean feed.

Game descending into junk ball.

Makes Rookie Froling look polished.

Only chance I’ll have.

Attendance 3,223

Stiendl can't even shoot from close range.

Team brain fade by Illawarra.

Tremendous insight from Heal on the sidelines there. That's why it's worth having people in the stadium not just at the hub.

“Think Homocide is being a bit disrespectful in the way he is talking to an Australian basketball legend.“

When has Homicide ever shown respect to anything outside of his world view?

Dazz

Planned rotations. Doesn’t show much confidence in Hunt, but he does seem to be a budget import. Cotton n White wouldn’t be cheap.

Think Homocide is being a bit disrespectful in the way he is talking to an Australian basketball legend.

Luuuc re Hunt on bench

Interesting take. I think Perth could afford to do this against some teams, but not all.

This strategy of resting players could become the norm, with different teams resting different players depending upon their depth. Perth are thin at 4/5, so it makes sense for a deep playoff run

All good coaches preach about defence, Coenrad at the half talks about defence but commentators only talk about scorers. The nba commentators talk about good offence and good defence. Hawks actually played some defence, it makes a lot difference, hopefully it stays.

Why is Boone not playing?

Following shootaround today, the club has made the decision to rest Josh Boone in tonight’s clash against the Perth Wildcats. Josh’s status will be day-to-day following a premature return from a broken nose last week.

What's the point in getting an import big in hunt and just leaving him on the bench

Lol Cotton!

Looking like a great crowd.

Nice finish, Mitch :)

This camera angle is horrible.

“What you're really asking is, how come Alfonso Ball hasn't created a Twitch channel yet so we can all watch it that way? I don't know the answer.”

That would be truly unhinged commentary, and make us all grateful for Dwayne Russell.