Ak-47
Years ago

Funny All NBL teams announced

The all nbl teams were announced with the teams looking like this.

All-NBL First Team
Sam Mackinnon (Brisbane Bullets)
Chris Anstey (Melbourne Tigers)
Martin Cattalini (Cairns Taipans)
Carlos Powell (New Zealand Breakers)
Dave Thomas (Melbourne Tigers)

All-NBL Second Team
Brad Newley (Townsville Crocodiles)
Shawn Redhage (Perth Wildcats)
Cortez Groves (Wollongong Hawks)
Larry Abney (Townsville Crocodiles)
Paul Rogers (Perth Wildcats)

All-NBL Third Team
CJ Bruton (Brisbane Bullets)
Kavossy Franklin (South Dragons)
Mike Helms (Singapore Slingers)
Adam Ballinger (Wollongong Hawks)
Darryl McDonald (Melbourne Tigers)

Others to Receive Votes:
Glen Saville (Wollongong Hawks),
Brett Maher (Adelaide 36ers),
Ebi Ere (Brisbane Bullets),
Shane Heal (South Dragons),
Darnell Mee (Cairns Taipans),
John Rillie (Townsville Crocodiles),
Dusty Rychart (Brisbane Bullets),
Ben Pepper (New Zealand Breakers),
Rashad Tucker (Melbourne Tigers),
Rosell Ellis (South Dragons),
Mark Worthington (Sydney Kings),
Ben Knight (Singapore Slingers),
Darren Brooks (Perth Wildcats),
Jason Smith (Sydney Kings),
David Stiff (Melbourne Tigers),
Stephen Black (Brisbane Bullets),
James Harvey (West Sydney Razorbacks),
Joe Ingles (South Dragons),
Nick Horvath (Adelaide 36ers),
Brad Davidson (Singapore Slingers),
Aaron Grabau (Cairns Taipans),
Brian Wethers (New Zealand Breakers),
Peter Crawford (Perth Wildcats),
Stephen Hoare (Melbourne Tigers)

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Isaac
Years ago

Very tough on Maher to miss out to McDonald or Bruton in the third team, IMO. Thought Ben Knight and Mark Worthington had quality seasons also. Other than that, fairly reasonable selections. Kings fans might have a cry about Ed Scott not getting a mention?

You'd assume that the mentions list is in order of number of votes - in which case, why is Stiffy that high?! And ahead of Hoare!?

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Don't forget the PGs
Years ago

All NBL Teams with no point guards and then have two of them in the third team.

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Hoop Addict
Years ago

As much as I like Dave Thomas, his selection over Redhage is a bit perplexing. Clearly, position has no impact on the teams (as evidenced by the 1st containing 1 5 man, 3 3/4 men & 1 2/3 man), and IMO, Redhage was a clear-cut top 5 player in the league this year.

Which leads me to another point - if you're going to make "All NBL" teams, why do it disregarding position? If you're going to do that, why not just break up the top 15 MVP vote getters into 3 brackets & award it based on that?

Apart from that, I'd say you'd be hard pressed to argue with the top 10, but I think Maher & Saville probably have cases to make the 3rd team. D-Mac, IMO, has not been a top 15 player in the league this season.

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DB5
Years ago

Would love to see the first team against the second team though...would be a great game.

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Andrew
Years ago

Kavossy Franklin All-NBL 3rd Team. Interesting.

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Don't forget the PGs
Years ago

Thanks for stealing my opinion Hoop Addict. Are you part of the Film Actors Guild.

"Its our job to read the newpapers and then repeat what they have said and sell it as our own opinion"

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Kwest
Years ago

There is no way Bruton deserved to make it to 3rd team. Shot 41%, and had stats of 14, 3 and 4.

The first 7 players who missed out easily deserved a spot over him.

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Hoops

Funny All NBL teams announced

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