And Predictions for the crown?

I'll get the ball rolling to get discussion started ... I'm sure I am wrong, so let me hear it

GF (Men): Sturty Sixers over Southern
GF (Women): North over Norwood Lightning Flames

Table: (Men)
1. Sturty Sixers
2. North
3. Southern
4. West
5. Forestville
6. Norwood
7. Centrals
8. South
9. Woodville
10. Mavs

Come on Jack, you've got to be kidding yourself mate. The two grand finalists both out of the four! I know Cooper was handy but I don't think Forestville losing Oakley and Norwood Cooper will hurt either of them that much.
I also don't think adding a young import to an already erratic young group at Southern will puch them to the GF. I would be willing to bet some big dollars on that one if you're interested???
My guess would be...

Forestville
Norwood
Sturt (only because Jacob will miss the first 6 games)and play 4 of their first 6 games away)
West
South
North
Southern
Eastern
Centrals
Woodville

Just throwing out the hook Dazza to see what I can reel in

I don't know what it is about South, Woodville and Mavs, but I can't seem to get fired up about them.

Forestville probably 3rd. I do think Hoban will be the key to that team. The time with the Sixers this year will see him as a deeper, well rounded player.

North without Zorich and Reardon are still pretty deep so they will be right up there. Top 4 for them. The Burdman is a freak so if he fires up in the tin shed - watch out!

Southern with the import will win matches, but one man does not make a team. They will win the big matches, so all they need to do is get into the finals and watch out.

I reckon Centrals will be the smokey for the season. There are some juniors in the team with nothing to lose and all to prove. They will upset teams who go in too confidently against them. They were unlucky last season and were the team with the most losses within 5 points. If they work on winning pressure games, then they will make the finals.

I know Norwood were in the GF last year and thanks to "Lloyd", every junior in SA now thinks they have a chance in the back court with 2 secs on the clock, but from what I saw last year they were strong defensively (Cooper), but lacked offensive power. If you take away their main defensive weapon they must ensure their offense is up with a team like North's to be a real threat. I think that although Coops gets back for his offense, he does too many things off play and around the key and will be sorely missed.

West are a team who will flourish under Brad Davidson. I would expect them to take the crown of the best defensive team in the league this season and can imagine Brad giving them plenty of pre-season fitness work at the Port. Gotta love those Semaphore sandunes!
Rhino needs to step up and dominate in that team if he is serious about playing NBL. With Brad as a mentor he will be a much better player come September.
West around 4th IMO.

Sturt with Jacob and the Ninja will be hard to stop. If they aren't in the GF then I will be suprised.

That same West team finished 4th two years ago without Kersten. On paper they should seriously challenge for the title. If they don't finish in the top 3 then they have gone backwards IMO. The turnover of coaches hasn't helped and neither did last year's injuries - but their young guys have a couple more years of experience now and need to step up.

Who's Kris Davis? Obviously no-one of real importance to them.

expect to see big Daniel Carlin playing a few minutes to cover jarrod hammond.

squad of 18 down at the Lions with 16 of them current or former Centrals juniors.

Knew scotty loved the home grown.

#227782

You are what's wrong with this forum, anonymous hatred.

This is why basketball will never be popular, too much jealousy

No cuts at Forestville , just strong marketing of the game .Get on their new web site and look at the promotion of the game .
Juniors everywhere , local talent on show and over 350 people each week expected to turn out to games .
We have local talent like Sutton , Hoban , Wise Harvey, Sully to burn in Men's , plus Kermond Bow (x 2) ,Minear, Duncan and Fergus in Women's , so it looks like a great local program .
Get out a see what they have to offer, including good evening meals , Mascot of the day , full bar and canteen facilities .
You may even see some old faces during the year at one of the "themed" nights" during the home games.
All looking good at Eagles Nest

Cant see any team having a match to guard Darren and Jacob at Sturt.

Some juniors looking for increase minutes or debut this year around the league.

C Matt Dubrich (South)
PG Rhys Elliott (North)
SG Matt Lycett (North)
PG Tom Daly (Sturt)
C Daniel Carlin (Centrals)
PF Jan Warbout (Sturt)
PG Corey Maynard (Sturt)
PF Keegan Brooksby (Sturt)
SG Josh Bond (West)
SG David Humphries (Centrals)
SF Claybryn McMath (Sturt)
SF Kurtis Phillips (Played large minutes West last year)
PG Daniel Lean (Eastern)
PG Adam Doyle (Forestville)
SG James Boonstoppel (Forestville)
PG Rhys Turner (Forestville)
PG Harri Harvey (Forestville Increased minutes this year)
SG/SF Ben Howell (Norwood)
SG - Michael Florence (Southern)

Starting Fives for ABL in my opinion:

Sturt
PG - Nathan Vaughn
SG - Darren Ng
SF - Jacob Holmes
PF - Todd Gower
C - David Bowley

Forestville
PG - Brad Sullivan
SG - Brad Gerlach
SF - Matt Sutton
PF - Doug Macdonald-Taylor
C - Peter Hoban

Norwood
PG - Todd Matthews
SG - Andrew Webber
SF - Sam Grantham
PF - Dan Thompson
C - Keith Krause

South
PG - Lucas Smith
SG - Justin Halleran
SF - Luke Frost
PF - Tom McKenzie
C - Steve Pilkington

North
PG - Erik Burdon
SG - Tom Rowe
SF - Leif Burdon
PF - Dallas Quigley
C - Nick Hambour

Southern
PG - Tristan Braithwaite
SG - Michael Florance
SF - Brandon Brine
PF - John Morris
C - Brad Bungey

Centrals
PG - ??
SG - Matthew Atkinson
SF - Lachlan Parker
PF - ??
C - Daniel Carlin

Woodville
PG - Cameron Wilson
SG - Gary Birmingham
SF - Ben McKay
PF - ??
C - ??

West
PG - Ryan Kerston
SG - Anthony Spadavecchia
SF - Danny Phillips
PF - Chris Molitor
C - Blake Truslove

Eastern
PG - Brad Hill
SG - ??
SF - ??
PF - ??
C - Shane Brehney

227883 - those poor didums.
How dare their juniors no longer prop them up!

Wouldn't Forestville start:

PG - Brad Sullivan Matt Sutton
SG - Brad Gerlach Brad Sullivan
SF - Matt Sutton Brad Gerlach
PF - Doug Macdonald-Taylor
C - Peter Hoban

?

Rockets have the team in the girls to win easily, hill all season, plus all last years team back.

Title favs

Not sure that Paget is playing this year? And Ng might start at PG?

What's up with Paget this season Isaac? My guess is they will start..
Daly
Ng
Gower (until Jacob returns from holidays)
Paget (if playing)
Bowley

If Paget is not playing they may play Claybrin if he's going to be around.

My other tip is I think Campbell will start ahead of Sullivan this season.

West will start
Kerston
Kurtis Phillips
Molitor
Crusher
Blake

Kosmider will start before Smith, Younie will probably get a starting gig at Eastern and Jacob Templeton will start for Centrals along with Lightheart and Humphries. And that big bloke with the curly hair if it was the same bloke, has come along in leaps and bounds if it is the same guy I saw a couple of weeks ago playing.

Thought I heard that Paget was going OS? Can't remember and might be wrong.

or Gerlach, home grown... haha

Mens standings

Sturt
Forestville
Norwood
West
North
Eastern
South
Southern
Centrals
Woodville

West will have to play with 3 smalls all year as they only have Blake, Crusher and Molitor as there bigs now that Davis is gone. If Forestville are small they will go back to running the whole game and scoring 120 each night. Sturt will get 55 each game out of Ng and Holmes, maybe 75 if you add Marcus. Norwood will still be good, they did win it last year. The Cam Wilsons will finish bottom unless they can beat Centrals twice. Dont be surprised if the Mavs are close to a finals spot come end of the season.

cat 20

lookin at your standings i can tell that you really dont know too much about basketball. and ng and holmes getting 25 a peice.lol, is that a joke. holmes will do great game in and game out. ng is a very hot and great shooter, but that is about all he can do. i seen him play in past years and even the games where he had many points it was because some one else created his shot for him. his ball handling is below average and he has wickedly slow feet. if a guy plays defense on him than he will struggle because he is not strong and does not like contact at all. with the ball in his hand he can not score one on one because he is just simply not a play maker. now if he gets good plays called for him than he can be effective.

yea that is true mate. i actually played against him a few times where he had very below average games. he starts to whing if you play physical against him.

Stick to one alias please nbl mngr/Wayville 17.

Ha ha ha...gold!
You know your full of sh*t when you have to support your own arguement!

the others being:

Centrals
Woodville
South
Eastern
West

Do you really think that West with Woosnam, Pawlowski and Martin (not to mention Jenner, Coleman and Holland) wont make a run at the finals in the women?

I agree west will be a great team on paper.

They will make a big run for the finals.

South could be ok too, Cooper, peddle, Truslove, Dunsmore etc.

could be a very tight top 5.

Who is coaching Sturt girls now Ric castle has left the building?

228229

have you seen them play?
they at least play tough each game and give it the best.

I think you underestimate them.

They will push all the top teams imo

No Cooper at south women this year!! But still a strong group.

Womens left at tiger land who do they have and who's gone?

Rumour has it that Centrals have a candian import coming into their line up, will he be here for game one? Someone by the name of Prince?

I have heard whisper that as well. The game this weekend against the Southern Tigers could be the clash of the imports.

Could be match of the round up there at Gawler

His name is Oliver Prince and played at Florida A&M Rattlers Division 1 college. He averaged 8 points and 6 rebounds last year as a 6'6 forward.
Should be a handy pick up for them...

Good recon Dazza,
sounds like he is a handy player and with a nickname like Ox sounds pretty strong around the boards.

I was expecting Norwood/Eagles to be MOTR, but now match of the round would be the Morris/Prince head to head.

is Nolan coming back to tigerland?

Nolan will need to cleared to play for eastern. Considering time frame they get back then for the clearance to go through. That maybe a tough call. As to get enough games in to qualify for finals. Which is still the rule isn't it? The as i understand is if there's not enough games for a player to qualify for finals. They cant be registered. I don't know if I'm right but that is how i thought it went?
But hope all works out for her.