Sydney should right their season here, by 5.

Is Harvey still out?

Cairns should get this but I won't be surprised if the Kings win at home.

The 50/50 match of the round I'm going Cairns by 3.

Camouche to drop 30 Kings by 10

Coin toss for the result but the Kings don't seem too excited judging by the boring game preview.
http://www.sydneykings.com/article/id/1iej2k30t3zsh1hkr50c8ndxnh

Harvey not playing is about the only thing of note in the article.

The NBL never ceases to disappoint. In anything they do.

If Gliddon is playing, Taipans. If not, Kings.

Cairns local news tonight said he would be out again Friday night. The back is fine, but he is having reactions (headaches etc) to the medication.

As a bball fan it's disappointing that Gliddon will be out for Friday, but as a Kings fan I'll take any extra help as possible...

The Kings are still finding their feet, their wins not being overly convincing, but there are still some good signs... Madgen gets better each round, AJ is proving himself to be the best (local) pick up of the season, Carmouche is finally making some shots (although he could pass it occasionally) and White, Garlepp and Hill are all proving valuable contributors at times as well, but bench depth is still an issue as well as the teams ability to see out a match... They need to keep getting it into AJ when they need a score and make sure they don't fall to bits if they get a lead... There used to be a 3rd quarter fade after the major break for some reason, hopefully they can keep momentum going and see this one out...

I'm really going to like to watch the imports match up and also AJ vs Trigger...

Ogilvy will murder Trigger and Loughton down low. As long as one other player outside of Carmouche steps up with Gliddon out would pick Sydney at home

Would $3.00 be a good price for Carmouche to be the game's top scorer?

Watching the telecast on One after having watched a bit of the A-league on SBS2, you get a real sense of the gulf in production quality. Before the A-league game there was among other things a light-hearted q&a with one of the foreign players, which wasn't just strictly about soccer or the upcoming game. Things like that give the league and the telecast some personality and colour.

I understand SBS have a bigger block of time to work with and a bigger budget etc., but surely One/Ten could do something along those lines to break the monotony of constant game analysis and regurgitation of basic game stats. Maybe at half time given they don't have a lot of time before tip-off.

It seems like a minor thing but it can get a bit mundane, especially to more casual observers, if there isn't a little light and shade in the broadcast.

Oh and also, that Brad Rosen guy needs to slow down and not fill every waking second of air with his commentary. Perhaps he could set a benchmark to only comment on every second possession

Rosen's comments were ordinary. It sounds like he's only watched Sydney games, his knowledge of the rest of the league was embarrassing. Plus him and Carfino were living in the past way too much tonight, talking about how good D-Mac and Glenn Saville etc were. How about comparing the current players to current players?

To anon #784, I understand the match itself is a direct simulcast of Fox Sports, but I was referring more to the pre-match product. Obviously the pre-match panel (and half-time and post-match) is an SBS production with SBS presenters. I imagine the player profile bits they did which I referred to above are also done by SBS as well. In any case I just think these are examples of some not too drastic tweaks which One/Ten could consider to liven up the product a bit.

Missed the broadcast between the Kings and Taipans, however by the sounds of it, the coverage went back to the usual boring of old. Were any of the new bits that were implemented in the last week maintained and improved on into this game? Curious to know.

Also only 3,990 in attendance. I know the Taipans are a low drawing away team, but come on Kings supporters! Their fluctuation of crowds on a week to week basis makes for a very unstable club and shows they have very fickle support. Its about time they regularly attracted 5,000 per game minimum, even with the zero publicity they have in Sydney.

Rosen referred to Mitch Young as "Clint" Young at the end.

Got to love Hoops... not one single comment on the actual GAME since it tipped off...

Both Madgen and Ogilvy starring was abeautiful thing to watch as was the Kings defensive play and the result fast break plays, even when they didn't come off 100%...

McCamey had some awesome moves to the basket, but was very hot and cold...

Disappointed with the amount of people turning up... This is a prime chance for the Kings to target the people who are likely to stick around after work on Friday and give the game a chance after drinks and dinner (or preceding a late dinner for those young enough to be able to stay out past 10 ;) ) but I saw NOTHING in the lead up to the game all week and I work about 3 blocks away from the stadium... So many simple, easy things that they could be doing, but they've seriously failed...

As for Carfino and Rosen, after listening to the commentators on NBL.tv broadcasts I'm more than happy to listen to them all the time as their issues pale in comparison to how painful it is to listen to most of the others...

This is the Cairns @ Kings GAME THREAD... I'm not being unrealistic to expect some discussion on this particular game... idiot...