Most on a Tuesday? Only in Adelaide

My understanding was they voted against a Saturday night 3 x 3 comp

One you are missing is many players do not want to play due to other commitments following NBL1 formally cancelling season.

Financially they would have to play games out of a "hub" instead of having them spread out. Used to do it back in the day, was good after playing to watch a few other games. In reality reserves were in same format, this competition will be slightly better level with some starters participating. But doesn't give much time for teams to prepare so will be pretty ugly and rely on individuals to dominate if they can be bothered to play.

Because there have been so many options for other commitments during these COVID-19 times lol

No players or coaches getting paid like SANFL and SA Amateur Footy League.

Would 6ers players like McVeigh, Teys still play just to get games prior to training camp kicking off?

Pretty sure most country footy leagues have either cancelled their season or not paying anyone so doubtful the South guys would play footy this year.

Imports shouldn't be allowed to play so there is an even playing field for all teams. Just because they stayed doesn't mean they should be allowed to play. Clubs have lost enough money this season, at least make the rest of this season fair.

Tissue princess?

You'll find that the imports that stayed were signed by their club as a 'JDO' not an import. So they will be aloud to play, because they aren't technically being paid to play

Interesting to see how this league goes when there is absolutely no Covid-19 restrictions being done at the Titanium over the last couple of weeks. People still shaking hands, people in the stands not self distancing especially after a game. 1 case will shut this all down in a heart beat. BSA not doing their J.O.B.!

Is there a schedule out for this yet?

When it Bball is shutdown again next week, will this hopefully be the end of BSA? Restart it as a commercial organisation that is consumer and stakeholder driven?

You mean the public are not doing their job. You can tell people to not shake hands but if hey do what can you do?

Dreams are free #184

If you ask BSA Management and Governance they are consumer and stakeholder driven. That's the real issue. Noone there has the skills required to be there.

No way. They are self preservation, self interest and doing as less possible driven. They know it. Clubs know it. We all do.

Why not just let Basketball Adelaide run it all. It's not like they themselves are driven by 10 different self interests. They would work for every consumer and stakeholder surely.

Wow - some people here make Trump look like a genius!!!

Basketball Adelaide LOL.

Are BSA employees getting on here to comment about Basketball Adelaide?

If so it says all you need to know about BSA as a organisation.

How many at BSA are even from the basketball community? 2-3 maybe. There are many outside BSA who see the incompetence of Basketball Adelaide. Given they claimed they were taking over District comps 2 years ago but always went running back to BSA because they couldn't get their shit together, not much reason to trust a constantly changing group of Presidents.

What.....10 agendas? Nooooo

Rumor has it that there are going to be a whole lot of young refs, not ready for Reserve level ref'n the Adelaide Challenge. Yes they will be more experience refs with them but they can't shelter them in the big boys league. Nothing like pushing juniors way to hard/fast and then they'll quit before they actually reach their peak. Congrats BSA on another screw up! It's such a shame that basketball in SA is not moving forward like the rest of the country.

They use the refs that are there and willing. Maybe ask why older referees leave the game.

It's Reserve grade ball +. No better time to blood kids. Plus the level will be rubbish

Unco players reff'd by kids that are trying to improve themselves.

It's Premier League missing a few imports. It's going to be better than what's out there now. It will break the weak young refs and the backlash will just be on BSA. Why expose young refs when they should only be doing Friday nights.

You need to expose them eventually. A watered down league is the perfect time because for the uninitiated there is not a massive pool of PL quality referees in the state. If you do not expose the younger less experienced referees when the older ones call it a day the competition is screwed. Let's face it SA isn’t Victoria with a hundred or so referees missing out or knocking on the door.

Where is the fixture. Be good to watch some Senior hoops

It's not PL minus a few imports. Some regular PL players are doing other things following the announcement of the cancellation of NBL 1 for 2020 Our club has half a dozen players who have decided to take the season off and will return in 2021. It is Reserves plus not Premier League minus.

Only in Adelaide do people think it's ok to have kids refereeing this level of basketball.

You might want to open your eyes to the rest of the country, kids are reffing everywhere. And by kids we are talking 16 +. And lets be honest the Adelaide Basketball Challenge is not going to be a high level of Basketball

Is Valk suiting up for West tonight?

There were some cracking games last night - it's a shame they aren't all at Titanium so everyone can watch. Why not move Div 1 and youth league to other locations and have ABC at 1 or 2 locations at the most and keep the middle court empty. Makes sense to have the central location. Thoughts?

Cracking games?
You must be new to basketball.
The standard is dreadful.

The games at Titanium - there are minimal spectators for the amount of seating there is. No one is making sure people are social distancing or players/coaches are not shaking hands cause they all are. Only the refs will elbow bump. At some point of time clubs needs to get some balls and demand for what they pay for rather than get nothing in return. Also, why are the schedules changing every 2 minutes - it's a pain in the rear end!

Players are sitting next to each other on the bench. Maybe the teams and players take responsibility for social distancing. Maybe players and coaches should take the initiative and not shake hands. You know good old fashion take responsibility for your own actions. It's a pretty simple concept

Port Adelaide was an absolute joke last night. Delay in games at least 20 minutes - Delay in getting players and coaches in. Spectators didn't get in till way after games were started (but that's understandable). The issue is lack of communication and the way people are spoken to by the people in charge there is unacceptable. Understand it's frustrating for everyone but at least talk to people respectfully.

Also the lack of warm ups/downs before/after the game is a major issue as this could result in some players getting injured. This really needs to be looked at.

Obviously they can't handle all the games at Port Adelaide so bring them all to Titanium then nobody has home field advantage, etc. People can handle a few late games or make more Saturday games.

Where are all the ref coaches on the sidelines giving these junior inexperienced refs guidance. Not one in sight. Get your act together BSA!

Watching stream with southern didn't seem to be much social distancing on bench. But ridiculous in a contact sport. Same players that are in close contact during game suddenly have to sit apart. Does defence have to give opposition 1.5 metres distance, is boxing out banned? Are only 2 players allowed in key? In timeouts do players have to step away from coach?
Arena holds how many spectators, yet different rules apply to afl games. Total absurdity.

Indoor sport v outdoor sport. It's not a hard concept Einstein