With the first pick, Canberra Choke select, the Mac-daddy of Australian NBL, the big fella Julian Khazzouh.......

I'll take mark worthington

Hey skip, can you edit your original post??? If so it would be good to take the names off the board as they are selected.

I will take Will Hudson

TR - I will a couple of times each day.

I will take "The Rabbit". Chris Warren.

Xztatik selects....

Adam Ballinger

via email to me.

Statman selects with his pick..

Shawn Redhage

via SMS to me.

I'll grab Luke Nevill

With their 1st selection (pick 8 overall) The Chelsea Daggers are pleased to welcome back their 2010/11 starting Centre..

Luke Schenscher


With their 2nd selection (pick 9 overall) The Chelsea Daggers are please to sign as their new starting point guard..

Damian Martin

Larry Davidson.

Statman takes Gary Wilkinson via SMS

We're powering through!

Adam Gibson :D

Daniel Johnson.

Stephen Weigh

Ian crosswhite

Canberra Choke select Ayinde Ubaka and Jerai Grant

Glen saville

Ron Dorsey

TR & Lockie - Just a reminder, no more imports for you.

Aaron Bruce

Welcome back Tom Abercrombie!

Chris Goulding for me

Skip, I have a trade offer for you. My next two picks (31 & 34) for your next pick (24) and pick 40

Beantown - I will wait and see who Bizzy selects before deciding on your offer.

I'll take Mika Vukona

No deal Beantown.

With my 3rd selection (24th overall) I will select

Cameron Tragardh as my power forward and back up centre.


With my 4th selection (25th Overall) I will take a big gamble (only because I have insurance in the form of the #1 Waiver)

Patrick Mills

Hopefully he becomes Penney 2.0 :-)

Peter Crawford

No worries Skip. Was thinking I might see if I could move up to take a flyer on Mills myself.

Also, its probably pretty obvious, but just to be clear: you don't need to worry about using that list I gave you anymore if I don't get my pick in straight away. That was only for earlier today so I didn't hold things up.

Brad Hill

Makes it by 1 minute!

Thst was actually 61 minutes wasnt it?

Was a quicker than normal drive up the M1 today though after your text message :)

Oscar Forman

Elvin Mims.

Sorry for the delay - working hard!

Alex Loughton

Welcome back Matty Knight!

Lockie, depending on who TR and Beanie select, would you be interested in trading picks 35 and 46 for my 37 and 44?

If not, Beantown, 34 and 47 for 37 and 44?

Canberra Choke would like to welcome the rusty pie cart, Dusty Rychart and Michael Cedar.

Not a bad thought X, but I'm gonna go with the Whirling Dervish, Kev Lisch. You're up again Lockie.

Lisch was guaranteed to be there at 37. Come on Bean!

So you say X... The risk of dropping down 3 picks right now wasn't worth the reward later IMO. Lisch is a nice safe pick for my starting guard. Too many of the others have big boom/bust potential at this point in the draft! (See Winder, Craig and the demise of Beantown's Badgers last season!)

Agreed Bean, there just was no risk as long as I wasn't going to touch him, and I wasn't. Now for a nervous wait...

Lockie selects

CJ Bruton

via SMS to me.

Anatoly Bose.

Ultra-conservative strategy you're pursuing there DB. ;-)

With Bose? Just a gut feel.

Nah, more referring to your first four picks. Definitely swinging for the fences with Warren, DJ, Bruce and Mims!

I like the look of Bose, but he is in a logjam at SF for Sydney with Dann, Gynes and Ratzsch. Gonna be interesting to see if a couple of them make the position their own, or if they each drift in and out of favour through the season.

Hoping he comes in as well as Madgen did for them last year.
Best form of defense is attack mate ;)

De fence is something that keeps the sheep from escaping from the paddock....

Without being able to find any injury news :S I'll take Matty Burston.

I like Bose though. Thought about him.

That, and Kiwis.

Anthony Petrie for me thanks

Haha, X jumped in between. Last post was answering TR's.

X, I looked at Burston as well, couldn't find any injury news on him either, is he alive?

Was really interested in Grant, comes from good pedigree. He should be a good player in our league once he finds his feet.

Hope he hasn't got the Fishwyk kiss of death now TR!

Everyone I pick is bound to get a decent injury...

Cedric Jackson.

With their 5th pick (40th overall), The Chelsea Daggers wish to welcome back Mitch Creek to the team after a promising rookie season.

With their 6th pick (41st overall) The Dagger have gone with James Harvey.

We believe he will have overcome his hand injury by the start of the season and look forward to seeing him back to top form.

Halfway through it guys.

Hopefully we can knock it off by friday so I'm not drafting under the influence whilst watching the GF on Saturday.

I'll take Liam Rush.

We as a team have come to the decision that for the coming Hoops FNBL Elite League season, the Funky Squad! will now be known as the Fear Boners.

Am I DB5, DB6 or DB7 skip?

6th and 7th gen that I didn't even know about!

Haha! Fixed.

Stupid Excel autofill!

Ben Madgen for me

Cam Tovey.

Easily the highest 2010 scorer of those left. I don't expect him to quite match last season's efforts but he's an easy pick here.

I thought about Tovey, but with Redhage back, minutes could be a bit scarce.

Tovey did most of his damage last year with Redhage in the team anyway I think. I'm more worried about the addition of Nevill pushing Knight/Redhage down and stealing minutes that way. Yeah Rush being available would've made it a tough call but I'm happy with Toves this late.

Drew Williamson. Sorry for the delay, bloody work got in the way ffs.

X, was your nervous wait after not getting the trade you wanted, for Matt Burston?

Lockie takes Nathan Herbert via SMS.

@DB5, Burston. I thought Lockie'd take him.

Fair enough X.

skip, how many players per position is it again mate?

Upto 3 Centres,7 Forwards & 6 Guards

Daniel dillon

Canberra Choke selects Darryl Corletto and Tim Conehead.....

Dickface iPhone... Tim Coenraad....

Oh shit, that's gold TR.

Would have been so much better if it was Tucker.

Kevin Ratzsch

Alex Pledger

To make it a little easier to find the player you are looking for in the Free Agent list at the top of the thread, I have moved the Development Players into their own group.

You are still welcome to draft one of them if you like though.

Jeff Dowdell

Nearly took Dowdell over Conehead.. Coin toss came up heads for Conehead.

He's officially dubbed Conehead now as my
iPhone recognizes that before Coenraad.

Bout time I took a risk.

Alex Gynes,

DAMMIT!!! I thought I was gonna get to snatch Gynes. Almost took him with my last pick.

TR, type in Bryant Matthews and see what comes up mate. ; )

In recognition of his hard work in the weights room this off season and to bring a bit of excitement - Lucas Walker is our 7th pick

Graeme Dann

The Daggers take with their 7th pick (55th overall)

Darren Ng

The Daggers take with their 8th pick (56th overall)

Dave 'Hans' Gruber

Jesse Wagstaff

Rhys Martin

REMINDER: No more Imports for TR, Beantown, DB5 & Lockie.

Xztatik selects Luke Cooper via email

Two fingers DB..... and a crazy NBL ad where some ex Kings player jumps into bed with a married couple...

2 fingers sounds like a Last Boyscout reference...
Haha they really were not thinking when they put that NBL ad together were they?







Jeremiah "Jim Carey" Trueman.

Brad Robbins

Just to confirm. Jacob Holmes cannot be drafted. Once the draft is over, you can attempt to pick him up as a Free Agent.

Wade helliwell

TR takes Stephen Hoare and Nathan Crosswell via SMS

BJ Anthony

Lockie takes Tommy Greer via SMS

skip, am I done for centres? Just clarifying the team list rules.

Yes, You have 3 guys that can play centre, which is the limit.

Thanks, I will take Deba George (Costanza for short).

Nice Pick Up DB5, I hadnt taken any notice of George as I assumed he was an import, he will put up some good scoring numbers for you this season.

Cheers Stat, I certainly hope so. Seemed to do well in the SSC.

DB, remember that was without their import PG.

Joevan Catron

Tom Garlepp

Here is an easy to look at update of who has been picked so far..

1 TR - KHAZZOUH, Julian
2 Beantown - WORTHINGTON, Mark
3 Lockie - HUDSON, Will *
4 DB5 - WARREN, Chris *
5 Xztatik - BALLINGER, Adam
6 Statman - REDHAGE, Shawn
7 Bizzy - NEVILL, Luke
8 skip - SCHENSCHER, Luke
9 skip - MARTIN, Damian
10 Bizzy - DAVIDSON, Larry
11 Statman - WILKINSON, Gary *
12 Xztatik - GIBSON, Adam
13 DB5 - JOHNSON, Daniel
14 Lockie - WEIGH, Stephen
15 Beantown - CROSSWHITE, Ian
16 TR - UBAKA, Ayinde *
17 TR - GRANT, Jerai *
18 Beantown - SAVILLE, Glen
19 Lockie - DORSEY, Ron *
20 DB5 - BRUCE, Aaron
21 Xztatik - ABERCROMBIE, Thomas
22 Statman - GOULDING, Chris
23 Bizzy - VUKONA, Mika
24 skip - TRAGARDH, Cameron
25 skip - MILLS, Patrick
26 Bizzy - CRAWFORD, Peter
27 Statman - HILL, Brad
28 Xztatik - FORMAN, Oscar
29 DB5 - MIMS, Elvin *
30 Lockie - LOUGHTON, Alex
31 Beantown - KNIGHT, Matthew
32 TR - RYCHART, Dusty
33 TR - CEDAR, Michael
34 Beantown - LISCH, Kevin *
35 Lockie - BRUTON, Cj
36 DB5 - BOSE, Anatoly
37 Xztatik - BURSTON, Matthew
38 Statman - PETRIE, Anthony
39 Bizzy - JACKSON, Cedric *
40 skip - CREEK, Mitch
41 skip - HARVEY, James
42 Bizzy - RUSH, Liam
43 Statman - MADGEN, Ben
44 Xztatik - TOVEY, Cameron
45 DB5 - WILLIAMSON, Drew
46 Lockie - HERBERT, Nathan
47 Beantown - DILLON, Daniel
48 TR - CORLETTO, Daryl
49 TR - COENRAAD, Tim
50 Beantown - RATZSCH, Kevin *
51 Lockie - PLEDGER, Alex
52 DB5 - DOWDELL, Jeff
53 Xztatik - GYNES, Alex
54 Statman - WALKER, Lucas
55 Bizzy - DANN, Graeme
56 skip - NG, Darren
57 skip - GRUBER, David
58 Bizzy - WAGSTAFF, Jesse
59 Statman - MARTIN, Rhys
60 Xztatik - COOPER, Luke
61 DB5 - TRUEMAN, Jeremiah
62 Lockie - ROBBINS, Brad
63 Beantown - HELLIWELL, Wade
64 TR - HOARE, Stephen
65 TR - CROSSWELL, Nathan
66 Beantown - ANTHONY, Benny
67 Lockie - GREER, Tom
68 DB5 - GEORGE, Deba
69 Xztatik - CATRON, Joevan *
70 Statman - GARLEPP, Tom
71 Bizzy - CADEE, Jason
72 skip - WARREN, Andrew *
73 skip - GILL, Eddie *
74 Bizzy - ENGLISH, Mike *
75 Statman - WILSON, Jamar *
76 Xztatik - DEMOS, Tyson
77 DB5 - CEDAR, Chris
78 Lockie - CAMPBELL, Matt
79 Beantown - LEWIS, Benny
80 TR -

Isaac, yes I realize that, but this late in the draft, I think he will produce more than most of the players left.

Hopefully a spark plug off the bench.

He will put up plenty of shots while on court, you can be assured of that!

Jason Cadee and hope Gibbo goes down with a season ending injury =] (sorry X)

The Chelsea Daggers will round out their side by signing a couple of American lads.

Welcome Andrew Warren and Eddie Gill

The Chelsea Daggers are ready to defend their title as Champions.

To round out the roster - The Fear Boners select Mike English.

Ill go with Jamar Wilson as my final selection.

Anyone who has played for a team called the

Honka Espoo Playboys

is more than welcome to join the Hackers!

Tyson Demos!

Sonofa.....!

Chris Cedar.

I think I am going to have to go with Mat Campbell. Is he even still playing or is he just injured at the moment?

I'll round out my roster with Bennie Lewis.

So with just TR to pick, here is everyones full squads. Who looks the goods?

TR
C KHAZZOUH, Julian
G UBAKA, Ayinde *
C/F GRANT, Jerai *
F RYCHART, Dusty
F/G CEDAR, Michael
G CORLETTO, Daryl
F/G COENRAAD, Tim
F HOARE, Stephen
G CROSSWELL, Nathan
TBA

Lockie
C/F HUDSON, Will *
F/G WEIGH, Stephen
F/G DORSEY, Ron *
F LOUGHTON, Alex
G BRUTON, Cj
F/G HERBERT, Nathan
C PLEDGER, Alex
G ROBBINS, Brad
F GREER, Tom
G CAMPBELL, Mat


Beantown
F WORTHINGTON, Mark
C CROSSWHITE, Ian
F/G SAVILLE, Glen
C/F KNIGHT, Matthew
G LISCH, Kevin *
F/G DILLON, Daniel
F RATZSCH, Kevin *
C HELLIWELL, Wade
F ANTHONY, Benny
G LEWIS, Bennie

DB5
G WARREN, Chris *
C JOHNSON, Daniel
G BRUCE, Aaron
F MIMS, Elvin *
F/G BOSE, Anatoly
F/G WILLIAMSON, Drew
C/F DOWDELL, Jeff
C/F TRUEMAN, Jeremiah
G GEORGE, Deba
G CEDAR, Chris


Xztatik
C/F BALLINGER, Adam
G GIBSON, Adam
F/G ABERCROMBIE, Thomas
F FORMAN, Oscar
C BURSTON, Matthew
F TOVEY, Cameron
F/G GYNES, Alex
G COOPER, Luke
C/F CATRON, Joevan *
G DEMOS, Tyson

Statman
F REDHAGE, Shawn
C/F WILKINSON, Gary *
G GOULDING, Chris
F/G HILL, Brad
C/F PETRIE, Anthony
G MADGEN, Ben
F WALKER, Lucas
G MARTIN, Rhys
F GARLEPP, Tom
G WILSON, Jamar *

Bizzy
C NEVILL, Luke
C DAVIDSON, Larry
F VUKONA, Mika
F/G CRAWFORD, Peter
G JACKSON, Cedric *
F RUSH, Liam
F/G DANN, Graeme
F WAGSTAFF, Jesse
G CADEE, Jason
F/G ENGLISH, Mike *

skip
C SCHENSCHER, Luke
G MARTIN, Damian
C/F TRAGARDH, Cameron
G MILLS, Patrick
F CREEK, Mitch
G HARVEY, James
G NG, Darren
F GRUBER, David
F/G WARREN, Andrew *
G GILL, Eddie *

I like X's team best.

Strange, I like mine best!
Outside of mine though, I reckon the moneys on Bean.

Noooooooo! Not the kiss of death Skip!

Yeah I like Bean's too. Not as deep as mine and Skip's but that depth probably isn't as necessary with the DPPs this year.

I'm saying Skip and X are joint favourites just to counter any bad juju ;-)

I was a bit surprised when Lockie and DB5 went for Hudson and Warren so early! I secretly had hopes of nabbing Warren, but after last season I just wasn't willing to risk one of my early picks on him. Haven't seen or heard anything of Hudson thus far - what do you know that I don't Lockie?!?!

There was a big run on centres early. I remember freaking out because 8 centres were taken before I got my second pick! Was pretty thankful to land Crosswhite in the end, though I hadn't originally planned on taking him again because of his injuries last season and this pre-season.

Stats got a beautiful start to the draft getting Redhage and Wilko in the first two rounds!

Statman is a bit of a.dark horse I reckon.

Very hard to say at this stage, my mob could do great things or could really fall in a heap, should be another fun year though.

I just feel a bit for Corletto, with all the crap he has had to endure this off season and then TR drafts him, I hope he has his insurance cover paid up! :)

Oh and welcome back X, youve been missed since late last season when you seemed to vanish without a trace - Must have been enjoying the footy season I guess :)

Lol thanks Stat. Enjoyed it immensely :/

Happy to give Tyson Demos to Beantown, Lockie or DB5 for Lewis/Campbell/C.Cedar if any of you can offer me a little something. Think he's a little cut above those three guys and I won't be needing him anyway.

My predictions for this season:

Ubaka does a knee in round 2. Gone for the season

Grant pops out his shoulder in round 8 and gets sent home.

Khazzouh gets the shits after Sydney snags Bogut and heads to Europe.

Conehead tests positive for illicit substances and is suspended for the season.

McPeake sends in debt collectors looking for Corletto. Corletto suddenly vanishes of the face of the earth (I wouldn't pay the guy back either).

You watch... I'll get bitten on the arse again this season.

TR - Only just got home, so never made your pick.

Pressume you still want Aaron Grabau???


Everyone is welcome to tarde now, but the Free Agents wont be available until Monday (Restricted) and then unrestricted un Tuesday at 9am.

Some pretty even teams. I think getting Redhage and Wilkinson with two early picks is pretty remarkable, plus R Martin may play a lot more than people expect, but some of Statman's other picks could go either way. Not sure how the stats system will go for Hill, though he will get his shots up, and is Petrie even coming back on schedule - inside knowledge there I hope? Wouldn't Goulding cop it a bit for being a volume shooter?

Yep, Grabau is fine... He'll be getting splinters anyway.

Agree Isaac - Hill was picked mainly from what I saw at the pre season tournament - he looked better than the box score showed and had a few unlucky rolls that dropped his percentages so if he can hit at a better clip he will be good. Still a fairly bug risk though

Petrie won't be playing big minutes straight away but he us back in full training and looks super fit, again could go either way

Goulding though - look out for a great season from him!

Hi all

Below is the schedule for this season.

Rounds 1, 8, 15
Bizzy v DB5
TR v Lockie
Beantown v Statman
skip v Xztatik

Rounds 2, 9, 16
Bizzy v Xztatik
TR v DB5
Beantown v Lockie
skip v Statman

Rounds 3, 10, 17
Bizzy v Statman
TR v Xztatik
Beantown v DB5
skip v Lockie

Rounds 4, 11, 18
Bizzy v Lockie
TR v Statman
Beantown v Xztatik
skip v DB5

Rounds 5, 12, 19
Bizzy v TR
Beantown v skip
DB5 v Lockie
Statman v Xztatik

Rounds 6, 13, 20
Bizzy v Beantown
TR v skip
DB5 v Statman
Lockie v Xztatik

Rounds 7, 14, 21
Bizzy v skip
TR v Beantown
DB5 v Xztatik
Lockie v Statman

Is it just random that the Grand Finalists from last year don't play each other to the last game of each round of matchups?

Um, I think It's actually just the same draw as last year.

Here's a league for those doing DT too: 584774