It get's worse.
Round 9 they play Perth in Perth
Round 10 they play Sydney in Sydney

Round 11 they have the Hawks
Round 12 the play the Gold Coast again

Round 13 they play Sydney AGAIN!!! (That is the 4th time)

Has anyone else noticed this draw the NBL have published?

Round 14 & 16 they play Cairns

Round 15 they have the Breakers again

First game against Townsville is round 17 & again in Round 19

Round 18 they have the Tigers

Round 20 will be a relief because they have a bye

Round 21 they face Tigers & Perth

I guess there are no easy games in the NBL this year

well this has been a riveting thread. i believe the sixers did really crap last season yet they beat perth in the opening game. i think your maths here is massively flawed.

Also Adelaide could beat Sydney in all 4 of those games. As good as Bogut is he isn't going to average 40 points and 20 rebounds per game. He will be the best big man in the league but so was khazzouh and how did Sydney go with him? I would imagine lots of complacency from Bogut. Defensively he will be as good as always but Offensively it will be a surprise for him.

Still a tuff draw though and the way the NBL have done it , teams play each other multiple times in a short time frame

36ers will struggle to win a game this year

I don't understand the problem with the schedule at all, who the hell do you want them playing? Hobart Devils, Newcastle Falcons, Geelong Supercats...

OP traces to NSW. Wouldn't get too worked up about it.

Really? I could have sworn this was the work of a certain misguided individual named Tommy.

Isaac How do you know that. Hope you aren't implying that are IP addresses of forum posters are being tagged?

Time will tell but my post is factual
It's a hard schedule and if Bogut plays for Kings then he could play in most or all of the games against Adelaide because they are all early in the season.

Not saying Adelaide have not improved the team but I believe they are behind Perth , hawks , Sydney , melb and new Zealand all of which they play multiple times early .

Look at when this schedule was brought out.
Melbourne didn't have Patty. Their team wasn't that scary. Still isn't imo. Same deal as last year but they've gone small not big. Can't see Ubaka and Mills coexisting too well really.
Sydney had a bunch of kids and Khazzouh. Playing them 4 times before their kids start putting it together is absolutely ideal. There wasn't even an option of Bogut playing for them (Ill believe it when I see it).
Wollongong don't have that impressive a team. Grossly undermanned and we did alright last week.
We matched up extremely well with Perth last year.
New Zealand lost Penney. Don't look as scary this year, but granted we will probably lose this one.

Who exactly do you expect us to beat this year? Can't beat Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, New Zealand, Wollongong. So It's only Cairns, Gold Coast and Townsville we can beat. (2 of which were top 4 last year).

I will back us in to win 3 of the 7.

NBL site says Mills was the MVP?
I know New Zealand lost, but Vukona and Penney were so much better than him.

It is all very well to comment on what teams had previously .
I am talking about facts
Cairns , Townsville and gold coast are no stronger this year
Melb much better
Nz better
Sydney better especially with Bogut who will play IMO
Perth very good club

Not saying they will go zero and seven but with the draw it is a chance

Wooden Spoon, how are NZ better without Penney?

Stop arguing guys, everyone knows pre-season predictions are extremely accurate, and that all games are won by the team that looks better on paper.

I normally don't respond to trolls but Wooden Spoon what facts are you talking about? the season hasn't even started, Bogut hasn't signed with Sydney.

Double exclamation marks for hilarity, I take it. I don't think I've been to Pasadena in 1-2 years.

how does evry1 know bogut will play in sydney
sydney wouldnt care if they dont get bogut coz they got jk

Bogut>JK

thats why sydney want him.

I predict there will be more pre-season predictions!

I predict we'll win the double header
sixers and lightning.
The only thing we really know for sure
is Suzy Batkovic-Brown and Wade Helliwell are twins.

That's a bit rough on Wade...

If no one wants Bogut, just send him 1500kms south west of Sydney. No one has had a glimpse of 36ers' new imports and yet we are already predicting we'll lose most games this season. Amazing!