I care

heaps of movement in coaching ranks in the womens side

generally opens up for a lot of movement of players also

any word on who will replace dagastino at warwick? or Bezant at lakeside?

any insight into why bezant not continuing at Lakeside?

WSBL

Will Dave Daniels do men's and women's? Andy 2.0.

Will Rocko let a development focussed coach develop? Not in their DNA.

Will Cougars be back in finals for first time in forever? Money dial turning their way.

Will Mandurah and SWS even have teams in WSBL? Seriously.

Any Wolfpack news?

Have heard Slammers are in major trouble to stay in the League, with BWA pulling most admin and financial support.
Brooke Malone and Emma Strelein to join Knowles at the Flames
Visiting teams to Kalgoorlie to have to negotiate the building site with stadium extension / redevelopment Works due to begin early 2021
Etteridge told his services are not required at Willetton after making a formal enquiry (Smart move by Willo really. If he couldn't get through a pre-season at EP then he definitely didn't deserve a gig at one of the more prouder clubs in this state!) Nener expected to be named new Men's Head Coach not long after applications formally close
John Triscari likely to be given Lightning women's gig
Conrad Francis linked as likely candidate to get the Senators Women as of 2021

could not get a more polarised hire for the lakeside ethos if they were to go with triscari

Nener would be a great hire for the tigers men

Slammers are no longer viable, men or women. With the move to nbl1 maybe those in charge need to make some hard decisions but ones which will benefit the new League.

NBL1 West Southern Conference
Mandurah
Rockingham
Cockburn
Lakeside
Willetton
Goldfields
Kalamunda

NBL1 West Northern Conference
Geraldton
Joondalup
Warwick
Perth
Perry Lakes
Kalamunda

Play teams in your own Conf home and away.
Play all teams in other conference once, alternating each year as to where you play each respective team eg 2021 Buccs @ Mandurah, 2022 Magic @ Geraldton
East Perth

East Perth should have been in the Northern Conference not under the last paragraph

You have the Suns in both conferences.

Lee Roberts played for powerades

Jonelle Morley to WSBL Senators - untried coach? Will players stay, will she attract players??

I heard her dad was a bladesmith.
Pretty rough on Dion given the year it was for SBL with covid disruptions etc. Or did he quit of his own accord?

With all the coach movements will be interesting to see what the player landscape will look like as not many player announcements have been released

Yeah, normally by two weeks after the end of the season rosters are pretty firm.

Yep.

A few teams late to get coaches means they'll lose a few players.

Any other rumours??

The season finished two weeks ago people, calm down already.

i heard mikaliah dyer - eastern suns

anyone know when the NBL1 agreement will be finalised, are clubs in agreeance?

If new format adopted, then definitely a more even playing field needs to be established to ensure the success of the new format

If not, then what will 2021 look like same format as WWC = more opportunities for development players but then possible inability to attract big players back to WA who will move on

When has the league ever been a level-playing field?

This won't change now if we don't allow imports.

Leave it at 2

The West Coast Classic was a COVID thing, not a "there's no NBL1 agreement yet" thing. A normal SBL season was a week or two away from starting when things shut down. They had to go to a new format because they had less time in which to play the season, and because signing and recruiting imports on such short notice wasn't going to be viable.

Unless there's another outbreak, I can't imagine it won't be business as usual, whether that's SBL as in the past or whether it's NBL1.

Imports not in the State - almost certainly not going to be allowed. Imports from America will be difficult to get in with the (federal) border not likley to open before mid next year

Coach Morley, Coach Connolly, Coach Uncle Frank, Coach Charles, Coach J King, Coach coach coach coach.... so many farking coaches just choose one.

Can any of these Perth "coaches" actually play?

do we want them to play or to develop better athletes to improve the level of competition. Basketball head coaches, they coach. Strength Coaches they strengthen and make machine athletes that is if they are good and there arent alot of good ones

LOL would you go to a fat PT? They are trying to teach skills they don't even have.

in defence of strength coaches, I have an awesome one who is named above and i would trust him with my life, but that is my opinion, we dont all have to agree but we do all have to respect, we are all not perfect simply trying to do what we can to improve the game

BALLS has to be one of my favourite things of recent Perth basketball stupid shit, interviewing these "pros" and "elite athletes" LAWLLLLLLLL

LOL would you go to a fat PT? They are trying to teach skills they don't even have.

Yeah.... still wouldn't go to a fat PT though.

We aren't talking about ACTUAL coaches either chief. We are talking about skill trainers with no farking skills.

Being able to teach a skill and being able to execute a skill are very different things.

Phil Jackson played more than 10 seasons in the NBA. Won a chip with the Knicks.
One of the best WA bred coaches who didn't/couldn't play was Greg Gurrrrr.
He was quite outstanding with juniors and I think won a couple of national titles.

Will lakeside have a team? suns don't have much depth to work with, Mansfield has a Buffet of players to work with. Possible team to match Wolves depth. Heard Neseya Williams wants to go back to redbacks,

Prediction - Sammy to eagles with dyer

you forgot the biggest and best IG skills / master / coach

coach glossop

How could we forgot! Him vs Coach Morley would be a joy to watch.

Why making it personal about these coaches. plenty of 'skills' coaches and academies who I’m sure all aren’t experts just trying to make money. Only a select few including the ‘fat’ trainer have credible credentials than these coaches so I know where I’d be spending my money

(Mod: Potentially defamatory.)

I am glad someone has had the balls to call out iCollege. I had a son and two nephews be "awarded scholarships" by TM and promised the highest opportunities of elite coaches and college exposure tours to America and NZ. Each student had to pay $500 to apply for the scholarship then as was previously stated, after lots of false promises and shiny merchandise was promised, we rock up one week to a meeting to be told due to unforeseen circumstances that the college would be closing within the month. Stay away from TM and anything he does if you don't want to get ripped off, including his new venture The Farm Athletics I've been told about

Wow interesting signings, you seem to have all the inside goss, want to share your team predictions for 2021

Travis The Basketball Doctor is the worst guy haha

This move is going to make you unstoppable, crossover, side step, shot fake, pass it off the back board to yourself, catch it, lay it in or dunk it, thats whats up playboi.

Young Mandurah women's athlete on the move.

Have they got any left?

WWC Version 2 or NBL1 in 2021 to commence 16th April and finish 15 August

WA:
Change??
We fear change!!
Change bad!!
Change evil!!
1970's forever!!

WA:
Change??
We fear change!!
Change bad!!
Change evil!!
1970's forever!!

Daylight saving is bad because it kills people.

Over time, Daylight Saving Time eliminates bright morning light that critically synchronises biological clocks, which can be associated with increased risk of heart attack and ischaemic stroke, as well as other negative effects of partial sleep deprivation.

Circadian rhythm. Earth is not flat and certainly not round, a spherical shape perhaps.

start 16/4/20 end 15/08/20
GF 3&4/9/20 finals like AFl - 3 weeks only
NBL finals 10-12/9/20 melbourne

MSBL x 22 games/ WSBL x 19 games
no conferences

Any word on who is up for Lakeside Women HC job?

Are there any lakeside girls left?

How could Joondalup justify this? The four most powerful associations WABL teams making finals and grand finals. And they get pissed when people bring up the bought not developed etc. If my kids played at Joondalup I would want to know where the development is.

Association Grand Finalists Semi Finalists

Warwick 10 21
Willetton 13 20
Perry Lakes 9 17

Joondalup 4 9

Good point. If mens in Kal and womens in finals thats a prob.

Ciabbatoni back to Rockingham.

No surprises there.

A heap more announcements likely to come after NBL1 announcement this week - who is next?

Proposal is 3 weeks with only Top 4 getting a second chance.

Kobe whats the new finals structure? Didnt know

Nathan Grover gone.

Who will take the job no one wants?

NBL1West has now been officially announced -curious to see how small clubs will survive in coming years

New NBL1 WEST off-season thread....

https://www.hoops.com.au/forum/47723-nbl1-west-offseason-thread