Dunkman
Last month
Kings at JJs
Should be a very good game if the real JJs turn up. Get the feeling kings are finding their groove though. Kings by 11.
Dunkman
Last month
Should be a very good game if the real JJs turn up. Get the feeling kings are finding their groove though. Kings by 11.
word14
Last month
Kings frontcourt will get them over the line, Magnay is a beast but can't single handedly beat Oliver, Cooks and Leaupepe. Wouldn't shock me to see JJs DP Archie Woodhill get some minutes, his 6'9 225lb frame would be useful for Tassie tonight
Damo 75
Last month
JJ's at home looking to bounce back, tough assignment against Sydney though.
Kings by 6.
Dunkman
Last month
Roth tech fouled in the first minute, and Lo and behold the foul count is six to one to JJs with a minute left in the first.
Dunkman
Last month
Roth is very clever, changes his starting five and JJs start rolling. Barker is such an underrated player. All JJs at present.
word14
Last month
Yes Dunkman, I've always been a huge fan of Barker
Dunkman
Last month
Kings got to many to choose from but why would Leafa get any time ahead of Bruce is mind boggling.
Cruella Deville
Last month
Gorj should call another timeout & see if the players can solve his problems
Dunkman
Last month
Cooks and Toohey so important to kings, some kings players so overhyped on what their ability is. Goorj just not as ruthless as he used to be. Shorten the playing list.
Roth is a master, he's not scared to change things and make tough decisions. Sword not playing tells you a lot. Doyle so team oriented, I’ll take the D you other guys score, love it. Crawford just not getting guarded by anyone is going to kill you.
Liking Coplands comments, he understands the game and doesn’t need to crap on like most. Should be a good second half, Cooks on two fouls might hurt kings though.
KL
Last month
Kings might turn it around in the 2nd half but if they can't score against the JJ’s D they are not going to be able to get it dong against United either. Not sure they can win the Chip in that case. Absolute genius of Roth to run Steindel with starters at the 3.
Kolzee
Last month
Kings need the guards to control the game. Far too much of their offence is through cooks and laupepe at the perimeter.
Adams surprisingly just isn't running the show like he has in the past
Kolzee
Last month
What is goorj doing with his subs? No wonder they can't get any momentum
Cruella Deville
Last month
Is Gorj actually calling the subs it looks to me like he's set up the asst coaches like the Australian team & we know how that worked out
Dunkman
Last month
Leafa shooting less than 10% on the season and playing ahead of Bruce, Cooks on three fouls.
Dunkman
Last month
Been some good games this season but this certainly isn't one of them.
Cruella Deville
Last month
It's definitely an interesting game the JJ's are trying to lose it & Sydney can't win it playing like this
KL
Last month
Don't know what going on with Sword sitting on the pine the whole game. Maybe the JJs are going to invoke the 7 game clause. Maybe just horses for courses. Media have spoken to him at the game and no illness or injury.
Anonymightymouse
Last month
Is Gorj actually calling the subs it looks to me like he's set up the asst coaches like the Australian team & we know how that worked out"
I'm intrigued how many people on this board are surprised that assistant coaches are given responsibility. Every aspect of the game plan would be worked out by the coaches as a team, often with input from players.
Dunkman
Last month
Might get a good finish. You would think that Sword is on way out by not playing, need a four man with beng backing up four and five. Cooks is kings, target him on defence and get him in foul trouble andkings gone
word14
Last month
Just out of interest- any team gone from the championship to the spoon in a season?
Cruella Deville
Last month
Of course asst coaches are given responsibility but it seems strange that the coach doesn't seem to know who's going in & when. At the 36ers game they'd walk behind him to the bench then he'd pull them back from being subbed in??
You tell me....
Anonymightymouse
Last month
A coach changing a substitution is not unusual.
Dunkman
Last month
Copeland, use your brain, lol, he's right though
Anonymightymouse
Last month
This is reminiscent of Tassie v Perth, both teams trying to lose!
KL
Last month
Might have been Swords chance to show something to fend off the axe. Not sure that was enough. Roth is trying everything but surely it is obvious now what has to be done.
LV
Last month
With Doyle playing like that, JJs wouldn't beat SEM let alone Sydney
Dunkman
Last month
JJs in trouble now, Roth has rung every ounce out of some average players over past few seasons, Sword hasn't lived up to expectations, Terangi more chance than a cat has lives. Sometimes you get what you pay for. After Magnay no rebounders. Championship blues.
Kings need to shorten rotation, Adams, Kuol, Toohey Cooks main guys , possibly Galloway as fifth, throw in Bruce, Oliver, Noi and bench the rest. They are just too hot and cold.
KL
Last month
SEM have someone training that would make a huge difference at the 4 but would they release him and would Roth take him. Maybe too much baggage for JJs. CEO said a very definite 'no' when asked in July when heavily rumoured. He said multiple teams have been in contact on Overtime. Wonder who else besides Brisbane?
JMS
Last month
Watching the reply. Hooley going on again about the "platoon system", he seems to have 3-4 topics on repeat for the all entire season (Sobey on the second unit" is another). I guess if you say it enough people will believe it?
Dunkman
Last month
Doyle is playing well, always gets best defender, just struggling offensively, others got take up some slack.
KL
Last month
Watching the presser, I thought Roth was about to add 'yet' when he said McVeigh’s "not being back here". Rockets clearly going to play him in the G League as injury insurance with no minutes in the Pelicans or Spurs preseason games. No surprises there really. Wish we knew what Roth knows though. Roth didn’t qualify what he was saying tonight in terms of the teams scoring woes with the JJs are going to stick with what they have. Said he coached poorly though by not bringing Sword on earlier.
LV
Last month
Sydney had 21 turnovers and shot 29% from 3 but comfortably defeated a team with a lack of scorers
Statman84
Last month
@word14
No, but 2 got close:
Launceston Casino City won the title in 1981, came 13th (out of 14) in 1982. Won only 3 games more than the wooden spoon team (Bankstown Bruins).
New Zealand Breakers won the title in 2012/13, came 7th (out of 8) in 2013/14. Won only 1 game more than the wooden spoon team (Townsville Crocodiles).
Dotman
Last month
What has happened to drmics game. He is looking like lost fish head at at sea.certainly lacking in confidence...
KL
Last month
JJs woes simply come from being without 3 gun players in McVeigh, Lee & MacDonald compared to last year. The players filling those roster spots at the moment are just average at best. The loss of that calibre of players will bring any team back to the field. I wouldn't call that championship blues. They have themselves in this bind where they are waiting for MacDonald and maybe McVeigh and made a bad call with the 3rd import. The latter they can still fix and MacDonald will be back. That might be enough to kick start their season. The roster doesn’t need a rebuild just those key pieces sorted whether the rest are viewed as average or out of form or whatever. It doesn’t help not being able to bunker down at My State Bank Arena either but that is what it is.
word14
Last month
cheers, Statman, lets see how close Tassie get this season...
Basket 91
Last month
At least give Sword a chance to fail.
Tasmania will need to upgrade if McVeigh isn't coming back.
Dunkman
Last month
Roth looks reasonably confident that McVeigh will be back.
KL
Last month
Listening to the Presser again, Roth only brought Sword on because he was out of options when the Kings made their run. So, in other words he wasn't going to play him at all but for that. That might happen with imports at other teams but is quite buzzard for the JJs and their history with imports. Thought Sword looked quite sombre at times sitting on the pine during the game too. There must be something more to this because Sword has had some good contributions in parts of games leading up to this. Roth talks about professional sports being a brutal business and maybe that is what we are seeing unfolding here.
Zodiac
Last month
Sword's played 5 games so they've still got one more game left, tomorrow in Adelaide and after that will probably need to make a decision on him. Cut him before his contract becomes guaranteed for the rest of the season or stick with him. Last night's situation suggets the end is probably nigh.
KL
Last month
Very hard to get a read on the McVeigh thing. Roth has annointed him as captain in waiting, McVeigh has said he wants his number 9 retired to the rafters when his playing days are over, his very best mates are at the JJs including Drmic who came in part to play with him again. He owns a house in Hobart and his wife was relocating employment. Also would not be suiting Larry's purposes with the JJs faltering when he is still trying to sell for top dollar. So, who knows.
RobT
Last month
Sword seems to be in trouble, I agree, but benching is not necessarily bad. Where did Jordan Crawford spend a lot of game 2 (or 3?)? On the bench.
Now, to see if Sword can come back, in a big way, next game. Possibly his last chance (according to contract cancellation). If he does, having your 3 imports firing will really turn things around for the JJ's. He could be the key.
If Sword fires v Syd, JJ's win.
Perthworld
Last month
Imagine McVeigh returning, a new import and Moller.
KL
Last month
And I know they are polar opposites as guards but if they were going to bring in a guard imagine if they had just brought back Josh Adam's instead especially with the benefit of hindsight re Macdonalds injury. He was available and probably affordable after a year off injured but has since signed elsewhere. He and Roth would have had to bury their differences but lots of fans still wear number 14. Who would the opposition double team then?
Kolzee
Last month
Interesting comments by roth at his press conference about how badly he treated sword with that subbing. Good on him for owning it.
But suggested he'll get plenty of time in their next game. Hardly a comment you'd make before cutting someone I'd think but he's very hard to read!
Dunkman
Last month
It might be show us what you got or you are gone, though I also thought he said they would make no changes. Doyle needs help though.
Anonymightymouse
Last month
Doyle needs to stop ball-hogging, he'd be one of the least efficient isolation players in the league at the moment. Mid last season he fell into a similar trap. Move the ball and get it back! Even if it's just one pass, rub off a screen and get it on the move.
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