Dunkman
Last month

SEM at Sydney 7.30 aedt

Now we should be in for a good one here, Cooks v Hurt I'm looking forward to, Glover and Hunter on their old home deck. Kings still haven’t settled imo, so I’m going SEM a few in what should be a cracker.

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RobT  
Last month

"Kings still haven't settled imo, so I’m going SEM a few in what should be a cracker." Would think that (Sydney) Kings should have been far more settled than (Josh) King and his 2-minutes-old SEM.

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Dunkman  
Last month

On my eye test kings have been all over the place, ever since Kelly got the bullet SEM have looked a lot in tune, even as you say Josh King has been there two minutes. Yes kings have a roster that could explode but I'm liking SEM. Who you punting on and why.

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RobT  
Last month

I can't disagree with your pick nor do I want to. Just thought the analogy was cute. Yeah, Josh King has landed with a bang and right now could take on anyone.

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Basket 91  
Last month

Think Sydney if Adams is healthy. SEM if not.

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Ben  
Last month

Sydney have been up and down like a bride's nightgown, but picking them by 6.

SEM have had their one good Sobey game for the season, they ain’t getting another.

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word14  
Last month

That's a huge starting 5 from Sydney

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Dunkman  
Last month

SEM going very nicely early. Glover on fire

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Kolzee  
Last month

I can't understand why Robertson is getting minutes. He doesn't seem to offer anything at either end. Foxwell is brushing past him at a jog

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Dunkman  
Last month

Robertson over Bruce is bad coaching, it's shake head stuff. Score line flatters the kings. SEM by 8. Hunter two fouls though which won’t help.

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Kolzee  
Last month

I thought I was missing something but a glance at his shooting stats says enough... 26% for threes and 35% from the field!! And on top of that can't defend. Horrid

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Kruger  
Last month

I'd be giving the DP’s minutes over Robertson

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Dunkman  
Last month

A very enjoyable game despite both sides making some silly mistakes. Both sides missing free throws, Hurt shooting not up to normal standard though kings D fairly good. Josh King certainly looks a good coaching pick up. Anyones game.

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Dunkman  
Last month

Goorj looking not happy with Oliver, getting a lot splinters.

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Superfan  
Last month

Leafa might have the worst shot selection in the NBL, worse than Sobey at this point! Just looks selfish

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Ducky  
Last month

Am I the only one that has no understanding of the obsession with Cookes?.

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Dunkman  
Last month

Yes re Cooks obsession.
Hurt had a shocker and Cooks hasn't been that good. Disgusting foul call on Hunter, never got near Cooks. Tough tight contest and both sides look anxious, I’m liking it greatly.

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AngusH  
Last month

I thought Oliver had 3-4 possessions in the first half where he should have had the ball and it didn't find him, then he gets like 3 mins this third Q and doesn't get a single touch in the half court before getting yanked again. Strange.

Kings sticking around but I don't see us ever getting over the hump, no chemistry on offense and we've been lucky that Hurt hasn't knocked down the ones he usually does.

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Ben  
Last month

How are the Kings sucking this much?

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Screeningnick  
Last month

Kings resigning Adams is management malpractice.

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KL  
Last month

What is going on? 7.27 to go and Kings have what both teams had at half time last night.

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Dunkman  
Last month

Bit home cooking happening.

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Dunkman  
Last month

SEM choking behind a very noisy crowd

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KL  
Last month

Now, 21 points in 5 minutes.

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Screeningnick  
Last month

Alright proved me wrong here in the 4th Adams.

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word14  
Last month

goodnight Phoenix

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Dunkman  
Last month

Adams to good, Sobey chucking up rubbish in the last.

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word14  
Last month

God only knows why SEM chose not to foul at the end, lol

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AngusH  
Last month

Well, we'll take that one I guess.

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Dunkman  
Last month

Hurt and Wieskamp ordinary when they needed to stand up. Sobey 1-11 from three, Hurt 0-8 from three, Sobey 5-19 , Hurt 3-16. Glover, Hunter and Lewis good, Foxwell really starting to show a bit. Kings got solid contributions from Noi, Cooks, Bruce, Leafa and Adams very good. SEM still chucked it but the kings crowd really got behind them.

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Ben  
Last month

Good ole Sobey.

Stating the obvious, but very much looked a game between two mid (at best) teams.

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KL  
Last month

Interesting Kenyon not getting minutes. Thought he would have been in favour under Josh King with his D.

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AngusH  
Last month

Hurt's 0-8 was the big difference IMO. A number of those were really good looks, too.

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Dunkman  
Last month

The old Goorj is now back, Oliver and others not doing what's required on D and sitting.

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Another Anon  
Last month

Sobey single-handedly lost that for SEM. Bench player at best now.

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koberulz  
Last month

God only knows why SEM chose not to foul at the end, lol
The most likely outcome of fouling is their percentage going down.

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Crackers65  
Last month

When is Walton back?

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Dunkman  
Last month

Exactly, coach King said was no point fouling a 90% free throw shooter and making % worse. Considering most leagues don't use % as a deciding factor, he’s on top of his game already.

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Gold Vibes Only  
Last month

It was a 5 point game with 22 seconds remaining - that is 2 possessions. You are absolutely still a chance. You foul, Sydney may go 1 of 2 from the stripe which still makes it a 2 possession game. Phoenix go down hit a 3 - it's a 1 possession game with 10 seconds remaining. Kings call timeout, advance the ball, can't inbound it as has often been the case in NBL25 and now it's Phoenix ball down 3 with 10 seconds to tie the game. That was a terrible tactical decision by SEM.

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Dunkman  
Last month

Lot ifs and maybes there. Adams had the ball, he is a 90% free throw shooter.

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RobT  
Last month


Gold Vibes Only, a bit like "If pigs had wings...", don't you think?

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word14  
Last month

I agree with Gold Vibes, crazier things have happened, and a 2 point percentage change at this stage in the season is close to meaningless.

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Gold Vibes Only  
Last month

Obviously there are ifs and maybes but what the heck are we doing here if we're not trying to win the damn game!? If it was a 7 point margin then yeah sure go down that path. But you actually still have a chance to put an extra W in your wins column at this point. As for Adams having the ball - he was actually the 4th Kings player to touch the ball once it was inbounded from the baseline - Cooks passed to Kuol, who passed back to Cooks, who passed to Le’Afa, who then passed to Adams. So I would say if you fouled Cooks (with 18 seconds on the clock) that would be a relatively high percentage play in the scheme of things.

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Sebastian  
Last month

If you listen to the press conference he mentions they missed the opportunity to foul the poor free throw shooter so once they missed that opportunity they decided not to foul. Le'Afa although he has only taken 5 free throws this year hasn’t missed from the stripe so once Cooks got rid of the ball they pulled the pin

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Apart from Noi and Adams towards the later part of the game the Kings were terrible at both ends. Goorj and his staff had no clue how to fix the defensive issues. Only SEM's bricking of so many wide open shots and missed layups allowed the Kings to hang around.

At the other end they have very few sets other than hoping Adams or Cooks create off the dribble.

Lucky the majority of Kings fans probably know more about the people in the "celebrity" seats than they do about basketball so they will probably believe the hype that the greatest NBL coach ever had a hand in that win.


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Dunkman  
Last month

I didn't think either side were that good defensively, there were some easy drives to the bucket. Wieskamp has shown glimpses of very good play but outweighed by some horrid D and shooting. Kings should make playoffs, SEM total border line, certainly if Sobey and Hurt can’t make a bucket.

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Gold Vibes Only  
Last month

Sebastian, if you watched the game you would realise what a ridiculous statement that is from the coach. Neither Kuol or Le'Afa had shot a free throw all night and despite Dunkman citing Adams being a career 90% free throw shooter, he was actually 4/8 for the game. Adams is clearly playing hampered by injury so citing a career shooting statistic on a night where he is actually 50% from the line shows no feel for the situation in that particular game. Horrendous tactics. End of story.

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