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Post by raiders92 on Jul 29, 2019 20:43:52 GMT
As a basketball fan of mainly bbl and nba, I don't really follow the nbl but after reading a quote from.coach k in which he would like to bring through more players from the nbl it got me thinking why don't we see more stepping up and getting big minutes in the bbl? For example the raiders have Wilcher but there doesn't seem two many? Look at aj Roberts he didn't get to much burn at London royals
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Post by notoriousbigz on Jul 29, 2019 21:14:00 GMT
I did it and look how that worked out.
Genuinely got complaints for kids eyes stinging.
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Post by gloryeagle on Jul 30, 2019 10:04:26 GMT
Simple answer is that the gulf in standard is huge.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 10:15:10 GMT
Zak Wells, Josh Steel & Jesse Chuku all played in D1 for Leopards as youngsters. Can't remember if Robert Gilchrist has played BBL but he was with us, as well. Albert Margai left Leopards to join Scorchers.
Pretty sure James & Callum Jones played D1 for Magic. Wolves & Flyers both kept a core when they moved from D1 to BBL. Likewise Ibrahim Gariba & Santa Ataha stayed with Capital when they moved up, there may have been more.
But, yes, it's a big gap in class. Probably a two-division jump in reality.
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Post by interestedridersfan on Jul 30, 2019 10:17:23 GMT
Zak Wells, Josh Steel & Jesse Chuku all played in D1 for Leopards as youngsters. Can't remember if Robert Gilchrist has played BBL but he was with us, as well. Albert Margai left Leopards to join Scorchers. Pretty sure James & Callum Jones played D1 for Magic. Wolves & Flyers both kept a core when they moved from D1 to BBL. Likewise Ibrahim Gariba & Santa Ataha stayed with Capital when they moved up, there may have been more. But, yes, it's a big gap in class. Probably a two-division jump in reality. What are your thoughts on Jesse Chuku? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 11:24:27 GMT
He was one of the younger Barking Abbey players and played mainly in D4. It was also seven years ago. In short, dunno.
I missed Dave Buchberger (Mersey Tigers) from my list of former Leopards. Both the import players we had in 2011/12 (Ousman Krubally & Veron Teal carved out decent careers at a higher level than the BBL. I just wish we'd had a fully fit team when we played the four BBL Trophy games against Lions and Riders that season.
also missed out EJ Harrison, possibly the most successful NBL-BBL import
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 12:17:12 GMT
We kept our squad when we moved up too.
Notable former raiders who went up either with us or without us include
Deantone Beasley
Jamie Burchell
Todd Cetnar
Rod Wellington
Dean William's
That's just to name a few
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 13:21:16 GMT
Beas' was a great bloke. Always a decent quote when I was doing the BBL website. Same with Gary Stronach, polar opposite of dealing with Love.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 15:58:54 GMT
Coaches college now, beas that is. Working his way up the ranks. One or my all time favourites
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