This is my second game of this new NBL season and I'm hoping that firstly the Blaze can get the win and secondly that the crowd is better than it was for game 1 against the Crocs. Like the first game, I'll be tweeting updates so if you're not already follow me on Twitter.
The Blaze are currently last on the ladder but I said it before the season started, it will take time for them to gel. They've got a new coaching staff, new imports and a number of other new players in key roles. I saw it first hand when the Brisbane Bullets over-hauled their roster, we had a star team on paper but it took time for them to come together and
I found two good articles talking about the Blaze and their start to the season. Click on the titles below to read the full stories.
Time is Wright for side to fire Blaze | goldcoast.com.au | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
WHEN Joey Wright was appointed coach of the Gold Coast Blaze, he asked supporters for some time.
With an almost completely new playing group, he was only too aware it would take a few matches for his side to gel.
His prediction was correct -- the Coast are sitting bottom with one win and three losses.
But Wright says his squad is 'starting to look like a basketball team'.
There is a renewed confidence in the group after returning home on Saturday from a tough away trip to Cairns and Perth for two matches in three days.
They lost both games but pushed the Wildcats all the way on Friday night.
Wright -- an NBL championship-winning coach with the Brisbane Bullets -- saw enough to predict his side is on the brink of turning their form around.
The View from Downunder – Local Edition #4
Adam Gibson is an impressive young basketballer. When you watch the disciplined way he plays defence, and the uncompromising way he takes the ball to the hole, it is easy to forget that he is only 22 years of age.
But watching the Gold Coast Blaze put up just 66 points last Wednesday against the Cairns Taipans, it was clear that Gibson is still a developing playmaker. Just as the Blaze are a developing team at this point in time.
The way the Blaze played in Cairns was very un-Joey Wright, for want of a better description.
Wright has put together a small, quick, versatile team on the Coast, just as he did at Brisbane. When I asked him why he said: “In this league, as much as we want to say ‘big’ wins, I think the versatile teams win more games, and that’s what we have tried to put together.”
Yet to start this season, the Blaze have been a half court team, with Gibson walking the ball up the floor repeatedly. The half court offence consisted mostly of pick and rolls and clear outs. That won’t get the Blaze far, with no real low post threats and very few people who can create shots off the dribble.
Gibson isn’t a playmaker, he is more of a place-setter at this stage of his career. He is absolutely reliable when it comes to playing defence, pushing the ball in transition, hitting the open shot and scoring in the lane.
2 comments:
Why would any1 want 2 "Tweet" or "post on a forum" during a Basketball game?. Its either you are at the game enjoying it and the atmosphere, or you are at home posting on the Internet.
Hey Clint,
I know you're not a fan of tweeting from games so I did see this comment coming.
Having been in a media role with the Bullets for 5 years, I'm used to getting a dozen text messages a game from friends who aren't at the game. Essentially asking questions you can't get answered by following a game online.
Tonight is a bit different with it being a Fox game as many people will actually be able to see it. I just think there are so many fans that don't have Fox and with the limited coverage of NBL games, any chance to help get information/news out about games is a positive thing.
I do understand your point tho.
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