snowman
Total gronk
lets get a fantasy league happening for this as well, for those of us who hqave nothing to do hahahaha.
ok, i will post a link for it when it opens.
playing alot of fanatsy sports now. we should get a baseball one next season LOL
Sydney to host New Mexico's Lobos in pre-season tip-off
BOTI NAGY THE ADVERTISER
The Advertiser
August 05, 20131:01PM
NO-ONE has quite called him "The Franchise" yet but new Sydney Kings signing AJ Ogilvy assuredly is the man the NBL club will be building around.
Ogilvy tomorrow will make his long-awaited big-time debut when he leads the Kings against visiting University of New Mexico's Lobos at Bankstown as the NBL's preseason officially gets underway.
Sydney-born Ogilvy, 25 and 211cm, already has runs on the board after playing professionally with Besiktas in Turkey, Valencia in Spain and Brose Baskets in Germany before pulling on a Kings singlet.
Recruited out of the AIS, the mobile centre had a strong college career at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee from 2007-2010 before nominating for the NBA draft.
While he went undrafted, Ogilvy played in the Pro Summer League for the Chicago Bulls before landing with Besiktas in Turkey at the same time troubled NBA superstar Allen Iverson played for the club.
Kings coach Shane Heal said Ogilvy had the potential to be the best big-man since dual-Sydney championship winner, 2004 league MVP, Larry Sengstock Medallist, triple Olympian and immediate past Boomers captain Matt Nielsen.
Neilsen was one of Ogilvy's idols growing up.
"I just think for his size at 6-11, the mobility and the touch that he has - he's just an outstanding player," Heal said.
Bankstown Stadium already is sold out tomorrow for the match-up against the Lobos, a college which first grew to prominence in Australia when future triple-NBA championship-winner Luc Longley played there.
The touring University of New Mexico team also will boast Aussies, with Cameron Bairstow and Hugh Greenwood in the line-up.
Power forward Bairstow impressed for Australia as it clinched the silver medal at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia, after winning the Stankovic Cup in China.
Tasmanian guard Greenwood, a 191cm tyro, will prove a big headache for the Kings who will be without import playmaker Jesse Sanders and his back-up Shaun Gleeson, who is injured.
Brad Hill, Kyle Armour and Ben Allen will join returning trio James Harvey, Kevin White and Tom Garlepp, along with new development players John Machum and Louis Brandt.
Second Kings import, Charles Carmouche, like Sanders, is yet to arrive in Australia.
Pre-season schedules:
August 6, Sydney Kings v University of New Mexico at Bankstwon
August 8, Sydney Kings v Butler University at Newington College
August 11, Cairns Taipans v Butler University at Cairns
August 12, Wollongong Hawks v St Mary's College at Shoalhaven
August 15, Melbourne Tigers v St Mary's College at Kilsyth
August 16-23, Adelaide 36ers six-game China tour at Shenzhen and Nanning
August 20, Cairns Taipans v St Mary's College at Southport
August 30, Sydney Kings v Melbourne Tigers at Gosford
August 31, Sydney Kings v Melbourne Tigers at Hills Hornets
September 2, Cairns Taipans v St Mary's College at Ipswich
Sept 4-7, Cairns Taipans v Wollongong Hawks at Cairns
September 10, New Zealand Breakers v Melbourne Tigers at Christchurch
September 12, New Zealand Breakers v Melbourne Tigers at Wellington
September 20-22, NBL Pre-season Tournament, at *Sydney
September 27, Sydney Kings v Wollongong Hawks at Sutherland
September 29, New Zealand Breakers v international opponent, TBA
September 29, Wollongong Hawks v Sydney Kings at Wollongong
October 1, New Zealand Breakers v international opponent, TBA
October 2, Adelaide 36ers v Melbourne Tigers at Millicent
October 3, New Zealand Breakers v international opponent, Auckland
October 3, Adelaide 36ers v Melbourne Tigers at Mount Gambier
Perth, Townsville still finalising schedules
(*To be confirmed)
madgen out for a while though ay?
mates reckon the imports for kings are going to average
carmouche will just about be the best and deepest 3 point shooter in the league
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWlyQFJfN0o
can get to the rim as well.
im surprised that they went with another average import at the 1, should of kept corin henry