Well its been an interesting day in this years NBA Draft. For many people on Aussiebball it has come as a bit of shock that Patty Mills ended up getting picked so late in the second round of the draft. Before Mills injured his wrist playing for St Mary’s, many rated him as one of the best guards in the NCAA. But oh how things can change, never the less he has been draft to the Portland Trail Blazers at pick 55.
So what dos the futurte hold for Mills, if you look at the cases of Nathan Jawai and Brad Newley, don’t expect to see Mills playing many minutes in the NBA :-(. That being said, Portland did not pick up any other guards in the draft but he will need to battle off against Jerryd Bayless, Steve Blake for a roster spot which isn’t all that bad. Thats all of course provided he does not get traded to another team, which is quite common.
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In the lead-up to the National Basketball League (NBL) Finals series, fans will now be able to watch two extra blockbuster games with major playoff implications LIVE after FOX SPORTS extended their broadcast coverage.
FOX SPORTS have announced that they have added LIVE coverage of the blockbuster Victorian local derby between the South Dragons and Melbourne Tigers on Australia Day (26 January) and the South Dragons versus Adelaide 36ers clash on 4 February to their schedule.
Both games are expected to play significant roles in determining the final make-up of the top six for the NBL Finals, which commence on 18 February.
The Dragons-Tigers derby is expected to be a pre-game sell-out on Australia Day, with tickets for the clash between the Tigers (currently third) and the Dragons (first) at the 3,500-seat State Netball Hockey Centre already a hot commodity. A crowd of 9,308 packed Hisense Arena earlier this season on 18 October to witness the two bitter rivals go head-to-head and the Dragons run out 108-80 victors.
The newly-announced coverage of the Dragons-36ers clash at Hisense Arena will also be highly-anticipated. The 36ers are desperately holding on to the sixth and final playoff berth, whilst the top-placed Dragons are looking to secure the minor premiership and homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs.
LIVE coverage of both games will commence on FOX SPORTS at 7:30 PM AEDT.
For the full schedule of FOX SPORTS NBL coverage, click here.
Source : NBL
Patrick Mills hit a long 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds remaining and finished with a season-high 31 points and cold-shooting Saint Mary’s held off archrival Santa Clara in a thrilling final minute for a 63-62 win in the West Coast Conference opener for both schools Friday night.
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Well the rumor mill is going in over drive, for over 2 weeks there has been issue regarding Julius Hodge being paid by the 36ers, but then today it was announced that the 36ers and Julius had sorted out the money issue and in fact that Julius had even been paid in advance, at least according to 36ers owner Mal Hemmerling.
But Julius did not front up for the game vs the hawks, and both the coach and owner of the 36ers have come out with comments saying Julius will not answer phone calls.
To add fuel the fire, Julius appeasr to have made a blog post on Tuesday talking about his recent NBL outing, while also mentioning he could play in the NBA with 15-20 hours of flight time.
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