Round 5 Buy, Hold, Sell, Captain: SuperCoach NBL Classic

12 Oct 2026

Parker Jackson-Cartwright and Arnas Velicka are both out, leaving SuperCoaches a 93.6 point hole.

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Parker Jackson-Cartwright ($405,200), now $468,300, is out. Arnas Velicka ($277,000), now $301,900, is out. That’s two of the SuperCoach NBL Star Guard Tracker’s best point scorers.

Jackson-Cartwright, averaging 53.4 SuperCoach NBL points per game, was a ride or die given the New Zealand Breakers have double-headers in Rounds 5, 7, 9 and 10. The Breakers said it was a lower leg injury, likely a calf, so expect minutes restrictions when the point guard returns.

Velicka is not expected back until after the FIBA Break (eight weeks) with a quad injury. He’s leading the League in assists, and while he’s struggling from the field, he’s still averaging 40.2 points per game. Between them, that’s a 93.6 points per round hole that SuperCoaches need to fill.

Enter Championship Series MVP Kendric Davis ($436,000), now $428,500. SuperCoaches will most certainly tap the trade button for the Sydney Kings’ NBL26 champion, as hard as he tapped the badge on his singlet after a minor dust-up with six-time MVP Bryce Cotton ($473,900), now $400,700, at the end of yesterday’s Sydney v Adelaide clash.

The Kings have three straight double-header rounds (5, 6 and 7), and he might have a little something for the Breakers and Perth, especially given Brandon Knight ($277,000) is now hooping for the Wildcats.

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Only four clubs play twice in Round 5: New Zealand Breakers, SE Melbourne, Sydney and Tasmania. Everyone else plays once.

Buy

Kendric Davis ($436,000), now $428,500, on sale! He’s $7,500 under his starting price, averages 41.8, third best in the game, and Sydney hosts the Breakers and Perth in Round 5. Only 9.4% own him, so if you don’t have him, he’s the trade.

Will Magnay ($269,300), now $356,800, averages 42.6, second best in the game. Tasmania hosts Adelaide and the Breakers in Round 5, and only 12.9% own him. Our Round 4 call to buy him for Round 5 stands.

Xavier Cooks ($308,000), now $290,600, 35 in Round 4, Round 5 double, five doubles to Round 11.

Josh Bannan ($317,500), now $319,300, 38 in Round 4, Round 5 double, 0.6% owned.

Taran Armstrong ($304,700), now $299,600, 30.8 average, Round 5 double, 3.2% owned.

Buy now for Round 6: Tyrell Harrison ($336,100), now $345,100, scored 59 in Round 4 and Nate Hinton ($277,000), now $299,400, 44, and under 5% own either. Brisbane plays once in Round 5, at home to SE Melbourne on Thursday. Then the Bullets double in Rounds 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Value: David Johnson ($232,900), now $226,700, 41 in Round 4, Round 5 double, 4.2% owned.

Cash cow: Makur Maker ($99,800), now $123,300, 19.3 average, Round 6 double.

Hold

Nick Rakocevic ($188,400), now $349,400. Single in Round 5, but he averages 39.7 with doubles in Rounds 7 and 11 still to come. Never sell.

Sam Mennenga ($303,100), now $302,300. We had him in Sell for Round 4 and he made us pay, scoring 62 at Perth. His price jumped $28,500 to $302,300. The Breakers double in Round 5, and only 20.8% own him. Hold.

Cole Anthony ($300,000), now $329,500, 39 a game in Round 4, Melbourne doubles in Rounds 6, 7, 9 and 11.

Keanu Pinder ($300,000), now $308,800, 32.5 a game in Round 4, Cairns doubles in Rounds 7, 8 and 10.

Dash Daniels ($115,000), now $193,900, owned by half the game.

Ben Gold ($69,000), now $97,100, 43.8% owned.

Tanner Krebs ($150,300), now $164,300. All three double in Round 5 and are still making money.

Sell

Zylan Cheatham ($339,500), now $300,300 and falling, 28.4 average, single in Round 5, 15.3% owned.

Luke Travers ($292,900), now $277,900, 26.8 average, 12.9% owned. His 36 in Round 4 came across Melbourne’s double, and they play once in Round 5.

Rookies who haven’t fired: Reuben Te Rangi ($97,100), now $81,100, 7.7 average, 12.6% owned. Sunday Dech ($69,000), now $66,300, 6.0 average and injured (hamstring, SuperCoach lists him back in Round 8), 21.4% owned. Hunter Goodrick ($69,000), now $62,200, 4.0 average and injured (knee), 19.1% owned.

Injured and still owned: Parker Jackson-Cartwright ($405,200), now $468,300 (lower leg, 21.3% owned), will miss both Breakers games in Round 5, at Sydney and Tasmania. Arnas Velicka ($277,000), now $301,900 (quad, 24.2% owned), is out for about eight weeks.