SuperCoach NBL: Coaches Court (Round 1, NBL25)

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Each week in the Coaches Court, the Basketball Blokes use their best judgment to answer your SuperCoach NBL questions for the week ahead. But first, here are all the relevant facts you need to know before making your trades this week. 

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Prior round premos

Jaylen Adams: 54
Parker Jackson-Cartwright: 49
Darius Days: 43
Bryce Cotton: 42
Milton Doyle: 41

Super Coaches

Wondunna Wildcats: 285
Time to Kell: 281
Iwillwin: 278

What's better than one Team of the Week? Two!

On 285 points, Nate's Wondunna Wildcats took out the #1 spot to secure the weekly prize of $500 🔥

Bradley is our Runner Up with his high-scoring squad 'Time to Kell' earning him a $150 NBL store voucher.#SuperCoach #NBL @NBL pic.twitter.com/kqce9AkwGV

— SuperCoach NBL (@supercoachnbl) September 23, 2024

Scheduled selections

The Hawks, Phoenix, Kings and United will all play two games each in Round 2, with United the only team of the four slated with another two games in Round 3. Importantly, players from these four clubs will receive their first price adjustment at the conclusion of Round 2, with all four teams having played three games each.

Although there are some attractive options, steer clear of New Zealand Breakers, with just one game over the next three weeks, along with Brisbane, who play a string of single game rounds through until the end of Round 8.

Trade targets

Jaylen Adams (GRD) SYD $392,900
Jaylen was the top scorer from Round 1 and backs that up with a double-game round this week. We think he will hit his Break Even this week and should get a nice price rise post Round 2.

Alex Toohey (FWD) SYD $191,900
Played plenty of minutes last game and is one of the best cash cow options in Round 2.

Lachlan Olbrich (FWD) ILL $121,400
Looks to be must-own. Lachie looks to be the best cash cow options that we have this season.

Shea Ili (GRD) MEL $250,200
Melbourne United is heading into two double-game rounds in a row. Ili looks to have a great combination of point scoring and price appreciation in the thin discount guard positions.

Rob Loe (FWD/CTR) MEL $173,600
Shares the same good upcoming schedule as Ili, and whilst his scoring potential is slightly down on Shea, he should make us money and is borderline playable on your starting court at your forward and center positions.

Benny’s Breakevens 

As was discussed in the schedule, only four teams will have a price change this round. How that relates to Breakevens is that for teams from Adelaide, Cairns, Perth and Tasmania who only play one game this week and play a double game round in Round 3; is that their Round 1 performances will not contribute to their first price change calculation.

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For this reason, only the Breakevens of the Hawks, Phoenix, Kings and United can truly be relied upon. These are the players with Breakevens of interest this round, noting that each of these players have two games to achieve this target. 

Lachlan Olbrich: -1
Keli Leaupepe: 8
Angus Glover: 14
Alex Toohey: 15
William Hickey: 16
Rob Loe: 19
Darius Days: 27
Matt Hurt: 32
Shea Ili: 33
Marcus Lee: 33
Cam Oliver: 39
Jack White: 40
Matthew Dellavedova: 45
Jaylen Adams: 46
Derrick Walton: 52

Banksy’s captain options

Keep an eye out for Banksy’s Captains podcast, which is soon to be exclusive to subscribers at basketballblokes.com. In no particular order, here is the pool of captains candidates under consideration. 

Darius Days
Jaylen Adams
Derrick Walton Jr
Xavier Cooks
Cameron Oliver

Boydie’s questions and answers

Question: Do we hold onto Will Hickey, Rocco Zikarsky and Angus Glover?
Answer: This early on, unless you have the luxury of a spare trade for the week (without using a boost) we say all three of these guys are still a hold with our priority being Hickey and Glover, over Rocco. This is based on schedule and Rocco’s low minutes and poor performance being a red flag from Round 1.               

Question: Do we have a more concrete idea on when to use boosts?
Answer: You have four to use through the season, but with a couple of rounds looking like a lock for a boost, in Round 5 and Round 9, you might only be able to use the other two for emergencies. In saying that if you were completely off the pace after Round 1 and your team isn't looking great, it's never too early to use a boost to fix some major issues!

Question: Rank the most important cash cows and do we get in Loe or Toohey?
Answer: We like Toohey over Loe, although if you need that Round 3 starter, Loe might be an option with Melbourne United having a double-game round. The two most important cash cows are Olbrich and Henshall with Olbrich changing price after this round making him a higher priority.