SuperCoach NBL: Coaches Court (Round 10, 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

James Batemon: 83
Bryce Cotton: 71
Keandre Cook: 68
Kendric Davis: 62
Dylan Windler: 62

Super Coaches

Round 9 scores:
Axel’s Academy: 456
Jumper: 443
Bol Bol Elite: 437

Overall rankings:
Josh Griddy: 3,639
SMOFTB: 3,635
Sixer Sam: 3,622

Scheduled selections

As it stands Kendric Davis will be able to return in the second game of Round 11, so he will have another price increase. While we don’t recommend bringing in a zero this week, he is still a trade option next week, despite not having a double-game round until Round 13. Montrezl Harrell on the other hand won't have a price change until the conclusion of Round 12.

If you jumped off PJC during the Breakers' back-to-back single game rounds, you may want to look to work him back in as they start 4 straight double-game rounds, and longer term, eight doubles over the next nine weeks making him a set and forget.

The Bullets are next best. They have a single this week, before eight straight weeks of doubles!

Perth will play two more weeks on the double, before we look to offload them during four single game weeks.

Sydney and Illawarra the other two teams on the double this week. They would more so be one-week rentals with both clubs on singles the following two weeks.

South East Melbourne, Tassie and Cairns continue to be no go zones based on the schedule.

Trade targets

Bryce Cotton (GRD) PER $323,700
Like we always say, Bryce once is great, but Bryce twice is nice! Bryce returned from injury last round, catching us by surprise a little. He had a 46 SuperCoach point game to start the round, followed by a 25 SuperCoach performance, totalling 71 for the round. He also dropped $18.7k in price and that might just be the end of his price drop. With two double-game rounds to go in this Perth schedule run, it is time to jump on Bryce and captain him for the next couple of rounds.

Parker Jackon-Cartwright (GRD) NZ $417,900
Interestingly, PJC is under 34 per cent owned SuperCoach-wide, considering he is the highest averaging player to date for NBL25. New Zealand starts a run of four double-game rounds this round, in fact they have eight doubles in nine weeks. Pretty sure that ownership percentage should be ticking up a little more this week, if not, we will be scratching our heads here at the Basketball Blokes.

James Batemon (GRD) BRI $277,500
Do we chase the hot hand of James Batemon after his HUGE 67 SuperCoach point game against Perth last round? Some would say that game might just be a flash in a pan performance and he will go back to his 19-20ish SuperCoach point average once again, but with a -10 Breakeven heading into this round, a projected $50k value increase incoming and that Bullets schedule, Round 11 onwards, it could be time for a risking Brisbane biscuit.

Keandre Cook (GRD) BRIS $313,900
Again, in Round 9, Cook gave us no reason not to have him in our SuperCoach sides for the upcoming Brisbane schedule feast. Points, rebounds, assists and steals in both of the Bullets' Round 9 contests and the third-highest scoring player for the round. Lowish breakeven of 14 on a single game this round, so should increase in price a little, so if you have a luxury trade up your sleeve to bring Keandre in and slide him onto your bench for a week, then we say,do it!

Benny’s Breakevens

Here are some of the Breakevens of interest heading into round 10: 
James Batemon: -10 (1 game)
Alex Higgins-Titsha: -7 (1 game)
Angus Glover: -5 (1 game)
Robert Loe: -5 (1 game)
Rocco Zikarsky: -4 (1 game)
Chris Goulding: -1 (1 game)
Max Darling: 2 (2 games)
Casey Prather: 3 (1 game)
Keandre Cook: 14 (1 game) 
Izan Almansa: 18 (2 games)
Tyrell Harrison: 37 (1 games)
Bryce Cotton: 42 (2 games)
Kristian Doolittle: 74 (2 games)

Banksy’s captain options

Banksy’s Captains podcast is exclusive to subscribers at basketballblokes.com for Round 3 onwards. In no particular order, here is the pool of captains candidates under consideration.

Bryce Cotton
Parker Jackson-Cartwright
Xavier Cooks
Jaylen Adams

Boydie’s questions and answers

Question: Should I use my final boost to bring in Rocco Zikarsky?
Answer: Anyone looking to boost involving Zikarsky should be wary that his additional opportunity last round came from Tyrell Harrison being in significant foul trouble. Harrison played only 18 minutes against Perth with only five minutes played in the entire first half. Yes, Rocco is a trade target, but he will still be a trade target next week, albeit slightly more expensive. Your final boost is more valuable than a move like this.

Question: What is the updated injury information for this round?
Answer: There was a whole host of injury news out of last round and during the FIBA break that concerned our SuperCoach relevant players. Kristian Doolittle missed the second half of the Wildcats most recent match with knee soreness. According to Mick Randall, He has been practicing and this injury is not expected to keep him out of the Perth Wildcats matches. Casey Prather and Deng Adel are trending towards playing; however, we are still awaiting news regarding Josh Bannan’s ankle injury. Max Darling and Mojave King are probable; and Sam Mennenga will play. Jack White is also targeting a return from his calf injury this round? We do not have an update on Tacko Fall who has been rehabbing a hip injury, regardless, he is a watch and see before we consider trading him in. 

Question: Which players do I prioritise trading out of Pepper, Henshall, Almansa, Lopez and Mennenga?
Answer: Pepper is the priority trade out of these players. At this stage we also think you can comfortably take the money that you have made with Lopez and trade him out also. If he maintains his court time after the return of King and Darling, you can bring him back for their run of double games. Sam Mennenga may see an amazing opportunity with no Gillespie or Jonah Bolden this round, especially if Tacko is being eased in or misses all together. We feel that Henshall has longer term viability over Almansa, but it is that close that you may need to look at your line-up and consider which type of DPP eligibility is more beneficial to your side in the long term.