SuperCoach NBL: Coaches Court (Round 4, 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

Kendric Davis: 86
Jack White: 75
Milton Doyle: 67
Montreal Harrell: 61
Kristian Doolittle: 60

Super Coaches

Round 3 scores
DizzJumpers: 492
ImSoSorry: 489
Ezewinners: 485

Overall rankings
Majok’s Chooks: 1,175
KFC Buckets: 1,155
Smudwa’s Soldiers: 1,153
Brian Windhorst: 1,150

Scheduled selections

We are heading into one of the trickiest couple of rounds of the schedule for the season.

We have 3 teams on the double this week - Adelaide, Cairns and Sydney, but we also need to look to Round 5 and plan ahead, because we have only two teams with doubles - New Zealand and Tasmania who are both lowly owned. We shouldn’t currently own any Breakers with no games this week, and it is likely most teams would be currently limited in their JackJumper stocks. It is essential to have the funds and trades available to bring in Parker Jackson Cartwright next week. Not only is he the highest averaging player in the competition looking at his first price increase, but New Zealand will play 7 doubles over the following 9 rounds. Be cautious of Adelaide’s string of 6 singles from next week.

Trade targets

Taran Armstrong (GRD) CRN $199,200
Taran is the number one trade target this week having played two games last round, for a pair of 29 SuperCoach point contests. Yet to change in price, Taran should start increasing in price for us and be startable for us in Rounds 4, 5 and 6. 

Xavier Cooks (FWD) SYD $406,800
The King of Sydney with respect to SuperCoach average so far this season, Cooks is a popular trade-in option this week with his team maintaining a strong schedule. Be sure to keep reading our questions section, where we further discuss Xavier.

Majok Deng (FWD) TAS $172,100
If you already have a court full of starters playing double-games this round, Deng represents a decent stash for next week. Be aware that the last score was amplified by overtime and we do not expect the same production going forward.    

Benny’s Breakevens

Here are some of the Break Evens of interest heading into round 4:
Majok Deng: -12 (1 game)
Casey Prather: -6 (1 game)
Elijah Pepper: -1 (1 game)
Tyler Robertson: 4 (2 games)
Taran Armstrong: 13 (2 games)
Kyrin Galloway: 14 (2 games)
Bryce Cotton: 58 (1 game)
Xavier Cooks: 60 (2 games)
Jaylen Adams: 83 (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 captain candidates under consideration.

Xavier Cooks
Kendric Davis
Montrezl Harrell
Jaylen Adams
Cameron Oliver
Taran Armstrong

Boydie’s Questions and Answers

Question: What are our thoughts on Kyrin Galloway as a startable option this week?

Answer: We received a heap of questions relating to Kyrin Galloway this week. He benefitted to some degree from Tanner Groves missing the second game of last round and had his best score of the season with 36 SuperCoach points. If Groves is announced to miss Round 4, we give the Galloway selection the green light. Even with Groves in the line-up, Galloway does maintain some value having played in excess of 20 minutes in the two games prior to Groves not flying to Melbourne last round. If it unlocks a great option with your second trade, or allows you enough cash to make sure you can get Parker Jackson-Cartwright next week, you can still consider Galloway even if Groves is in.    

Question: Are there any decent options for Angus Glover?

Answer: In short, there are no similarly priced options that are really worth the trade at the moment. We think you should be prioritising your on court starting players, before looking to remedy Glover. If you do have a luxury trade and can get to one of the Perth guys in Pepper and Henshall that could be an option, however, Glover's opportunity going forward could be very similar to that of Pepper and Henshall when the injured Perth players return. If you can get up to a player like Casey Prather with role clarity, that would be an option we think is worth the trade. We are all watching Jackson Makoi at Cairns to see if he wins back the backup point guard role he was slated for in pre-season prior to his suspension. Other than that, hold out hope for 1 solid score for Glover to start his price appreciation. There is still plenty of media noise about a change in starting lineup being required for South East Melbourne. 

Question: Who is more important as a trade target if you can only get one, Xavier Cooks this week? Or Parker Jackson-Cartwright next week?

Answer: Yes, Cooks is an awesome trade target this week, however, we would prioritise making sure you can get Parker next week. There are quite a few usable forward options this week to use on your starting court; and we should be able to select a solid captain outside of Cooks.  We feel that Jackson-Cartwright will be invaluable next week as a captain option, with a guard roster spot that could also make us some cash in the short term. The last positive for PJC is that he should easily allow for a trade to Bryce Cotton in a few weeks’ time.