Former rotation NBA players in that series include Torey Craig and Matthew Dellavedova

The 36ers put up a noble effort and unfortunately choked in 4th quarter due to missed FTs from great shooters, and a missed rebound in the final possession and lost in OT

If I had to do an NBA equivalent it would be the LeBron James Cavs (Bryce Cotton for Adelaide who might be the NBL GOAT) trying to will them over the Showtime Golden State Warriors (Sydney Kings roster is stacked, they have like the 2nd best player in the league, two DPOY level players in Dely and Craig, another top 5 player in the league and also the Sixth Man of the year) but ultimately losing in game 7

Shopler

170 | 10 hours ago

Glad to see the Kings are having success somewhere in the world!

SacKings1821

38 | 8 hours ago

Stockton Kings won it all last year! 😆

PM_me_datSmile | Kings

2 | 3 hours ago

Mason Jones my MVP 😭

pahweee | Rockets

10 | 6 hours ago

No Kings protest intensifies

callitajax1 | Raptors

2 | 3 hours ago

The Chennai super kings are having a rough year

damnumalone

87 | 10 hours ago

Andrew Gaze is the NBL GOAT cmon now

No_Board_9731

7 | 8 hours ago

You are right, and he’s unlikely to be beat given his cultural impact, but do you think Cotton is in 2nd place now?

eathbau | Nuggets

11 | 7 hours ago

Cotton is the better basketball player though

Papa_Huggies | Spurs

3 | 6 hours ago

Easily. Gaze had the greatest cultural impact and grew the league, but Cotton runs circles around everyone in the league, it’s kind of ridiculous

South_Front_4589

1 | 5 hours ago

Overall he is, but as a player it’s a very close thing now. Gaze has his coaching, international rep and media work to add to his resume.

Sensitive-Pool-7563

1 | 4 hours ago

Cotton is right there, what you on

tomdawg0022 | Timberwolves

44 | 10 hours ago

Sydney did not look like a championship team early in the season - they were like 7-7 before going on a major run the second half of the year.

(Note for people who don’t watch the NBL that their season is only 33 games.)

Y_Brennan

28 | 10 hours ago

A reasonable amount of games for a season

joomla00

0 | 7 hours ago

Wouldn’t mind if the NBA went this route but no way the players and owners are going to take a 50% haircut

LardHop | Lakers

8 | 7 hours ago

I think they would.

A 50% paycut though otoh

joomla00

3 | 7 hours ago

Well yea can’t get one without the other.

eathbau | Nuggets

7 | 9 hours ago

They are a super team, akin to Boston big 3, Miami big 3, Golden State big 5. They basically became unstoppable once they worked out the chemistry twinks.

Also a flaw of the NBL that you can buy your way into a championship

MixtureQuirky1621

1 | 9 hours ago

Also after Craig rocked up

S0PES | Jazz

0 | 5 hours ago

Are you a Timberwolves fan because of Joe Ingles by chance?

pollinium | MIN

0 | an hour ago

Joe who? I’m an Alan Smith fanboy that needs something to do for another month

Mekn0firku | Raptors

18 | 7 hours ago

3-2? Wow, low scoring game

darti_me | Mavericks

18 | 7 hours ago

That’s what happens when the Kings & 6ers meet

xXEliteEater500Xx

1 | 5 hours ago

Good ol’ hockey score

DarkoDragicevic

12 | 10 hours ago

Cotton is scoring machine and Kendric Davis was dominating playmaker actually and Zylan Cheathan from losing final side looks most like Bron profile. Really great final series

Apprehensive-Tea6551

1 | 10 hours ago

Cheatham’s flashes of Bron energy were wild to see, definitely one of the more memorable finals in a while.

MelodicInvestment105

11 | 9 hours ago

Adelaide have ex-NBA representation with Bryce Cotton and John Jenkins.

Sydney have ex-NBA representation with Torrey Craig, Matthew Dellavedova, Xavier Cooks, and Andrew Bogut is an assistant coach

UnbiasedExpert | CLE

1 | 4 hours ago

Cavs legend Andrew Bogut

AJ_Beers

4 | 9 hours ago

Adelaide protected the ball so well for almost the whole game, really got hurt with some careless turnovers in the final 2-3 minutes of regulation. As soon as it went to overtime I knew they were cooked. Great series though

Quadriporticus | DAL

2 | 8 hours ago

ADL choked in the closing minutes of the 4th. Damn it, they were so close. Props to Torey Craig for redeeming himself after that game 4 loss. Those few baskets he made were so crucial.

kryovortex

2 | an hour ago

Sydney’s season was literally saved by a wedgie. If possession arrow was Adelaide they would’ve had to foul and lose but they got the ball back and tied the game

4verticals | Hawks

1 | 6 hours ago

Philad 36ers

Alexcox95 | Heat

1 | 5 hours ago

Sixers down bad

In Australia (NBL), the Sydney Kings have defeated the Adelaide 36ers 3-2 to win the championship