Adam Forde joins Dan Boyce on the podcast to talk about how he went about recruiting players for the 2023/24 season, what he looks for in players and how you can best go about getting a spot in the NBL as a developmental player.
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He also touches on the upcoming NBLxNBA games where Cairns will be facing the Washington Wizards and Toronto Raptors and what he hopes the Snakes can take away from those games.
- Reflecting on how the Taipans ended the 2023 season (2:00)
- How does Adam Forde approach an off-season and what is his process (4:30)
- The Taipans off-season and how Fordey has set-up the roster for success in NBL24 (7:30)
- Adam Forde’s method of pitching the opportunity of playing in Cairns for less money to NBL players (10:00)
- Using the NBLxNBA games to recruit players to the Taipans (15:00)
- Why he chose to re-sign Bul Kuol, but not Majok Deng, Mirko Djeric and Ben Ayre (17:00)
- The Cairns Taipan’s blueprint to success (20:00)
- What Coach Forde looks for in a development player and how state league players can get themselves onto NBL team radars (26:00)
- What coach Forde wants to get out of playing NBA team’s during the NBL season (46:00)
All of this and a whole lot more…
Dan Boyce is a die-hard Sydney Kings fan who grew up in Melbourne during the roaring 90's of Australian Basketball and spent far too much time collecting Futera NBL Basketball cards.
