Adam Forde on recruiting the Taipans roster for NBL24, what he looks for when signing development players and NBLxNBA games

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.

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.

All of that and a lot more

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Topics include...

• 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)

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Head to Aussie Hoopla to check out previous podcasts featuring; Australian Basketball Legends - Luc Longley, Andrew Gaze, Shane Heal, Mark Bradtke, Leroy Loggins, David Andersen, Andrew Vlahov, Phil Smyth, CJ Bruton, Chris Anstey, Brett Maher, John Rillie, Tony Ronaldson, Damian Martin, Brad Newley

Current NBL Stars - Bryce Cotton, Chris Goulding, Tyler Harvey, Dejan Vasiljevic, Thomas Abercrombie, Daniel Johnson, Jason Cadee, Mitch McCarron, Anthony Drmic, Luke Travers, Sam Froling

Our Finest Coaching Minds - Brian Goorjian, Barry Barnes, Joey Wright, Adrian Hurley, Aaron Fearne, Rob Beveridge, Ian Stacker, Shawn Dennis, Dean Vickerman, Trevor Gleeson, Lindsey Gaze, Ken Cole, Will Weaver, Bruce Palmer

NBA Stars Past & Present - Andrew Bogut, Matthew Dellavedova, Stephen Jackson, Randy Livingston, Torrey Craig, Jack White, Acie Earl, Josh Childress, Reggie Smith, Todd Lichti, Ryan Broekhoff, Doug Overton

The NBL's Greatest Imports - Darryl McDonald, Ricky Grace, Derek Rucker, Leon Trimmingham, Scott Fisher, Lanard Copeland, Dwayne McClain, Darnell Mee, Shawn Redhage, Al Green, Steve Woodberry, Doug Overton, Kevin Lisch

And the men who run things - Larry Kestelman, Mal Speed, Paul Maley, Vince Crivelli, Jeremy Loeliger, Chris Pongrass, Jeff Van Groningen, Bob Turner, Danny Mills

All that and much more.

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