NBL: Perth Wildcats championship dreams are over after they were stunned at home by Tasmania JackJumpers and lost the deciding game of their semifinal series 100-84 at RAC Arena.
For the Tasmania JackJumpers, those three words aren’t just a slogan. It’s their heartbeat. Their identity.From the moment Roth was appointed as the franchise’s inaugural head coach to when he took the Jackies to an unlikely Championship Series berth in their first year in the NBL, Roth has embraced the people of Tasmania and they have reciprocated.First, they were the feel-good story of the NBL. But feeling good only lasts so long.
“And Scott Roth you could see and hear the emotion at the end of that series win. It was just heartwarming to see a coach so invested in his team.”“My driving force is to bring something back into Tasmania and win a championship to allow these people to celebrate the moment,” Roth said after last week’s series win over the Wildcats.
Will Magnay, primed from his experience with the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA, was the big-name addition for the NBL’s newest arrival alongside import trio Josh Adams, MiKyle McIntosh and Josh Magette. “We went on a bit of a rollercoaster season and we were just putting things together as we went.
The JackJumpers were able to prove their instant success was not just a flash in the pan, going on to fall short in the semi-finals against the New Zealand Breakers.The consistent success Tasmania has had since entering the league is something few Australian expansion teams have been able to achieve and for coach Roth the key to building a sustainable franchise starts with building a “core group” of players.
To that point, Roth brought out Jarred Bairstow, who has been with the JackJumpers since the inaugural season. And yet, he’s not the sort of guy you typically hear about. Why?
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