Everything said since their last game, v Phoenix on 15 Oct.
Brisbane guard Raul Neto hasn't played in two to three months and trained alone, but says travel and the time difference may hit his body more than his game: "I've had enough experience in my career to not need so much practice and not need so much game to be able to perform."
Tyrell Harrison is out with an ankle injury and day by day, Brisbane Bullets coach Will Weaver said. Arnas Velicka is out; he, Jacob Holt, Sam McDaniel and Taine Murray are in return-to-play. New signing Raul Neto is being tested and Weaver wouldn't commit to a debut.
Nate Hinton is now the Brisbane Bullets' primary ball handler, a role coach Will Weaver said he wasn't recruited for: "and here he is." Max Mackinnon was involved in 35 pick and rolls in a recent game, also a bigger role with the ball than the club signed him for.
Tyrell Harrison and Jacob Holt both have ankle injuries. Brisbane Bullets coach Will Weaver: "I'm concerned about their ankles, and no, I don't have any updates." Asked if he can cover centre if both miss time, he called it "a hypothetical I'm not going to talk about."
Mitch Norton started at point guard in his 400th NBL game, a Brisbane Bullets win, and says he'll retire the day he stops getting up for games: "The day that's not there is probably the day you need to hang them up. It's the best job in the world."
Brisbane's Arnas Velicka sat out. Mitch Norton: "there's not one person that's going to step up and fill his shoes. It needs to be a group job." Will Weaver said Sam McDaniel and Taine Murray missed earlier games, and players manned spots "they've never played before."
Everything said since their last game, v Breakers on 18 Oct.
Duke has a four-to-six-week injury, and Tasmania JackJumpers coach Scott Roth leans to the long end: "It's probably closer to 6 weeks. So I don't know if we'll see him until mid-November."
"It's fixed enough so he can breathe." Tasmania JackJumpers coach Scott Roth on Dakota Mathias, who told him: "I'm not missing games." Benny gets one more week out as a precaution, having not played five-on-five with the group. If all goes well, "he should be ready."
Ben Gold's role is growing. Tasmania JackJumpers coach Scott Roth spoke of "the luxury of Ben Gold continuing to increase his minutes." With three games in six days coming, Roth said "this will be about us and our approach."
"It's not fixed." Tasmania coach Scott Roth on Dakota Mathias's nose, re-injured in Illawarra and put under anaesthesia days ago to clear a breathing passage. Mathias is playing in a mask without practising. He says it is improving day by day but will take a little while.
A full day off on 19 October, then "a very, very light day" on 20 October: that is Scott Roth's plan for Tasmania JackJumpers before Brisbane. Work resumes 21 October, mostly video and meetings, with an eight- or nine-day break after this stretch.