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28
Sep
Round 2 Analysis
It's true, the most expensive player in the game is a bargain
Highlights
Cotton's 94 in Adelaide's double round – 188 as captain – dominates a Round 2 ruled by doubles.
- All 165 games of the NBL27 season in one list
- Every NBL27 roster, squad list and projected depth chart
- Every injured NBL player, with expected return dates
Adelaide 36ers superstar Point God Bryce Cotton ($473,900) is a bargain. You read that right: the most expensive player in SuperCoach NBL is a bargain.
Cotton, 34, was a SuperCoach captain's delight in Round 2, pouring in 94 points (188 points with the C) in Adelaide's first double-header (DH) round. The 36ers play twice again in Rounds 3, 4 and 7.
"Now it's my time" Max Mackinnon ($200,000) was the only player (55 points) in the Round 2 Top 10 that didn't play twice and he made it on the back of a career night, putting up 31 points and pulling down 12 rebounds alongside NBL assists leader Arnas Velicka ($277,000) in Brisbane's 103-95 win against the Illawarra Hawks on Friday.
Velicka leads SuperCoach NBL on per game average at 55 while Breakers guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright ($405,200) has piled up the most overall points with 151 in three games.
Mackinnon, 22, had one more point than Perth Wildcats double-header forward Kristian Doolittle ($317,500). Ooft.
Wildcats teammate Anthony Dell'Orso ($100,000), who was the fourth most traded out player between Round 1 and 2, made A LOT of SuperCoaches look bad and feel worse, bouncing back from minus-2 in Round 1 to 75 points in Round 2. Backcourt running mate Elijah Pepper ($202,700) (72 points) is also shaping as a must-have before the price rises. The only challenge is the Wildcats don't have another DH until Round 7.
Thirteen of the Top 15 in Round 2 scored more than 50 points while King Kendric Davis ($436,000) delivered 46 points in just 27:57 minutes. His points-per-minute is off-the-charts good.
Cotton's teammate Nick Rakocevic ($188,400) is making the most of Isaac Humphries ($265,300) being on the sideline, supporting the six-time MVP in the box scores and SuperCoach NBL numbers. Rakocevic had 41 points and 20 rebounds in two games but 1-from-8 at the free throw line (including an airball) would have turned his 79-point weekend into a near 90.
Below are the Top 15 Scores from Round 2 and Top 25 Overall Scorers after two rounds.
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