SuperCoach NBL experts reveal their trades for round 5

Every expert is bringing in the same player this week with one of their trades in SuperCoach NBL. After that, things get interesting. See all their moves here.

Get PJC.

Trades for round 5 in SuperCoach are as simple as that.

Assuming you can find the cash. Then there’s the question of how best to use your second trade – and third, if you’re prepared to cash in a Trade Boost.

Maybe it’s not so simple after all.

Here’s what our experts are doing this week.

PETER HOOLEY

OUT: Rob Edwards and Cam Oliver

IN: Peter Jackson-Cartwright and Sam Mennenga

Happy to ride with Mennenga at his price for the next few games. Has looked very solid this season and I’m hoping he can have some big games. These moves gives me cash in the bank to splash at Bryce Cotton next week.

MATT HICKEY

IN: Sam Mennenga, Will Magnay, PJC

OUT: Lachie Olbrich, Montrezl Harrell, Kendric Davis

Boost time baby! Big changes this week for the Grizzly Grizzards, bringing in three players with doubles: Sam Mennenga, PJC, and Will Magnay. Adelaide only play single games for the next six weeks, so the big duo of Harrell and Davis make way, meanwhile Olbrich may have tapped out when it comes to his money-making potential. Only three players on the double this week is a little concerning, but $50k in the bank and seven players set for a double in round 6 has us in a good long-term position.

Parker Jackson Cartwright is hot property in SuperCoach NBL. Picture: William Purnell/Getty Images

JAYMZ CLEMENTS

IN: Parker Jackson-Cartwright, Tyler Robertson

OUT: Kendric Davis, Dejan Vasiljevic

There’s a moment on the second Japandroids album ‘Celebration Rock’ (well, technically their second album, as no one knows the first one) when, after various struggles and battles amid the indomitable, effervescent human condition, that it gets to track seven,‘The House That Heaven Built’.

SuperCoaches will feel like that this week: triumphant, punch-the-sky, kick-a-hole-in-the-wall sheer raw jubilation as the New Zealand Breakers return to the NBL fold after an oddly-timed USA sojourn.

And the house we’re building this week comes on the back of Parker Jackson-Cartwright and his 50-point average. It means we can kick the tires on Sam Mennenga. It means we can look into the distance and see endless point-scoring possibilities.

But mostly, we’re all after PJC, because with the Breakers playing six games in the next three rounds, before two weeks of single games, then having a whopping SEVEN doubles from then all the way through to round 18, they’re rolled SuperCoach gold.

So while PJC has a BE of 65, with games against Brisbane and Perth this week, then SEM and Sydney the following week, he’s now basically any toy that my two-year-old son sees my five-year-old son playing with: gotta have it.

Davis and DJ have helped out of the last couple of weeks, but with the Sixers not on a double again until round 11, they are thanked for their service and used for a one-up, one-down upgrade-downgrade combo of PJC and Tyler Robertson that gets points on the court (PJC, oh der) and cash generation (Robertson’s -16 BE) off it.

Robertson might change to Taran Armstrong later in the week if he’s a confirmed starter with the Taipans double next week or just as a sideways look to teammate Alex Toohey, but for now, he’s a massive Cash Cow and we’re getting around him like the opening line of the final track on the final Japandroids album (that comes out this Friday) “Saw you the second you walked in”.

Talk me out of it… ‘Failing to prepare is preparing to fail’🤣 https://t.co/1Jcwa3m3FJpic.twitter.com/arvtKlXjXN

— Michael Randall (@MickRandallHS) October 16, 2024

SUPERCOACH PLEB

My trades are:

Jaylen Adams to PJC

Montrezl Harrell to Sam Mennenga

This could honestly be one of the toughest rounds of trades we’ll experience all season. Several injuries to key players and only 2 teams on the double? Stuff off nightmares. Halloween is truly upon us, folks!

Parker Jackson-Cartwright is a must trade-in. There’s no discussion here.

Unfortunately for us, Sydney play after New Zealand, which means we won’t have a chance to trade Adams to PJC if he doesn’t end up playing. This is for those keeping Jaylen!

This frees up plenty of cash for me to go Oblrich to Matt Hurt or Darius Days and plan for the next rounds.

Time will tell on this one!

Best of luck for the round.

A pretty grim weekend for Milton Doyle.

- First time ever he scored 0 SC.
- New career-high in Turnovers (7)
- 2nd lowest points scored (4)

That being said, Doyle is a champion and although Kings might constrict his SC a bit, I think he balls out against 36ers.#NBL#NBL25

— Pleb 🎃 (@SuperCoachPleb) October 14, 2024

JAMIE HUGHES (Usage Rate podcast)

Out: Kendric Davis, Ben Henshall

In: Parker Jackson-Cartwright, Tyler Robertson

The Henshall to Robertson trade is simply an opportunity to continue to generate cash. With a Break Even of -16, Robertson only needs to step on the court to see a nice little rise. Coach Brian Goorjian mentioned they had struggled in non-Jaylen Adams minutes at the end of round 3. Enter T-Rob (can trust a T-Rob), and Sydney have looked significantly better when JA has been off the court. Speaking of JA, that back did not look good!

The way PJC started the season, and the Breakers’ two-week break in the USA, made this the easiest trade in of all time. Given that we have had a fortnight to plan how to add him to our teams, there really is no excuse. Between round 5 and round 18, New Zealand plays 25 out of a possible 28 games. Pair this with his crazy Usage Rate and it makes bringing in PJC an absolute necessity. Get it done.

AL PATON (wannabe expert)

IN: Parker Jackson-Cartwright, Sam Mennenga

OUT: Montrezl Harrell, Kendric Davis

Not much original here but these are the two most obvious trades of the season so far. Out go two Adelaide players who don’t have a double-game round for another six weeks, with their cash spent on two Breakers about to embark on three straight doubles.

Mennenga has started the season well and comes in at a bargain price, and PJC is a SuperCoach megastar (scores of 49 and 51 in the first two rounds).

The much trickier call is whether to get a fourth player in on the double on top of Jackson-Cartwright, Mennenga and Will Magnay, who sat on my bench last round. I have boxed myself into a corner with PJC and three cash cows in the guard position ... and not enough cash to get any of them to a big gun. I can afford Taran Armstrong, who I will want in round 6, but he might not even play this week – so it’s probably smart to keep that Trade Boost in my pocket ... and hope Sunday Dech explodes.

Sam Mennenga is a popular trade option this week. Picture: Hannah Peters/Getty Images

TIM MICHELL (Round 4 proved I’m not an expert)

IN: PJC, Sam Mennenga and ... maybe ... Milton Doyle

OUT: Kendric Davis, Montrezl Harrell, Rob Edwards

Milton Doyle can’t score 0 again, right? I’m locked in to PJC and Mennenga for the upcoming run of New Zealand doubles after their US stint, but Doyle is the one I can’t work out. He’s playing great minutes, has a big ceiling but has also been a volatile scorer and can bite off more than he can chew with the ball (seven turnovers last round).

I think I’m going there, even with a huge break even, but I’m only about 50 per cent sold.

If Jaylen Adams misses again, I’ll likely go Tyler Robertson instead. I am still kicking myself for swapping him to Kyle Adnam even though Robertson was very lucky to play as many minutes as he did in round 4.

Trading Edwards might seem counterintuitive when he has a double in round 6, but I plan on pairing Taran Armstrong with PJC next week anyway.

After dropping out of the top 200 due to my nemesis Sam Waardenberg, it’s bounce back week.

CHLOE WILLIAMS

IN: PJC, Sam Mennenga, Tyler Robertson

OUT: Kendric Davis, Will Hickey, Rob Loe

Going for as many double-game players as possible to maintain my top-100 ranking means parting ways with trusty cash cow Rob Loe, and last week’s hero Will Hickey. Robertson in is not ideal considering he’s already made $40k and may face limited minutes, but it’s my only way to get enough cash to bring in the man of the moment in Parker Jackson-Cartwright. Hickey will still make a fair bit of cash, but this should be cancelled out by Robertson’s rise if the minutes are there.

I’m hoping Mennenga does better in a double than Waardenburg in a single, but I’m keeping my Snakes for their round 6 double, which will give me a chance to move on my JackJumpers ... I hope the math is mathing at this point, does anyone else feel like a mad scientist?

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