Jacob Jackomas (Illawarra Hawks) on his approach to coaching the team through their worst season ever and the NBL's Asian Player Rule

Aussie Hoopla NBL & NBA Podcast

After completing his first season in the NBL as a head coach, Jacob Jackomas joins the podcast to chat with Dan Boyce about the Hawk's new look roster and plans for next season.

They discuss the emotions that you encounter, going through a 3-25 season and how he handled the ups and downs.

On top of all that Jacob also touches on some of the Hawk's new faces including Haejung Lee, the Korean sharpshooter that will be the only Asian born player in the NBL this season.

All of that and a lot more

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Topics include...

• Finalising the Hawks roster for NBL24 (2:00)

• Recruiting vs Coaching (3:30)

• What is different about this Hawks roster compared to last season (6:00)

• Signing Haejung Lee and the benefits of the NBL’s special restricted player rule / asian player rule (13:00)

• Jacob’s take on how the Hawks faired last season and if he felt his job was ever ‘on the chopping block’ (20:00)

• The toughest moments from last season (25:00)

• What was the most rewarding part of the season (30:00)

• What is Sam Froling’s ceiling for NBL24 (31:30)

• What changes he plans to make in regards to coaching the Hawks this season (35:00)

Listen to our previous interviews with the biggest stars in Australian Basketball.

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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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