Sydney Kings at Illawarra Hawks

Matthew Dellavedova is ruled out of the Sydney Kings' game against the Hawks with a lower leg injury and has no return date. Brian Goorjian says he will not be rushed back: "No, no, definitely not."

Andrew Carr came off the bench for the Sydney Kings so Harry Wessels could take the matchup on Grant: "that's Wessels' best matchup as opposed to Wagstaff." Brian Goorjian says foul trouble among his bigs, Carr and Xavier Cooks included, has been shaping his rotations.

"I played that lineup into the ground." Brian Goorjian blamed his own rotation for late fatigue in the Sydney Kings' New Zealand game. After the bench scored 4 points in Canberra, he says the plan is pace and more use of the bench.

Will Johnston's job at the Sydney Kings is to take the ball out of Kendric Davis's hands, and Brian Goorjian says he has developed faster than expected: "It's important that Will's on the floor in order to get some stuff so it's not always in his hand."

Torrey Craig says he is dropping his usual habit of working into games and attacking from the start instead, after two Sydney Kings losses the team felt it should have won. The aim: "imposing my will early to help us get off to better starts."

Illawarra coach Justin Tatum on the roster: "We have the opportunity to upgrade this team. We're definitely going to use it." No timeline given. He's focused on the locker room first and didn't want a new player walking into potential turmoil during the 1-6 start.