SuperCoach NBL: Montrezl Harrell names his team for round 1, tips to Beat the Coach

There’s a new fantasy game in town for NBL this season – outscore Montrezl Harrell for a shot at $10k in prizes. See his team for round 1 – with one big potential weakness.

Michael Randall

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September 15, 2025 - 5:00AM

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Box office former NBA star Montrezl Harrell has selected his NBL SuperCoach squad for week one and it’s jam-packed with some of the league’s best and brightest.

But is there a weak link SuperCoaches can exploit?

In the brand new Beat the Coach game, SuperCoach NBL returns with a twist. No trades, no season-long grind – pick a starting six each round with one goal: outscore Harrell to go into the draw for a $10k prize pool.

In week one the Adelaide 36ers’ star will be hoping boom New Zealand Breakers import Izaiah Brockington can carry over his form from the CODE Sports NBL Blitz into the start of the NBL26 season.

Trez has slapped the orange C on the former New Orleans’ Pelican, who claimed MVP honours as the Breakers won the pre-season competition. Captains are worth triple points in Beat the Coach and vice-captains double points.

Montrezl Harrell has picked his NBL SuperCoach team for round 1. Can you beat the Monsta?

Brockington should feature prominently, with an easier match-up against Brisbane at home to open the season, before a tougher ask against last season’s beaten grand finalists Melbourne United in Melbourne.

The VC is on United’s greatest player Chris Goulding. Goulding is an elite shooter and one of the league’s most dangerous weapons but, for SuperCoach purposes, he has not traditionally been a consistently big scorer and, after an injury-interrupted pre-season, Trez will be hoping for a couple of vintage explosions from long range.

Brisbane’s NBL25 MVP Casey Prather is Harrell’s highest-priced selection at $351,400, and the versatile forward is a nightly double-double threat and produced one of the best seasons of his career last campaign.

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Sticking with the Kiwis, he’s gone with bruising big Sam Mennenga, while new Tassie antagonist Ben Ayre gets the nod as the man he hopes can deliver above his cut-price value.

It’s the $235,700 Harrell has forked out this round for new Cairns Taipans’ million-dollar man Jack McVeigh as his Sixth Man.

The former NBL grand final MVP and Boomers Paris Olympian is in for a massive season after returning to the league from a stint with Houston in the NBA.

But Harrell is risking leaving SuperCoach points on the table — and here’s why.

Four of his six selections all play two games this round, but Prather’s Bullets and McVeigh’s Taipans are only slated for one – and it’s on the road against a tough and deep South East Melbourne outfit.

SuperCoaches might look elsewhere to ensure they trump Trez.

I love Casey, but for around the same price he could have PJC on a double.

At just $143,200, Melbourne United’s Finn Delany looks like one of the best value players in SuperCoach, with his ability to contribute statistically across the board.

Trez is hoping Jack McVeigh goes big in a single-game round.

Next Star Karim Lopez is still just 18 but, with a big role and NBA draft hopes, at $202,000, he could be the answer – although he’s yet to suit up for the Breakers this off-season due to injury, so the Mexican might be a wait-and-see for now.

If you can find the $50k to get up to Tassie’s Josh Bannan, he looks like a walking double-double – if he can stay healthy – while new NZ import Rob Baker II impressed on debut during the Breakers’ tour of Asia. United’s new import centre Jesse Edwards, who is enormous and has NBA experience, and lightning quick teammate Tyson Walker should both have large roles, while Milton Doyle has a chance to bounce back from a down season at his new club.

Tassie import guard trio Bryce Hamilton, David Johnson and Tyger Campbell are all $277k and all appeal.

Beat the Coach in any round of the 2025-26 season and you’ll receive an entry into the end-of-season $10,000 prize draw including $5000 cash and $5000 Choice Hotels travel voucher. Every round you Beat the Coach earns you an additional entry.

Beat the Coach head-to-head in any round and you’ll go into the draw to win one of three weekly prizes for that round, including 2 x $500 cash prizes and 1 x $500 Choice Hotels travel voucher.

And If you’re wondering why Trez hasn’t picked himself, it is because Adelaide has a bye in Round 1 due to Sunday clash with Euro League giant Panathinaikos in Sydney.