Despite the disappointing performances, which have seen Adam Forde’s side drop 2-4 on the season, the playing group still have the utmost confidence in what they can achieve during the 2025-26 campaign.<\/p>\n
“We do have an unbelievable group and we’re very good friends,” Taipans guard Kyle Adnam said during Sunday’s post-game press conference.<\/p>\n
“Everyone gets along unbelievably and I think now it’s probably around this accountability piece, looking at each other and be able to have some of those tough conversations like ‘hey you know this isn’t going well, I need you to adjust here and things like that’.<\/p>\n
“That’s what we’ve been doing this week and we’ll continue to do moving forward.<\/p>\n
“We’ve had our moments as a group, great moments I’d like to add as well and they’re the moments we need to tap into.<\/p>\n
“When we had our great moments, what were we doing? And we just got to repeat that, I think it’s as simple as that.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Coach Forde agrees, stating the Taipans’ performances are to do with the players not handling the ‘stress’ of the game, rather than their talent.<\/p>\n
“I said to the guys, you’re in a fishbowl and everybody’s looking in and you know that fishbowl gives a distorted view,” Forde said.<\/p>\n
“That’s a burden some guys can navigate and get through, but some tighten up.<\/p>\n
“There almost has to be a sense of playing fearless [and] just living with the result.<\/p>\n
“Play hard and as the saying goes, the sun’s going to rise [and] your family’s going to love you.<\/p>\n
“You [have] responsibilities in life and this should be an outlet that we get to play a game where, for 40 minutes or for a two hour time-slot, you don’t have to worry about any of that, you just go play basketball.<\/p>\n
“Sometimes we got to be reminded of that and we take things too seriously. It’s a work in progress, but the big thing is the guys have always responded and I expect them to respond this week and we’ll move forward.”<\/p>\n
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