Storyline Desk · Finding 40

Broadcast named knee and back injuries behind Humphries and Jenkins absences

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The Round 1 broadcast attributed the absences to injury, not a coaching choice. In the pre-game segment (09:2x-10:04 UTC window, relayed at 10:04:43) a commentator said Isaac Humphries was out with a knee problem and John Jenkins was out with his back. At 10:05:16 the broadcast said Humphries missed the Blitz with the injury, which Trevor Gleeson said had been hanging around, so the club would be cautious. At 09:49:52 a commentator said Adelaide's depth would be tested until Humphries and Jenkins return, with a third player's return hoped for around December (the auto-caption name is garbled; the pre-season media list Bul Kuol with an ACL). So Adelaide was short on numbers by design of availability. The 11:22:41 rim-protection line is consistent with this, as the discussion is about what Adelaide lacks without Humphries. Source is auto-captioned live commentary, not a club statement. No NBL.com.au pre-game article in the corpus lists Humphries or Jenkins as out for Round 1; the earlier Blitz lists name only Kuol (ACL) and Kenyon (concussion).

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From Melbourne's bench outscored Adelaide's by 30 points despite the 36ers' win

Evidence

on the side of Adelaide 36's John Jenkins is out with the back and in all reports he's been in some fine form. So, it'll be interesting to see if they miss him towards the back end of this game. And lastly, Isaac Humphre is out with that knee. He was struggling with that in the championship series last year, but hopefully we'll see him back soon. It's a 33game season, guys.
commentary · source · NBL27 Round 1 broadcast auto-captions, 2026-09-19T10:04:43+00:00

Isaac Humphrey's missed the blitz with that injury. Trevor Gleason said it's been hanging around for a little while, so they'll they'll be cautious with that.
commentary · source · NBL27 Round 1 broadcast auto-captions, 2026-09-19T10:05:16+00:00

It's really going to test their depth early on in the season. This is going to be a different team when when Humphre and and Jenkins and of course Paul Wall they're hoping to have him back sometime around December.
commentary · source · NBL27 Round 1 broadcast auto-captions, 2026-09-19T09:49:52+00:00

There's no Isaac Humphre. No John Jenkins.
commentary · source · NBL27 Round 1 broadcast auto-captions, 2026-09-19T10:43:07+00:00

Adelaide Bul Kuol - ACL - TBC Matt Kenyon - Concussion - Out for Blitz
media · source · NBL.com.au, 2026-09-06, Out of action list

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Context

In 2025-26, what was Adelaide's win-loss record in games where Isaac Humphries had no box-score row, compared with games he played?

Box rows can measure what his absence has meant before, without making any injury claim beyond the attributed commentary.

python -m storydesk run follow_up --game 36dbeb55-58ad-11f1-a69b-43a6b5595d3e --anchor 40 --question "In 2025-26, what was Adelaide's win-loss record in games where Isaac Humphries had no box-score row, compared with games he played?" --live

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