Hoops

Post Game; Sixers vs Kings

If Ballinger naturalises before next season begins and Hodge plays well for the remainder of the season id be aiming for a team like

Franklin/Davidson
Maher/Ng or Burdon if Ng goes down the medicine path
Hodge/Tovey or another young athletic SF
Holmes/Mottram
Ballinger/Cooper

I think Ballinger could start C and with Mottram and Cooper on the team and both playing around 20 mins he would play most his mins at PF anyway and Holmes and Hodge both seem versatile and could play 2or 3 positions as required, id use holmes as a SF/PF and Hodge seems to be able to play PG/SG/SF

What happened with Zorich and the Dragons? In the pre season there was talk of him going to the Dragons but I can't recall much about this.

How about we grab a whole bunch of under-rated players like Hoare and Crawford? We could have a team like:

Franklin 9 or 10/Davidson 8 or 9
Maher 5/Ng 5?
Holmes 8?/Crawford 7 or 8
Ballinger 10/Hoare 7-9
Big Import 10/Mottram6 or 7

I doubt that team would be able to fit under the points cap, but provided maher is only worth a 5 (?) and mottram would be a fairly low rank (6 or 7?) because he doesnt necessarily score but he hustles and defends well we might just fit in. Ballinger will be an aussie next season right? If we cant grab any of hoare, PC or Holmes then we could just slide in Michael Zorich or another academy player into the lineup. I also would like to see us grab Tovey but I doubt he would leave Goorjian as that was the reason why he went to sydney anyway. If we can't grab Franklin, then I would be happy if we grabbed a high flying player like Jared Newson or kept Julius Hodge as we definetely need a player who gets the home crowd into the game...

Now for the game, It was a stunning effort by the sixers, BALLINGER IS ALL CLASS. I think he is the most underrated import in the league. By average scores for dream team, he is 3rd, only behind the 2 MVP candidates Anstey and Ebi ere so ballinger is definetely right up there in MVP voting.
The 36ers really made a good choice by signing an import who really gets the crowd ino the game. He reminds me a lot like Farley, but hodge doesnt look like the guy who gets angry n pissed off when he is doing bad or the team loses. Hodge actually plays a lot like Rashad tucker, just without the ego, fouls and bad attitude. It would be great to see 2 imports like him and Newson as crowd favorites along with other great players like Davidson, Mottram, Ballinger, Maher and Holmes.

HINDER IS AN EFFING KNOB!! how long did it take him to realise he was fouled out?? Geeze, that guy just ruins Australia's reputation when he wears the green and gold.
All of Luke Kendall's Shots were from 3pt territory (2-from-8)

Anyone know anything about last night being Bonzie's last game? He made a brief mention of it, but that was it. Does anyone know why he's leaving the 36ers?

Didn't Ng say in an interview in the 07/08 club magazine that this would be his last season because he could not continue to put off the practical component of his medical studies, which would prevent him from playing in the NBL next season?

Brilliant game, It had a bit of everything, This game brought back memories of our 'hey day' where we would come out and play this type of high intensity basketball for most games of the season. I wasnt to sure about Hodge after his first 2 games however after seeing him tonight going up against the best team in the league, i was won over by his overall play.

Balinger is a legend and should be signed up as soon as possible for next season and beyond. Definately a player we can build this team around.