Hoops

RE-SIGN HODGE FOR NEXT SEASON QUICKLY!!

I would definatly be looking to keep Hodge and run him as the point forward and try and surround him with a few shooters like Ng, Maher, Ballinger, Davidson, as his penetration is going to open them up and if the shooters do well its gonna open the key way up for him to drive, i think he is a great fit for the team, sure he isnt a great shooter but gets 20ppg anyway and his foul shooting seems to be getting better so im sure his overall shooting will improve also.
Hodge also brings great energy, leadership, good ball carrier and a never say die attitude who plays thru injuries and fights til the end of the game all things that are not found all players and imports, so i say he is a keeper

I don't really think Schenscher is needed and probably wouldn't be that great a player at NBL level. Cooper and Motts splitting time in the middle is a good enough rotation at center in the nbl. If Balls gets his citizenship before the season, we should go hard after Franklin along with re-signing hodge. If not, then we should keep hodge and sign a new import 2 guard when Ballinger naturalizes as Franklin will be signed by someone before the start of the season. This is because its easier to find an import SG than any other position. Also isn't Ng quitting to do his medical studies?

That would give us a team of:

Cooper
Mottram
Ballinger
Holmes
Hodge
Davidson
Maher
Franklin/New import

Then add a couple of youngsters either out of college or maybe Burdon + Dodman if there is no one else better that is cheap on points. That should all fit under the cap and you can go then with a starting 5 of

Ballinger
Holmes
Hodge
Franklin/New import
Davidson or Maher

Balls, Holmes, Hodge are all very good rebounders and added to Coops and Motts is a pretty formidable front line. Holmes can play the 3/4 and sometimes the 5, Hodge can play the 2/3 and the 4 when required and Ballinger can move to the 4 when Coops or Mottram come on the court.

A back court including Davidson, Franklin and Maher would be close to being the best in the NBL and is also tough defensively. Franklin and Davidson are also very good fitness wise which would enable Maher to play 30 mins a game or less. Going with an 8 man rotation of those guys along with 2 youngsters for future development and I reckon you'd almost have a championship level team without too many weaknesses.

i dont wanna get rid of Cooper or Ng, but to make the suggested line up fit in the points cap thats probably what you would need to do, personally i would definatly keep Davidson, Maher, Hodge, Ballinger, Mottram, Cooper, Ng,and maybe keep Sutton, Dodman, Burdon depending on who else is available and the points/salary cap situation, but yea if you add Schenscher, Holmes and Franklin somethings gotta give to make it fit under the cap, hence why i suggested the changes to make it work

Probably not quite, if you replaced say Cooper with a rookie like Dodman and maybe Ng with a rookie i reckon the rest would fit under the points cap and would be a good line up

I agree, he is a consistant double double,(points and rebounds) without a good jump shot and also can rack up the assists and play reasonably good defence and lead the team, handle the ball and run the offence, id say he would be attracting alot of interest with his last 3 games, especially if he finishes the season in that kind of form, players like that in the past such as Mee, Thomas, Tucker seem to be successfull and good pieces to build around, i agree and say sign him up now, he is also only 24 so plenty of years ahead and im sure his shot will improve, if he can score 20-3o points without a good shot, imagine what he can do if he develops one! but i guess it will depend who the coach is, but yea id be signing Hodge, Ballinger, Davidson to go with Maher and build around that.