Hoops

6ers G1- things you may of missed in a box score

Burdon came on for the last minute and went swish.
I couldn't do that.

Winitana played about 35mins in the trial game, here, against the Tigers, ( Without Tyndale,Bruce and Davidson), shot 22points, was great at both ends.
Played about half that, on Friday, missed his first few shots.. confidence player.

Fair enough. It seemed to me it was taking him a looooong time to work through his options, though. I'll pay more attention tomorrow night.

mate of mine sits just behind the opposition bench. Said that whenever Williams came off he was arguing with the coach. Sign of frustration.

As I said in another thread, Tyndale played like last year's imports - first half Chappelle, second half Hodge. He played smart - didn't force anything, didn't try to take over the game like some imports do. He stayed within the team concept and just accumulated stats.

I also wasn't impressed with Schenscher, I thought his D was ordinary and the O stalled when he got the ball. OTOH, maybe I'm just not used to seeing a 7-footer in the low post, instead of loitering out at the three-point line.

One other thing that happened that the box score doesn't show - unless I'm mistaken, by the end of the first quarter, all the starters were on the bench, and Scottie was running the complete second 5 as a unit (Davidson, Winitana, Hill, Cooper, Schenscher). Not something you would have seen under previous stewardship. Oh, that reminds me - there was an ad on the back of the coach's chair, clearly visible from the far side of the court for most of the game. Wouldn't have seen that last year, either, except during a time-out.

Yeah- big ups to Hill, Coops and Holmes for doing all the team things. Paora too.

Forgot to mention the way Tyndale played in the first half. Pretty ordinary.

The key was that he showed a confidence in his ability to improve and for a while he had the game on a string.

Some players shrink when things aren't going their way- he really took control of his emotions and showed that a lot of basketball is played between the ears and in the middle of the chest.

Paora was symply awsome, here, in the trial game against Melbourne. Bruce and Davidson were not available for that game. Now, having seen Friday's game, you'd start Bruce and Maher, of course. Paora, on Friday, played well below his trial game form.

I liked Paora 's game a lot, he really is a perfect team bench type guy. When tempers flared a little in the second half, it was him stepping in and settling it down. Definately a leader and a true competitor / sportsman.

He may have the biggest hands on a human being since MJ too. Palms the rock like nothing. Would love to see some of those awesome MJ like pass fakes while he palms the ball...

I can see him throwing some stuff down during garbage time every game.

I see I have made the forum's Starting Five....im thinking that means I have too much time on my hands....but got me wondering....

Some players, especially juniors (maybe their parents actually) seem to be totally focused on making the "starting five" on court.....I guess it must be important but was thinking the team make up as a whole might be more important....what ya think?

Devils advocate as always...
Schenscher will be able to guard Anstey inside the paint, but not on the perimeter where he spends most of his times these days. Schenscher is a stronger body though...another great matchup. Can't wait!
I do like the look of the 6ers and and at 13-1 I'll be having a few hard earned on them to go all the way myself. Can't see those odds lasting much longer with astute people such as ourselves taking advantage.

You have to talk about Paora Winitana aswell.
That guy is such an amazing burst of life to the 36ers. the whole game (which included the pregame warm-up) he was up beat, laughing and just generally enthused and getting his teammates pumped. This guy is going to be a cult hero. Our own version of shane heal but with much more aggressive D. Love that kid, cant wait to see him piss the spirit off!!

Agree with Bruce - he looks like he could tear this league apart. And whilst nobody in the Tigers can guard him for his pure speed and ability to turn corners, Bruce will have huge problems of his own in guarding Barlow, particularly down in the low post. Will be a very interesting and intriguing contest that one!