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Mitch Creek debut planned for Dec 3

@Vesta, Maher had to contend with Andrew Vlahov that year for RoY. And Vlahov went in as a starter, so got more exposure.

@Junga, cheers for the correction.

I think we should Realise, If Aussie had a Draft system he would go 1 or 2. Marty should be applauded for getting him to us. BIG PICTURE People.He could of went to the States.

Hilly has grown into a much better player this year. A lot of pressure last year.

Carter/Hill/Creek/Dowdell/Johnson would be pretty strong. Marty does love the Dowdell/Johnson combo, as do many.

Reckon we need to nuture DJ as he should be a marque player in a few seasons (can I have my money now DJ?)

Hopefully having someone else like Creek playing will spawn some sort of internal rivalry to have each of them get better.

What would be great would to be to utilize them as a fastbreak duo ala Jordan/Pippen. Especially with someone like Carter running point who has quick hands, you could arguably score a fair chunk of points off the press game that everyone seems to be running.

Infact, a Carter/Hill/Creek/Dowdell/Johnson combo is a very quick and reflexive defence. Very good on the fastbreak too.

...Now to cross everything and hope it happens.

Yeh must admit, i was on the get rid of Hill bandwagon last season and was devo that he made it on the team this season, but he has really proven his worth so far and he has done a good job in shutting me up. Keep up the good work Hill (still cant believe im saying that)

I totally agree paul, Hill has been real solid so far. Much improved on last season.

Give him time people.
He played the 4 spot for the Emus at the AST tournament and at the FIBA oceania qualifiers.
However, at this level he probably has to be a 3 man.
Needs to work on his jumper and fine tune his permiter game, but the athleticism is certainly there.
And you can't teach athleticism.

Creek would be on league minimum I would think given he is a young rookie directly out of the AIS. Can anyone else elaborate?

Creek IMO will spend 2-3 years in the NBL as he develops and finetunes his game, and then head overseas. I think he is a real talent and could go places...

Just out of intense curiosity, how much would Creek be getting paid?

Considering guys like Holmes and Forman are starting; it took them about 6-7 years to get there though.

Not expecting great things yet; so will give him the benefit of the doubt. The real issue would be that "if" he turns out to be a gem, whether the team can hang onto him for long.

As pointed out by many, Creek is a very promising prospect who has represented Australia at junior level. He is a serious athlete but is also making a jump up into the pro ranks coming back from injury.

Give the kid some time and he will be a very good player.

I have people tell me he is the next Joe Ingles and peopel who have said he will be more like Molitor and just play junk minutes. So I really have no expectations (or idea) at this point.

Now this im looking forward to! there is alot of talk about this mitch creek fellow, personally i didnt know who he was until everyone was talking about him. should be a good youngster by the sounds of it.