Hoops

Winder focus on shooting

Yea, might be a crazy/pointless thought but if we had the choice would people give up Ballinger, Ng and Winder to pick up say Gibson, Forman and a versatile long athletic import SG/SF/PF, either in the mould of Dave Thomas or Galen Young.

I reckon that would be achievable in both points and salary as id guess Ballingers salary alone would just about cover Forman and Gibson (having no idea on what these guys make)

Agreed, which is why D-Mac and Darnell are two of the best import PG's to play NBL as they were 2 of the most pass first import PG's i can remember and both played great D and could score when needed.

If only we could get a guy like Darnell, every team is probably trying

Speaking of D-Leaguers how bout Oriene Greene?

I think we need to get Cal Bruton and/or Gordie (or whoever is scouting Geordies imports for him) to pick us an import, even send Smyth over to find us our next top line import, he had a pretty good record with fresh-faced imports being Brooks, Farley, Hodge thats better than most coaches import selection.

I watched an old segment from 1998 the other day between Phil Smyth and Carfino.

A very interesting point was raised by carfino and that was (saying to Phil) "Since you, there really hasn't been a true pass-first type of point guard, who can shoot the ball if he has to in crucials parts of the game, but chooses to set his offensive structure first and foremost"

Now I know people will probably brainstorm and come up with some players since him that do, but my actual point is, although it would be very hard to find a player with that true mentality, that is exactly the type of player we have been needing for years now.

All these imports come in, and they talk up how great passers they are, and how well they can see the floor etc etc. They do these things in pre season, but come to the regular season, and they all turn out the same; Shoot-first-cos-PPG-stats-matter-most mentality. Or they hold the ball for way too long, and don't to give it up, or trust in their teammates abilitles.

I understand that they think the need to score to keep a contract, but a true pass-first point guard is what we need. Geez, its what every NBL team needs.

Stop practising the shooting, and get him to run the floor instead... We have shooters. We just don't have anyone getting it to them in the right spots at the right time.

If we want a PG then give me Aaron Miles. Also Leemire Goldwire or Mustafa Shakur could be worth a look.

'Toine would create some interest if nothing else. I actually think the team makeup is wrong. Looking at the ladder realistically our finals hopes are very slim. As disappointing as it sounds, I would cut Winder, put more time into Carter, Creek, Hill, Ng, Dowdell & DJ to determine who you go with next year. Put Jake on the bench and start Dowdell or DJ and invest in the future.

How about we cut Winder, let Carter & DeVries run the point and pick up this cat:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/stats?playerId=881

I always remember Jeff Coulls coaching me U16s (eagles) and picking us up and taking us home from Forrestville. Later, team manager at the sixers.
These days , i read a lotta Isaac Forman -
" Winder has the potential to entertain , but fans want a safer option. His preseason form was good, but would fans have him back?... No."