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Ron Howard released by the 36ers

Howard might have been OK in an up and down type team. But in a half court situation he doesn't have a good enough handle to be able to create his own shot, so he was limited.

Thanks to the people who are talking sense, well done!!
The other shit gets a little hard keep reading after a while.
You know who you are.

And don't forget Isaac, had arrogance by the buckets load! FWIW I liked Dunlap.

I thought Dunlap did a great job. Most fans would have been disgruntled of chopping the veterans of the team to focus on the youth squad but I'm certainly happy with the results.

I'm just annoyed at the lack of jerseys hanging up in the Dome. Don't know why they "un-retire" numbers for.

Stephon makes a good point, that if Clarke is like Dunlap, he will develop the young talent and it will pay off in the not to distant future, like it did with Dunlap/Smyth, as Isaac said we would all take Dunlaps record right now.

Remember Bevo didnt win imediatly, it was taking him a few years to recruit/develop and retain some young talent in sydney, had he stayed they would have got back to the playoffs in another year or so IMO, and it wasnt until he went to Perth and inherited guys like Redhage and added another young talent in Weigh to his team and 2 rock solid imports that he had his success and is now highly regarded, after year 1 im sure there were plenty bagging Bevo, so be patient with Clarke i think he will turn out to be a pretty good coach.

As Stephon said add 2 imports like Mee and Brooks to the current group and we would be looking much better right now, i think we just need to retain the best 6-8 of our aussies, add in someone like a Schenshcer (or best aussie or 2 we can get) and get 2 improved imports (pray for the next Mee and Brooks) and we will be in the mix nextt season.

Pity Howard didnt work out, im pretty sure he would have done a little better in a more free flowing system aswell, but he did basically replicate his israel stats so maybe we were expecting too much in the first place. I think we need to realise that if guys are only getting 8ppg in other leagues we cant expect them to come over here and get 15-20pts straight away, sometimes they are able to do with the right coach/system but as we have seen around the league with imports not many are doing that, and the ones who are probably average more than 8pts in their last stint over seas.

Skud, even if Howard had played in the NBA (which he never has) the 'he played in the NBA, he must be good' mantra just doesn't hold water. There have been so many NBA busts in the NBL it is not funny (Muursepp anyone?).

Sorry Skud, I just don't see why you keep up this line that Marty misused Howard. Everyone has seen that he is a one trick pony. He has had plays run for him to come off screens where he consistently missed the shot, he misses wide open threes, he can't create off the dribble, he gets burned defensively and is not a good rebounder. The guy had plenty of chances and did nothing to help the team. He's lucky he wasn't cut weeks ago.

No more hiring over the phone, on Ch9 news tonite

Clarke- 'Have to go over, now and meet them, tell them what's expected.'

Clarke n Howard seemed virtually over about 6 weeks ago, although i mentioned that back then.

Addition by subtraction. Good news!

so - does this mean that there may be some court time for little sammy harris ?

Unless it's a full season, you don't tend to hear about it in other leagues.

You'll just get the "A stint in Australia" comment when he's talked about.

Oh well, hopefully the remainder of the season validates somewhat that the need for an import isn't really required.

I guess they weren't ALL Happy Days...



...but...



*thumbs up*



AAAYYY!

Punctuation and grammar - how do they work? Still waiting on that "Ignore Anons" functionality.

Anyway, +1 for Majok. We could use him.

Damn how many Imports have been "released" this season, must be some kind of NBL record?

its a pity Majok wasnt still available, his interior defense and rebounding and athleticism would have made him a great fit alongside Ballinger (and Johnson) IMO, a bit like Tyson Chandler and Dirk in the NBA. He may be worth a look at for next season if we dont get someone like Schenscher or Petriew/Wagstaff.

From the 36ers site:

The Adelaide 36ers have made a decision to release injured import guard Ron Howard.

Ron injured his ankle in Adelaide’s clash with the Melbourne Tigers last Friday night.The club's medical staff confirmed that Ron could miss up to 3 weeks, ruling him out of 4 of the last 6 games.

The club will not be seeking a replacement for the 197cm guard who played 11 games for Adelaide averaging 8.8pts a game. Instead, the club is choosing to use his absence as an opportunity to further develop our young playing group.

"Ron has been a valuable and popular member of our playing group and we wish him well with his recovery and look forward to following his career with interest", Adelaide's basketball operations manager Richard Hill said.

Isaac - this thread wasn't up when I posted mine with the Adelaide 36ers' tweet.

Feel free to remove my topic.

Cheers.