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Sixers new import to be announced Tuesday?

Its not Mickey, my money is on B.J.Jenkins,you heard it here first.

Anon's hints have left me stumped. I can't find any reason why it can't be bull, but it might make dogs out of those who think it will be McConnell if it isn't.

It makes a nice change to the Ervin, Mills, Tucker and Homicide threads.

I miss .. sometimes...I sat next to Ben Fitz
" Mickey Mac , I hear , Ben." and that was a bitta fun

(Meanwhile , Herbert, about 6 or 7 three pointers in a row, in a scrimmage , the highlight.)

I gotta use words when I talk to you...

Like Crosswell yelled out , today 'I'm hopeless
that's 0 from 4 , now.'

Not sure if Mottram was there or not..
could've been Warbout, not sure..Sorry
A little confused.
And, if Ballinger's gonna miss some games..
We need an Ira Clark type.

Looking just from the video that King James posted, which was a very good clip, I predict Mickey to average about 12 and 7 in the NBL. Agree with the JJ Barea comparisons and also appears to have a touch of Jimmer from deep. Some of those long range threes were beautiful!

I think he's a solid option and would be quite happy to see him come over. Don't know what his defence is like but as long as he comes with the effort and intensity i'm sure he'll work out.

Nagy seems to think they won't do Mills.
Gotta get a big.
Ballinger curiously trained alone agen , not fit.
Today included a half dozen players I didn't know.
Fan's reactions at games shifted when they came out and didn't know new players and their favorites had gone
After a quick look today, 4 white , Herbert is the best player.
Ingles never appeared.
7 white , I think was Newley.
I fostered links to players, last season.
I don't think I took a lot from today.

Barking up the wrong Tree!! woof woof!!

If we get Mickey Mac I'd prefer we didn't bring mills in and instead spent the money on an import big. We need to keep team balance and build team chemistry with everyone around in preseason.

I like it. Get him on board. I have seen him play plenty of times and he is a fantastic drive and dish player, which is perfect for our team. He is also an elite shooter who is not afraid to put up big shots. His play reminds me of Barea from Dallas he constantly looks to get into the teeth of the defence and is always moving.

Also for those who are saying that getting a college player is a lottery, I can't see how it's any more of a lottery than bringing in any other import. We went 0/4 (apologies DeVries, who was good til hurt) last year with our imports, none of whom came straight from college.

Yea, i was thinking that a 2nd import like a Galen Young, would possibly come as cheap as Mottram, and could fill the back up PF/C role, like he did in Perth, a guy like Young would also provide, hustle on the boards, leadership and all round defense. If too expensive id say we would just end up with someone like Mottram.

Yea Creek isnt a PF, definatly a SF, but could play short spirts at SG or PF if needed (as could Weigh), i just listed him there as i was just listing the bench players, not 100% by position, depth charts would look more like

Mills/McConnell/Crosswell
McConnell/Herbert/Ng/
Weigh/Creek/Herbert
Ballinger/IMPORT (Galen Young?) or Mottram/
Johnson/IMPORT (Galen Young?) or Mottram

Do you think this could assist getting Patty Paul? are they mates from St Mary's? looks like he may of been Patty's back up for 2 years at college, wow would be a brilliant idea if thats the case.

Would be awesome if it turned out, i sort of thought that this signing ruled out getting Patty Mills, being PG's

I guess they could go

PG Mills/Crosswell
SG Mcconnell/Ng
SF Weigh/Herbert
PF Ballinger/Creek
C Johnson/IMPORT

Would definatly be a great scoring/shooting team, and fun to watch, possibly a few concerns defensively, but should be able to score with the best of them and if they can put in a good team defensive structure could be quite a good line up.

Herbert, Creek are good defenders and hopefully the 2nd import will be aswell so we will have a good defensive guard, forward and big,to throw at opposition scorers, so could be a good balance in the end.

Then i guess you would have someone like a Mottram train with the team and come into the 10 if Patty goes back to the NBA.

Would be awesome if it happened!

Not surprised Ervin disappears into the air.
Ira Clark impressed everyone, including Euro teams.

looks to be a good signing to me, for many reasons

a. he can shoot the lights out looking at the numbers and highlights on youtube, and averaged decent assist numbers,

b. his numbers stack up very well against Mills, at the same college, so he should be a very good player at NBL level.

c. he is young, which should suit Clarkes coaching style and experience of working with young players, also if all goes well, but not to the point where he gets massive european offers he could be a long term option for the sixers and develop with Weigh, Creek, Johnson over several years, or even atleast 2 or 3 years like Lisch at the Wildcats.

d. id expect he would be cheaper than Ervin so gives us more $$ to spend on our last Aussie/2nd import.

Good luck to Mickey and the 36ers, all looks promising to me, i hope they sign a good import big and the best Aussie they can get their hands on, hope Marty gets in the ear of a few at Boomers camp, ie Barlow, Baynes, any other uncontracted guys.

Sounds like a pretty good guess muzz buzz! Has some great shooting stats his senior year and won WCC player of year so some +ve points in his favor. If it's him u would think the key will be his ability to adjust to the pressure of being an import in a professional league straight from college.