Hoops

Bartlett Signs with 36ers

Warren and Simpson combined well , of course.
Warren's short but he dunked it.
Herbert's pretty good without Weigh.

Looks like another lefty here. Didn't do a lot today
at his first training , although Clarke's teaching 'em new stuff to do. Slows 'em down.
Helliwell lead the bigs in a bitta stuff.
Simpson got his free throws in and Creek got his 3 pointers in . Ng shot well , of course.
Brandon Brine looked pretty good out there , although I mentioned that before . Simpson's good to train with , gives him (and others) encouragement.
Weigh didn't train , of course . Not fit and hasn't been in good form. Let's hope he doesn't play 30+ mins
for a while.

Was also mentioned by commentary team during Blaze/Wildcats

beat the Breakers on an off night and they had an on night but a win is a win. Bartlett may have got some garbage minutes as a Breakers development player a couple of times. A heap of NBL players play in the NZBL (Ballinger has along with plenty of other top guys spread around) so it is not a complete bush league

According to the official NBL stats Bartlett has 8 games, though I'll admit to not being able to find any reference to who else he's supposedly played with.

A mistake in the stats maybe?

I still don't think its worth picking him up but he might surprise.

Probably a bit late to be bringing him in , here.
Daly knows the plays.
Weigh advances the ball pretty good.
Clarke reckons Creek does .
Not much requirement , last nite , against zone.

Was Bartlett all that impressive in Perth? In 6 games he only averaged 6.3 points, 0.8 rebounds and 1 assist in about 15 minutes per game. Sure he gave some contribution from the bench but they didn't have any hesitation to bring Martin back and earlier than maybe he should have. And overall Bartlett has only played 8 NBL games with even worse stats (4.8 pts, 0.6 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game).

If it is true then I guess he could be a handy backup (not as good as Croz but you get that). But I'd really stick with Tom Daly who didn't do a bad job last night. I know he was only up against a Wollongong side having a Barry Crocker and that's hardly the same as dealing with the likes of Ubaka, Deleon etc but I'd honestly persist with him for the rest of the year rather than pick up Bartlett. Besides, if it came to it Darren Ng can also run the point if needed.

I dunno, I just don't think that it would be worth picking him up.

Has been on the outer as Tallblacks run a pass first PG always and Penney has SG on lockdown and Webster is/was better by far, he's not bad but what you have seen @ Perth is him stepping up when he gets a sniff and playing within the system. Perth made him look good not that he is terrible. Good hops, speed and has range just streaky from what I have seen over the years but he has been training hard for a while and he may have just improved dramatically but again, he was never that bad( when he was "on").

Because the other guys are less streaky than him, Fitchett has been in the Tall Blacks program for some time, knows the plays and what is epected and has a nice shot from outside.

Bartlett takes a dump on daly's game