Hoops

Helliwell considers retirement, new imports?

Well , The Doctor interrupted me, just about then,
sayen ' If it's Matt Nielsen , you're gonna get a little tooo excited , out there , being sucha Nielsen admirer . '

Maybe we're targeting Newley, John Williamson and getting John Gilchrist back as PG. Gilchrist is currently playing in Europe and I believe was our best import guard since Farley/Hodge.

Kirk Penney is a marquee player who has recently left the NBL, but I would think he would only play for NZ if he returned. Would still love to see him lighting it up for the 36ers though

Ok so if Tiger Watcher is right, then Newley is definitely one target. Really hope we get him and would have to think we're a chance, given that he has not been playing a lot for his current team.

Closer to home than Jawai? Last I heard he was back in Australia, so if that is the case, it really does have to be an NBL player doesn't it?

Hope not, because there aren't too many marquee Aussies under contract I'd be that excited about.

It does sound improbable to me that another NBL club would willingly release a player signed on a longish deal to a rival club. If they did they would surely want compensation and I find it hard to believe the Sixers could afford to burn money buying out contracts!

If an NBL player would be pretty happy with Wortho, Martin, Abercrombie, Wagstaff or Bose.

Khazzouh and Crawford don't really fit IMO as we already have DJ and if you assume we're after Newley, it wouldn't make sense to hav Crawford on the same team.

Others:

Matt Knight would of course be an excellent pickup if he could stay healthy, but I'm not too confident of that. I doubt he'd be worth it.

Schenscher - I'm just not sold on big slow centres. I think DJ is better offensively and can be better all-around in the long-run. It would be a waste to tie up the money we would need to get Luke when we already have DJ.

Crosswhite - love what he brings to the Taipans, but has had his last two seasons cut short by injury. Wouldn't risk signing him.

If we are chasing two Euro guys, would love them to pickup Markovic or perhaps Baynes. I think either would solve one of our starting positions nicely.

Barlow I have already said I'm not that keen on as we already have Weigh and don't need another slow swingman. Would prefer Barlow to Weigh, but we don't have that option unfortunately.

Most of the other guys are bigs, so not that interested. Couldn't really see Maric, Ogilvy or Andersen coming back to Oz, or complementing DJ that well for that matter.

I'm gonna guess Newley and Wortho. Wortho because he is one of the few NBL players with longish contracts I could see a team being willing to let go, given he is getting a little older and is being paid a lot of money on a team where I'm not sure he's a great fit.

I thought the rule in the NBL was that a club couldn't start talking to or signing players from other NBL clubs until 2 weeks after the Grand Final series has finished?

EC.....10-15cm shoes have worked well for KISS for nearly 40 years, maybe Chris Warren could give them a go hehehehe.

From TV news , last week , sayen Clarke wasn't going anywhere , kinda gave the impression he was stayen
and 'signing aussies first'

Seems at the end of player contracts , they will be
re-rated player points wise based on the last season
or by other means ' a whiteguy that's played NBA is 10.'

Didn't Wortho sign a multi-year deal this season with the Blaze?
The suspense is killing us Tiger Watcher. I'm guessing one target is Newley but i'm stumped on the other. I doubt we would get Schenscher back. Are we getting Brad Hill or Aaron Bruce back?

If i was Coach

retain
Johnson
Creek
Simpson
Bartlett
Weigh
Ng
Ballinger

Out
Herbert
Helliwell
Warren
Crosswell

What we need
Import SG OR PG-american
Tall Centre-australian

If we get 5 new players it will be rebuilding again for Sixers.if we sign core of players we are young and can build on that.Balls would be oldest player in team.
Another guard

The big fella retired late last week, got it from the horses mouth, so we now have plenty of room, and reason, to find another big man. While I think DJ has turned out well, he isn't a championship centre. Not yet anyway. I reckon we need a legitimate post/centre to become at least a finals threat. And probably a new coach......

Is it just me or did anyone else get the impression from the article that the 36ers will continue with Marty Clarke as coach for 2012-13?

If Helliwell goes I would go after someone like Greg Vanderjagt as backup to DJ. As he showed in Townsville earlier this season he offers a lot more than Big Wade did. He can shoot, rebound and his defense isn't bad either.

As for Warren.....we all know that if he was bout 10-15cm taller he would make a perfect SG. He's not so that's life. But the 36ers will need a top PG as Crosswell isn't capable of doing that for 25-30+ minutes a game.

Agree with Kobe.Simpson is the man the Sixers need to keep ,inside player,rebounder,shot blocker and good FG% he was one of sixers best players weekly and its the coaching at fault not players.Yes warren to go,Sign players now before its too late and have a crappy team next season.