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36ers after Gibson/Petrie, heading to China, etc

Sixers wont get Newley or Gibson both want big salary,get Petrie or Martin Iti or this youngster from tassie that radford is talking about,dont want to get another helliwell or dench or a 7ft waste of space.Hope Sixers use the trail match to tryout players to see what they can get etc.Hope Clarke searches for two quality imports for Sixers,like to see Simpson back if he fails NBA.Use the China trip to trail imports like they did ,when they got Farley.

That was Newley just then on the radio .
Hoping to have a good Olympics , then get into Houston camp.

"Maybe not for $800k but there are a million leagues in Europe and plenty of those would offer him more than what an NBL team can."


1. $800k is the upper level of Euro salaries. Most of the other million leagues you speak of, dont pay anywhere near this.

2. He can go play in one of those millions of other leagues, but I hope he doesn't expect to be paid on time. I hope he doesn't expect to be taken care of he for example he blew his knee out.

You know what I hate more than people going on about Newley coming back to the 36ers...


People that always say 'he is on $800k a year..blah blah blah, why would he come back'

Money isn't everything and people need to realise he may not even get a Euro contract after the Olympics.

It would also be nice if we could keep most of the unit together for more than 2 years. I've gotten tired of seeing new faces every season who are either gone the next or the year after that.

Sure, it's the nature of the beast, but I just don't seem as interested in the personnal as I did in the past, perhaps thats the nostalgia talking, but probably more to do with the lack of on court success.

Big Sexy - I'd love your line up. All Australian, but enough points still in the bank to bring in an import if a long term injury occurs to one of your starters.

In saying that, Gordie leaves for the States late this week. He may not be able to find the right player & come back and sign Gibson if he's a still a FA late in the off-season.

Gordie prefers to find the hidden gems. IE - Ervin, McKee, Grizzard etc.

I'm sure it also comes down to budget as well.

Why would Woolongong prefer to get an import guard over a proven Australian guard?

I havent seen a whole heap of Petrie, but I have been really impressed from what i have seen....in saying that, is he going to be content playing off the bench? I was always under the assumption he was easily a starting quality player.

Import + Iti or Import + Alex Opacic (who was rumoured to have committed to the Blaze before they went into VA)

Schenscher (9) / Petrie (8)
Johnson (8) /
Weigh (7) / Creek (4)
Gibson (10) /
Cadee (5) Crosswell (6)

We sign them both and that leaves us with 13 points to fill out the roster. An import and a college returnee maybe?

I saw Tom Daly at the Hawks scrimmage last week. He wasn't impressive at all. He wasn't bad but other fringe NBL players far outplayed him.. Like Shaun Gleeson, Jarrad Weeks & a couple of young unknown guns (one being just 17, unknown & declined AIS offer).

Adelaide is the only place for Gibson. Perth, Sydney, Melbourne & Cairns have all their back courts signed. Woolpert (Tsv) wants an import PG, so does Gordie (Wol). NZ is still an outside chance but if i was a betting man, i'd say it's Adelaide or bust.

Petrie is a little different. NZ & Wollongong are also in the hunt for him.