Hoops

Sixer new import?

As I said before CJ was signed, if they manage to sign a gun import, they're making a laughing stock of the salary cap system... Stack your team with quality Aussie players, fine, but don't expect to be able to sign gun imports as well, people...

Ask Leeanne why?
she is terrible at this stuff. I heard she mucked around and they missed the guy they wanted, and he would of played this week.

Sixers are slow in getting import replacements!!!

Melbourne got rid of Brasswell and got their import on court within a week
Perth Player Knight got injured Perth signed import and was on court within 10 days.
import wont be signed for a few weeks IMO So no need to worry for a few weeks yet.

Simpson apparently had issues with the group behind the scenes. Work ethic possibly one of them.

Has the club provided information regarding timeframes in which they hope to have a replacement player, where are they looking for this player, will it be an import?

We were told the Sixers are looking for a player who can penetrate and create a shot for himself right but I've heard nothing further from the club since CJ was sacked. Have I missed it?

Nahum, I completely agree with your post but I would have thought that Simpson has priced himself out of the league after his short NBA stint. I can't blame the Sixers for passing on him in particular if the price was too high. Personally I would have liked them to persist with Warren. I think paired with a stronger point guard like Gibson, Warren could have flourished into a premier scorer.

Hopefully the core group of Johnson/Cadee/Creek will stay on and grow together to build a good team identity.

I think one of the biggest problems this club is having is hanging on to a team identity. There have been so many changes over the last 3 years, probably even 5 years that doesn't allow the supporters to grow with, appreciate and love!

The thing with the teams of the past is that we always had a core group of players that everyone got used to seeing or having around the club. All that has gone! And that too comes with cutting all our recent imports, if we kept Simpson he would certainly become one of those 'club classics' He was such a good player, and I still can't believe we got rid of him...

We have to at least maintain this current group, so the fans can come and see their 'regulars' once again. I think that might bring the fans back. It's very depressing seeing that stadium so empty, even the sound of the lights hum louder than the crowd! Lastly, The team doesn't really need Schenscher either, that would free up points and money, he hasn't done anything amazing this season.

I agree w u Tornado. Would like to have seen CJ starting instead of Cadee from the beginning, but he's gone now. Hence the new guy better be good, or they just shafted CJ for no real gain!

I thought DeLeon and Rhys Martin both did a decent job of penetration last I saw the Hawks. They have Sav and Hurdle who are at least a threat to drive and score as well.

Of course, the Hawks always seem to have nice spacing on the floor as well. Perhaps a bit to do with Gordie and a bit to do with having a stable, veteran team?

Marcus Camby - simple, the new import gets the minutes and Creek and Cadee get less.

As much as I like them, those guys aren't ready to play big roles yet if we want to make the playoffs. Creek needs to improve his ball-handling and shooting and Cadee isn't ready to run the offence and hasn't proven to be a good enough scorer thus far.

I think Gibson is a great jack of all trades guy, but asking him to be your primary backcourt defender, facilitator AND scorer is too much. The poor guy has been knackered at the end of games and has been burnt by guys like Jackson, DeLeon, Lisch, etc as a result.

Isaac, I just feel like Gibson and Cadee are too similar in that they are neither great shooters nor great penetrators. Hence we have these droughts where we just pass the ball around the perimeter without being able to draw the defence out of position to create an open look.

A player who could regularly beat his opponent off the dribble, would draw the D and not only get our shooters open, most importantly they would get a lot more out of Luke, who would get many more uncontested shots at the rim.

From the quotes I read, this seems to be what Clarke is looking for and is the reason he claims he cut CJ - because he didn't appear to be able to do much more than catch and shoot.

Whether this is true or not, he's gone now and to make that cut worthwhile, IMO its gotta be someone who will make an impact.

As far as the last game goes, I only saw the boxscore, but what stood out to me was that Perth had 20 odd more shots than us and TO's was a big part of that. Cadee leading the way with 6 just shows that we are too dependent on Gibson in the backcourt to instigate the offence, look after the ball and defend the opponents best guard.

To me that says that if we want to make the playoffs, we need to take some pressure off Cadee and get a starting quality player to support Gibson.

Can we just get a SEABL import or something every 8 weeks, fly them over at their own expense, sack them before their trial period ends and have them pay their own way home regardless of their numbers?

We'd save a fortune and have a scapegoat for any losses every 2 months.

The system works!

If we're going to bring back Farley might as well give KB and Mark Davis a run too!

But seriously, the import needs to be a star player who can get to the basket and score or create for others, otherwise there was no point cutting CJ.

They should start too. As much as I like Cadee as a future piece, he's not ready for the role he has been given this season. We would be much better off with him coming off the bench.

Mickey McConnell ?

Isaac, I saw that guy too. I kinda did a double take to see if it was CJ who had rolled up to heckle.

Corey Williams has made contact and willing to play for league min.. Seeing as tho he's already been knocked back a few times, doubt he'll get a shot