Hoops

Next years Sixers

Funny how people think we have Choices..

Uncle Fester get a grip, we have no money!!And Who do you think these kids coming home are going to talk to about the 36ers organisation?
Ill give you a clue, starts with M and ends with Clarke.

Yeah, Get Delly. I reckon we should target Bogut and Patty Mills while we're at it? Hang on Newley and Ingles will probably come back for around $60K as well.

Shit we should win it all

Delly needs to be the big target.

He should be given priority over Gibson at this stage.

Problems that I saw this year:

-Too many PGs/Combo guards: Crosswell, Gibson, Cadee, Christopherson, Daly.

-Cadee's role: I didn't really understand his role this year. He isn't a big-time distributor, so are the 36ers utilizing him as a scorer? In all but that one game where he went off for 20-something, I mostly just saw him bring the ball up and make the odd shot -- which Daly was doing for a hell of a lot less money.Is Cadee really starting material? Look at the quality of other starting 2 guards in the league..Lisch, Corletto/Bruton, Gliddon, Goulding.

-Lack of scoring from a SG. Ties into my above argument. The 36ers would be the worse in the competition (maybe 2nd last to the Hawks -- Demos) in terms of scoring from the Shooting Guard position. The two top teams have inside and outside scoring (NZ with Pledger/Vukona and Corletto/Bruton. Perth with Redhage/Knigh and Lisch). The 36ers only had a reliable inside scorer in DJ, but very little on the outside

-Coach. Self-explanatory.

-Lack of defensive stoppers. Gibson was really doing it all on his own. Good teams play defense as a team, Perth being the prime example. However, certain players really let down the 36ers defense at times..Only took a few weak links here and there. Compared with the Breakers who have the likes of Cedrick, Vukona and Boucher in their starting lineup!

Schenscher,Petrie,Cadee,Johnson are still under contract.
Gibson and Weigh out of contract and will seek move to another club,If those go we have room in salary cap for two quality imports.
Give Daly a contract
Crosswell ,Pero and SC to go.

Coach .....Bruton or Gleeson or Stacker.

We wont get Joyce or Wright(both need big salary and coaches contract of two years)
Give a coach one season with an option.

Wouldn't be completely unhappy if entire roster returned, obviously bar the import change.

If Gibson does leave, Can see an import 1 as a sensible option, or maybe put faith in Cadee and ask Croswell to be the backup veteran head ? Who else would be a better option? Probably be better of coupling that idea with a strong import combo guard.

Weigh is a decent player. Don't understand why people are slightly negative towards him on occasion. Like to see him develop his game even more as a 4 under a different coach. Again, would probably benefit under a better system for shooters.

Free agents this season are:

Adam Gibson (option)
Nathan Crosswell
Stephen Weigh
Scott Christopherson

Pero Vasiljevic might be a FA as well, I haven't got confirmation about his contract details.

A lot will depend on the selected coach.

Weigh is an enigma. He has the capacity to rip it up, but is he lazy under Marty's system? I think a different coach will bring the best out in him. On a DT points/min he is underachieving IMO. Compare him to Creek. You get excited when Creek is on court, you know something is happening.

The current squad is relatively strong. Crossy tries hard, but is just over the hill, SC has been a fish out of water and Pero can say he has pulled on a Sixers top.

I would like to see Cadee and Daly come off the bench. Cadee offers a lot, but a starting import guard is the way to go. Tommy D offers an energy that is required.

Creeky won't be available with his injury for most of the season, but he is a keeper. DJ has been criticised as being a soft as whipped cream, but I sensed a level of aggression in his game last round that he needs to prove his knockers wrong. As people have probably worked out, Peach is my favourite player and I would make him captain, or co-captain next year.

Luke should be retained IMO, but maybe off the bench? Massively under-utilised under the Marty system. Whenever he was passed the ball, he always seemed to want to pass off (as if under instructions) instead of slamming that little rock in the hoop.

People are talking as if Gibbo has already signed with Sydney. Would be a shame.

Who knows?
Let's wait until we hear what comes out at the Feedback Session.
Who knows what budget we have available?
That could have a lot to do with things.
Just hope that we don't have another "3 Year Plan"