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proud

Years ago

Lisch leaves Nanterre French Pro A

Talk last season about David Andersen potentially joining the hawks, is he still a viable option to join a team in the league?

What about James Harvey.

As for Lisch, he can handle the ball but perhaps not the best playmaker but as I said above, teams would be doing a disservice to their fans if they don't atleast talk to Lisch's manager

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Wookiee

Years ago

Yeah, I've said elsewhere, the strength of the team will be who we've got off the bench (Cadee & Garlepp).

If we can get a starting quality local big (Nevill, Jervis, Nielsen 3-4 seasons ago ;) ) that will take the pressure off Garlepp and free him up to do what he does best in hustle plays and being that second option when the D doubles the other big. I don't like relying on him as our starting 5, he can fill in at times, but he's just not a 5 for the majority of the game... Of course if you've got Wilkinson in that line up which I like, where they sit on the page here is just semantics...

Ideally...

Lisch (since this is his thread) / Cadee
Madgen / White
Marquee / Hill or Steindl (fresh from "Europe")
Garlepp / Ellis
[Nevill/Jervis] / Brandt

The key is getting the local big as if we have to get an import big, even a quality one like Wilkinson, it will weaken the options elsewhere... An import PG has been stated by Coach Cotter is what he'll be after, but there are limited local options to fill the 2 or 3 spots, which might convince Cotter that Harvey might still be worth going around again. Despite him having one or two good offensive games, and him being a really lovely guy off court, his body isn't up to it and we need someone a bit more reliable...

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MACDUB

Years ago

Cadee/Bruton
Lisch/White
Madgen/Hill
Wilkinson/Ellis
Garlepp/Brandt

That would be one hell of a team.

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Wookiee

Years ago

I think line up for Sydney could work

Cadee/Bruton?
Lisch/White
Madgen/Hill
Import/Ellis
Garlepp/Brandt

Bruton to mentor Cadee.
Madgen as SF can play SG.

We tried Madge previously at the 3 and I don't think it really worked... Although with reliable shooter like Lisch as a target, he wouldn't have to work as hard to get open and could work more on D (having to work against bigger opposition 3s and being nearly the only option at the other end and guarded heavily really worked against him last time) but that line up is really light up front, unless we run with an import like Wilkinson, scoring options will be few and far between...

While I would love to have CJ back in Sydney (in a limited role) I don't think it should be at risk of starting Cadee, at least in his first season here...

I wouldn't be unhappy if we ended up with that line-up (depending on the import big), I can just see a few weaknesses that could most likely be exploited...

Anyone know WHY Lisch left the team? Just contract up or moving elsewhere?

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Wookiee

Years ago

That line up looks pretty nice... My initial thought was "I think I'd ideally want someone who can facilitate a bit better" but really, my memory is failing... Looking back at his last couple of seasons he averaged 3'ish APG and had some big numbers on a game by game basis... I also thought that he would detract from Madgen, but it's a fine line between detracting and complimenting and providing another scoring threat to help the team...

Any team would be crazy to knock him back though, both a top quality player and person...

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proud

Years ago

Not sure why United would need a second big, if they manage to lure Jervis and can get minutes from a back up big then a back court of Lisch/Dennis with Tomlinson off the bench would be a very tough cover.

I adore Lisch and his work ethic and believe any Australian club should try a little harder with the lure of citizenship arising with his 3rd year being here (that sounds wrong) but I'm certain that another season and he should be receiving citizenship before 2015/16 season commences

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