Hoops

Daniel Dillon/NZ Breakers fails to eventuate

I tend to think he won't be playing also, Judge may throw the book at him or the Breakers Management may decide he needs to have a long hard think about his future.

I don't think Te Rangi will suit up.

Perhaps the Breakers received a pre-sentence report/got told that the DWC application wasn't going to happen.

If they were going to get Te Rangi back, it wouldn't make sense to get Bailey as a contracted player - if they were confident of getting Te Rangi back they would have got Bailey as a DP.

There is a big chance TeRangi won't be able to play due to his conviction and even if he escapes serious charges I'm not sure he deserves to get off totally scott free.

If he does stay in the team I would slide him down to SG and create mis matches with his size & athleticism. He would still play the majority of minutes behind Abercrombie but could play some SG when Webster is running the point with Jackson on the bench.

If the Breakers get Loe TeRangi may miss out all together with Bailey getting his spot with a clean record and NZ getting an import SG who can handle the ball and create his own shot, C.Webster 2.0

Dillon would have been a great 6th man, real shame this deal failed to eventuate.

Jackson will play the lions share of minutes at the point with his fitness & conditioning it won't be an issue

@ Mystro and MACDUB, so it's safe to say that you guys either don't rate Te Rangi or you think the strife he is in will prevent him from playing this upcoming season?

I like that squad Macdub.
Horvath presents a blue collar PF with some size & mongrel without commanding an import spot and 10 points (not that the points cap is restricting the Breakers remaining spots). He's mature & experienced and won't cost a bomb.
Lindsay Tait has decent size at PG so he can see over traps & still enough pace to get into the lane and is pass first but capable of scoring. He also won't cost a heap.

I am hoping we get something like

Jackson / Tait
Webster / Import
Abercrombie / Bailey
Vukona / Horvath
Pledger / Loe

Apologies for making a thread on Dillons signing a week ago. He must be on more money in Romania which is interesting/prefer it over there.

Id like to see Tait as the backup PG.

I feel like we've hamstrung ourselves a bit by releasing Corletto - fair enough releasing him but theres not many quality SGs out there and i would have hoped that Vickerman released him on the basis that he had someone better raring to fill the void. But instead were now going to be clutching at straws.

I would love to see Braimoh be given a go as backup/starting C - he would be cheap as chips/great value.

Would also love to see Horvath fill the backup PF position. A team like:

Jackson/Tait
Webster/ ? (Maybe Prewster)
Abercrombie/ Bailey
Vukona/Horvath
Pledger/ Braimoh

Nice lineup

Bartlett can shoot but struggles to handle the ball with smothering pressure as does Kenny but he doesn't have anywhere Bartlett's shot.
Tait has solid handles and good IQ, tons of experience and decent height for a PG, he would be my pick out of the NZ contingent.

Aaron Bruce wouldn't be a bad pickup for a backup PG.

Paul Henare should be spending as much time as possible with the future PG prospects developing them and mentoring.

Breakers will be waiting to see what Rob Loe decides to do before signing the last import spot & also waiting to see what happens when TeRangi gets sentenced in Court as to his future.
If he stay s a Breaker, TeRangi may even find himself playing some Shooting Guard after Vickerman indicated he dropped sharp shooter Darryl Corletto as he wanted more athletic output from that position. TeRangi definitely provides plenty of athleticism and is a more than capable perimeter shooter but may find himself unable to play after getting himself in a pile of trouble.

May even see

Jackson / ?
Webster / (*TeRangi)
Abercrombie / Bailey
Vukona / Braimoh
Pledger / ?

Not a whole lot of NBL experience on that bench though.

Simple as that, and when you give up 40 at QUARTER TIME, how do you not throw Winitana in??????? I assumed he was injured until he got thrown in now. What he gets 2 TO's in 1min 41 lastnight and thats it? Yet Aaron bruce can throw it away all night and get a pat on the head, be consistant Scotty.