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When is Ebi Ere Joining the 36ers Squad

No idea correct or not but usually when strong on this site usually correct .
If so think it will make up my mind not by season ticket as missing a few games and Wed. not ideal night etc
Have to get used to watching some games from a higher level I guess.

Oh ok, i thought i remembered there being a mention of a back injury at the time, but yea cant find any old articles mentioning it in a quick search

quite possibly GWB, cant wait til they announce the 2nd import!

Wasnt his last NBL season in 2009 when he played in the GF series with the Tigers?

If my memory serves me correct he has played in 4 seasons, made 3 grand finals and won 2 titles as one of the top players on his team.

I never remembered Ebi Ere as too much of an inefficient chucker or a horrible defender, would Brian Goorjian or Joey Wright recruit a guy who is like that??

Just because he is 34 doesnt mean he is a dud, fwiw Mike Chappell was bettling injury and wasnt in peak shape, Ebi has been playing in leagues around the world the whole time he has been out of the NBL, due to bigger offers elsewhere not because he wasnt of standard, so id back him to be atleast a decent import, assuming he is healthy.

My guess would be that Kenyon McNeaill would be a cheapish import (70-100k) where Ebi would be on $150k+ (if it is Ebi we have signed, i have no idea, just guess work and others seem to think its him)

FWIW Copeland at the same age averaged 21pts, 3 ast, 3 rbd for the Tigers so imports can play well in there 30's.

Joey to me is a good recruiter, he hasnt had too many wrong moves, usually if the import isnt a star its because they are cheaper as Joey usually has teams with alot of $$ spent on Aussie talent and then at best 1 more expensive import with whats left, as thats what they can fit in, bang for there buck Frye and Montreal were both decent imo, if they were Australian born they would be in the league for sure. So im backing Joey in to make the right decision.,

Whats so great about all other teams import combos that make ours look bad (if Ebi Ere is import 2)

Cairns ???/Craig?
Melbourne Holt/Ibekwe?
Perth Beal/?Parther
Sydney Childress/Thornton
Hawks Lisch/?
NZ Ced Jackson/?
Crocs Conklin/Jett

To be honest the only guys you could be certain to be as good/better than Ebi Ere if at decent form are Childress, Lisch, Ced Jackson and maybe Beal and Conklin, so to me that still puts him at the top half of imports in the league as non of the others are proven to be NBL studs, just because a guy is a 2nd round pick in the NBA or played summer league doesnt mean he is a NBL super star. Some will be better but many wont be as good, same as what everyone was saying about Wilson last year. We will just wait and see.

Daniel Johnson is as good as any other Aussie big man in the league imo and better than any import PF/C whom are known quantities,

So not sure why everyone thinks we are falling behind with our roster because a few Aussie bigs have come to the NBL and a few new imports.

I reckon our roster looks really good and should be of similar level to what we have had the last couple of years under Joey, remember 2 years ago we were clear 2nd and made the GF, this roster isnt shaping to be much worse imo.

As i and others have said let our imports get on court with our team before writing them off, they may both not work out but just as much chance both are super stars, id back its somewhere in between,

For McNeaill, Corin Henry who played for the Kings a couple of years back when they made the playoffs under Heal had a similar resume and was quite decent at NBL level so no reason why Kenyon cant be similar.

Whats the difference with signing Ebi Ere and the Hawks signing Kirk Penney who many were excited about??

They are both at a similar age/stage in their careers id imagine.

Let our imports play before judging them imo, remember last off season when Perry, Daniels, Gladness, Dennis, Carson, Ervin were all going to be wayyyy better than Wilson, which didnt turn out to be the case by the end of the season.

I have no idea who 2 nd import is but hope not Ere as that does not create any excitement about the make up of this team.
Agree with another poster that not bowled over with the information etc coming out of new owners.

Are the 36ers that determined to make something of this season?

Well I guess a wooden spoon is still more than basically every other team will get from this season.

Townsville for 7th!