Hoops

Crocs vs Kings, Jan 27

Hobart have four, although one was when their were conferences and they were the worst team in their conference but not the worst team in the league.

If you don't want to count the conference spoon, Geelong, Hobart and Adelaide are all tied with three.

Bankstown, Cairns, Canberra, Illawarra/Wollongong, Newcastle, Sydney (one as Supersonics), Townsville and West Sydney all have two.

Brisbane, Devonport, Forrestville, Glenelg, both Gold Coast teams, Hunter, Melbourne, NZ, South, St Kilda and Westside have also finished on the bottom of the ladder. Perth finished the bottom of their conference, but not the league.

D4444: Does the team still exist currently?

Worse than the Moose Robiliard years?

That's tough, I'd love to mash the teams together... What I wouldn't give to have Toly on the team these days!

Defense is largely attitude and that comes from the coaching staff.

In part, but you just have to have the players who want it more... The players that go out and go "I want it more than the other guy", THIS is the attitude that is required from the players and like going after rebounds, is something that you can't teach and no matter how much you preach and train, just has to be in the player themselves...

I'm with AngusH, Cadee is a quality player, when he plays the style of game he's good at, he's not a PG, we don't have any proper PG on the roster... That's been a major flaw this season and a big gap where Markovic was supposed to fill... I'm not sure if the Kings management (who are obviously the ones deciding to stick with Thornton if everyone else wants him out, in some stupid attempt to save face with Boston, perhaps?) bought into the "we want Marcus to be a PG" rubbish from the Celtics or not and thought that they could all share time at that spot, but it's very clear that Cadee isn't a PG and trying to make him one ruins his game and puts us in a bigger hole...

Townsville by 8!

How does that alley oop result in a foul against Childress?

Sorry just hate calls like that. Childress jumps for an equal contest and Crocs player just happens to come off second best and its a foul.

Whatever happened to being able to contest a ball on mid air?

Kings by 7.

Im going with Townsville. They keep crushing my Wildcats and Id like to see them crush the Kings.

If only so we get another 'Time for Sydney to go into Voluntary Administration' topic post.

From the Illawarra Mercury:

In further good news for the Hawks, American forward Dave Gruber has agreed to terms and is expected to soon re-sign with the club.

The no-nonsense enforcer is likely to be an Australian citizen within the next 12 months and the Hawks are keen to stitch him to a two-year contract with an option for a third season.

Gruber is the most likely candidate to take Tragardh's spot in the starting line-up, with Forman filling a back-up role.

"We have to look for someone to give us that impact Trigger did off the block (low post)," McLeod said.