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Kay to Illawarra Hawks

Kay,Tim & Demos haven't signed AG.

Bevo was over here looking at an SBL import, which doesn't seem likely if they're leaving a spot free.

I don't think they have, that was just me speculating on what the line-up might look like.

Wow! I didn't know Demos, Coenraad or Kay had signed.
Hawks website only says 6 signed.

Would the Hawks consider someone like Adris Deleon to come back? I heard he is playing on same team as AJ at the moment. Proven scorer in the league could be good right?

In Bevo's past five seasons in the NBL he has started every season with an import spot free in case of injury etc, I'm not that will change this season.

Ogilvy/Forman
Kay/Ellis
Import 3-4/Coeenraad
Import (Clarke?)/White
Martin/Norton/Demos

Im pretty sure the Hawks GM said that s/he and Bevo were going to Vegas searching for 3 imports in the Forman article.

So why are people saying only 2 imports to fill.

With 6 players signed, and 3 imports spots to go places are filling up fast.

Have I missed something have we already signed an import? why are people suggesting we only have 2 imports to sign?

^ Duh...why would he?
Ogilvy and Kay wont and cant both play 40mins so when one is resting you expect Ellis or Forman to guard the 4 spot? we know what happens when Forman try's that and I wouldn't expect Ellis to be much better. Hawks need another quality big to compete with the top teams and with 2 imports to come why wouldn't they, they already have 2 starting quality PG's signed.

Ogilvy could not guard Prather...

Hawks have been killed on the boards for years and as good as Ogilvy and Kay are they still wouldn't have matched up to Perth's front court from last year. Ellis could Not guard Matt Knight.

Why would they go a tough rebounding PF for with Kay and his backup Ellis already in that position, guessing that Kay may play some 5 when Ogilvy is getting a breather but Ellis is proficient enough in this league for atleast 15 minutes a game... He was becoming a star late last year.

As for Foreman, has he not only relinquished his captaincy but his roster spot at the Hawks?, I wonder where he will go next for another 200 games? Adelaide ?

If true, two very nice pickups for the Hawks!

Great signing for the Hawks.

Nice! I hope the Hawks use their import spots on a big tough rebounding PF and a scoring shooting guard and just let Norton and Martin run the point all season.

Wonder if Adelaide even picked up the phone or so much as liked something from his FB page haha

Great job from the Hawks to try and bounce back from the departing Star power. Ogilvy and Kay is a tough cover inside!!

Does anyone else have concerns for our World Champ campaign? The girls lost the series 3-0 with no real sign of the old Jan Stirling form. I hear on the grapevine some key players from the last Olympics and gold medal winning World Championship teams are spending a lot of time on the bench. Can we still use the old adage ‘but with LJ, Penny and Tully yet to join the team’?

We should be dominating the Chinese with the team we have now.

Assistant Coach Michele Timms was quoted as saying the team had done a fantastic job and improved over the series... Not good enough IMO. The Opals are ranked 3 in the world and there are no excuses for this performance.