Hoops

Adelaide v Sydney Nov 10

The ball has to touch somebody else first , then you can , perthwilburs.

Adelaide don't look confident shooting the three either. They hesitate instead of just letting it fire. The amount of times Deng should have just let fly instead of dribbling into awkward shot attempts. Even Drmic seems to hesitate when he is supposed to be a dead eye. I think at least a bit of this would come from Joey's philosophy of attacking the rim. It's not a criticism, just an observation.

When you watch Sydney and say someone like Adnam, you can tell they're confident by the way they just pull the trigger.

No Adelaide player seems confident shooting the 3, and if that's the case, then you'll keep getting the same result.

Adelaide need more balance.

Aren't you alowed to throw the ball in from the backcourt into space then run onto the court collect the ball to resume play?

Sixers will lose every game if they can't hit 3pt shots. Froling hit all three of them today. None of the starters hit any, compared to Newley, Lisch, Randle and Adnam shooting over 50% for the Kings. Sixers defence gives so many open 3's it plays them into form.
Maybe Sixers should have recruited a cheap import big as backup for DJ and Froling instead of getting Wiley and spent all the dollars on a decent. Maybe weren't sure how Froling would go and anticipated him being the backup big.

Why did the shot clock only reset to 14 with the inbound violation? I would have thought them getting the ball would make it a new possession?

With this team to be a playoff contending team we really needed both Drmic & Deng to kick on. Drmic has a bit but Deng hasn't.

Drmic was solid at Dandenong.. thats about it. Should focus more on basketball than playing dirty

Would Drmic be one of the bigger letdowns for pro career coming out of college. Had a great career at Boise state and hasn’t really translated to why we would have hoped to see at the pro level.

Bring back Ebi!

Deleon had more points in less minutes at a similar clip to Sobey or Moore. He also had :
- More rebounds.
- More assists.
- More steals.
- More blocks.
- and ZERO turnovers.

Yet all you guys want to sack is Deleon?

You are right he should go.....he deserves better supporters.

Didn’t realise Pineau had 10 boards in his 11 minutes. Impressive.

@ GordonG; thanks - 5 seconds, sheesh. I thought maybe 8 or 10. He’s gotta be more than double that. I only counted on his last FT of the game, but I’d imagine it’s in the 10-11 second range every shot based on his routine.

This years Sixers vs last years Sixers would be a free throw shooting fest.

Adelaide need to make some changes. Deleon needs to go. And even though Moore is only fresh back from injury, I think he doesn't give enough for what Adelaide need. I'm also skeptical about keeping Sobey as point guard. Wiley needs more of the ball. He has so many weapons yet rarely is getting a chance to use them.

Johnson back to his frustratingly inconsistent self. This year's Sixers would lose to last year's Sixers by 20-30 points. Only harry Frolling can hold his head high today. The rest were woeful.

@AngusH

43.2.3.
The free-throw shooter shall:
 Take a position behind the free-throw line and inside the semi-circle.
 Use any method to shoot a free throw in such a way that the ball enters the basket from above or the ball touches the ring.
 Release the ball within 5 seconds after it is placed at his disposal by the official.
 Not touch the free-throw line or enter the restricted area until the ball has entered the basket or has touched the ring.
 Not fake a free throw.

Adelaide get all the dubious calls, Bogut sits, and they still go down by double digits, even with Ramone Moore back. Shows where they are at. At least Cairns have company.

David Wear got injured early in the game

Solid 0 points from David Wear, big contribution to the team! Once again id like to congratulate JVG on the worst signing of the season!

Surprised the Sixers kept him on the bench so long in the 3rd Q to be honest.

Relieved to get a win more than anything else, and great to see Newley playing aggressive again.

Froling looks like he's not long for this league. Surprised the Sixers kept him on the bench so long in the 3rd Q to be honest.

I expect Deleon will be gone soon.

You can't just expect to lose Mitch Creek, downgrade your point guard and remain a top team, when most other clubs have improved their rosters or remain comparable.

The fact that Bogut can dominate without scoring is kinda the whole point.

What’s the limit on time you get on FTs to take a shot? De Leon is like 11or 12seconds each shot.

At 20 years old, Froling is absolute gun

"Back when I was coaching"

LOL Heal doesn't seem to realise that isn't a good thing to remind us about.

Bogut is goddamn unreal. Only referee incompetence can stop him

Honestly some horrible officiating this year when it comes to charges and contested shots

Does bogut get credited with that block on wiley even though he didn't touch the ball and got all forearm

Refs have bets against Bogut double in blocks.

How slow is Bogut at getting up the court, particularly on offense. Looks like he really doesn't care sometimes. Real shame because he could be a so much more productive with just a little more effort.

It was darker at the Apollo.

Haz it used to be way darker until LK paid for new lighting two years ago.

The hungry jacks chant really is the most cringe thing ever. Great sponsorship, but gees so cringey.

Hate watching games from Adelaide. They have the most annoying announcer, the stadium is way to dark and cant see the crowd and the LED signage on the sides are far too bright making it distracting.

Why did the shot clock only reset to 14 with the inbound violation? I would have thought them getting the ball would make it a new possession?

Cairns are easier but that's not saying much.

Gaze having to go to a zone because of liability bogut classic.
Bogut showing exactly why no nba teams wanted him, way too slow and is super arrogant. Perimeter players must lick their lips when they see bogut coming out to defend them. But bogut scores his only 2 points in the whole half and commentators can't stop talking about how goo he is. Yawn.

Froling looking great.

Bogut a potential triple double chance. 4 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists with 4.5min left in the 2nd quarter.

Yes, but with Sydney's future coach at the helm of the home team.

Just turned it on thinking it was a 12pm start. 22 to 7, wtf is going on with adelaide.

Wear is he going?

Joey to go soft on his new team.

@Jack Toft, u a writer for Adam West in a prev life?

Okay I assumed Moore was still going to be out changes things a bit if he plays but still think Kings will get the win.

Sydney by either 2 or 3

Even though the Sixers are 2-0 against the Kings this season I felt like we likely caught them at the right time before they had started to get going and they have been playing better lately and the Sixers have fallen away.

Kings by 7

36ers to get their confidence back by the league leading confidence building team 3 years running...

Bogues to get two techs and an early mark to the showers...

36ers to hit a season high in not being able to man up and stay on their feet and Joey pulls a controversial move and replaces them with a couple of Thunderbirds...

36ers by double figures before bringing on the bench to end up < double digit lead...

Sydney will probably sign Wear to a 3year contract

Surely this has to be a make or break game for David Wear? Don't know how he survives to next round if he doesn't show up today..

But knowing Gaze it will take him half a season to realize he is a dud before releasing him..

As much as I want my Kings to win, I feel like Adelaide are very desperate after dropping a few and will probably come up on top at home in a close one

I havent seen any articles from him for ages?