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Lachy Reid - Aaron Brooks signs with Hawks

is Andersen not coming back

NAAR/LA MELO
BROOKS/DECH/GLOVER THEN GLOVER 2ND IN ROTATION IN 2ND HALF OF SEASON AFTER
EASING BACK AFTER TWO KNEE RECONTRUCTIONS IN TWO YEARS.
BLANCHFIELD/GRIDA COENRAAD TO PLAY SOME 3 AND 4 SPOT
ANDERSON IF THEY CAN'T GET NICK YOUNG OR CONKLIN WITH SAM FROLING AS
BACKUP/COENRAAD
BOONE/AJ

Brooks / Narr / LaMelo
Dech / Glover
Blanchfield / Grida
Import or Australian player / Coenraad / Froling
Boone / Aj
Brooks & Grida will play minutes at the 2
Narr & LaMelo will play at the 1
Things might change but I think this will be General make up
Starting 5
Brooks or Narr
Brooks or ? ( Depending if Brooks starts at the 1 )
Blanchfield
? ( Depends who they get )
Boone

With Blanch & Coen at the 3, wouldn't Grida play more as a 2?

If Ball plays at the 2 they look a little inexperienced in that position

*Brooks / Naar
Ball / Dech
Blanchfield / Conreaad / Grida
*Import / Froling
*Boone / Ogilvy

It looks like ball will start at the 2

Again i stand by the risky signing part....kinda reminds me of when the 36ers signed ebi ere again.

And a strange one brooks on a team full of points and centres... wonder what sets they will run

Cool article on Aaron from Sam Smith when he was at the Bulls describing his character, abilities etc

https://www.nba.com/bulls/news/aaron-brooks-comfortable-lane

"Risky as signing due to age, better still have his pace or will struggle against younger points."

NBA seasons are long and intensive. IIRC a season can have over 80 games plus play-offs.
It's hardly surprising that a guy who would struggle with that due to age, would find our season a doddle.

He's only 6ft, which isn't big by NBA standards, so presumably he has skills, and that is a good size for our league.

Do Lamelo and Aaron know what Wollongong is like?

Huge signing for the Hawks. Followed the Bulls pretty strongly during the D Rose period and he was one of a few back up pg’s that ended up playing big minutes and as has already been said, can flat out score. Very fast, a little unorthodox which makes him hard to guard and just a flat out pro. Fingers crossed his body is in good shape. No reason why he wouldn’t lead the league in scoring.

My favorite Brooks memory was when Patty Mills put 37 points on him as a freshman!!! Should be a good signing for the Hawks, I wonder if he will play the 2 with Ball at the 3 and keeping Naar at the 1 spot?

from a washed-up Ced Jackson, to Aaron Brooks. Big upgrade

Co-sign me being skeptical that he's still at a great level. Better to sign the younger, fringe NBA PG's than the ones whose careers have clearly come and gone.

Nonetheless, notable name and a good addition to the league, hope he succeeds. Hard to see LaMelo come to the Hawks after this signing though, you'd have to imagine the NBL would assess Cairns or even SEM would have a better role for him.

Been doing squat the last 18 months cept coaching clinics

Risky as signing due to age, better still have his pace or will struggle against younger points.

Peaked in 2009-10, last played in the NBA in 2017-18- what's he been doing for the last 18 months?

what he be a good pickup for Melbourne united

From what I remember of him he was super quick which was his main strength, so will be interesting to see what he can do now - like has been said above, if he's fit this is a pretty epic signing.

When he was an NBA starter way back he averaged nearly 20ppg, then in 2015 he had another stretch of 30 or so games as a starter where he averaged nearly 20ppg again. If he's still in shape he could lead the league in scoring considering how high his usage rate will probably be at Illawarra. Great signing, more than a slight upgrade over CJ.

Think he should be pretty good. Was a pretty decent scorer at the NBA level at times.

the hawks owner early today had a player announcement on his twitter then tok it down

Great news for the Hawks they're putting together quite a good team.

Awesome signing, Good stuff Hawks.

700 games! Is he 50?

former team mate of David Anderson

no 34

The average person in the street won't know who he is but the average Hawks fan will be very happy with the signing once they have seen him play and that's what actually matters.

no but its like Melbourne knowing who Latrell Mitchell is a top ten player in the NRL

NO

Would the average fan on the street know he is?

I don't really follow NBA, but on paper he seems to have had a pretty good career. Nearly 700 games, must be a very accomplished player. Averaged just under 10 points a game, so not a huge scorer, but would do a lot better in our league.

Nice signing if true!

mentor for Ball

State coaches have been appointed for next year

SA Under 20 Men: Brad Davidson
SA Under 20 Women: Brenton Johnston

SA Metro U18 Men: David Spear
SA Metro U18 Women: Troy Schroeder

SA Metro U16 Men: Dean Nyberg
SA Metro U16 Women: Marcus Wong

SA Ivor Burge Men: Kellie Pacis
SA Ivor Burge Women: Robyn Wooden