Hoops

The Adelaide 36ers thread.

Joey of course, but I don't think they said who else.

On Ninenews, last nite - They gonna have a selection panel for the captain.
Used to be players votes.
Ramone Moore's fist day at training, arriving back from overseas.
Point guard, Taylor has been the highlight of training, lighting up the court.

Agreed with that rundown

Bit early to write them off! Need to see what kind of impact the two new imports have. If Griffin is as advertised then he could play the Childress role next to DJ that was so instrumental in the Sixers grand final appearance two seasons back. If Taylor can genuinely shoot the three and defend at a high level, then he's a much better fit alongside Moore than Sobey.

Two more big questions for me are:
1) The Sixers no longer look like they have the personnel for a high octane brand of basketball. Will they change their style to suit their roster?
2) How will they defend big athletic wings? I like Drmic's hustle and his offensive potential, but he (and the team) struggled to stop the likes of White, TeRangi, etc last season. Can he improve there? Or is there another option for the Sixers? I feel this is a big weakness for them.

If the imports are legit and we get good seasons from Froling and Drmic, then the Sixers are definitely top 4 material. If not, then it could be a really ugly debut season at the Ent Cent!

My excitement for this club gets less and less each season sadly. I don’t know who the imports are or if they will be any good. My overall enjoyment of the NBL is so high but the 6ers are not what they used to be for me.

Doubt they make the playoffs, but the NBL is so hard to pick game to game so who knows.

Melbourne and Perth are the certainty imo, Sydney with Bogut and Ware plus the aging Lisch, Newley are back with with the next few. Adelaide in same boat as Sydney, in the mix between 3 to 6. A Bogut injury could derail the kings season. Adelaide brought in some defenders which should help with there run and gun style offence.

On paper I don't think we are at the level of Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

Barring some major mishap, those 3 teams should be in the playoffs.

On the balance of probabilities, the other 6 teams are fighting for 1 playoff spot.

I really can't tell who would make it.

I think the Sixers have a decent chance to make the 4. DJ is still good enough to give the opposition bigs trouble on the scoreboard. Ramone Moore is solid import, I expect the same from Griffin, Taylor I don't know enough of.

Sobey is a big loss but we should have Drmic and Moore to cover that. My big hope is Froling will get to the next level, he may even take more of DJ's time.

Having said all that if I try to look at it logically and without bias, I would have to say the Hawks for the 4th place.

"Do they have enough chip-on-shoulder players left without Creek and Sobey?"

That Bijan kid showed he had a few bags on each shoulder from the bench...

Do they have enough chip-on-shoulder players left without Creek and Sobey? I guess Drmic is always a hothead and Froling too. DJ is pretty passive though. I couldn't even tell you their imports besides Ramone!

Sixers to make the 4.

Won’t slip to Brisbane this year

Who are the hopefuls (DP's and future DP's) training with the squad at the moment?