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Obi departure... 36ers 2nd Import.

I wasn't an Obi fan. That's just me, for I liked Eric griffin.
Wouldn't mind David Anderson.
Would expect improvement in Obi if Goorjian coaches him.

Newley loves Sydney, he’s very settled in a lovely suburb.

Looks like Lewis played well in their NCAA tournament loss to Kentucky. Blocked Tyler Herro a couple of times and put up at least 17 pts. Looks like an undersized power forward, but he’s a good athlete. Could be okay if he can play some good D. Would obviously prefer a guy like Newbill though!

When Liam santamaria talks we listen intently

Sitting out despite being under contract to the Sixers?

Yet another fake news story to go along with the Machado one.

Obi is staying out for the season.

Agree looks unlikely at this stage but a second import might straighten us up.

I think he’ll play for gb if they know of him.

Yes, born in Australia and is a dual Australian-British citizen.

Brutal lol

United just had some spots open up.

He’s highlights show he plays pf in Germany sometimes.

Mack 1
Mudronja 1
Dillon 1-2
Giddey 1-2-3
Teys 2-3
Dech 2-3
Lewis 3-4
Mcveigh 3-4
Pinder 4-5
Johnson 4-5
Humphries 5

Lewis who looks like a poor mans Mitch Creek on film is a good defender and I reckon will spend time at the 4 over McVeigh, given his strength and rebounding. His height is 199cm which is SF/PF in the NBL. Don't think he will play heavy minutes though.

Dech will also be playing some 3 with Giddey at the 2.

Yes think Lewis and Mcveigh will both play some 3 and 4.

Zodiac, Sydney may not make much sense either. Hawks do.

Ware(I)/Bruce
Vasljevic/Glover
Louzada(NS)/Newley
Cooks/Moller
Plumlee(I)/Hunter

Lewis who looks like a poor mans Mitch Creek on film is a good defender and I reckon will spend time at the 4 over McVeigh, given his strength and rebounding. His height is 199cm which is SF/PF in the NBL. Don't think he will play heavy minutes though.

Sixers are fine with the rotation of 3 bigs.

I remember kyei saying something about missing he’s family and friends in nsw.

Zodiac, Sydney may not make much sense either. Hawks do.

Obi isn't start quality for a contender just yet. Sydney will want an NBL 1st teamer level for their 4 man plus Cooks at the 5. Bogut may even come back.

I'd be happy if the replacement is DJ Newbill who can cover the 3, bring defensive hardness to the team and McVeigh may have to do spurts at the 4 if small ball is in Henry's repertoire.

NBL lists teys as 192cm 6’4, wiki he’s 6’2 188cm.




If Kyei goes to hawks... I still don’t think he starts as I don’t see Bairstow as solely a 6’9 Centre.
They were close to getting mathiang but he’s playing in Europe. Maybe continuing with Ogilvy.

(I)/6’1 E.Naar
6’4 T.Harvey(I)/6’2 I.White/6’6 D.Grida
6’7 D.Adel/6’8 D.Deng
6’9 C.Bairstow/6’9 O.Kyei
C/6’11 S.Froling

Harvey looks more of a jack it up sg over a run the show pg so I put him at the 2.

A couple of solid next stars pfs about also.

He’s been training at kings, but so have a few hawks players and others.

LB, the anon OP is writing this clearly from a Sixers insider perspective hence name dropping a potential 2nd import. They're trying to get on the front foot about Kyei's departure hence calling it 'mutual' oh and btw "we're probably going to sign an import SG to replace him". Just sounds like the usual bone headed stuff from the Sixers admin.

The rumour is not Kyei going to Melbourne it's the Hawks or Sydney. The Melb part is probably his agent trying to create a market for him to ramp up his price.

There are aspects of this that does not make sense.

Obi was a starter last year, wants to continue being a starter but could be replaced by Humphries or Import 4 or Pinder.....OK.

Then why is he going to Melbourne?

Melbourne United won't want to downgrade from a Shaun Long, to Obi starter.

SEM may put Obi as starter but then they'd be no better off than having Pineau there.

Decision was mutual would mean the Sixers also had no place for Obi? I find that hard to believe, I think it is 90% on Obi wanting to leave.

Great to see that Teys is still growing.

Pro A is about nbl1 standard possibly slightly better. Dion Prewster played there after his kings stint. Marcus Thornton has signed in pro A for this coming season. It’s ok but not nbl standard.

It may technically be a rumour but if an NBL employee like Liam Santamaria is saying it you can treat it as legit as he only ever says stuff that he knows for a fact is happening.

At the end of the day Kyei was a starter here last season with the signing of Humphries he knew he was going to be demoted to the bench this season and with only one year remaining on his contract with the Sixers if another team offered him a multi-year deal with the chance of starting it would be silly to pass it up.

Maybe Dillon decided to retire and it’s...

Adelaide 36ers-Henry
6’3 S.Mack(I)/6’7 J.Giddey(NS)/6'5 A.Mudronja
6’5 S.Dech/6’4 B.Teys
6’6 J.Lewis(I)/6’8 J.Mcveigh
6’11 D.Johnson/PF/C (open)
7’0 I.Humphries/6’9 K.Pinder

DP
6’5 M.Harris SG

Hawks I’m guessing for kyei

I wonder if Asian import counts as another roster spot.

I'm not sure replacing Kyei with a shooting guard is the way to go. The roster is already too guard heavy as it is needs to be a big if not an import just a local.

Adelaide 36ers-Henry

6’3 S.Mack(I)/6’7 J.Giddey(NS)/6'5 A.Mudronja
6’5 S.Dech/6’4 D.Dillon
6’6 J.Lewis(I)/6’4 B.Teys
6’11 D.Johnson/6’8 J.Mcveigh
7’0 I.Humphries/6’9 K.Pinder

DP
6’5 M.Harris SG

Have to assume they are after a pf or c dp or getting rid of another like teys or Dillon for Aussie/kiwi big.

Can the dubs ride their home 'crowd' advantage and force a game 7 back in San Antonio?

I'm hoping they can, even if it's just to get to watch another battle between these two teams.

Hopefully Bogut's ankle is feeling a bit better (and Curry's too) as the Warriors need him to defend the paint.