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Matt Sutton - played well

Matt is a good example of right place, right time to get that opportunity that so many other of his peers can just dream about. SA ball has certainly produced some great guards throughout the junior ranks and also into ABA, but the chances to go any further for most just don't exist and for these guys who are missing out, if they were given the same opportunity / training, would be as equally competitive. There just ain't enough NBL teams to go around! So we can only hope that Matt will make the most of it all, acknowledge that he has had many peers of equal calibre who have helped to make him look good and do SA proud.

I like what I see & I'm lik'n what I'm hearing.
Very impressed with Matty. I love a team player & he's right up there with the best of 'em. He seems like the quiet achiever & he puts in the hard yards. He's reliable with the ball & we all know we've been shaky in that area.
Where I'd like to see him brought into the game more, is with setting up ball movement INTO the keyway. I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'm tired of seeing perimeter passing as our first & only option. It's predictable & easily covered. It's one thing to say the shots aren't dropping, but it's smarter to act on it rather than hope for better luck. Make the oppo play defence FFS. Give them something else to cover. Work the bastards & get 'em double guess'n.
We need to work that into our system & I reckon Sutt's is the perfect player to make it happen.
As a bonus, it'll open up the oppo defence & if they don't respect his shot, he'll have more space to make 'em pay.

I really like Sutton, and you can see the potential and confidence growing every game.

Not only is he good on the court, but watching him after the game intereacting with the young fans, he is going to be a great ambassador for the game.

Thanks DJ.

No restrictions on Rookies, restriction I think you may be refering to is that of development players and the reason Hambour or Gower had to sit out some games previously.

With Maher and now Hill out Sutton has been promoted to the 10 and thus shouldn't be affected by this, unless they leave him as the development player than it may impact!

Matt not only played well above his 7 points last night, he plays well above his 1st year NBL experience. Being this good at this young inexperienced age can only suggest that the experience gained in the next few years will make him great. Its fantastic that he can get so many minutes already because he will quicky improve with the practice but at the same time he is not jeopardising the game through lack of experience. I think Adelaide has found a replacement for Brett when he retires, just hope he sticks around. The only concern is that as a rookie, I thought it was an NBL rule regarding the amount of court time a rookie is given. Anyone can feel free to correct me if that is not the case.

Bubble!

Well done Matt, played well with a lot of poise when you had the ball..I think he will be with us for a while, Phil seems to have a bit of faith in him, and he distributes well.