Hodge you have crossed the line...Goodbye!

Sign Grizzard TODAY! Thsi is a must. The Hodge situation can only get uglier and uglier, and with Grizzard, Ballinger and Big Luke, the 36ers are still very very tough to beat, just in a differnt and perhaps more balanced way than with Julius Hodge there! Make it happen please!

The team needs a known entity as tehy cant afford a Tyndale type issue right now.

Names that spring to mind.

Ng
Grizzard
Farley
Rashard Tucker
Mike Helms
Cortez Groves

Kent - Apart from the fisrt two, you cant be serious?

I'm with you, Skip!

Grizzard's the man, for mine.

Kent, I'll have a pint of what you've been drinking! :)

why would you want cortez, a south dragon reject and a crap player which is a waste of an import spot!

Remember what Cortez was like at the Hawks pre Goorjian system.

3 on that list have already been contacted, i leave you to work out which 3

Hodge reuse to play?

What was he on? Has he gone to rehab? Why did reusing whatever he was on allow him to play?

I'm confused.

We only had a 5-3 split with all the scoring Hodge did in his time. Anybody replacing Turn Over Tyndale would have improved a totally new team this season .
Bring in Grizzard and I will back us to go all the way.
The team will be so united and determined now.
Julius go back to the NBA but mate simply your game without a jump shot isnt good enough to make it.
Go take your ego and money greed elsewhere we are a small city in a struggling comp. but we do have some pride

If true, and the players are angry and upset at him definately cut him. We cannot have this situation its an major embarassement for the team, I would be happy with Grizard or Cortez, definately remember how good he was at the hawks with Balls as a team mate so its worth considering. Very sad moment last night.

I will go heave if we use the second import spot for Ng

Bad defender, which means you cant play Ng and Hill together if you want to stop teams scoring on you.

Get Grizzard or Josh Page

"Go take your money and greed somewhere else".
Are you serious Bretts the Man. If this problem with Julius not being paid is an ongoing problem, why is it his fault? Apparently he has suited for previous games where he hadn't been paid until the last minute and had done his bit. From my perspective it is not his fault but the Administration for not rectifying the problem weeks ago. As Brett Maher said in this mornings paper, " the problem has been going on for weeks".
My view is that if we are going to bring in a player of the calibre of Hodge, issues like paying him what he is owed should definitely not be a factor.
And who's to say if we bring in another import he have won't have the same problem.
Hope we haven't lost Julius because of poor administration.

It's Josh Pace BTW.

I think Brockman's thinking is that we have very little time to qualify a player for finals action so a decision would have to be made very, very quickly - no time for trying to get an unknown in, for example. If the time frame is eight games, well, that's this Saturday. If players can be qualified through games suited for other teams that season, then the urgency might be relaxed if the targets were Grizzard or Groves.

I'd guess that the three contacted would include Ng (was already at the game), Grizzard (makes sense to me), and then Farley might be an outside shot as the third - was told that he's currently in Argentina.

What's the official requirement to qualify an import for finals? Gaze has said he must suit this Saturday night against Cairns, but I thought the rule was 7 games, meaning the Jan 16th Tapains game is our last chance?

It's all heresay, but i'd be very suprised if Hodge is playing the "breach of contract" card (possibly even intentionally delivering incomplete payment transfer details) in an effort to suit OS somewhere.

In his NBA blog, Hodge credits Kiki Vandeweghe (New Jersey GM) for improving his game.

http://linky.com.au/ujzht

Apparently there's 10 day NBA contacts available (35K)...and NJ is now in need of a PG. He also mentions he's "available to make the 15 hour flight back to the States immediately".

Let's suit Griz and get on with trying to win a flag. With the way the guys stepped up last night, we're still very much in contention to pull it off. Time to put uncertainty behind us.

Speaking of - slightly unrelated - where to we stand with the sale of the club to Chem-mart's owner and the sale of the Dome to Venuetix?

^^^ apologies - should read "suprised if he isn't playing the breach of contract card".

And credit Ross for the facts from Hodge's NBA blog.

IMO Grizzard would be our best option, he is Hodge-esque in that he can penetrate, rebound, pass. The plus is that he actually HAS a jumpshot. Sure he may not be able to penetrate as well as Hodge, but I can't see much of a downside to the Grizz.

Have heard he is a super teammate, works hard, trains and was only cut because he didn't fit the shuffle.

I agree with Bizzy. Grizzard would be an excellent option! His defence is exactly what we need at the 3 spot.

i'm not really into the whole thing but just not sure if Hodge would actually do that and ruin his reputation? perhaps a little more than that?

"i'm not really into the whole thing but just not sure if Hodge would actually do that and ruin his reputation? perhaps a little more than that?"

I think MONEY when i think of hodge, and of course any one with half a brain would go where the money is, if thier are 10day contracts available then i say go cause he wants to further his career in the NBA and does not care about is reputation here AUS because he wont come back!!!

I Say if not NBA then Euroleague is where he will go

He doesn't cut the mustard in Europe cause he no like to train hard , why do you think he came to Australia . If his Jumpshot matched his running mouth of ego babble he would be NBA material .

Cortez would add a bit of fire to a Sixers-Dragons finals series.