He is just butt hurt cos he wasn't the centre of attention like he was at Baylor.

I'm pretty sure the Sixers chases Aaron after last season. He went back to the states and wasn't answering any calls - they even tried a last resort of contacting him through facebook with still no response.

The Sixers werent prepared to offer anywhere the money Aaron Bruce thought he was worth. Funny though, his phone wasnt exactly ringing off the hook with offers from other NBL clubs.

I got to know him personally last year and the guy is a complete tool.

Bruce wasn't impressed with all the hoopla of Mahersy's last year and thought the attention should have been on him returning from the US to lead the club.

He would also do a few quick biceps curls before running out each game to make sure is guns looked good.

Self absorbed and IMO not a team player. Only passed the ball when he could perform a flashy pass to make himself look good.

BTW, isn't he the guy who said in his first video interview with Boti that he was 'here for the long haul'?

I liked Aarons game last year, particularly as the year went on and was disappointed to see him go. I thought he would have been a better pick than a couple in the team. Still if he's a bit self absorbed on court, that's a problem, I didn't see that much of it last year, I've seen a huge amount of it this year with a few players.

Raytri, that's interesting that you were more impressed with Bruce's game as the season went on last year. I was thoroughly impressed with him in the first month of the season and then I felt his performances went down in fairly consistent manner for the reason of the season. By the end of the season he was, a lot of the time, quite cringe worthy on the court in my opinion.

I wish he was running the point this year. Gilly at the 2. Would have been a good backcourt.

I thought that not keeping Bruce was one of our biggest mistakes of the offseason. Could have been a great long term player for us.

DB5 got it right. Bruce was the quintessential PG the Sixers have needed for quite some time.

Would have been great having him and Gilly in the backcourt. Bruce would have got more from Gilly and Balls if he was running things.

Would be nice if the club could put together enough funds to get him back for another year at least; but as per usual the wonders of "behind the scenes" politics and stereotyping from Anonymous posts tends to hamper that.

Bruce has might vote hands down to come back to Adelaide if it's possible.

I thought Bruce was a keeper, but not at any price. If he thinks he is too good for the Sixers and for this league, good riddance.

Bruce was a promising young guard, who could over his career have developed into a superstar. But at the moment 'promising rookie' is the only salary he should have commanded after a highly inconsistent year.

I think it strange he was jaded with the Sixers, I felt he got a pretty good run last year.

Well said XY.

When Goorjian took a shot that time at less-than-proven college graduates demanding $200k, word is that Bruce is who he was referencing. And somehow, I believe he got something close to that from the 36ers in the Groves-funded year.

Did pretty well, but a bit over-priced for his output. Would he be a starter on a championship team? If not, he'd need to play for bench/6th-man salary and I don't think that interested him.

I had a good friend who spoke with Aaron the other week, and the 6ers never wanted him for 09/10. He had a 2 year contract and after Mel left for greener pastures, SOS decided he didnt fit the team.

If I was coach, he'd be in my team however the powers to be seem to know it all.

The backcourt was dysfunctional this season as to last year when we made the finals, albeit we lost but nevertheless, he was a good contributor unlike Cortez and JG.

Bruce sucked against quality players good against average guys,and ingles is an anorexic tosser who for no reason hates the sixers.

Bruce sucked against quality players good against average guys,and ingles is an anorexic tosser who for no reason hates the sixers.

Kman, you are so insightful, please tell us more! Twat

Well, Ingles has something of a beef against the club in the past, but I'm not sure why it would carry over against new administration, coaches and players and certainly not to the point of delighting in their poor result this year.

Anon, happy to be corrected. I'm just going by Joe's laughing at Bruce's statement and this Twitter message:

all i got to say DB.. is its a second wooden spoon for half that team...

Didn't we screw up Joe's name and/or position on the contract we offered him? That sort of thing would sh*t me off too - pretty unprofessional.

As for Bruce, I could care less that he left (I personally thought he had little interest in basketball beyond one more season).

Another guy with 'potential' that seemed to think he was an all-star (peeps on here will start naming it Hill Syndrome soon). That siad, I'm also slightly jacked at his classless FB post.

Everyone has a different story and categorically knows everyone else's version is wrong - I'm just saying that was my take on him.

There was a 'where is aaron bruce' thread a while back that never yielded an answer, does anyone know what he is doing now?

Cheers Anon. And you're right - Bruce might be the nicest guy on earth - I have no idea.

I do remember a couple of great games he had, but the vibe I always got was that he wasn't all the interested in sticking with the Sixers long term. Didn't he have a fiance' over in the States?

If Brad Davidson had been running the point this season, 36'ers would

1) have played with pride and guts from day 1

2) would not have lost the same number of games at the crunch end of regulation , with no idea of what to do.

3) Ballinger would have averaged another 4-6 pts per game.

4) Ninnis's coaching would have looked a lot better with Davison doing the on-court thinking.

If Bruce had been running the point - not much different to be honest.

Bruce is cver in the US on the amatuer golf tour at the moment and is married to an American girl.

Old and grey, you forgot:

5) without their starting point guard for half the season with injuries.

Otherwise, I agree with the sentiment. But for Brad I think he was at that age where his body was telling him something.

Amen