Feh.

Can't really tell at the moment. Need to wait until Clarke cam do with them. I'd rather see Hill at the 3 with an import and Ng running the 1-2 respectively. Personal preference would be Bruce w/ Ng but we'll have to wait and see.

Pretty young looking team at the moment; relying too heavily on "woulds" and "coulds" with the majority of the team.

At the moment, the Adelaide 36ers are looking more like the Adelaide "AIS'ers". That MAY be a good thing.

They are all capable of great things on their day, They just have to BRING IT EVERY DAY not just have 1 good game in every 3.

Consistency is they Key, Lets hope Marty can get the best out of them.

I WILL KEEP THE FAITH!

Ng will have a break-out season and wind up a regular starter and solid NBL level 2 guard.

No suprises that I'm calling it, but there it is. Feel free to dig this up at season's end and hold me to it.

Unless I'm wrong.

~"In Ng we trust"~

Will Adelaide have the weakest backcourt?

SG, can you list the following backcourts for me? Townsville, Wollongong, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Cairns.

At at least one position in a starting quintet, you have to have a weaker player, a role-player, or a combo of two mid-level players rather than a top-tier guy. (Or a rotation of three across two spots.)

Perth do it with four guards in two spots, New Zealand will do it with Abercrombie and whoever else, Gold Coast shared minutes between Petrie and Vukona and Maxey (plus Cameron earlier on). In Adelaide, it sounds like it will be at SG while the 10-point guys are at PG, SF and PF, and the rising prospect is at C. If the SF can play some SG (since Holmes, Herbert and Hill could play some SF; think someone like Ere), I don't see a huge hole in the backcourt.

If there's a "hole" it's at C and that follows a bit of a pattern in the NBL recently so I'm not hugely fussed at this point.

Too early to make claims about weakest backcourts I would've thought.

Edit: Anon, I think you're right about Herbert. He's in that pattern of Martin, Boucher, Grabau, Vukona, Greer, etc.

Sixers need to get Maher at every practice so Ng can model his game on Brett's. Ng has probably the best shot in the entire league but its no use if you can't create your own shot off the dribble. At the moment he isn't half the player Maher was and he really needs to work on his ball handling and his drive and dish game. If he can add a couple more aspects to his repertoire he may become one of the most damaging players in the comp because he certainly has the potential.

Anon 275151 - liked your post. You should think up an alias and use it. Doesn't have to give away your identity, just gives us a name to look out for in Sixers threads in the future.

Drew - would like to see Ng used a bit like Penney when he's run off a bunch of screens to create a shot (though Penney can penetrate as well, which Ng doesn't quite do). Noticed the Sixers try some Breakers-like stuff last season where Ng and Herbert would cut across each other so the PG would have two outside options depending on who had shaken their defender best.

The old scissors play...ah the memories....

Thanks Isaac! :-)

I now have an alias; Tornado - hope it worked?!

Ng is capable of penetrating and alot more than he has shown in his return to the Sixers thus far. He does have a nice step back reminiscent of Mahers too.

I remember back to his last year with us when Mahersy went down and Darren was promoted to the starting line up....he really stood up and showed some glimpses of what he was actually capable of. I think (dont hold me to it) he averaged 17 points or something like that across that stretch?

The problem with Darren I feel is his confidence to transpire what he is capable of into game nights. This may or may not be due to the confidence instilled in him by the previous coaches? He has the ability.....hopefully Marty can instill that confidence in him? if so, I think you will see a massive improvement in his output!

No suprises that I'm calling it,

... again! :)

Tornado, if you want an avatar/image next to your name, then post with an email address (though I can see it, so that may or may not matter to you) and go to Gravatar.com to link an image to your email address.

Anon, I also think Ng is near his ceiling, but that room for improvement can come from his team finding opportunities for him, and consistency in contribution could come from that. With good imports, he's 4th or 5th contributor on offense and he's easily capable of delivering there.

I think that NG will struggle to create his own shot, and whoever said that Herbert is reliable from the arc should think back to last season. Never hit shots when needed.

I think it is a weak backcourt for the NBL standard period. Right now where are the points coming from?

Its ok to be an optimist because you are a fan, but realistically the backcourt does suck right now.

If we end up with someone like Aaron Bruce or Rhys Carter a good quality import PG and a import SF who can play from SG-PF i think our back court looks ok, think about it Ng and Herbert are of similar level to guys like D. Martin from perth (brad hill isnt too far off someone like Weigh either), Matt Campbell and the Martins from the hawks, Michael Cedar/Crawford from the crocs, all finalists last season so doesnt look too bad to me

BTW Isaac, I only just realised that another person had already created a user profile named Drew, so after this post I will change my name to Sixers2010, which is the profile I started with to avoid any confusion.

The players Sixers have signed are not going to have you buying GF tickets yet especially in relation to Perths line up.
So I guess have a clearer picture after last 3 signings.
However just to be able to play a team game with system will be massive uplift and hopefully give NG ,Hill and young players with court organization the confidence to have real confidence to use their scoring skills.