Havent heard this, huge loss to the team!!

The lady fans will call for the Bruce-meister, but we probably need a bit of height.

Don't know if you could fry an egg on his abs, but I know a few ladies who would have a go

Herbie's injury does not look good. He looked in a shocking way when he was carried off the court and on the bench iced up.

I hold grave fears it's his ACL, which is a shattering blow. One of our toughest and best defenders sidelined is not good.

Pero Vasiljevic would be my first preference as the replacement, but some of the other names listed aren't too bad either.

I wonder if LARS is an option ? If he could make a successful return after Christmas, that would be ideal.

Incredibly sad for Herbie. Apparently had been training up a storm... but it looked awful tonight.

Definitely need a front court player, when Jacob does not look for his shot in the offence i saw tonight, Adam is always battling against the oppositions two biggest defenders.

We certainly don't need another guard, a big swingman would also be good.

fingers crossed he's ok, one of my favourite 6ers just for his hard work an tough play

Bruce clearly the best player of that group. Tait would probably more suited to playing SG.

Personally I don't think we're too desperate for extra height at all. I'd like to keep the majority of Holmes' minutes at PF.

No one stands out to me here.

Anyone have any news re: diagnosis?

All the best for a speedy recovery Herbie. When your shooting guard is your best rebounder it spells trouble, hopefully herbies replacement can bang the boards.

Silver Fox said last night that it was his ACL.

We dont need another guard unless he can also play the 3 spot.

Could be a chance for Sam Harris to join the squad and Dowdell move to the SF position, he is mobile enough.

I heard it is his ACL so out for season. I don't know about recruiting Bruce at this point of the year. We have Winder as starting point and Rhys Carter as back up, why would we need Bruce? Just pushes Carter Back. I think another Big would be a decent signing and some like Mottram would be a good fit. Pero has alrady signed with Gold Coast so he's gone so there's not a lot left out there. What would Rashard Tucker be rated if he was naturalised???

yeh im interested in what the MRI comes up with. its still not confirmed how bad it is, and yes it obviously looked bad last night but hopefully he only misses out on a part of the season and comes back for the later part. then again im an optimist.

Terrible loss if it is his ACL.It looked and sounded bad. He was up for a great season based on his preseason work. Spewing!!

When are the scans?

they are doing scans today i heard, SOS will keep us notified about it anyway they generally do.

What would be people thoughts of going after a AIS player and entice him to leave and join NBL team. Possibly

Mitch Creek
Owen Odigie
Anthony Drimic

Would be great to see a young AIS player given the opportunity to get minutes in a NBL team rather than leave australia or just get a development role.

How about the development player they already have, Tom Daly, showed enough in the ABA final, time to give him a go

Daly is a bit small imo to replace Herbie. Need someone of a decent size.

Boti's article is up on AdelaideNow.

Season over :(

Aw man. Horrible news.

yeh its definitely official now. hopefully we still keep him though and have him here next season. whats the chances of that happening people in the know? it would be a huge shame for him to go if he gets back to fitness and the way he was this preseason.

I disagree with Newley and agree with you on Ingles.

What I'm saying though is that college what not on everybody mind in the 90s when NBL was awesome. Is there some corelation with the fact the NBL was strong and had good home grown aussies playing in it. Imagine if we had Ogilvy, Newley, Ingles, Mills, Page, Harris Tunks, Salecich, Motum, etc

Would be a much better league. Better leagues can get better sponsors and might hold more weight when players actually do well over here.

36ers on Facebook/Twitter:

Unfortunately 36er fans Herbie has torn his ACL. This means he will most likely be out for the season at this stage. Terrible news for Herbie and the club.

195cm apparently? SF.

Really bad news about Herbie - wish him all the best and a speedy recovery.

Can Herbert undertake LARs surgery?

Out of interest, Aussies who have played in the NBA (forgive me if I have missed one or two):

From college: Longley, Bogut, Mills

From Europe: Andersen

From the NBL: Gaze, Heal, Bradtke, Anstey, Jawai (was Ricky Grace an Aussie when he got picked up by Atlanta?).

Pepper and Newley have also been drafted from the NBL, while Bruton and Rogers were also drafted from college.

The claim that Aussies have to go to college to play NBA isnt really backed up by the facts. However, the vast majority of Aussie players dont play NBA and so that cant really be the measuring stick on whether going to college is the right thing to do.

For me, it really is about the individual situation, and whether that coach/program can develop them as a player and person, be that in the NBL, college or Europe.

My personal opinion as a general rule is that a very talented Aussie kid who is not an NBA athlete is best playing in a good NBL program. A really talented and athletic kid who is an NBA prospect should go to college, while a less talented kid should go to college as they wouldnt get NBL minutes.

Oh yeah, and I think Mitch Creek would be a great pickup for the Sixers.

Didn't a lot (all?) of those NBL players you list as going to the NBA previously go to college?

Andrew Gaze played a season with Seton Hall. I think he took them to the NCAA final four.

Did Eddie Palubinskas ever grace the court in the NBA? He was the first Australian drafted to the NBA. I don't know if he went to college in the USA or not.

Palubinskas started his collegiate career at Ricks Junior College in Rexburg, Idaho in 1970, where he led the U.S. in free throw % with 92.4%. He holds the record for the most consecutive free throws in a game—14 and 43 consecutive for the season. He was also selected as an All-American that year while breaking most records at Ricks College which is now BYU-Idaho. He transferred to Louisiana State University after the Munich Olympics.

He was drafted in the 3rd round by the Atlanta Hawks in 1974 but didnt actually play in the NBA.

I have heard Mitch Creek is planningto be in Adelaide February/March for next seson, but I don't think he will be here this year.

Creek is a hit for Adelaide. He will be the 10th player to complete their roster. He is an outstanding young player. Very high energy and is a true pleasure to watch. Rookie of the year contender no doubt. Safe betting there.
Good luck young fella.