So imagine how much better he will be when he has a season of development training with the squad! Marty just wants to work on a couple of things before he is inleashed.

Trainings vs games. If he was good enough, he'd get played in games IMO. I can only think that he just doesn't translate that performance to real games?

Anon, what kind of competition did he have though? sounded like when he suited up for the warm up games he kept getting the ball stripped off of him and it was obvious he was still an amateur. This is from what i have heard/read i personally havent seen him play. If he was surely ready for the NBL marty would play him.

Anon, also, this situation is not unique to the 36ers and Marty either. From memory, he had a run in Perth too and didn't have a big impact.

And I think he trained a bit with the 36ers years ago, probably under Phil?

Not sure if he has improved considerably, but when he was at Perth he really struggled. He is to soft, slow and struggles to catch a good pass. I would love to see him out there, but in the games I watched of him, he looked horrible :S

I feel the big area he needs to work on is his running key to key.

Second area is a bit of aggression wouldn't hurt. If he had Hinder's attitude and Ninja's pace, then he would be NBA material.

Dowdell's played his role pretty well in the pre-season actually. He was widely panned by Crocs and Cats fans in recent years so I'm interested to see how he does under Marty.

Only saw Harris get on court for a brief moment against Wollongong and he was soon subbed out.

Boti's recent article had this to say about Harris:

http://linky.com.au/85shs

"Sam Harris, the team's 221cm work-in-progress - who was a member of Perth's roster last season - was not genuinely an option.

"Sammy was brought in with the idea he wouldn't be part of the picture until next year," Clarke said.

"He needs a good nine-month pre-season to get his foot-speed, strength and agility to where it needs to be. He's tried to be a player and hasn't paid attention to those things. This is probably his last chance to become a player."

Clarke's said he preferred not to compromise on his plan for Harris by taking a gamble against Perth for a short-term fix."

Is it correct Warebout? is ahead of Harris on roster?

I agree Sam does need to work on speed and strength but I would definitely pencil him in for the future. Well done to Daly for the 10 spot, would have been a close decision between Tom and Hooley, both promising lads.

You lost me at "NBA talent", anon.

How tall is Jan Warbout now? Legit PF size or?...

Too far Jack Toft, maybe Wortho's attitude but not Hinder! lol

Yeah maybe, but I kinda like Hinder. He's got the look of the sort of guy you don't want to meet in a dark alley.

Sam Harris - NBA talent... C'mon OP you need to wake up ffs.....

come on, everybody knows that an unwanted player has to play for the hawks before anyone will believe in them.

Isn't Creek our 10 man dev/certain age guy (injured) so they bring in Daly as our 10 man dev/certain age guy.

Harris is to old to be the dev/certain age guy?
So his only chance of being in the 10 is being the 9 man (or higher if he is THAT good).

Keep him as 11th man bring him in for injuries (barring the young player) and put alot of focus and work into him in the background, prepare for next season.

Johnson is eligible as the YAP for this year and next. And Creek beyond that I guess.

Harris could've taken the spot Daly has temporarily if Marty wanted him to, AFAIK.