Its High Noon on Hoops - We'll leave you to do what you need to do Isaac. Sixers pulled the trigger first

By the time I had posted, three others had already beaten me, and then two more straight after (new topics don't always appear straight away).

(Anon wins the shoot-out, but kept Big Ads topic because he wasn't posting anon.)

Google around "ron howard basketball" and you'll find a couple of videos and interviews. Seems like a good guy, keen to slash to the basket. Should have a few trainings under his belt by the time he suits up for his NBL debut.

Hey my post was better than this one had more info!! and only 2 seconds behind LOL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihbvEcZhD8w&feature=fvsr

I think this might be the guy, NY Nicks training camp but didnt get draughted?? maybe im just wrong lol

I will call him Richie Cunningham.....

his stats from last season in the d-league of 20pts, 3 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 46 FG%, 39 3P% look good to me. If he can come close to those for the 36ers most people would be very happy!

From vids he seams athletic and a good all round player, should add some excitement to the team also.

Cant wait to see him in action!

Looks like he could bring some attitude to the team! Would combo well with Shannon!!

How do you think he will bring attitude?
From what I can see in the highlights I have my doubt he will be good?

Looks ordinary

Sorry to be pessimistic

Correct me if im wrong but.. nothing impressive from what i can see

Would have to agree with Kobe there. Nothing overly standout from what I can see.

Should be a good injection into the side; but will hold my breath as with Shannon to see how things go.

we should have got the fonz

Mrs C was 'hot', but probably in a retirement village with a frame now

Looks like a good guy, you cant really get much from the footage though, like to get to the hoop. Would be nice to see his outside shot etc but i guess we will find out in due course.

Very nice D-League numbers. Looks a great fit.

He only developed a jumper last year by the looks of it. He went from 0% threes to 1.4 a game at 38.5% in 09/10.

I hope Happy Daze can shoot outside of 3 feet! The you tube clip posted above just shows the guy making layups (admittedly some decent ones in there).

At least his D league stats suggest he has been working on his 3 point shot. First 2 D league seasons he had an awful 3pt% but last season took a lot more and ratcheted it up to 38%

Also appears to get to the line a fair bit. Hopefully he's more Willie Farley than Cortez Groves.

Thats Channing Frye stuff....

From Boti, including the info on the delay:

Some minor passport complications with his new three-week-old baby caused a slight delay for Howard, a one-time NBA D-League star at Fort Wayne Mad Ants.

"He's a two-three (off-guard/small forward) wingman who we've kept an eye on for quite a while," 36ers coach Marty Clarke said.

After he recently returned to the US from Israel where he had been playing - most likely for the birth - he suddenly became available.

Howard averaged 16.3 points at 49 per cent, 3.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists in three years with Fort Wayne in the D-League but his numbers in his All-Star 2009-10 season were 20.6 points at 46 per cent, 4.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists.

Oh Happy Days alright. The coincidence expands further.

They both played basketball in Milwaukee. Ron Howard, a.k.a Richie Cunningham, played for his high school team on the television show "Happy Days." The other Ron Howard played for Marquette University before transferring to Valparaiso.

anyone know if Howard was the sixers first preference? or did we have to resort to the second?

Guy looks good. Put up 20 ppg last season, tried out with Bucks, where he was apparently the last guy cut, and the Knicks, and has professional experience in some other leagues.

Love Troy, but can't see him putting up 20 ppg in the D-league, even at full fitness. Big upgrade in my mind.

exactly thats better d-league stats than most nbl imports put up!

Wasn't his older brother the bball superstar? He went upstairs one season and never returned.

But...







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LOL
Didnt Richie win a game once with a under arm free throw?

Its about time we got some luck with our imports!
Hope that he gels with the team and they can get on a winning streak.

Anonymous queries his height - looks shorter than 6-5? Based on the Winston Crite and Trey Gilder experiments of recent times, he'll step off the plane in Adelaide standing 6-1 in high heels and weighing 60kg.

Gilder worries me. That debut game was ..... shall we say not inspiring?

more proof that fringe NBA players arent thegame changers they used to be in the NBL.

I notice that he played his freshman year at Marquette in 2002 alongside fellow rookie Dwayne Wade. Not a bad team mate to have....

does anyone know his numbers from Israel? I was wondering, depending on how it all works and what league he was in over there, would it be reasonable to compare his numbers in Israel to the numbers that Balls put up when he was in Israel to provide a reasonable comparison?? or just a waste of time?

From what I could find, he only played 3 games in Israel. Average 20 mins a game and about 8 points.

I wouldn't take too much from D League numbers - Winder average 20ppg in the last 20 games of last year, and McCullough averaged 19ppg. Gilder was an NBA D All Star.

Howard played three games in Israel this year for 9ppg at 36% 3pfg, 4rpg in 20mins. You cant tell much from that short a stint but it is reasonable production straight off the bat in a league that is a similar standard and not a completely different style to the NBL. I imagine if he did 14ppg and 6rpg in 30mins the Sixers would be happy.

Only time will tell, but numbers aren’t the only thing - if he can defend, hit open shots and make decent decisions it will be a good get for the Sixers.

Yeh thats true Paul, and definitely not a big enough run to pull anything from such little game time. I guess thats when his kid was born and so returned to the US. seems like they wanted to move to a safer english speaking country? cant say much about the safeness as ive never been to Israel and im sure the news only shows the worst of the worst.

Maybe they watched Oprah and heard that they have to see Australia?

Moses, I think he'd be 6'4".

Bean, if that video was just made threes, it's easy to think "Anyone can boast a video of made threes if they had enough game tape to work with." There was a long-range shot in another video, but I think we'll have to work off the stats.

X, only started shooting the three last year?

2003-2004: Valparaiso (NCAA): 3PT: 23.5%
2004-2005: Valparaiso (NCAA, starting five): 3PT: 41.6%
2005-2006: Valparaiso (NCAA, starting five): 3PT: 35.8%

I was just going on his D-League numbers Isaac, but that's interesting. Do you have the quantity of threes or just the %?

Guys if you search you tube and look up mad ants ther is a few games of howards there. has a good jumpshot loves to drive to the rack looks the goods to me time will tell though.

Google around - full details and game log from his college days are out there.

36ers were originally interested in Howard but couldn't afford him until now. Bogut also thought Howard was a solid last cut from the Bucks.

From Boti today.

"The difference in recruiting in May, June and July is everyone is on the market and everyone is chasing big, big dollars," Clarke said.

"It's more realistic at this time of year and what's promised in Europe doesn't always come through.

"Australia is fairly stable by comparision."

Link to YouTube search for "mad ants" for those interested in finding more video of Howard's playing style: mad ants on YouTube.

The people.. you want, May Jun Jul like Shannon, Howard (and as also mentioned by Kings owner on Overtime last nite) are chasing big bucks.. now, available.

wow, if that is him he will be a force in the NBL anon.

Anon, not sure if you're joking or just posting somewhere unrelated, but that's Dwight Howard. That particular Howard gets US$16m+/year and is not coming to the 36ers...

Bogut gives him good mention in Boti's latest article on adelaide now.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/sixer-in-no-dilemma-over-howard-after-bogut-endorsement/story-e6frect3-1225971980219

Bogut tweets about Ron Howard:

great great signing. He can score. Ask him about me, please look after him!

Saw this article on the same page as the LeBron House one...I wonder how well he knows Hulk??? ;)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1338899/Hulk-Hogan-walks-aisle-weds-young-girlfriend.html

Ah, the Sydney hater is back again spreading Christmas joy!

Bogut is just another perspective. Who's relying on his opinion? Just provides an angle for Boti's story and gets some interest amongst fans.

Anon (#300207): Sixers hardly 'relying' on Bogut's view, but it would carry some weight. Why wouldn't it? Bogut would have seen Howard up close at Bucks; and certainly seen more of him in person than most on here.

PS RH's wife has an awesome first name. Pass it on.

PPS Wrong post number IDed: should have been 222.

#dumbarse

To quote Bogut from Isaac's post - "ask him about me"

Is the bigman serious? How awkward would it be approching Howard and saying I ma here to ask about the Bogeyman

You know... a few months ago when a user confidently predicted that Winder wouldn't cut it in the NBL and would get fired based on his stats (perhaps not exactly in such polite terms), said user was burnt at the eStake up in this hizzle.

Just sayin'.


And now back to our regularly scheduled thread:

These happy days are yours and mine, happy days.

Jake, i thought it was a bit weird to. but who knows, him and Bogut might have had some laughs and been mates so there could be a bit of joke there or something which is why he said what he did. otherwise its very weird and random but i doubt thats the case.

Likely just an in-joke or story. Nothing to get excited about.

Have positive thoughts about this guy and if can put up some consistent points and get into some real team work and can provide some real D then along with Shannon have a real team here that can do real well this year not 3 years time .
Think also Clarke has learnt a lot at this level in first 10 games and has great overall knowledge.
Though not too sure what they were so keen to get DeVries after seeing at West Sydney
Cant wait next 3 games

Bretts the man..They got DeVries because he was a superb scorer in the Spanish league. The 36ers coaching staff must have asked around about him and it was revealed he improved many of the flaws that were with him at West Sydney.
The kid can play..You don't become a supreme scorer in the Spanish league by chance. The injury was a bummer.
I think we need to get over it though.

I saw Isaac there above me, just that I had Bob Turner on my mind from last nite, also re recruiting may jun jul , is different to now.
Probably wanted a PG like Shannon rather than a SG Winder and maybe Howard rather than DeVries, but they were heading towards European bigger contracts , then.

Bretts, they couldn't afford Howard at the start of the season. Rest as MACDUB said - I think a fit DeVries would've been OK.

Guess you guys are right but when recruited they talked up DeVries time at West Sydney .
Also know injury help takes your confidence but still dont see as major reason to miss open shots how many times did Brett drag himself on court and not only get open shots but carry team to victory.
understand issue of $ value of getting players now when options dried up and big offers are not floating.
Moving fwd think2 new imports are going to add to some of the good talent we currently have

I thought he was pretty good off the bench at West Sydney and he'd upped his output over in Europe. Shooting slumps happen - I don't think you can predict that. In Europe, he averaged 42.1% from long-range.

Maher was a pretty rare player and obviously few NBL players are going to compare to him. I can't find his year-by-year stats, but I imagine he would've been very consistent with his shooting.

The other year, Holmes was 45% or better. This year, 36% or so. Worthington and Gibson have had 40% years. This year, around 25%. Probably about getting shots in the right spot as much as anything (as the Blaze have a few guys misfiring and so did Adelaide).

I passed on her first name - 'Lareesha'
One told me he regarded this as 'the best name I ever heard.'
One said he didn't like it.. Later, he described it as 'great'
Another said 'it's heartbreaker'

From some of the footage it looks like Howard moves well without the ball which will be good with a pg like Shannon who like to pass it.

Looks as though he doesn't have much of a left hand...