bursten
tregarth( forget the spelling?)
rush/
?/ dillion/ corletto
? / ^see dillion

not a bad line up.

need to find a pg import ild think, and very good support for burston/ tregarth, and maybe a starting guard?? i think that line up with an ubaka quality pg would be a top contender. the other big would have to be quality as bursten has been injury prone and need to cover both bursten and tregarth.

Phil you forgot Lewis

Burston/Backup C
Trigger/Backup PF
Rush/Lewis
Dillon/Corletto
Import/Backup Pg

Burston / ______
Trigger / _______
Rush / Greer
Corletto / Lewis
_____ / Dillon

Must keep Lucas Walker.
Import PG - Ubaka? Ervin?
Back Up Big - Ben Allen maybe?

Ben Allen is signed with the crocs

How about Jacob Holmes as a back-up 4? Can rebound well, decent role player. Don't expect his asking price would be too high...

For a backup 5 though, have no idea. At the moment at least

Wow - if it pans out, Rush and Dillon are great signings for the Tigers. Wonder how Greer will feel at Rush starting his starting spot from him?

They still desperately need a decent PG to bring it all together, and I reckon they should also prioritise the signing of Walker.

Wonder what points Rush would be valued at in returning from the Swedish League in europe? Kickert if he comes back to Oz from his Polish team may face the same prospect as Rush.

DMAC been given the lemon and sarc.... Now he'll need to find a real job like the rest of us.

Greer although has started for a long time I reckon is more suited to an impact guy coming off the bench. Just like during 07/08 ish when he played with that full court defense in spurts.

Priority definitely has to be finding a gun at point guard. Anything less won't be good enough.

I think they have picked up a good 2 and 3 sf.
They now need to find a great US PG that can score and a good aussie back up PG
l agree with Phil, that they need a back up centre for Burstons as he is ill injury prone

Did the 36ers go for Rush?

No loyalty from Dillon!!

Nope! But at least he is coming to Melbourne :D

If Ubaka has left Cairns too as rumored, they could be in trouble next season

there is a big chance ubaka will turn up where dillon does.(nightclub buddies)

cairns certainly played a big role in dillons break out season......loyalty is a thing of the past.

like m.beecroft said the other day.....'if we pay every free agent what they are asking,we will be broke again'.

its a cut throat game this pro sports......cairns role in the league looks to be that of giving young unknown(or dumped) players a go,and taking calculated value based,risks with imports.

it worked last season !!!!!

I'm pretty sure that Lewis and Greer are contracted for next season so the signing of Rush might have been a proactive move by the Tigers to cover for Walker?

Definitely agree, the more ball handlers the better! Some teams last year had 3 pg's on their roster's while Melbourne where in struggletown with 1.

Maybe even Luke Martin? His speed combined with Dillon would be impressive. As a backup of course !

Why does every fan talk about loyalty?!?! Clubs aren't loyal to anyone so why should expect a player to be? Loyalty is a thing of the past when u worked for free and stAyed at a club for life. U have to look out for #1 in this game because if u don't no one will.

Dillon made the right decision. Playing in front of family and friends and being in his home town.

Walker is no 4 man. If these signings go through there is no spot for him as a 3.

He is definitely capable of playing both forward spots, as he showed last season.

I don't see a spot for Walker either unfortunately. 2 point guards and another centre is what they need I reckon. Even though he can play both forward positions, I think they are looking for a backup for Burston. Tragardh is a 4 man and can't really shift over to the 5 so they need a big guy

I think they desperately need an athletic 3-4 man and if they arent going for an import then Walker would be the man. I have heard he has already been offered a contract by Melbourne.

If Paul is correct and Walker has been offered a contract, I think the Tigers might be looking to build a team similar to that of the Breakers last season and play small ball.

The Tigers are also rumoured to be looking at Peter Crawford and an import PG.

If these signings occur the Tigers roster could look as follows:

Starters: Trigger, Greer, Rush, Crawford, Import.
Bench: Burston, Walker, Lewis, Corletto, Dillon.

Which is very similar to the NZ roster of last season.

NZ: Wilkinson, Vukona, Abercrombie, Penney, Henare.
Bench: Pledger, Boucher, Anthony, Bruton, Braswell.

Dillon made the right call..............If he wants holidays in April 2012!!

I was told of the rumoured offer to Walker well before Rush was announced though, I wonder if that affects things? I think the Tigers would be mad not to keep Walker though.

walker would be a good signing for the taipans

Walker is a great signing for any team that needs a swingman and a guy who can play mins at PF. The Tigers need a big guy for when Burston goes down with injury (Melbourne got lucky last year with him being pretty much healthy). I reckon they would be silly to go after Crawford now too. There are already too many other players who can play his position on the roster!