according to this news report they have only offered him 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8z5_q3UYQ8&feature=autoshare

Dammit Schenscher, come to Adelaide

The only person who knows is Luke Schenscher. Just like Mr Lebron James Did.

Offer him the captaincy, coaching position and ownership of the stadium. A big decision coming folks and if Adelaide don't get him, is a sad day for SA basketball. Newley, Ingles and then Schenscher .....

I'd rather someone like Ira Clark

sigh another long season ahead

Clarke made a few comments about the progress
and the signing of any of last seasons players was stalled. He saw that they would build a team around Schenscher.

Scench is overated and not worth throwing stupid money at, if we get him at a decent/fair price for a few years then good if its only 1 year dont worry as he obviously wants the cash as always on 1 year deals.. Remember how many on here were bagging him for being soft and now he is the saviour, id rather a import big and DJ than scench, build a dynasty with lots of other young guys which is the way clarke coaches anyway.

How you keep the young guys when other clubs/europe start offering bigger money is the hard part.

3 years here , I think.
He's happy with Herbert's training and Ng fits, but Bruce is over the cap n Carter gone. They like Weigh
Schenscher/Johnson
Ballinger/Dowdell
Weigh/Creek
Herbert/Ng
Ervin or Mills/Daly
Is how he is thinking.

Mills would be sick but that would be soo far off surely. why would he play for peanuts in a league not really rated by the NBA.

Because if there is a lockout it would give patty a chance to play in Australia for a season or half a season. Also I would assume that Patty would have a lot better chance of getting a contract in the NBL with an NBA out clause than he would in Europe. Dirk is thinking of playing in the German League which is not one of the better leagues in the world because it is home country,

Camel 31 that looks like a good team to me.

Not resigning him in the first place was a mistake. Do what it takes to get him back.

Unfortunately TC I'm pretty sure those two issues aren't mututally exclusive.
He wasn't happy about what happened last year and is not overflowing with gratitude.
But he's still a professional and needs a job so I'm keeping my fingers crossed but I am doubtful it will happen now.
Ervin is the massive target now Martin is gone.

Patty is also extremely patriotic. A lockout provides a great opportunity for early preparation work leading up to the next Olympics.

I have no evidence but I would like to think the Boomers program have plans in place to capitalise on the oppotunities that come with a potential NBA lockout.

I wonder whether Having Johnson and Ballinger would negatively influence Schanscher's decision? There seems to always be the notion around that he overprices himself, implying he has an exaggerated view of his ability/worth. If you add that Ballinger very often plays centre for Adelaide, and Johnson is hardly meant to be getting a reduction in minutes as his contract would wear on, would Schenscher want to be part of that rotation, vs. one at Townsville where Allen wouldn't commaind more than 10-15 mins/game at maximum?

Disregarding my comments re: price and his personal views of his worth then, the question still stands. Would he want to sacrifice his role somewhat due to the presence of Johnson and Ballinger?

What his agent was asking for was publicised by one of the NBL clubs from memory, but that public asking price has to be high in case a European club with deep pockets is interested and looking at him, you dont want to sell yourself short.

Having said that, while he hasnt been on mad money he hasnt come cheap in those two seasons has he? A fair amount which would equal a fair whack when it comes to a talented 7'1 centre.

I was talking about his seasons with Adelaide and Townsville. Agree entirely about his season in Perth, but as a talented 7'1 centre I think his market value would have been pretty decent last off-season, especially with how committed he was to arriving early and doing a full pre-season. That would definitely have impressed clubs and it definitely paid dividends with his play.

If the public would have seen Schensh play as much on TV as they did Julian Khazzouh, there would have been a lot more talk of Luke's chances at MVP, in my opinion.

schenser is better than that fool khazzouh
khazzouh is so talked up
if he is so good why did kings finish bottom

For some reason Luke seems to get comments at each end of the spectrum ie he is weak as piss or he dominates. I see it as somewhere in between. He is a very good low post scorer who makes other teams adjust to him, his rebounding is solid and his defence is a weak spot, particularly his ability to pick up fouls.

He is certainly no Khazzouh who is just as effective close to the basket, a better rebounder, shooter and passer, but if you follow the voting of the NBL coaches he is the third best centre in the league behind JK and Wilkinson. I think that is a fair reflection of his talents.

Well considering he averaged 25 min/game season just gone, I'd say he would average about 14 and 7.

Did anyone catch 10 news last night, I got told the ran a sixers story that we have signed weigh and they think they can get Luke as the offered him a 3 year deal

I am pretty sure that Aiston said that Big Red was flying into town and the 36ers were going to meet with him.

Do you think he would be more effective with more minutes. I think giving him good breathers enhances his play as he is fresh and better able to fight for position and finish with touch.

That was in a 48 minute game, so he was playing just over 60% of the game, same as this year, and translated for a 48 minute game his stats were pretty close the same too (14 & 9 vs 14 & 7).

I dont think he would be much more effective if he started playing a higher percentage of minutes.

And I just pointed out that he was getting a lot of rest back then which he wouldnt get now in a 40 minute game!

i hope schenscer comes to 36ers

OK, I respect your opinion. I just think with him chasing more mobile players around defensively that he needs to rest to be able to operate effectively at the offensive end. It's not an uncommmon thing around the world to give the big centres plenty of rest and aim for quality when they are on.

khazzouh > Schenscher