I think (if his ankle doesn't trouble him) Abercrombie will be in the hunt for MVP this season. Had his 3ball going last season and his mid range jumper to go with his athletism at both ends of the floor. Otherwise Lisch or Jackson.

Breakers for the 3peat.

I just have a really good feeling about this year.

Table
1: Adelaide
2: New Zealand
3: Townsville
4: Perth
5: Woolongong
6: Cairns
7: Melbourne
8: Sydney

MVP: Jamar Wilson
MIP: Chris Goulding
ROY: Nate Tomlinson
DPOY: Adam Gibson
6th Man: Anthony Petrie
COY: Marty Clarke

First import sacked - Darnell Lazare

Table
1: Perth
2: Breakers
3: Cairns
4: Adelaide
5: Wollongong
6: Townsville
7: Sydney
8: Melbourne

1-2, 3-4 and 5-7 are interchangable IMO.

MVP: Cedric Jackson or Jamar Wilson
MIP: Todd Blanchfield or Jason Cadee (will depend on minutes for both)
ROY: Clint Steindl
DPOY: Damian Martin
6th Man: Anthony Petrie (if only because Jesse Wagstaff may start over Cam Tovey)
COY: Lemanis or Fearne
First Import sacked: Braswell

Table
1: NZ
2: Adelaide
3: Cairns
4: Perth
5: Wollongong
6: Melbourne
7: Sydney
8: Townsville

1-5 & 6-8 could be in any order. But I think Melbourne, Sydney and Townsville will be wooped afew times this season.

MVP: Jamar Wilson
MIP: Tyson Demos
ROY: Nate Tomlinson
DPOY: Damian Martin
6th Man: Aaron Bruce
COY: Aaron Fearne if he can get Trigger to play D
First Import sacked: Seth Scott

1 - NZ
2 - Perth
3 - Adelaide
4 - Cairns
5 - Woolongong
6 - Townsville
7 - Melbourne
8 - Sydney

MVP: Jamar Wilson
MIP: Todd Blanchfield
ROY: Nate Tomlinson
DPOY: Damian Martin
6th Man: Jesse Wagstaff
COY: Aaron Fearne

1. NZ
2. Perth
3. Adelaide
4. Cairns
5. Townsville
6. Woolongong
7. Melbourne
8. Sydney

MVP: Cedric Jackson
MIP: Jason Cadee
ROY: Clint Steindl
DPOY: Cedric Jackson
6th Man: CJ Massingale
COY: Lemanis
First Import Sacked: Braswell

Interesting to see all the picks of Blanchfield to nab MIP this year. I've worried about his lack of killer instinct and competitive drive before, having seen him get out-dueled by inferior athletes/ball players in lower leagues in the past. Hope this is the year he puts it all together and starts to rack up more points in the paint and finish through contact.

I also think Abercrombie could have a legit chance to scoop up both MIP and MVP if he has a crack at it.

Also, lol @ A.W. picking Townsville to come last.

Having not seen any of the Crocs imports, I'm picking Scott at this point also. If Braswell goes, it could be a scapegoat situation. Cairns have enough frontcourt depth to cover for Edwards. Melbourne don't have the same insurance with Burston and Ballinger there.

1. Breakers
2. Wildcats
3. 36ers
4. Taipans

First imports to go:Henry, Scott or Braswell.

Sorry Skip, but no way I can let that go.....Marty Clarke for COY (FOLMAO!!!!)

Anon, no scrawny midgets there! Going to come down to how well the Forte experiment runs, I think.

Lots of question marks around the Crocs, but then I'm wrong every year. e.g., Hinder coming back, Allen having another shot at making his mark, Holmes potentially distracted by parenthood, fan frustration with Cedar even?

Can't wait to see how some of these new rosters go.

Top4

NZ
Perth
Woolongong
Adelaide

From viewing teams this is my Predictions

Top 4
NZ
PERTH
ADELAIDE
TOWNSVILLE

NEXT 4
CAIRNS
WOLLONGONG
SYDNEY
MELBOURNE

After teams play in Melbourne will have better idea once seeing every team play together.Imports might be Seth or Henry

Haha how can anyone expect Townsville to finish outside top 3 when they have the best import combo in the comp from the looks of them

Cairns are better equiped this time round to have a real crack,if they can stay fit.
those predicting cairns to finish out of the four.....has the league improved that much??

Spinner - If Marty takes this team that finished bottom the last few years to a Grand Final, how would that not make him worthy of Coach of the year? I am confident we will be playing in April.

Skip - fair call

J, how can you rate 2 imports you have never seen and with that, rate them the best import combo? Imports can look good and may have even played well in other leagues, doesnt mean they will play well here!

Tornado, but they look so tough!

The two almost guaranteed of a top four finish are Breakers and Wildcats. Sydney without the Big Sneeze should take out the wooden spoon and won't Marty be glad to hand that baby over. Maybe there should be an official wooden spoon handing over ceremony.

Adelaide should be the big improvers this year. I like the addition of Petrie who should give the side some much needed rebounding biffo. The teams are all pretty close so any injury to key players will upset the apple cart.

Imports? Gee, Adelaide has had the knack of picking the ugliest, clumsiest, most un co-ordinated goofy girl at the high school dance for a few years now. Let's hope any Adelaide import doesn't have two left feet this season

Table
1: NZ
2: Cairns
3: Perth
4: Adelaide/Townsville
5: Townsville/Adelaide
6: Wollongong
7: Sydney
8: Melbourne

Townsville and Adelaide will battle for fourth. Anyone with half a brain will write off Sydney and Melbourne. Wollongong have a marginal chance, will be great to see their American backcourt, Hurdle looks sleek as feck.

MVP: Adris Deleon
MIP: Alex Pledger (Abercrombie is already elite, he won't get MIP)
ROY: Clint Steindl
DPOY: Damian Martin
6th Man: Aaron Bruce
COY: Aaron Fearne

DreamTeam winner: me

Sydney are ok but lack depth so are susceptible to injury and key players having off nights.

Townsville have talent but are far from a finished product and will rely on two young PGs.

Melbourne looked better than I thought. Should definitely be competitive but not great.

Cairns rely a lot on Wilson but will be good when he plays well.

New Zealand are New Zealand but Wilkinson is a big loss.

Adelaide have a lot of offensive talent and are clicking but still seem to have issues defensively.

Wollongong have a nice team but are susceptible to frontcourt injuries.

Perth are still Perth but Nevill is a big loss.

Most of all, it's hard to tell too much until the real stuff starts!

There goes my prediction of Townsville winning the spoon and there goes everybodies first import sacked predictions.

Surely Townsville can't assemble anything worse than they just did?

I still bottom 3 and getting wooped a few times with Melbourne and Sydney. But Sydney for the spoon now.

" Haha how can anyone expect Townsville to finish outside top 3 when they have the best import combo in the comp from the looks of them"

Not the best call I've ever seen.