Just saw that post too and came here to share. But no idea about who it could be.
Heck, I'm still flabbergasted as to how an NBA player can miss 25 shots in a game

Julius?

Just re-read and noticed it didn't actually mention 'import' so may be a returning Aussie?

Ater Majok

Scott Christopherson

Link: And the foul

Hmm... Will reserve judgement on this one.
Article doesn't give you much confidence.

SOUNDS GOOD - OUR LAST CYCLONE IMPORT in adelaide WAS A MVP.

that will test your knowledge...

"He was released by the team recently after averaging over 6 ppg whilst shooting the ball at 35% from the field."

Ehhhh

Whats the quality of the Belarus league like? Can anyone shed any light on it?

Seems like we released Massingale only to sign another Massingale, while enduring three weeks where we could have used Massingale...

Hope I'm wrong and he can become a starter for us.

"Scott Christopherson will fill a large hole in the team after import CJ Massingale was released a few weeks ago"

Does this mean he will play CJ's 'Large Hole' minutes?

Does not seem the most inspired pick, but as i have said before the aussie content on the roster should be enough for us to get win. If he can get the ball in the hoop all the better.

Could make finals without an import scoring anything, but need better coaching from Marty to do it.

Guessing this is the smart shooter he wants? Reasonable clips at college from three and the stripe. Cross your fingers.

Mmmmm we just wait til it's official ,looks fast on court .
Like the comments of anonymous disagree with his own comments.

Didn't Clark say he wanted a player who could create his own shots and drive to the basket...nothing about the reports on this guy say he has that ability.

Should have spent the money on a coach

It is pretty ironic that in Europe this guy when playing less then 20 minutes (which he will be playing for the sixers) he shot 20% from 3 point range, yet CJ gets let go for shooting better then that.

I hope he turns out to be a Lisch type but from what I see is that it shows more evidence that CJ was used as a scapegoat by Clarke.

Watching some clips of him seems to have a Ben Madgen type game. I would be happy with that, as long as he he is aggressive. Need someone who can hit the three but also penetrate and finish or dish. If he brings that I would be happy with this signing. But time will tell.

It does get boring, get us a new import then before he arrives bag him for why he might not work and the back to Marty play him for minutes crap. He is not and neither was CJ a $200k import starter, why expect that......

yeah was hoping for someone to get excited about, an import with a little personality and flair to his game.....maybe next year.

lol this kid wouldnt even make a seabl roster. dead srs

Christopherson was playing for the bottom team in the VTB United league, the best in Europe outside the Euroleague. He only played five games, so I would take too much from that stint.

His first one he tore a decent Russian team (ie NBL standard) a new one with 16p on 5/7 and 2/2 3p. After that his minutes and shot attempts dropped away.

I havent watched any of their games but in Europe that can happen to guys who struggle to get the team defence or are just bad defenders.

I highly doubt he will be at the level of Lisch or a fit Devries, who is the third leading scorer in Spain. He could be similar offensively to Lisch straight out of college though.

Should be a step up on Massingale at least and has the benefit of coming down half a step in standard instead of trying to go up 1.5 steps.

hopefully he gets on the court against the Breakers.

Best of luck to him. What's he or the fans got to lose.

A paid trip to Australia in summer and a quick visit to google would have given him a pretty good idea that Adelaide is a transit lounge for professional basketballers. Enjoy the buffet, the Sixers really should be sponsored by Adelaide Airport or the Department of Immigration.

As fans we get a new player to chat about, get excited by his first game and then slowly watch him get less and less minutes and feast on the innuendo about why he can't deliver the way he did in his first game.

We've seen enough of the import carousel to make an educated guess whether or not he'll be here next season, but as always I liike happy endings so hopefully I'm wrong.

He Flies in tomorrow, so he should be active for the breakers game.

Will be interesting to see how he goes considering he is a PG that only avg 3.6 Assists on his team in collage..but it was Royce Whites team.

Just watched a half of one of his games. The big issue appeared they were trying to use him as a PG when he is an SG.

Has a decent handle as an SG so he can help against presses which is very handy in the NBL, but doesnt have the speed or instincts of a PG.

He can create his own shot though and has a nice stroke (40%+ 3p in college and 50% in VTB league). His defence is ok but he will have to pick it up against the level of guards here. He is definitely a rookie, plays young.

It seems to me the 36ers have gone for someone who can give them what they thought Massingale would be able to. His pedigree is good it's just a matter of whether he can produce.

Can't wait to see the new man. Marty and the Rat have been so solid and stuck behind all their memorable import choices so far...

The new imports first game is their best (other than CJ) , then they make a wrong pass in clarke's system,
mucha like BigAds has just said.

Just being devil's advocate here:
If this guy does OK and we make the playoffs, does that mean Marty is a chance at being back next year?

massive "IF"

So, assuming this is the guy, it seems safe to say that he's white - which may be significant, given some reported comments and attitudes - and that his recruitment is not about bringing initiative or excitement to the team or fans.

While that is sad for said team and fans, I guess it ensures the coaches will be able to continue micro-managing plays on a pass-by-pass basis without having to worry about a player wanting to display some initiative or actually try to spark the team, lift the crowd or win matches.

Seems to me that in turn means we are likely to continue seeing the point guard standing in the middle of the court waving his arms trying to get players into positions they seem to have no idea about or don't want to be in.

36ers are a bunch of morons. they couldnt run a brothel. this Cristopherson kid, couldnt perform in a country which isnt even in the top 80 basketball nations in the world. Another clever play by an incompetent coach and an incompetant franchise that desperately needs Ken Cole to take over

From the looks of Christopherson, and if the requirements are for a player that can score and create for himself, I would have stuck with Massingale.

Massingale would have been serviceable but not the 6ers saviour.

I think fans should not expect the world of Christopherson. Hope the plays aren't too complicated for him to pick up in weeks.

I haven't seen enough of Christopherson to go and condemn his signing before seeing him play. But from the couple of YouTube clips I've seen he has good range and a good shot.

I'm prepared to see how he plays with Adelaide under Marty Clarke before passing judgement on him. And on that note I hope he turns out to be one of the better import players we've had here in Adelaide.

In the spirit of Christmas, welcome to Adelaide and the 36ers, Scott. I will wait until I have actually seen you play for the 36ers before judging your ability and the wisdom of your recruitment.

very favourable final year numbers to that of Lisch despite being at a more prominent school and tougher conference.

I hope the sixers have bagged a diamond here for everyone's sake.

i was expecting a 6'5 2/3 but if this guy can give us some consistent outside firepower options then that bodes well for the rest of the season.

"Can't get Carter or DeVries back....hey how about Scott Christopherson, he's young and will do everything we tell him to do"

"Mark, call the front office and tell them to customise the media release we sent out when I signed Troy DeVries. Oh and Merry Christmas Mark, lets blow this popsical stand"

Guys, seriously? Do you want the 36ers to fail?

Christopherson hasn't even landed in the country yet and immediately he's a dud...

I'm just as frustrated with the team's performance thus far as anyone else, but bitching on a forum about a player nobody has ever had a decent look at is just retarded.

In all likelihood, Marty probably has a better idea of how good Christopherson is than any of us. If Marty's wrong, and he is a dud, then it will take a big effort from Gibbo, Petrie, Johnson, Weigh etc to make finals.

And if we don't make finals: Marty will be gone by next season. Be happy.

Criticizing is easy. Take the high road, come out to the 6ers-Breakers game this week and hope for the best.

It's up to the players (and coaches) to win games, but it's up to us to keep the club alive. So do it.

Good luck Scott, hopefully we can turn this around and make a run. It is now or never, if we don't win At least 4 from the next 6 the season is over. Go Sixers!

100% agree there PlaymakerMo. Well said. How about we give the guy a chance and actually support the club instead of immediately jumping online and claiming that the 36ers have made yet another mistake in recruiting under Clarke.

Well said Mo. Although I think it's going to take more than finals for Marty to keep his job. Unless we look like serious contenders at the end of the year, I would expect Marty to be gone.

Dayumm that list of imports is horrible. I wish we could have a better hit percentage on our imports, similar to when Smyth was coach. Mee, Brooks, Farley, Rychart, even Garrison knew his role and fitted in on the team.

league minimum = he aint gonna be all that

hopefully he is great bang for buck and isn't happy how his last gig went down and wants to prove himself. It's just that no matter how good he is, as soon as he starts getting hot, Clarke will bench him.

Firstly compare apples with apples. Clarke v Smyth is stupid, different era, different salary cap and still Smyth at the end of his era copped crap and people wanted him gone.

Secondly all teams have had a high turnover of imports not just Adel which IMO is a reflection of the reduced salary cap and the abiltiy to recruit and keep better quality at the moment.

Thirdly how about we give this guy a chance before bagging him. It seems everyone wants success but wants to complain and hate on the club more.

You can't dismiss the power of the Internet in the modern era. It is a lot easier for players to advertise themselves to the world. Hence the player is searching a larger field now for their next gig and coaches don't need to look that hard with tape and scouting reports everywhere to choose from.

Also those imports of Smyth would have been on 4/5 times what a good import gets these days

Yet we are blessed with some quality Imports at the moment.

Seriously, do some of you actually want the 36ers to fail? Some people here seem to have Christopherson marked as as a dud before they've even seen what he can or can't do.

I'm not saying the club has made the right choice of player, but I'm not saying they've got it wrong either. I'm at least prepared to give the guy the benefit of the doubt and see how he plays with the 36ers before adding him to Marty Clarke's growing list of failed imports.

Singlets...please don't let facts, logical thining and common sense get in the way of some Clarke Bashing....thats very Un-Australian (South Australian).

10 players. 5 pg/sg 1 s/f 1 dnp c 2 c and 1 pf.
Great balance??? Stevie to play 35 plus. 4 to share whats left after Gibbo's 35. Crazy

So another player for Clarke to screw up...............sit on the bench and not have an opportunity to contribute and then blame him for your shit coaching you tool. Clarke you have stuffed this team and any opportunity we may have had at finals. Great 3 year plan and great way to succeed with one of the best rosters in the league. Tool

Too many pessimists and not enough believers

Memo to Isaac :- this site appears to be going the way of the old Perth site. Outrageous comment by either the very young or people with not enough brains to be an idiot. Please can we have some sort of identifier instead of the inumerable anonymous posts?

I also believe that we need someone who can drive and dish. We also need a reliable outside shooter so that the defence can no longer sag off their player and clog up the middle negating our bigs. Maybe, just maybe one of our problems have been attended to.

I too will be considering what to do with the season ticket that I have religiously purchased since 1985.

It's over to you Marty

"I also believe that we need someone who can drive and dish"

*Cough* Gibbo *Cough*.

"We also need a reliable outside shooter so that the defence can no longer sag off their player and clog up the middle negating our bigs."

Ummm...Weigh is #1 in 3pt%, Petrie is actually 41.7% but does not qualify as he has not made enough shots.

"It's over to you Marty"

Of course....its all on Marty (and the Redhead).

Ater Majok replaced him in europe.

Singlets, +1.

I think Marty will do to this import what he does with the majority of his imports which is tell them to stand in the corner and wait for the three point shot. Which sounds like a good plan in this instance cos it looks like scott can actualy shot 3's but then again it looked like CJ could shot a 3 before he got here too.

Corin Henry wasn't predicted to do well either. Look at him. On paper, he is a 5'10" guy who played in some league no one has ever heard of. Give this new guy a break ffs. So many people on here are such shitheads. You ego-maniac fuckers just need to wait and see before making ridiculous predictions. Look at his 3pt shooting percentages in his college career. If he doesn't have good numbers in whatever European country he was playing in, maybe he is a standup shooter who didn't have the facilitators that he did in college.

I am getting more sick of this site every day with the kind of bullshit people go on with. Half of the time I go on this site now, it's because I feel like laughing at people's stupidity.

Anon 394022

"If you think a team with 4 PGs, 1 SF, 1 PF and 3 Cs is balanced and praise worthy then by my guest."

The new guy is more of a two. Gibson has spent more time playing the two than the one at both NBL and Boomers level in the last few years. Two ball handling guards are a common recipe for success in the NBL at present.
DJ is a 4/5 and seeing as he does his best work facing the basket and off the dribble rather than working on the low block 4 is probably his natural position in offence. The fact that he can't defend anyone applies no matter where he plays. At least you got the 1 SF bit right.

"If you don't want criticism, feedback or constructive feedback then why visit Hoops SA? Go to www.disney.com"

Much of a muchness. Plenty of fantasy that makes me laugh at either site. At least on here there is a smattering of adults. Usually with a username rather than anons.

"SA basketball fans have always been knowledgeable"

Maybe you listen to Carfino too often.

"When we see something we don't like we voice it".

I would say it is more like..When we loose we like to blame people.


"Would prefer that to other teams who don't have enough fans to support a forum or ongoing financial viability."

Other fans have common forums and often like to discuss the game in general as well as their own teams. They also visit here because quite a few posters who frequent here and other non sixers threads have a good insight into all things basketball. Of course when the Sixers loose they also come here to laugh at the negativity based usually on the result and little else.

"Whether you love it or hate it, Adelaide fans will crucify a coach"
You got that bit right.

As far as Marty goes I think his two biggest failings are.
Not being able to get a player with the tools that DJ possesses to play within a team concept in offence and improve his defence.
Believe it or not. Not getting more shots for Weigh out of his sets. Weigh is about as good a 3pt shooter as there is and has the skills to take smaller threes on down low. Not sure why he gets so much criticism as he has been solid on both ends of the court pretty much all season.

Just gotta give Marty a fair go, other coaches get multiple seasons to formulate a fruitful season, why can't Marty get the same courtesy?

Well , you shouldn't feel offended or anything , if you don't get it , you don't really have to think about it - Weigh plays the teams most minutes every game in a losing team . Creek the most popular with the crowd and Petrie number 2 , in limited minutes off the bench.

Marcus Camby, surely you're not serious...

This is year 3 of Marty's reign and there are still so many questions regarding his coaching ability. It's been three years and it still doesn't look as though Marty and the coaching staff have developed an "identity" for which to build the team around. Look at top teams in the NBA and you notice they have an identity. Miami have the big 3 with spacers. OKC is run and gun, the Lakers are trying to bring back showtime etc. With this team I really don't get how he has "built" the team, especially considering that the majority of this roster were signed this season, despite Marty saying he needed a three year plan to build it. In addition, the team on set plays look as disjointed now as they did when he first started coaching here. How often do we see the shot clock down to 5 seconds with the ball way up the top of the arc not far from the half way line because Marty's set play didn't work? Combine that with his questionable roster moves at times and he really is a sitting duck. This roster that the 6ers have should be challenging for a title, and they can't even beat the bottom side at home.

How tall did the Sixers say Scott was??
Shook hands with Clarke .....i think hes 6.1 not 6.3 as described.I will wonder around before Sixers game and try and get height check.Another Marty stuffup.
We just wait and see what he has before commenting ,someone posted that he is a Ben Madgen type player,wait and see.

#394056 - you are right ........... No real emotion over the Clarke era other than hate, resentment and disgust in how poor he has been as a coach. The owners keep throwing their money at him and we fans keep blindly supporting the team and this is repaid by the pathetic insipid excuse for a coach we have to endure. If the team doesn't implode during the off season, it will need a big effort to restore the fan's confidence. Pathetic Clarke. Why don't you do us all a favour and piss off back to Canberra and take your mate with you.

Weigh playing the 3 for 40 mins is ok. Gibbo is ok in the point. DJ is ok in the 4 or 5. Dont bitch about that as its not the problem! The core is there & lets see what happens. Hope marty can turn it round but it's not looking good! If he doesn't then i hope he moves on ok. He tried....

Oh no, an import shorter than advertised. Sack Marty! They are all shorter than advertised!

I saw him this morning and he seemed a little shorter than 6"3 but not by much, I'm around 6"3 and we were almost eye level.

I hope this doesn't turn into another "Sack Marty" thread

I agree with Marcus Camby, purely blaming the coach for all things wrong is unfair. Do I like agreeing with Marcus? No!

I find Marty's approach to the head coaching role frustrating, confusing and lacking flexibility. I get angry because he seems totally disinterested in engaging with the fanbase, but does he need to? probably not, its more a discretionary task than a core duty. So I don't like the coach because he doesn't pamper to my whims, however he does finally, have an exciting group that have the potential to win a championship, and he has the arrogance to believe he can deliver it.

Yes there are still short comings of individuals in the playing group and one or two players may not be around next season, and no, I don't think Marty's system can deliver one, however I hope we can keep this group together and in some way I think it would great for Marty to deliver that outcome (I have visions of Marty behind a microphone and stating "hoop posters...you were wrong" Mark Williams style).

Unlike previous seasons I believe the cattle is now there and it seems more a matter of tinkering than, unlike previous seasons, wholesale changes.

So can Scott Christopherson help with the tinkering? Boy I hope so because I'm tired of seeing players shipped in and then shipped out in the space of a season and not given much of a chance by the coach.

"Agree they are all shorter when they get off the plane but if he is 6 foot or 6'1" it is certainly arguable it makes him even more unsuitable than first advertised. A 6'1" player is going to struggle to play the 2 and certainly the 3 at NBL level. Certainly on the defensive end.
"
Yep. Hawks are really struggling. Hawks have played all three guards a little since Davo went down. But never let the facts get in the way of a good Sixers bagging.

Chewy316, I take your point that the results aren't there right now @ Year 3. However, you bring up a good point, identity. You want the team to have an identity, yet how do you propose to build an identity with the roster @ Year 1 & 2?

If one were to be honest, those first 2 years were a rebuilding phase, where :

- Marty was getting a feel of being a Head Coach @ NBL level.
- Where young talent was being developed (and it has with Weigh, DJ and to an extent Creek).
- Where the right pieces were being placed together.

As you have noted, this is the first year this team has the pieces to challenge, I ask you, HOW do you expect any coach bring in an identity in 11 Rounds?

Bevo did not have an identity for the Cats @ Round 11 in their Championship year.

As with a lot of teams with big changes, it takes time to gel no matter what the chatter suggests.

What I fear is the fans have Miami Heat - Superfriends or Boston Celtics - Boston Three Party'esque expectations.

Scenarios like this are a RARITY! Most teams cannot turn it around like they do.

What I see on this forum is often very disrespectful, demeaning and generally counter-productive.

I feel embarassed for the 6er team when Gibbo is interviewed and has to say (to the effect of) the team is unified despite social media and online BS.

Marty is blamed for EVERYTHING.

- Plays that don't work out, all on Marty. I refer to the last play @ the last 6ers game, DJ was supposed to shoot the ball, NOT try to fake out 2 guards (when he is 6'10). Yet Marty is at fault.

- Import revolving door. Please have a look around the whole league and see just how many imports stay more than one season. I think Lisch and Gruber (is Gruber still an import?) would have the longest tenure @ 3 - 4 years. SYD, MEL, TSV, CRN, ADL, NZB, WOL and PER ALL HAVE 1 or more new imports...guess what I just named all 8 teams in the league. Do people cry out 'Sack Lemanis' when Wilkinson left? Diamon Simpson went to the NBA ffs.

- Someone on here just blamed Marty for the new import being shorter than advertised. I don't think there is one coach in the NBL that would keep their jobs if they were to be fired for such a crime.

I am not saying Marty is perfect and faultless in this situation. I too scratch my head @ the rotations, but does that automatically mean he is useless?

I think if one were to step back from all the negative emotion, one would see that Marty is not getting the same courtesies other teams / fan bases give their coaches.

"Yeah. Hawks have a good coach. What is your point?"

try reading. My point was to refute what another anon clown posted, stating that 6'1" players are going to struggle playing the two in the NBL. Just gave him an example of where players of that height or less are not struggling.
Where did I mention anything about "good coach".

Oh sorry. Forgot that facts hold little relevance here.

You are quite right Marcus, Marty isn't to blame for everything. But things he can own:
The alienation of the fanbase.
His W-L record, the worst in the league during his time in the game, and comfortably the worst in Adelaide's storied history.
A good 75% of the vitriol directed at him. The rest is pure hate.
The fact that his team are boring and uninspiring to watch.

I hope you don't think that we want the team to fail. None of us do, but most of us are simply not willing to wait a decade for him to learn how to be a head coach of a professional team. I think if could poll the owners and those who decided to contract him for three years you would probably find that there would be unanimous agreement that that decision was a complete mistake.

He is not improving, not in any way. We are a game or so in front of the same time last year because we picked up a Boomer and another starter when the Blaze fell over. So I suppose if Perth drop out of the league this offseason then we'll have a chance at the playoffs next year.

As a general rule, facts hold very little relevance on this site. The casual observers who call themselves posters just say things for the sake of getting words on a screen. There are so many phony justifications and the comments are mostly shit and the polar opposite of thought provoking. Also, there is absolutely no way to change someone's mind on this site.

It's some kind of mindset people have on here that they are always right. So for those who are actually trying to get a point across on here, forget it. Your comment just drowns in the sea of crap in every thread. Most of the crap is from anonymous posters for that matter. That's another thing, f*** anonymous posters annoy the shit out of not just me, but pretty much everyone else who frequents the site.

Anon'084...

Taking your example of Wollongong...last year they had a disastrous year, bad imports, bad defence, low team morale.

Now it could be said that WOL supporters are also used to success (having made the GF 2 years prior), why didn't they turn on Geordie last year?

NZ fans were also unhappy with NZ's progress in Lemanis' early years, yet they stuck with him. It paid off. Woolpert was copping flak at the start of the year, few suggested his time @ TSV was up but nothing like the weekly Witch Hunts here.

I respect others' freedom to disrespect / dislike / hate Clarke, it happens.

However, I'd like to highlight the folly of doing so.

I refer you to the many posts where fans are hoping for Sixer losses (like against TSV) so as to be a catalyst for Clarke's axing.

Do you think such posts are helpful?

Spursfan, everyone here is anonymous, including you. The difference is that you are hiding behind an alias, whereas others are not. Using an alias doesn't give you any more credibility due to the fact that there are no registration requirements here so we can use as many aliases as we like.

See, my alias is not my real name.

You can be passionate and reasonable / logical.

Last I checked they were not mutually exclusive.

Weekly 'Sack Marty', 'Marty Sux', 'Goodbye Marty' threads != Reason / Logic.

Anon'126..

That's a bit rought isn't it?

I've tried to address each point with a counter.

If by selective reading, you mean I will ignore Weigh = Love Child posts, then yes guilty.

Camby's Cheque, those using an alias maintain something of a reputation, whether it's glowing or not. That tends to discourage poor quality posts. Note: tends.

I am leaning towards removing anonymous posting in the next few weeks.

Would my posts be any more or less legitimate if I were a registered user?

Nothing stopping you using an alias or registering an account through an aliased email.

I am leaning towards removing anonymous posting in the next few weeks.

^ good idea. I get over reading threads where 70% are Anon posts. Makes it easier to distinguish between posters, heck BJ Anthony could be posting on here and I'd have no idea ;)

'137, that's the spirit.

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But why is Clarke saying he won't start? Bring a new player in from the other side of the planet to sit on the pine?

Spinner, perhaps because Cadee probably has an a agreement from Clarke that he will always start. Regardless, of how Weigh or Cadee play they will always start.

Yea, no import tonight....bugger.....

http://www.nbl.com.au/teams/36ers/news/article/article/2012/december/christopherson-not-suiting-up-tonight/

Not too much of a surprise considering the time of year they're trying to get the paper work through.

Gonna be a tough one tonight.

Good how in the article he is quoted as sayin that he is "looking forward to playing in front of his new home crowd". Too bad that dipshit will only give home a few minutes off the bench per game and then blame him for the team missing the finals yet again. I can't wait for the end of the 3 year plan of failure to finally be over.