You forgot Mitch Creek, not too keen on Ubaka either

Johnson
Petrie
SF Import. Starters
Gibson
Import PG

Luke
Backup young
Forman
Cadee. Bench
Daly

Ubaka won't be in sixers uniform.we will get a new face import fresh face..
I think Wright wants to build team for the future like he did at Gold Coast not too many older players in team .

Creek on bench until he is match fit.

C Johnson/Schenscher
F Petrie/Person getting splinters
F Weigh/Creek
G Import/Person getting splinters
G Gibson/Cadee


As i've been saying for a long time, it's better to have 8 good players than 10 decent players. We should put all we can into a good import, and keep Weigh (I think he was one of our best last year apart from Johnson, and consistent defensively).

Let Johnson/Petrie/Schensch take up all the minutes in the C/PF roles. Fourth guy can be someone like Pero who will sit with splinters and hopefully never have to be used in anything other than junk time.

C/PF 80mins; 32 for Johnson, 28 for Petrie, 20 for Schensch.

PG/SG/SF 120 mins; 32 for Gibbo, 28 for import, 20 for Weigh, Creek, Cadee.

@KET - "As i've been saying for a long time, it's better to have 8 good players than 10 decent players."

Normally I'd agree, but the Wildcats have shown that not to be the case with the way the NBL is officiated these days. I doubt guys like Hire, Trueman and Bartlett would get half the minutes they do at Perth, elsewhere. Even the Breakers had 9 good players, and one freak in Cedrick Jackson.

Also, I don't think the club has the $$$ to keep Weigh and spend big on an import: it's essentially the same team from last season, and only minimum wage imports in Massingale and Christopherson could be afforded.

For my liking:

Schenscher/Pero or Jan Warbout*
Johnson/Petrie**
Import/Creek
Gibson/Import
Cadee/Doyle***

*Not necessarily sold on Jan.
** I like Petrie as the spark off the bench.
*** I'm assuming Daly is gone to Sydney?

My imports:
Ron Dorsey - without knowing too much about Joey Wright, I believe he would command enough respect to rein a guy like Dorsey in and refine his shot selection. Then you have a dangerous 3-point shooter with the ability to slash and finish at the rim. Not sure if he's as willing to play for minimum(ish) money as I've read though.

Rotnei Clarke - anyone who saw this kid play at Butler over the past few years would know this kid is a consummate professional. As is 'The Butler Way'. I doubt he'll get much of a look from NBA scouts, but I seriously think he could be the next Kevin Lische and dominate at the NBL level. This also allows plenty of minutes for Cadee with Clarke's inexperience.

I say take a punt on the kid and wait him out a few years, though I'm not delusional to the improbability of it actually happening. Also not sure what his salary demands are coming straight out of college.

This thread feels like it has been done to death but here is my look at it. Probably get laughed at for these suggestions (or atleast some of them)

PG - Darius Johnson-Odom / Jason Cadee
SG - Adam Gibson / Drew Williamson
SF - Ron Dorsey / Mitch Creek
PF - Adam Petrie / Jonah Bolden
C - Daniel Johnson / Luke Schenscher

I think we should just keep the same team as last year.

Sorry.... maybe except SC.

Sign LeBron James, he can opt out of his Miami contract.

2eazy

Being a Gibbo fan, I hope Joey keeps him at the pg spot.

Not a revelation in saying that things didn't work too well when Deleon was brought in to the Blaze and primarily ran the point, with Gibbo forced to the two. Gibbo looked out of place at times, and fairly much said so. Hasn't been shy to say he prefers to have the ball in his hands and play the 1.

I envisage a lot of quick lineups with Cadee and Gibbo on court together alternating handling duties, would hazard a guess and say Joey goes for a legit 2/3 import. Wonder what Ebi is doing.

Being solid shooters, fair to say we can expect DJ and Peach to get the lion's share of minutes up front. Will be interested to see what run Schench gets as he doesn't have great range, and I can't recall Joey ever running with such a tall bloke and his accompanying skill set.

Whatever happens, I hope you Adelaide fans finally get a taste of success after a few stale years, you certainly deserve it.

Joey should look at some of the New Zealand Imports some nice stats.

I recall Mark Davis playing there before he played for the Adelaide 36ers and made impact in his firdt season.

Dont want recycled imports of Dorsey,people want see fresh faces so that will excite the team and bring people back to our stadium.

*** I'm assuming Daly is gone to Sydney?

@wookie
Daly to sydney is mentioned here in the gibbo signing thread, hoops is the only place ive heard it mentioned. Would be dispionted to see him go.
Would be interested to know where this info has come from...

Re: Daly. I don't know that to be the case: just what I've read here. Could be 100% bum fluff.

Since his DP status has expired, it wouldn't surprise me that he's pushing for a larger role wherever he can find one. It also wouldn't surprise me that he were offered a solid 15mpg bench role elsewhere given his performances down the stretch of last season.

Who was the big guy (rookie) for the crocs that shot a few 3s end of last season? Shit rebounder

Thought I'd throw my team into the ring;

C - DJ/Schenscher
PF - Petrie/Pero
SF - DJ Kennedy or Glen Rice Jr/Creek
SG - Chris Roberts/Lewis
PG - Gibson/Cadee