Burdon is solid...but not quite good enough for the NBL.

Rubbish!

Whenever he came on court when Erik was at the Sixers things happened. He was a scoring machine and had a soft touch outside the arc. Have a look at his stats broken down in a per minute play. I could only find his 2009 stats, which were:

9 games @ 3.2 mpg, 2.4 ppg @ 58.3%, 3P% 75% FT 100% (2/2) 0.4 rpg, 0.2 asp, 0.4 spg.

Extrapolated to say a 10 mpg position (a #8 or #9 man?):

7.6 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 0.7 apg, 1.4 spg

He would be a very handy addition to a squad. I would be very disappointed if the Wildcats picked him up and he did a Madgen and caned the Sixers senseless on Brett Maher Court.

I like Isaac am also a fan, i wanted the 36ers to get him to replace SC last season once it was clear SC wasnt going to work out, also think he would be a good fit as back up sg this season behind a import sg with Cadee and Gibbo playing pg.

Come on sixers dont lose all the SA talent interstate, he isnt necessarily going to be a star but could play a 'Ng type' role imo. I would like us to have atleast one of Daly or Burdon on our roster next season.

As for height, position, etc off the top of my head he would be a 6'3ish shooting guard, prob between 25 and 30 years old. A good shooter and decent at handling the ball, etc, pretty sure he won the Wollacott a couple of years ago and is doing well in the SEABL. A good, cheap back up sg imo.

Also, im sure most 36ers fans would agree, all the best with the trials Erik, hope you get a NBL spot, i hope its with the 36ers, but if the Wildcats snap you up, all the best to you, i will watch with great interest.

Sounds like a very good move for the Wildcats if they can swing it - 1-3pts for what looks like a solid bench addition. Need to find a few like this given how many points we already have nailed down with our starters.

Guys he can't guard a chair! That was the knock on him not his shooting!

Not sure how the i don't play D thing will go down in Perth

I'll take a bench player who can't guard but can shoot - there were times during the year that being able to throw a player like that into the mix would have been very, very handy.

Situation brought up a good point elsewhere, who is trialling him? No head coach appointed, the incumbent is on holidays, his main assistant is already working out his own squad for his new team and coaching SBL, 2nd assistant is coaching SBL, 3rd assistant is overseas with the GM, all the players are either out of the state visiting home or overseas.

Can you tell us more about him? Aussie? Import? Age? Position? Height?

Anonymous.... how did you find out Peach/DJ made the Boomers camp?

Silencer makes a good point. Resigning guys like hire etc would be no- brainers, but otherwise your messing with the coaches flexibility. The fact he's a 1-point player must heavily weigh into the decision-making without a coach calling the shots

I think Martin is a 9 on current points, a 10 if he were to resign.

Does anyone know if Burdon would be a 3 or a 1? I've seen both figures floating around.

Burdon is being trialled, nothing concrete at all.

Enjoyed Eriks game as well, wish he had been give a better run at the 6ers

We have a stacked frontcourt so the chance of signing wortho has gone from slim to none, only backup big spot available. Let's assume Burdon signs and he is 1pt player then you have:
Martin 9
lisch/import 10
hire 6
redhage 10
knight 10

Burdon 1
Bartlett 4
wagstaff 8
Ellis 3?

That adds up to 61. Have enough room for Worthington so a remote possibility. Or try and get a will Hudson type to give us a good back up for knight.

For Anon@8082's plan to work, we would need the starting five to play serious minutes, which the probably wouldn't be able to do under last year's defensive system. So, I guess we'll see what coach and philosophy we'll be looking at next year.

Whoa, didn't realise he was off contract. Loved watching him go to work.

Watched him all the way thru juniors, the thing that set him apart was even under pressure he always had time.
When he got the few odd minutes with the 36ers, was rarely caught out , and now with seabl experience would be a good get!

If Erik became a Wildcat, could I be turned to the Dark Dark Side?

Anon 124

He's a 6' 1"/2" guard. How is he undersized.

He's not exactly nuggety.

If Burdon is 188cm's then there is 21 players in the league that are his height or smaller.

Adelaide had 3 players his height or smaller
Gibson 188cm
Cadee 186cm
Daly 186cm

The league isn't really tall at the point guard position.

Let's hope another "overlooked" South Aussie gets a chance to play NBL.
Was always a tough competitor while hard not to admire how he made things look so easy.
Look at his positives, he wouls eat up the ABA if still playing for North

Isaac, 28 years old this year (have I really been on 36ers Forum / Hoops for 10 years?).

Same age group as Newley, Magden, one year ahead of Brad Hill.