It's not Teys

I saw Joey Wright and Craig Hinder together at the ABA game Saturday night

Sorry, Craig Winder

It's Adris Deleon

Joey Wright should have been impressed with Darren Ng's shooting display but guessing we can't fit him into the points system?

an ok signing especially given its a 1 point player and 10th man.

Hopefully he can improve over the next couple of years a bit like Goulding has done if he gets some court time at some point.

If we get Deleon the Adelaide Blaze are looking good imo.

Would've preferred local content in such a minor role.

Definatly should have gone someone local for the 1 point. Bad Move Adelaide and Joey.. Teys wont put bums in seats like some local kid could!

Is Luke the only south Aussie in our team? I got nothing against Teys but wouldn't you give a 1pt local a shot

^^agreed.
The management needs to give some direction here.

Anon749, Schenscher and Creek both South Aussies

Oops sorry I was wrong above Creek from Bruce-town in Victoria.

Wrongly thought he was from SA as he is not really rated outside of Adelaide. :P

Frustrated at the Adelaide media people. Why did that have to build up suspense for both the BJ Anthony and Teys signing? Just announce it, hardly worth getting people excited. Solid signing I guess.

Daly easily. And if he's not a 1 then try his brother.

Have to agree about the build-up to this... lots of sizzle but no sausage at the end isn't something they want to keep doing. Remember the boy who cried wolf.

Sam McDaniel. I know he's off to College but if the management were smart they'd be proactive with these types of guys and take a punt they will flourish in the future. Sam Mac would be the highlight of the warmups at least!
Giving TOTAL control to the coach is not the best solution for the future. By this I don't mean meddling in the main guys but the local product should be encouraged. Joey will do his time here, only be worried about winning and not give a rat's clacker about the future beyond that.

I wouldnt have minded one of the Daly's or Burdon in this spot, but not too fussed either.

Im just happy we have enough points to get 2 (hopefully very good) imports, they will make the world of difference.

So how many points does that leave us?

Teys had better be able to tear up the ABA cos he will be a marked man.

20 points left enough for 2 imports

It seems like we have enough cash for 1 expensive import likely to be Ervin or Deleon or someone similar and then a cheap, min salary or close 2 2nd import sf, some have suggested they will come out of a state league and Winston Robinson from the QBL has been rumoured, and seems to be the type of player they would be likely to look at, but not sure if he is on the radar or not.

should have considered chris clausen?

For me it's the two imports that will make the difference I hope we get Deleon

The problem with no SA players is that it will directly effect home crowds. If you're a member or a punter off the street and you're undecided about heading to a game, you either want a big marquee player to go watch (Gibbo is barely passable and I find Deleon a train wreck to watch) or watch familiar faces. So hopefully one of the spots goes to a guy that fits the bill. And what's the go with Weigh? Have the club actually made a statement that they weren't interested/ weren't going to offer him anything, or is that not the done thing?

For those with short memories.

Craig Winder's NBL stats:

10.1ppg @ 35% (16% 3p), 4.1rpg, 2.8apg, 2,8topg

Those stats arnt horrible especially considering he wasnt used properly by Clarke and played out of position, and also the fact he would be being considered for the cheap import spot, been worse imports in the league than Winder, if used properly could have been one of the better sgs in the league imo.

If hes in Adelaide and dating a former 36ers daughter , if she lives in Adelaide he may be willing to stick around for longer term and not be expensive, which then means we dont have to go on the import merry go round each year, so could be a bonus and definatly worth considering for the cheap spot.

Not horrible? You have lower expectations of shooting percentages than most...

Yep, for an import that's horrible.

Better than the last SG import we had

I reckon if he was used properly it could easily get upto the 40-50% you would expect.

I think all of our imports underperformed under Clarke and would have been better if they had played under a better coach ala Wright.

Winder is heaps better than SC just as Wright is better than Clarke so it could work.

Exactly,

I thought Winder was a good player, just not used well.

The only reason i wouldnt look at him is if you wanted a bigger around 6'5 sf for the role they are trying to fill, but wouldnt be upset if they went for Winder, he could end up being a very cost effective, long term option.

I personally would love to see guys like Winder, Simpson, Warren, Howard, CJ play under a different coach, I reckon all would be quite good, the issue was the coach and system more than the payer with all of these guys imo.

I agree. Simpson could have dominated, could never understand why he spent so much time on the bench

Warren and Howard would be good options. Gibson could guard the 2's for Warren and Warren could focus on scoring more. Warren just led his team to the French Pro A title. Howard would be probably too expensive though. I'd like to see Andrew Warren or Dorsey as the 2/3 import

Spot on Loc

Simspon doesnt seem to be the only import/player who didnt understand/agree with the structures of the 36ers, but i think that says more about the structure and coaching than the players.

Just about every import we had didnt seem to really fit in with the coaches and there structure and many of them were quite good players if used well.

Burdon is only 1 point..

Isn't Teys out injured with a dislocated shoulder?