You forgot
Hinder
Blanchfield
Norton

which makes 8.

Plus i've heard their other import is Brian Conklin which makes 9.

So we just need a 5 man now.

nah pretty sure they are definitely signed. it's just the import and 10th spot now.

if what i've read around the traps is true - the 2nd import just hasn't been announced.

Blanchfield and Norton have indeed been re-signed and announced officially.

Brian Conklin has agreed to terms and they are just finalising paperwork according to several news reports.

The massive gaping hole is the starting centre position which has to be a 9 point player or less, ruling out a Luke Nevill return. Barring the signature of Julian Khazzouh, it's going to be a big problem for the Crocs.

I do like the rhetoric I'm hearing from Dennis so far. He's talking about roster balance and people accepting roles and bringing in guys who know what it takes to win. At this stage yeah it's all talk but I like the cut of his jib.

Josh Pace can only go left.
Conklin is a nothing too flashy blue collar type but is undersized for the 4 but didn't seem to mind tussling with Mika Vukona in the NZNBL Final last night.

Pace won't be asked to do to much, just add a bit of scoring in the paint and play D, from a sixth man role by the looks of the roster (but who knows what Dennis has planned). Will be one of the few guys on this team who can create his own shot so will be relied on a bit to get points off his own back when things stagnate, which will test him.

Hopefully Conklin is the kind of infectious player whose energy and activity rubs off on the rest of the team. If we get an also-rans centre then pressure will all be on him to score inside and carry the post on both ends, but if we get a stud then very little pressure on him other than scrapping, bumping, playing hard and cleaning the offensive glass. It won't be fair on him IMO to be the sole inside presence, so hopefully Dennis and Reidy have an ace up their sleeve for that last signing. He might have to carry the world on his shoulders if the last signee is not an offensive threat because Holmes and Hinder cannot score in the paint.

"scrapping, bumping, playing hard and cleaning the offensive glass."

that has Conklin's name written all over it from what I saw in last nights game.

Pace only goes left but has a knack of still getting to his left despite his defnder doing all he can to force him to his right.
TeRangi & Henry played good D on him in the first half but let him back in the game a little in the second before Henare dropped about 10 F bombs in the timeout and started calling players "Soft Cocks" haha

Yeah I think they will both be very affordable which is a big factor for a club on the fiscal rebuild...

Waiting for the centre announcement like a kid on christmas eve....

There is no way Conklin can play the 5.
He's a small 4 for the Southland Sharks (solid at least and doesn't shy from contact but a bit niggly) and they ran 6.10" Gareth Dawson at the 5.

If they plan on playing Conklin at the 5 expect a wooden spoon.

Mystro is right. Crocs may as well not even lace them up if they are going to trot out Conklin at the five. He is undersized for the PF position.

The other reason this will be an abject failure is that it will mean we will once again be relying on consistent big production from Rusty Hinder, who at this point should be playing as an end of the bench guy on a decent team. It's not fair on Rusty because he's not up to it and you will just see fans turn on him when he can't deliver.

I very highly doubt Pat Reidy will sign off on that after witnessing first hand the disaster that was last season (and the whole mess was primarily due to a poor front court).

Is this Gareth Dawson bloke a possibility? How would his game translate to the aussie NBL?

Last I heard re: Vanderjagt's playing career, he was done. He actually had a desk job for Basketball Queensland as an ambassador or something to that effect before his last Crocs contract That was just to be a temporary thing to help the team out. So I'm not even sure he'd want to get back into the NBL, even if given the chance.

Vanderjagt it is. New topic started for him.

Considering he and mitch are the only pgs on the roster, I highly doubt you will see steve playing most of his minutes at the two.

With Djeric being a combo guard, and Pace able to handle the ball, I think the load will be shared fine between those three plus Norton. Maybe not most of his mins, but I would say anywhere up to half of them, sure, depending on the game etc.