Julius Hodge?

No No No Hodge will never come to our shores again.

Scott Morrison.....7ft Monster someone who can see eye to eye with Antsey.

Good they got rid of Seth Scott,a player who wasnt made for NBL

Should be a knock-out (pun intended)

There is a reason the NBL is devoid of stud big men.

This guy is not a shooter at all. His offensive game is catch and dunk.

Because there's actually very few of them in the world, the either get picked up by the NBA or chase the big money in China?

That is despite a list of seven-foot imports who, for the most part, have yet to set the NBL alight, most agents directing the better big men toward Europe and Asia if they have failed to crack the NBA.

Mmmmmmm

I still think they are also a bit weak in the sf spot, wouldnt it be safer to grab a imports sf and a import pg and the best Aussie C you can to replace Burston?

You could start

Ballinger/??
Worthington/Walker
Import/Greer
Goulding/Odige
Import/Tomlinson

I guess Ballinger is not ideal in the C either, especially with not a great back up, so can see why they grabbed the import to replace Burston.

Will be interested to see how the import C goes, a bit like Boti said, not too many have turned out that good, some ok though at the same time, if they just want him to do what Burston did and get 10pts 5 rebounds, then he will do ok, if they expect him to dominate then i have my doubts, i wouldnt be surprised if he comes off the bench and they start Wortho and Ballinger at PF/C, unless they plan to play Wortho at sf.

as a rule id generally get a import pg (can be a combo guard if you have one of the few top Aussie pgs) and sf, (either a sg/sf or sf/pf depending on the rest of your roster) you generally can get good imports in these spots and imo you need to have strong players at pg and sf to win the title and not many great Aussies in the league to fill those spots hence why id grab imports. Which is why i was very glad to see Joey grab a import PG and SF even with Gibson, Cadee, Creek on the roster.

The other option is possibly bringing Ballinger off the bench and playing Worthington at 4 spot. Not alot of great options out there to fill burston's spot imo.

Yea, its a pity pretty much all the top Aussie pg, sf and Cs are overseas, so gets harder to fill the roster with just 2 imports to fill those 3 spots, and most teams are not lucky enough to have a top Aussie in those spots so need imports.

Back in the day when we had a fair chunk of the Aus team playing NBL it would have been much easier to get a quality C or sf especially, we dont have the equivalents of Bradtke, Rogers, Cattalini, Mackinnon playing NBL these days.

I wonder if the league would be a better spectacle if they allowed 3 imports, which would for example allow the Tigers to grab a import, even Dorsey to fill the starting sf spot with Morrison and there import pg, which would be a better and more entertaining team than having Greer or Walker starting there imo.

From a entertainment perspective i think the league should look at allowing 3 imports, even if one has to come from NZ/SEABL or something to keep costs down. Some good sfs in those leagues that would be upgrades on the tigers sf, also would allow the Crocs to get say Rickert in to start C instead of Vanderjagt, and could find an example for every team really.

The downside is it pushes a few more 'fringe' Aussies out of the league, could make the rosters 11 or 12 to prevent that, but allow 3 imports. (obviosuly clubs dont have to sign 3 if they dont want to or can get the top Aussies)

I would go
Import/Tomlinson
Goulding/Odigie
Greer/?
Worthington/Walker
Morrison/Ballinger

Someone like Leon Henry? For last spot

I'd use Odigie as a back up sf personally, last year at times they seemed a ball handler short and it forced Goulding to do it too much and resulted in quite a few turnovers, id personally round out the roster with a combo guard, dare i say it Lindsay Tait or Aaron Bruce would be the right style of player imo, could either try and get one of them or find a similar style of player.

Why isn't Lindsay Tait getting a gig? He seemed to be quite good for NZ the last time I saw him play against the Boomers.

Ironic that Morrison went to the same college as Seth Scott?

Has Neville priced himself out of the league?

i dare say the import was cheaper/in their price range, so they went with him.

Possibly watch for Nevill to replace Hinder at Crocs if he doesn't get an NBA gig.

Yea that would be ideal for the Crocs, could Hinder be moved to an assistant coach/mentor type role and Neville take his spot at some point?