Good on him and im sure he can have an impact.

Not sure if he can bulk up with that frame and narrow shoulders

Whilst bulking up a bit would help, John rillie and reggie miller weren't exactly huge. Length, athleticism, scorers mentality and ability to consistently hit the three will be far more important for the role he will play as pc's replacement. We didn't need another guy that was ok from the three with a bit of versatility IMO, pace, marko, Djeric all fit that mould. We needn't a flat out scorer to replace PC and It seems that's what we got!

Great to see him get an opportunity.
Flat out scorer. Really hungry to succeed and has a very impressive work rate.
Good luck to him

It will be interesting to see how well he shoots making a big step up in class. I've heard good things so looking forward to seeing him play. No question his lack of strength will go against him though, needs to hit the gym hard.

Good signing by Townsville...as the 11th guys he is only 24...can get hot so could add a nice dynamic off the bench if were to get some spot mins and get hot as teams will have to respect his 3 ball.

@anon my concern isn't with the lack of muscle but the slight frame. Narrow shoulders, etc. Just a tiny dude, especially for his age. Good luck to him but yeah he is very slight. There are lots of skinnier guys getting round but they have the broad shoulders and just a bigger frame which helps more so than pure bulk. He does have decent height for an NBL two guard so hopefully he can get his shot off and he'll be fine.

Yeah, it's not about bulk, it's being strong enough to handle the physicality and hold your ground defensively. Basketball is a physical game and if you dont have strength you need to be exceptional like some of the players mentioned above.

Kenny sounds like he has some tricks in his bad though so looking forward to seeing how he goes.

It's not like Dennis had no options after trialling 7 guys for the spot, all with either nbl and or college experience, so to come out on top after the trials he must have bit of game. Could be an exciting long term prospect for the crocs, I'll be crossing my fingers.

That was meant to read tricks in his bag two posts above, not bad! Would be good to see more teams give an 11th man a go.

So what's the go with the roster rule: 11 at home and 10 on the road?

I like everything about this roster except for russell hinder as the starting centre. Its going to be a season long frustration for crocs fans...

Should've signed an import centre instead of Pace and no point in Vanderjagt as a Centre as a result. Not Rustys fault he'll have to start like him as a 3rd/4th just not as a starter

Absolutely Ganymede. It's not fair on rusty to be carrying that sort of load. Dennis said Conklin is bigger than advertised so maybe he can start at the five.

@Ganymede Unfortunately, those import centres don't grow on trees, especially for the budget that most NBL teams have, let alone a team coming back from near extinction... Would love some more quality big guys in the league, but it's not like the old days... So much more money in Asia if they can't make a Euro gig...

@Mick - it's still only ten players on a roster, be it home or away. The 11th player is usually for back up or be able to bring in against different teams (ie. if you're up against a bigger team like Sixers, would make more sense to have a bigger back up, even if a bit more raw, to help contend against them [and use up five more heavier fouls ;) ] than say have a 4th ball handler...

Wookiee, yeah, 36ers are weak in their guard rotation. Ervin, Gibson, Cadee, Frye, Creek... ;)

@Wookiee - Saw Conklin play in NZ League and he can play 5 there but probs not much in Aussie League. If a NZ team can afford Rickert an Ozzie League team could maybe? Even Seth Scott?

Don't get why they'd get Pace when hey have Blanchfield already

@Isaac lol... I was thinking more of not needing a Kyle Armour level player but instead switching in an Auryn MacMillan type, not as high level as all the loaded players that you mentioned :p

Did the Crocs try for Hudson? He was cheap at the Blaze and serviceable again at the Breakers. Even Melbourne could've used him in place of Morrison rather than that unknown risk. Can only think he got offside with someone or there's a flaw in his game that coaches aren't keen on.

(e.g., for Rickert, it was the headless-chicken-on-D factor.)

They went after Pace because they didn't have anyone to back up Blanchfield. I would have much rather they signed Hudson and used Henry or a rookie to back up Blanchfield though. Or just signed Hudson instead of Conklin. Not sure if wing players like Pace who can't shoot the three have much use in modern basketball anywhere, so hopefully he is very damn good at getting to the rack to compensate.

Hinder infuriates me as a crocs fan so the less said about him the better. But that's as much about the stupid roles they keep giving him as his propensity to choke it up in big games while providing terrible leadership. Either way it leaves me fuming.

That line-up has three poor-average shooters, and little room for Conklin inside, I think theyll balance it a bit differently.

True, although Burston started that year, with Goorjian going to Worthington in the GF because he was a better match-up for Anstey.

Will be interesting to see what Crocs do. My suspicion is Markovic will have a lot of the ball working off ball-screens and finding cutters or shooters.

I think your last point is spot on, their clubs expect a certain contribution from them to complement the rest of the team.

I think you might be right about Townsville too - play hard, fun to watch, but not a playoff team.