I think a crowd of 6,000 might be considered a disappointing crowd. Let's fill it to the brim!

Anything less than a win will be a poor result. Sixers by 11.

You'd have to pick the Sixers here.

Yeah, no real excuse for a loss. If we can hold on for those road wins, the home court should be a fortress.

36ers by 10

Would they fit in the meagre salary cap the Kings have and still leave room for a TEAM?

Wish I had a dollar for everytime Ervin drove to the basket and then ran out of ideas. Probably at least could've bought myself a hot dog and a super dry. Then again maybe not.

Big Red will always be frustrating but not as bad as Ervin today. It looked like he was trying way too hard and forcing it. Frye was a ghost.

Good game and win. Least crowd has something to get excited about .

Crowd was down a bit but that is sunday afternoon .
Oglivy and import 00 won't try and spell name only ones kept them in game with a 3 pointer now and again by Magden.
No wonder Hill used to frustrate Sixer supporters.
After missing last season was great not to see that clown on the sidelines and a real actual coach that let them play .
Creek -- great game both in D and attack and has added lot to his game.

DJ -- Got us going and real scoring threat but not close to competing with Oglivy

Petrie -- great all round game and some good D but Oglivy took him to cleaners a few times.

BJ -- For a number 8-9 player really offer some grunt and can score -- great pick up.

Ervin -- Very quick and finished game off well but lost a strong lead for us with selfish drive to baskets that were well and truly covered and coughed the ball up on regular basis . And Kings PG did whatever he wanted and eRvin and Gibson had no answers although Creek helped out.

Gibson -- Ok game with some timely points but D very average and spends too much time waving hands around then turns ball over .
Glad we have but struggle to see how in Aust. team.

Cadee --- Non event

Frye -- Had a day to forget.

Yep we have a lot to look forward to but still some work to do.
But good to get passionate about my team again.

Oops missed out on big Red
Least knows how to defend a bit but offered something around ring .
Yes gets in a tangle now and again.

Ervin has about 10 moves as he goes to the basket, unfortunately the net result is that he just goes in a straight line.

I somewhat agree with Anon on Schenscher. I don't think I've seen him get more than 6 inches off the ground. Then again the red hair allows him to stand out when he's got a good seal. Swings and roundabouts.

Think Ervin just forced it too much. Really wanted the lob to Mitch after his chase down block, you could see he was ready for it. The thing I like is we have not had a game yet where everyone is on their game and we are still finding ways to win, that's a good sign.

Ogilvy is huge. They would give up over 110 points every single game if he wasn't there defending the middle. We had no answer for him at all most of the night, but the first quarter especially.

Carmouche had a nice weekend, 33 on Friday, 27 today. Doesn't add much more other than scoring, but he's been doing that well.

Sanders looks like a 9th man out there, not an import. Really doesn't do anything overly well.

Creek had a big game in every way. Deserves 30+ minutes the way he's playing this season, but our stacked line-up means we'll probably keep seeing him with low 20s. But he sure makes his minutes count. That chase down block was huge.

Ervin was a mixed bag. His stat line probably flatters him a bit. Went alone on too many occasions. Probably tried to do too much. But in saying that, he also did some very good things too. 7 assists surprised me, probably got a few at the end there.

Peach vs Ogilvy was a fun contest to watch. Clearly outsized and probably outskilled too, but Peach battled hard. Liked his game today.

DJ was actually good on both ends today. Seems to have worked on his defense, still got a ways to go, but he's getting better. 20 and 8 with 3 steals is a good game any day.

Frye wasn't getting the lanes he's used to today and had foul trouble. Didn't get much from him, but Creek filled the 'import' role today.

Gibson was patchy. Hard to rate his game. Wasn't bad, but wasn't particularly good either.

Probably Schenscher's best game of the season. Rebounding was good, finishing at the rim generally quite good, probably about as good as you can ask for from 18 mins.

BJ never looks out of place on the court. Just goes to work, no nonsense.

The fact that that's probably Cadee's best stat line of the season is a bit of a worry. Doesn't really have a defined role this year. Worth persisting with as he's a talented young player, but Joey needs to find a job for him. Not entirely sure what that would be though.

Teys made a 3 and looked ok. Anything he does is a bonus.

Sitting comfortably in second place on the ladder. Big game coming on Friday against Melbourne. Win that and it will be huge. Drop it and we'll fall back to the pack.

Will be surprised if Sanders lasts the season. Only thing he does good is Rebound. Doesn't really do anything crap but doesn't do anything either.

Good call on the USF, Petrie was obviously holding then after the whistle swung him to the ground then number 14 from Sydney (3rd man in). I'm a sixers fan and the refs got it right... Thought they all did pretty well today. Incuding Benn mac.

From last couple of games, I thought the way Big Luke was playing he would be lucky to get on court and didn't seem to fit Joeys system. But today the team looked way better with him on the court. His height really stopped the Kings getting to the rim, considering all the layups and o.boards they got in the first quarter. Sure he misses the odd thing, but his smarts need to be utilised.
Noticed one play in the 2nd qtr when he moved out of key at precisely the right time to open it up to allow his team mate to drive to rim.
Anon944, I must of been watching a replay of Schensh if you think he was crap today.
@Hendo888, I totally agree with you about Creek. I think if he could play a dozen games of 30+ mins he will find his place in the league and flourish. Need to get the minutes into him and fast.
I think if Ervin can give that ball up a bit more as he goes to the rim he will look so much better and those laneways will then just open up for him.
Thought crowd was okay for Sunday arvo game. Looking forward to a big crowd to make some noise Friday against the old foe.

Gibbo needs to stop shoving and bumping people in the keyway. Refs are gonna pick him up everytime now they know that he does it.

Lalala, I had a slightly different call than you with regard to the Petrie/Ogilvie incident. Petrie was called for the holding foul and when Ogilvie wouldn't let him go Petrie threw him to the ground and a minor fracas evolved. The refs apart from getting the initial foul wrong made the right calls for what followed.

Why is it that some players are permitted to "get away" with some infringements that others are not. I know that Ogilvie is a very good player but why is he allowed to make defensive contact with an attacking player with his arms at 45 degrees. Push with his arm on the hip moving his opposing player off line when he is attacking the basket and to set a moving screen with enough impact to knock the opposition player to the floor. To add insult to injury Mitch Creek was called foe a holding foul when he instinctively grabbed Ogilvy's arm as he fell to the floor.

The refereeing was generally acceptable but I would advise Jarrod to shake their hands a little more meekly before the game. I'm making the assumption that he may have hurt the little petals given the way he was treated by them during the game.

All in all it was a good game to watch and a great improvement on what we have had to endure over the past 4 to 5 years. Gary Ervin, as a shoot first style of point guard, does cause concern on occasions and he can also get a bit too excited at times and the game turns into a turnover fest but you can't be too critical while he makes the winning plays in crunch time.

Had Ervin made a couple more of the difficult, but makeable layups I think the majority of you would have a different opinion. His aggressiveness forces defenders and referees to make split-second decisions in transition which often makes up for the lack of creativity in his moves, just not today.

If Joey had an issue with this I doubt he'd let it slide.

the issue I have with Ervin is when he penetrates to the rim into 3 defenders, anyone that can do maths knows that means 2 of our other players are free and could possibly have an open shot he should be looking to pass in that instance. But other than that i'm happy with the way he plays

Carmouche is an absolute freak !

Ogilvy's only problem is he is wearing the wring jersey. He was the best man on court today. Made the Sixers look like they were amateurs. He was harder to control than a Taliban bomber with an itchy trigger finger.


If Ogilvy doesn't feature in the first 5 at the end of the season, brown paper bags have changed hands.

Interesting comparison you went with re: Ogilvy, Jack...

In a way I kinda feel for Jason Cadee. The situation he's in now is pretty much the same one he found himself in when he was with Joey Wright at the Blaze.

Up on the Gold Coast he was the 3rd guard behind Gibbo and Goulding. Then the Blaze folded, he and Gibbo signed with Adelaide and Cadee became a starter. Then (thankfully) Marty Clarke got the boot, but Cadee must have cringed a bit when the 36ers signed Wright as coach. He probably cringed more when Ervin was signed knowing that with Gibbo and Ervin he was most likely going to be the 3rd guard again. Now like at the GC, he doesn't really have a defined role this year and its showing in his general play, which is reflected in his stats.

Joey Wright was the correct choice of coach for the 36ers after the last few seasons, of that there isn't any doubt. But for Jason Cadee I don't know if it was right or not. Time will tell.

Cadee would get minutes if he played well enough to earn them. Feel like he's flatlined a bit. If he hit the three, I think it would really lift his game.

Cadee makes too many passes too late.

AJ Ogilvy has got fantastic footwork and took DJ to the cleaners, but gets way too much protection from the refs. Definitely a referees favourite.

Agreed, Cadee hasn't done enough so far this season to earn many more minutes, and I doubt Joey will give them out for free.

All Mungo needs is a couple of good games and his confidence will return.

TBH the guy I've been most impressed with so far this season is Mitch Creek.

We all knew he was a gun who was badly underused by Clarke. And after coming back from injury I honestly thought Joey Wright would ease him back into it and that he'd play second fiddle behind Frye for a while. But when Frye was out injured for the first game it gave Creek the chance to show what he's capable of and so far hadn't let us down.

So far Creek is averaging over 17 1/2 minutes per game in 6 games played, 11.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 1.2 apg. Frye is averaging almost 23 minutes in 5 games, 10.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 1.6 apg. Overall we're getting good returns from our starting and bench SF's.

Out of interest, Stephen Weigh has played 4 games for the Taipans for 26 mpg, 6.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg and 1.6 apg.

While last game 2 Imports got 40points, here two sevenfooters got 30points We go pretty deep, pretty hard to beat.

Yeah Camel the depth is our strength this year along with a decent coach.
When you have a number 9 like BJ that can come on and provide strong minutes and can score you have a good team .
Restricting outside shooters seem a real problem for team and lucky not too many teams got inside players like Ogilvy .

Next three games are good tests for the 36ers:

- host Melbourne for a revenge opportunity
- in NZ to see if we can get them again
- host the currently undefeated Perth

Going 1-1 over the first two would be decent enough. Somehow getting 2-1 from that would be good. 1-2 OK, 0-3 sub-par.

I'd like to think we can knock off Perth who might still be undefeated at that point (they host Cairns and then visit Wollongong).