Great news!

Also good to hear that Farley has been signed long term giving the 36ers some much needed stability.

Am also pleased that admin have the presence of mind to provide this information to Isaac in a timely fashion so the fans are up to date with what is happening.

I think we are all glad that the negotiations are over.

Maher, Farley and Hill backcourt is definitely one of the best in the league.

Great news, might even look at renewing my season tickets now.

So I assuming we only have enough funds left for 9 & 10 te be minimum level development players? So I guess for the 4th Guard spot it is likely to be out of Gerlach, Watson or Wood (US College maybe?) and Gower or Hambour for the back-up Forward role. Which means unfortunately for him that Oscar may well be the back up 5 to Cooper as well as the 3 to Jacob. Will be a very tough ask against teams like Brisbane.

Hopefully Reesy agrees to play for the minimum as well as time off to run his business to come in as the back up 5 man.

I thought Oscar would be the back up 4 and Nash the back up 3 Isaac. Or have you got some inside info we don't know about?

That would mean that we only need a back up 1 man. Can Watson be effective if he isn't a shooter? Hill will probably swing between both guard spots.

The Farley sigining is great news!
But lets not overthink what sort of player the team still needs.

Sixers run a style of game where anyone can carry the ball, therefore i dont think it would be crucial to go after a '1' man. We have Farley-Maher-Hill-Holmes-Nash who could all carry the ball, i think it is much more crucial to find a back-up big man (or two!)

What was the Truslove story? Would he be an option, or is he signed elsewhere? certianly hambour and rees are other options, but would Rees play for minimum wage and would sixers keep 'developing' Hambour?

Could we entice Pero back with some fringe benefits of a Part-time job with Villis?

Who else is out there? Any returing college players we could snap up cheap (Schenser (sp?) would be well out of our reach, you'd think)?

McNasty, Oscar last year came in for Holmes and played more of an outside game. He's been scoring a lot of his points from outside the three point line or near to it in the ABL this season and I don't expect that strength to change. I think that where he plays will depend on the strength of the opposition. Realistically, it doesn't matter that much, but I think that's where he seems more comfortable to me (my personal inexperienced* assessment and nothing more).

*I can build a website and I can type, but I don't play and I don't coach. I just beat Oscar (and Cooper) at fantasy hoops (just rubbing it in).

I guess when the season starts. The one that they ran last year wasn't too bad. A few of us here had a league running.

I don't honestly think another guard will make the primary ten-man team. Gerlach or Watson will get to dress for home games as development players, but with Maher and Farley starting, and Hill relieving at both guard spots there will be no real need for another guard, especially when Nash and Holmes are adequate ball handlers, and Nash has demonstrated that he is quite capable of defending the opposition point guard.

The last two spots should go to frontcourt players, and while i'd love to see Truslove, it will be Hambour and Gower. They are going to have to PLAY Hambour this time around though, as Oscar has proven that he is not big enough to play the backup five (and he had a great year facing the basket last season).

WOO HOO

Agreed Isaac,

But in the 6ers system. Their 4 man really is a step out and shoot player rather than a back to the basket. Agreed that he will probably be used as a mix and match depending on match ups.

Lato mentioned today in teh Advertiser that Phil is keen to re-suit Reesy. Making us a swingman short of a championship team, IMO. Well 2nd to Brisbane anyway.

Brisbane is a different team this year. We have to wait and see how they gel together. They have so many good players that they could in effect cancel each other's performance. The Sixers team is slightly stronger than last season even though we are playing the same team. There is the experience and continued practice that the 3 NZ boys have had, particularly Jacob who has had an outstanding season in New Zealand. Hopefully he will bring his game back home. Then there's Nash who we didn't have last season and could be a real asset to the team. That in itself adds some extra strength to the team. There is also the realisation of what can happen in the playoffs after last season's game against Brisbane. The team will be better prepared for that as they now know the threat is a reality. We weren't far off the top of the ladder last season, just the added development of various players, the addition of Nash and Rees hopefully this season could be enough to clinch the top honours.

good call EC

just because brisbane have a team of stars doesnt mean they will be a star team