Isaac: Sadly I cant watch the imbedded Video at work. What can you tell me about Jerome?

Short but good shooting percentages.

This is exactly what the first import shoulvde looked like from the get go. Nice bounce back for mine. Hopefully has a bit of attitude about him... and little guys have done ok in Aus last few years... hence bigs never get many calls go their way on defence.

Isaac is this the guy you thought it'd be.... curiosity.

Id have taken pretty much any of the other teams imports over to Mcneail, so personally think it was just a iffy pick too start with. Im more excited about the potential with this guy, looks super quick and can shoot. 6ers want to run, so now lets run!

Run, gun and have some buns - Ebi Ere

Cal Bruton would have something to say about that.

This looks like a good pick up by the way.

He averaged 13/2/4.5 in Euro 2015 ... That's really good. He could well be a gun

Kobe24, yes, it is who I thought it would be.

If nothing else he has a handle thats for sure.

He's got some handles, that's for sure. Hopefully he can be a good drive and dish guy. He's obviously short, and there's not a lot of shooting in his clip, but he's got some ability.
Hopefully he's a good fit. An assertive PG alongside Gibson is what we need, and he looks like that's what he could be.

Looks the goods. Gary Ervin with a jump shot?

When will he start?

"If nothing else he has a handle thats for sure."


You mean he has a handall

Jamar Wilson:

will be a nightmare for all the guards in the league. Great pick up.

Saw what Jamar said, thats not a bad recommendation, guys dont usually go all out to compliment a guy who took your job sort of haha

This guys been cut more times than a loaf of bread, played in turkey sure, but his team finished dead last, give me a winning player please, not somebody who pimps up his highlights tape with gangsta music playing shitball against chumps that don't play defence!

Turkey is a great league. Kirk Penney and Hakim Warrick have played there recently. Lots of ex NBA guys there.

This is a *fantastic* signing.

He's div 2 though

Yep div 2 bottom feeder team

Can we please check all these posts talking him up aren't coming from joeys computer

Fun police... atleast he is in basketball fit shape and id trust Jamar Wilson's opinion of which he did not have to give. Still see this team having to upgrade with Ebe, but this guy is def going to be an upgrade on mcneail for mine.

Yes his team finished second last, but some of those Turkish teams play Euroleague. His team was 9-21, hardly uncompetitive.

Turkey is clearly good- lots of serious ex NBA (not fringe NBA) guys who played meaningful minutes like Arroyo,Vujacic, Farmar, Krstic, etc. And Randle has had impressive stats the last 2 years in a row.

More importantly he seems to be the right type of player that the 36ers need.

If I'm a 36ers fan I am absolutely beaming from ear to ear.

Knowing this place plenty of ppl will put a negative spin on it though.

Good signing has good numbers in good leagues. Appears to be a similar type player to Deleon. Think will be better than McNeail regardless of injury or not.

He really does look like Deleon.
Less of a streetballer though.

Ere is very handy as scorer off the bench. Not to be a hero at the end of games however he is the one I would want taking the last shot at the end of a set play not an iso. Unless he gets injured, which isn't that unlikely due to his age and fitness, he won't be replaced.

He should be replaced purely because he is being considered a bench role player! This fiasco is crazy, they definitely did not get the Ebe they thought they were...

But hopefully the blow of him and will be less with Randle... I'm looking forward to the potential spark plug type player he could be.

Happy to be proven wrong but my first concern with reading that we've got a 5'9" guard is how he matches up on the defensive end. He could be potentially taken advantage of by bigger guards who could score at him on will. Hopefully he can make up for in other areas.

Turkey is very comparable in standard to the NBL, lots of players have done well in both in recent years, so his numbers there look promising at least without knowing detail behind them.

My only question would be, why is a US point guard with a Euro passport and Euro experience not playing in Europe? Particularly given Adelaide aren't a big spending team by NBL standards.

McNeail was always a gamble given his resume, this guy looks more NBL calibre and looks more of a like for like replacement for Wilson and Ervin.

Had a closer look.

In 12/13 he played in Belgium. Belgium appears to be a decent league, not sure exactly how it compares to NBL but Rotnei Clarke played there last season averaging 18ppg and Ben Madgen is there right now. Randle did really well averaging 17ppg (5th in that league) and his team finished 2nd going 19-9 before being bundled out of their playoff series.

13/14 he started the season in Turkey. Switched teams part way through the season and became a teammate of Kirk Penney at Trabzonspor. Penney and Randle were the two top scorers on the team and they finished 13-17.

14/15 he returned and started the season with Trabzonspor. After 3 games switched to a new team. Played out the season, his team went 9-21 and he averaged 16points 5 assists, 2.4 turnovers with good shooting clips- 48% field, 36% from 3.

Averaged 13points for Ukraine in the recent Euro basket.

Good question by Paul though- why isn't he playing in Europe? And also will need to see how he goes on D.

But at this point I'd say he looks like an impressive pick up.

Why are lots of Aussies (and Kiwis) not playing in Europe? Why do we have guys like Warrick/Childress down here? Money (reliability of being paid), lifestyle... lots of reasons why a guy would rather live and play in Adelaide than live and play in a random European city. Passport or not.

Is it common practice in Turkey to just randomly switch teams part way through the season in Turkey?

Hendo- not sure.

Off the top of my head, one season there was 6 days between his last game with one team and his first game with his new one. The other season the gap was 17 days.

But it is good sign that both seasons in Turkey he played out the year with the new team. And Joined his Belgium team in 2013 in early January and played out the season till late May playoffs.

Based on the video and the stats he clearly has a great handle, can get to the basket and can shoot the 3. And his assist numbers mean he does pass it too. I just get the feeling he'll be a good fit like Ervin and Wilson before him.

For any gamblers out there, in my mind now is a good time to bet on the Crocs finishing last. (Before they play Melbourne tomorrow and their record worsens again and before the bball public sees Randle and realises he's a real upgrade on Mcneaill).

AngusH, you missed my point. If he has a Euro passport he doesn't take up an import spot any more. Given he posted very good numbers as an import, why hasn't he received a lot of good offers as a local?

Hopefully there's a good reason and he has a great stint in the NBL, but it's a question worth asking.

I understand the point re: holding a European passport. As I said though, there are a lot of completely valid reasons outside of being a headcase or difficult to manager as to why he might want to play in Australia vs. the type of money he could be offered in Europe.

But yes, agree, we'll soon find out. Hopefully not before the Kings-Sixers game though... :)

Had a good year in a good league where Troy Devries, Chris Warren and Kirk Penney have been in leading scorers, don't get too carried away.

That was me, not sure why name didn't come up. Yep, those players were mentioned as the performances of players are pretty transferable from the TBL to the NBL, and while I love our league I think it's a good one rather than a great one.

The TBL's top clubs would be slightly ahead of the NBL equivalent, the bottom teams slightly behind, but if you look at TBL clubs in Euro comps, it certainly doesn't stand out above other good leagues in Europe and doesn't match the ACB.

He is going to be better than kenyon mcneail and that is something to be happy about. You can go through all the leagues and assume away, but at the end of the day it seems to be a safe bet this is an upgrade.

Anyone able to copy and paste the Boti articles from the Advertiser on Randle? They're subscription only which really sinks my canoe.