Ol' mate Boti loves his sauce http://www.botinagy.com/blog/sauces-say-it-will-soon-be-king-jerome/

What company has catering contract at Qudos?

I wanna buy shares.

Kings should be championship favourites now, straight up.

Jeremy Tyler is just as impressive a signing as Randle

Kings now instantly legit. Perry Ellis as a 4 = MVP considerations

Sydney radio even reporting it now (Randle), and they usually don't even give Kings scores unless its a slow news day. They were clearly fed the information, they wouldn't bother sourcing it themselves.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/nbl/sydney-kings-sign-jerome-randle-and-jeremy-tyler-are-expected-to-release-travis-leslie-sources/news-story/a3d154237cd5b9488e7b5c86290d1a87

I just hope they have signed at least Randle to a multi year deal. What Illawarra did with Clarke is what you need to do, get some stability by signing imports who are proven here for multiple years.

I thought Randle said he would only play for one NBL team because he was so loyal. Wonder how much loyalty is costing Sydney then?

Make or break for Gaze now. If you can't win with Randle-Lisch-Newley-Powell-Tyler, maybe this coaching stuff isn't for you.

Powell... yikes. I of course mean Perry....

Didn't Randle sign a multi year deal in Turkey? Fallen through, not being paid, out clause?

I find this one a bit hard to believe until the Kings actually announce it.

Game changer.

No excuses for Drewy now.

2-6 is a long way back, and it'll take a while to work them in. But this makes the Kings the wildcard now.

How ironic that Randle destroyed Sydney the last couple of seasons and now might be there to build them back up.

This season just keeps getting better! Always great to have the mvp back in the league. Legit 5 contenders now, is it to little to late?

At least Sydney are making the effort for the club, fans and entire league, need Sydney to be competitive and successful so the competition can keep growing.

Randle was shooting the 3 at 58% in turkey...

A couple of pretty good players they're adding might make some difference!

Even as a Kings fan, I don't buy the whole "the league needs the Kings to be successful to be successful" thing... The Sydney market is notoriously difficult and very football-code orientated, not to mention there is really no significant tribal support left for the NBL...

Sydney basketball fans love a winner though and a big name, and Randle brings these in bunches... He'll be great for sound bites and articles and great for fans as well... Not sure how he is community-wise, as Chill set a pretty high standard for all to follow...

Powell... yikes. I of course mean Perry....

I've split Tyler's signing off to its own thread.

At the very least, this makes the NBL even more interesting!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ASnjCqxYJI

He's a big boy...should help on defense big time. They really don't need scoring from him given what else is happening with the lineup.

Adds a little extra spice to the NSW rivalry. Such a shame that the garbage NBL draw has had the Kings already play the Hawks three times.

I like it.
Things just got interesting again for Sydney.

JVG the genius finally filling the spots that any simpleton could see were the weaknesses. Hope they miss the playoffs by 1 loss

Sydney vs 36ers rivalry reignited? Randle the new Heal? Ohhhhh this is good

Tyler/Humphries
Perry/Pineau
Newley/Blanchfield
Lisch/Kendle
Randle/Cadee

Ridiculously talented line-up, but I don't think it will work. Typical of the Kings that they are the worst defensive team in the league so they get a scorer who can't defend!

At least they will be interesting to watch and will have some spectacular offensive nights, as well as some great blow-ups too I'd imagine.

Doesn't this prove JVG was talking horse shit?

@ WookieE; definitely NOT... I literally just unfollowed him from Twitter this morning, hence he was on the brain... :D

Doesn't look good for JVG, does it. Fanbase (And assorted other NBL fans) all knew what the Kings needed months before the GM did.

Saturday 18th november.

Randle back in the building!!

Even Mrs Gaze should be able to Coach this team , no more excuses now.
Pretty much an admission of how wrong the roster was at the start of the season.

Indeed, my bad, so Thoseby takes that spot. Still, while that makes it a bit weaker, they've got more than enough coverage on the wings!

More like..

Tyler/Humphries/Singh
Perry/Pineau
Newley/Blanchfield
Lisch/Thoseby
Randle/Cadee

Still impressive though. Why couldn't they pull this off in game one is interesting.

Tyler/Humphries
Perry/Pineau
Newley/Blanchfield
Lisch/Kendle
Randle/Cadee

???? Kings have 4 imports

Yeah, they'll also have to cut Kendle along with Leslie. Which means until Lisch is back, their guards are more or less Randle and Cadee. Bit d-lite, right?

How far away is Lisch?

Don't forget, the FIBA/International ball break will take up a couple of weeks of his rehab time.

The original timeline was 8 weeks I think? If that's on track, a month left? How many more games until he's back- possibly not too many?

Does anyone know what happened in Turkey to result in Randle becoming available? I haven't been following him over there.

http://www.sydneykings.com/news/article/35860-reigning-nbl-mvp-comes-harbour-city-randle-now-king

Won't end well, IMO.

Kendle is staying with the team this weekend and will then be released when Randle joins them the following round.

Good for the league, a little sad Adelaide couldn't get him but good for the standard of the NBL regardless.

Jezuz, Tyler looks big on an NBA court, he's gonna look like Shaq out there.

Aussie boys better get back in the weights room!

One the best PG in the modern Era. Here's a tip for Gaze. The rest of the Kings need to cut and rebound. Not just stand on the perimeter and watch him.

He's better suited for the "Lisch role" in the offense right now, where he gets the ball at the top of the arc with 6 seconds left on the shot clock and needs to create something from nothing.

Interesting thing with Tyler will be, as with all import bigs with some size (girth in particular), how well he manages to avoid fouling out in 15 mins of court time with the way the game gets called here.

Sydney's rotation chart.

Rotation chart rather than depth chart, because these are the guys who will get serious minutes. I’m leaving Humphries in there, I think he’s shown enough:

Tyler/Humphries/Ellis
Ellis/Blanchfield
Newley/Blanchfield
Lisch/Cadee
Randle/Lisch/Cadee

2 ex MVP’s in Randle and Lisch. Backed up by Cadee, who, despite his detractors can flat out score on his night.

Ellis who’s been starring, Newley who is still probably the 3rd best small forward in the league, even with this year’s strong crop. Tyler who averaged 21ppg 10rpg in China. Blanchfield who was rated an NBA prospect only 2 years ago after his breakout season in Townsville. Hasn’t come along as expected but still a decent NBL player.

Not bad, is it?

"2 ex MVP's in Randle and Lisch. Backed up by Cadee, who, despite his detractors can flat out score on his night."

It's an interesting one because in the current system Cadee is 4th in the league in assists and Lisch 7th, and both have around a 3:1 assist-to-turnover ratio, which is excellent.

But I can't see how you can run that system with Randle, who requires the ball in hand. I'm fascinated to see how it all works.

The funny thing is, the offence is the least of the worries, generally it's working except for the absence of offensive rebounding. Will it improve enough now to make up for the lack of D?

Great to see Randle back in the league.
Now the Kings look stacked... déjà vu anyone.
5 teams look capable of winning the championship

The offence may be working "statistically" Paul, but that's only from players making plays or hitting shots. Gaze's upgrade on the shuffle seems to be 5 out and throw it around until the shot clock is running out. They score because the players are good enough to make a play or hit a shot. Their structure itself is rubbish

And unless Gaze throws that all out and plays high octane run & gun the Kings still won't make the playoffs.

Well you can't sayJVG is just sitting on his laurels oblivious to all around him.

He's had a plan, he's listened and now he has executed.

I wonder though if he willtalk the same way about his squad and the league equalisation scheme as he did for United?

At this stage its more important for Sydney, and Kings fans like myself, to have an entertaining product on the floor than it is to make the Playoffs. If they win more than they lose from here and have fun doing it, Ill take it. Winning is great, but entertaining people for their money is just as important in building and maintaining a fanbase.

ANT MAN

The funny thing is, the offence is the least of the worries, generally it's working except for the absence of offensive rebounding. Will it improve enough now to make up for the lack of D?

Quite evident that on-the-fly tactic isn't Gaze's strength.

The thing is, and it might be an unpopular opinion, but they were getting past Kev before the injury, so I'm not sure that him coming back will be the lock defensively that everyone just assumes... Whether he wasn't 100% after the surgery, or was again the added pressure of running the show, or not, he wasn't at MVP level... So overall, everyone needs to lift their game...

"If he doesn't run more PnR with Randle and having Ellis, Tyler, Humphries in his lineup, then I don't think he's suited to coaching."

Expecting Gaze to adjust his strategy for Randle? I think we can all agree that Steve Blake was a total bust last year, but it took about 3-4 games before Blake came off a single screen with the ball in his hands.

Matt Logue from NewsCorp reporting that Randle is on $400k, making him the second highest earner behind Bryce Cotton on $600k. Though obviously not an entire season. Dolla Dolla bill ya'all.

Good to see a MVP return to the league, but sucks for Adelaide.

Was it just the sausage roll that stopped him returning to Adelaide? Or was it money?

I'm not a huge fan of Joey, but he did a great job with Randle. Can Dewey do the same?
ROFL

"Does anyone know what happened in Turkey to result in Randle becoming available? I haven't been following him over there."

Something to do with an upset woman and a flying tray of Turkish Delight I hear!