Never said Cadee is horrible. I am of the view he offers quite a lot

Too many stupid conspiracy theories.

"There is a very pungent smell about Lemanis' recruiting "

Trying to make your wooden spooner team better? Yeah, that definitely stinks. Who cares if he spoke to players during their Boomers stints? It's not like he gave them secret funds and nights with hookers for their signature.

"Wright has made his thoughts known about contracted players being directly approached mid season "

Love Joey, but let's be real, he's been known to have a good old fashioned whinge any time things don't go precisely his way.

"Gliddon now signed with Cadee to very likely follow
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Oh no. The whole competition is over now that those two very average guards are going to Brisbane.

"Of course Kestleman wouldn't be stacking the Bullets to get them to play offs to make them more desirable in a sale. Why would you say that I wouldn't say that "

And here comes the tin foil hats, people. You have no evidence upon which to make that assertion but you do for some bizarre reason. Cadee and Gliddon does not a stacked team make. You're just going to pretend everything that happens anywhere ties back to Larry somehow. You're a halfwit.

Always happy to see a Boomers or Opals coach using their contacts to stack their local team with Australian rep players, its far FAR better than a Boomers or opals coach using their contacts to stack their Australian team with their local teams' players .
:)

Just live with the fact that Boomers coaches will have an inside view on any of their representative players. Goorjian had it. Lindsay Gaze had it. Anyone who has ever coached Boomers and an NBL team has had it. This is not special.

Why wouldn't you want to play for the boomers coach?

Is it just me or did it seem that a lot of Boomers fringe players were very keen to play for Goorjian too when he was Boomers coach?

ME its a comment on how it was done now why it was done. Players being poached whilst in season and on contract is a very big issue to simply over look

^sorry - that was me

No. L Gaze didn't poach players using his Boomers links.

Tigers relied on A Gaze, imports and Bradtke.

I don’t think they would have ha$ room for Boomers (even fringe Boomers) on their regular rotations.

Call me when he poaches some players I actually care about. Gliddon? Vukona? Cadee? Hodgson? I think I'll sleep perfectly well at night. It will make their team stronger but it hardly debilitates anyone else.

Australian talented is limited in this league anyway. If you have the money you do it with your imports for the most part. Sad but true.

Its a joke that the Australian Coach can go and poach Australian players from other clubs. He should be sacked immediately for bringing the game into disrepute. Shame Lemanis shame.

Whats Brisbane looking like

Bairstow?/Hodgson/??Magnay
Kickert?/Vukona
??Import/TeRangi
Gliddon/??Fullarton or Kenyon
Cadee/Gibson

So no Trice back?? Surely Cadee isnt starting?

No Jervis? Is Hodgson really an upgrade on Jervis? Minor at best I would have thought?

Does Vukona have much left in the tank?

To me if they dont bring Trice or someone similar in and have Cadee at the starting PG, unless the import SF is NBL LeBron I dont think that roster is making the playoffs or better than what Melb, Ade, Perth had this season.

If they add a Trice type to that back court, and dont over play Gibson and Cadee, it could be the best back court in the NBL and will help the team improve

I think Brisbane could end up with too many good solid average players and not enough elite talent the way they are looking so far.

Alot will depend on whether they can get a legit Aussie fit and firing like Bairstow and the calibre of imports they bring in, assuming they sign atleast 2 (id always sign 3, even if one is a back up)

Ignoring the valid gripe that players get approached in-season, the signings were hardly upsetting fans of the past teams. Kings fans generally considered Cadee no loss, Breakers fans would be happy to swap Vukona for Wesley, Cairns fans considered Gliddon flawed and many Adelaide fans were hoping to see Hodgson gone. (I rate Gliddon and think Cadee is a useful piece on the bench.)

Could be interesting for Lemanis now if he can keep Kickert and get Bairstow fit. But what minutes is Hodgson hoping for unless he figures he can supplant a healthy Bairstow? That's already assuming Jervis is heading elsewhere?

Ok cool, so they have Jervis and Hodgson, does that mean no Kickert or Bairstow? Or leaving Magney out and having all 4 of those guys? and where does Vukona fit in that equation?

Whilst a Jervis/Hodgson C rotation next to either Bairstow or Kickert (if they just had one of them) backed up by Vukona would be OK and solid, but I wouldnt call it elite either.

I just can't see how Kickert can stick around in this team and expect to get the minutes he'd like with Hodgson, Vukona and potential of extra import, Jervis, Bairstow. Then you add in Magnay and Young potentially returning.

That's a lot of big men and you can only play 80 minutes/game between them all.

This roster seriously need a star small forward.

I think Cadee will start and whilst I understand the hate for JC5 and his apparel range I think he could play well and him being backed up by Gibbo (who I can't stand) will not be too bad at all.

I like the look of the juniors coming through but the roster as it sounds it will come up will be too old and they won't get much of a look in.

Jervis/Hodgson/Bairstow (until he's healthy and starts)
Vukona/Young
MVP type import/te Rangi
Gliddon/dynamic import spark off the bench
Cadee/Gibson

My prediction shocking start and make a run in new year with Bairstow returning but ultimately 6th. TOO OLD and SLOW