Great news for Adelaide and their fans.

Thank God. I can sleep at Night again. The GOAT returns.

#TeysusReturns

Wow Adelaide are stacked this year!! Looks like they're trying to buy a championship ;)

the 36'ers just need a gun point guard to round things off:

*Import / Doyle
Sobey / *Moore / Teys
Drmic / McVeigh
*Wiley / Deng
Johnson / Froling

If Teys averages 24 in the SA premier league, that says a lot about the league and its comparisons to other state leagues.

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Damn.

I think that says a lot more about the standard of the SA league than Teys, Isaac. This is pretty much a waste of a roster spot something we couldn't afford with the loss of Creek.

So McVeigh basically replaces Creek, Frolling replaces Hodgson, Wiley replaces Childress and the rumoured Deleon replaces Shorter.

Long season ahead.

He started with Brisbane actually then Gold Coast then Townsville before coming here.

Zodiac is spot on the 4 ins look worse than the 4 outs and Teys is Teys.
If Adelaide make playoffs I will be surprised.

I may be in the minority but I am happy Teys is back.

He is a locker room leader.
He is a decent defender with basketball IQ.
If he is left open he can and will nail the three.

He is not flashy like Randle, he is not full of bravado like Sobey, he goes about his business. Even when he is not getting minutes he is behing his team 100%, that to me says a lot about him as a team first guy. Every team needs some team first guys.

Nice going LoveBroker, I'm with you. Every team has its studs and then you need the role players, which Teys does really well. Nothing wrong with this signing, apart from maybe Samuel Johns being given a go!

I don't have a lot of faith in this Sixers line up, and we're going to need a lot out of our rookies to make anything happen. I don't see why we had to pick up two useless duds in Doyle and Teys. Couldn't we have taken a punt on someone who cost the same but has bigger upside for at least one of those spots? People complain about import quotas rising, saying quality Aussies wont get jobs. Well for as long as Greg Hire, Teys, Doyle and Kevin White are in the league, I think it's fair to say we could use another import.

I'm also sick of hearing about his "locker room presence" as well. I mean what exactly is it that he's doing in those locker rooms that is so good that no one can get rid of him?

@ME.

I cannot say to you Teys' locker room presence is worth N points a game or X wins a season. It cannot be quantified.

But there is enough discussion about positive locker room influences that I believe that it has an effect on the team and Teys is one of those who can do that.

Positive locker room influences can come in many different forms :

- Some players don't respond well to coaches barking at them, someone like Teys could take them aside and talk to them at their level as a peer. A positive.
- Some players may have issues going on like a slump, someone like Teys could be there to offer support rather than everyone keeps quiet as the player slowly slides down the bench.

Teys is normally that cool head that is respected by the team so they are more likely to listen to him, especially given Teys and Wright are close.

Greg Hire is brought up often and is another great example.

You would think on stats alone a club driven by winning would keep him on? For what? He is not a prolific scorer or shutdown defender. I believe the Wildcats see some value in having Hire there as a positive influence to the other players, especially someone like Greg who has cred as a respected member of society as well (citing his social work and I think community awards).

Embarrassed every year.
Adelaide haven't won since 2002.

I have never understood all this crap about Locker Room Influence, when it's used to defend somebody who is basically useless?
I reckon in any workplace, the most annoying prat, is the guying trying to gee-up others when he's an incompetent dill himself.
Translate that to a locker room, I don't see people giving much credence to a scrub who doesn't deserve to be on the team.

I'm not happy with Greg Hire. He was once a good role player off the bench. If he can recapture some of that, great, if not I expect a resignation.

Is there any potential upside to Teys? Can't say I follow Adelaide closely enough to comment.

Nice to see that the one with the eye roll didn't really have a point to make or a capacity to debate it.

Either way, yes, the guy is paid to be the teacher's pet. If he had a single tangible thing he could do on the court I'd have no problem with it, but he has literally no upside in the NBL.

And I wouldn't mind having Teys there so much if we didn't also have Doyle. That is two players that no one else in the league would bother with that we're lumbered with because Joey has special feelings for them. I can deal with one, two is stretching it, especially after losing two of our best players in Creek and Childress.

I don't see them making the playoffs at this point.

I don't think it is so much "money issues" as to why Childress isn't returning...it's the result of a number of factors from what I am hearing - which make sense.

Tornado off the mark. Some big news coming out of Findon soon.

KB...off the mark in terms of money or other?

Lovebroker
Well written Finally someone here that is not a keyboard warrior full of hate.
#letsgosixers

If Teys will be "that guy", why have Doyle? Another undersized guard who's only value is "locker room" and "glue guy".

OMG
the sixers are stacking their team with Forestville players
I hope they don't try to bend the rules to get them qualified lol

People see to miss the need for an NBL team to comply with the bench cost rule. These signings usually revolve around character and budget. You need guys happy to be on the bench and play spot minutes without disrupting the core 8 rotation.

KB...not sure how that fits with my comment and in what way it was off the mark?

Edgar "contested 3" Sosa is also my guess.

Pretty certain its Deleon....

Hope you're right Dave.

Pretty sure it isn't Deleon...

Please......not Deleon.

I genuinely hope I'm wrong. There isn't much that would make me happier...

I did think that something big was on the cards or it was just a stir up by people in the know but i guess we'll all know when it's announced. I don't doubt that money might be tight but Deleon is just a beyond bizzare option IMO.

The only reason being that Adelaide's off season has gone from hoping to bring back Childress, targeting Motum, as well as adding a guard import and that was before they lost creek and maybe even before Hodgson was cut? That was all from Boti too & not just say so on here. Where has that money suddenly gone then?.

Makes no difference to the outcome I know, but bizzare situation if Deleon is true. My feeling is that it isn't, but I don't know.

Give me Shannon Shorter anyday if the announcement if Deleon.

It's Deleon

His numbers were not horrible last time here and on his night is pound for pound equal to Randle. But you dot get Randle every night. He will pass the ball to the right guys. His D will get him by without being a lockdown defender.

16/4/3 across 58 games between Hawks and GC. His age will be telling and fingers crossed its not Ebi 2.0

Last played in the 12/13 season Hawks finished 3rd that season. Adris came off the bench and won the 6th man of the year award

Deleon was a talented player, i don't think anyone doubts that.And could be an exellent compliment to the right balance, but you just feel like he's from an era that's that's done. He's suddenly not a big deal. It's almost like Joey calling in a favour when you could go for the next college diamond in the rough or something.

Seems strange that Adelaide didn't go with two imports than KB? Could be a perfect opportunity to see how Sobey goes and then reassess from there with the idea of a discounted player to fill a gap or take over if he's struggling.

Personally I would like to see the Moore/ Sobey combo in play and I think that is what we will see.

Deleon off the bench as a spark plug could work in patches and keep his minutes down.

Starters I see

Sobey
Moore
Deng
Wiley
Johnson

Bench

Deleon
Drmic
McVeigh
Froling
Teys

I think Doyle may get lost out of the group with McVeigh playing ahead of him due to his size and versatility.

The key for the 36ers group will be the hoped continued progression of Deng and Drmic. If they can combine for a regular 12 plus a game each up from their combined 14 then that will plug the Creek hole to a large degree.

I also want to see Sobey run the point.

I think you're spot on about Deng & Drmic. It's easy to forget that we have so many players capable of break out years. Should be a fun team.

KB, am i right in saying that Adelaide have had to lower their expectations during the off season because of financial reasons? They seemed to be talking up a relatively aggressive approach and that was even before Creek departed. If so, what's happened financially? And why does this seem to happen after a succesful season in which crowds were up and we played out finals. I mean, i remember the first season Joey took over, they needed to take a step back in spending after making the grand final. Why is that?

The starting 5 is very much playoff quality.

I am concerned about the bench.

If I were brutally honest with myself the Sixers are really 7 deep + Teys. Injuries will be a big risk.

Is there any evidence that the club is looking to be less aggressive financially? Or it is from circumstantial evidence eg. cheaper imports like Deleon?

Because the new owner is connected to LK, not really independent. LK obviously cutting back?

Am I still being punked?

part (at least if not more) of their budgets come from LK himself