"Adelaide takes the L... again"

The reality is Adelaide would never have been able to match the offer. It is no loss to us as we can get players of Creeks quality for half the price (Wiley, Conger).

Good luck to him.

He served Adelaide well while he was here, but he is now an ex-girlfriend.

Explains why the league's social media platforms have been hyping his G-League stuff so much. Good first signing though, assuming he doesn't earn an NBA gig.

anyone seen the interview with Creek on Instagram regarding the 36ers?

Great for Creek and the NBL.

Marty Clarke's legacy lives on

Great signing for the Phoenix, even if he uses his NBA out clause and never plays a game for them. To have a guy as the face of your team who is close to the NBA is a great tool over the next 8-12 months.

Might be a wise idea to do some proofreading before posting and linking to your article, LC.

Great signing

Creek plus 3 star imports is a great starting point,

Especially if they can add a Landale type aswell.

Looks like its going to be a great 1st season for the Pheonix

BTW a little off topic, Anyone know who the rest of their coaching staff will be??

Adelaide fans need to move on from Mitch Creek. Its pretty well known its predominantly the club's fault for how things were done. Like a lost loved one, focus on the good times and not the sad ending.

What good times?

It is no loss to us as we can get players of Creeks quality for half the price (Wiley, Conger).

Brunson no idea mate. What do you know about salaries?

As far as I know this forum is SA based and predominantly SA users so your going to get a lot of salty sixers fans like myself whinging hard about this for weeks/months/years to come. Not gonna make any apologies for it beacause the club have royally stuffed this up. All trying to chase a measly 100k? when Creek was probably playing for under that by being at the club anyway.

How this club keeps shooting itself in the foot is beyond me. Why cant we get some decent management around here.

This club has 1 goal in mind at the start of the season, and sadly it wasn't to win a championship, it was to save as much cash / make as much money as they possibly could.

This club has 1 goal in mind at the start of the season, and sadly it wasn't to win a championship, it was to save as much cash / make as much money as they possibly could.

Hope they manage to get Sobey as well next year

To me this had 0 to do with Mitch. All the hate is at the club and rightfully so. Still can't believe how bad they treated him/the situation. Actually makes me mad.

LoveBroker, I have it on good authority offers to Shorter and Childress were borderline insulting to players of their talents.

Joey was given barely above the league minimum to work on the final import spot.

I just want to know why all us arm chair experts can see the disaster waiting to happen except management only to make the correct decision 1/3rd into the year when the season is on life support.

One could argue the cheaper DeLeon option then 2/3rds of a season to Conger still saves the club money but if that's how they are planning on operating from the get go then we really are in strife!

His the reigning club MVP, is that an achievement?

yay

http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/creek-on-adelaide-ill-go-back-there-with-a-real-chip-on-my-shoulder

I will walk into that stadium and I will thank the crowd, I'll thank my teammates that I played with from there, I'll thank the coaches, but there's certain people at that Club that I will never thank, and I'll never have any time for again" Creek said.

How cringeworthy was the whole i wanna beat united in a game 5 and hit the game winner! Ok cinderella!

Creek's a good signing.

Building your local core is the hard part, so you take any good local players you can find.

Yes its easier to get better imports, sometimes even at less money, but that's true of any local position. Problem is you can only have 3 imports, and the good ones don't stick around, so its hard to build a team around them. No reason Creek couldn't play out the remainder of his Career with the Phoenix, and that's what you need.

He asked for more money whilst still under contract, team unsurprisingly said no.
Club offered him an extension, more years more money. Creek again tried to get more money for his existing year, team again said no.

I have, but it always comes from the same anon. Probably from Sixers HQ.

Good signing for them if the money is right. If as suggested in the last thread it's for $500K+ a year then a bad signing you don't give guys like him Bryce Cotton money. At the same time they will need to pay overs to attract big names and get a foundation going to build on.

"the same anon"

Gold

Great signing for SE Melb. Now I doubly hope Mitch makes it in the NBA - best of luck to him.

This is half the reason I barely use my season tickets this year and will sell / scrap them.

I've been a season ticket holder since the Dusty Rychart days. Sat through the Marty Clarke era and have now lost my 36ers mojo.
You don’t treat a favourite son the way we treated Mitch. Yes there is rumours about Mitch asking for more money etc but the way we tried to get coin from Brooklyn was a disgrace.
Good luck Mitch, hope you make the big league and never play NBL again

^ yep. Been there since the doors opened as a member. Think this is year 26 for me? Mojo lost too.

In an interview with The Pick and Roll, Creek confirmed that obtaining an NBA contract remains his sole focus. His pact with the NBL's newest club doesn’t change his approach. Rather, the Phoenix provides a perfect back up plan, should dreams of an NBA call-up go unanswered.

Mitch Creek: NBL is secondary path to NBA dream; I love Adelaide

@California Dreaming and @Pete.

I hope you don't stop supporting the Sixers.

Yes they made a mess of things, but we can only hope they learn from that mistake and improve.

The club is still the most important part of the equation despite our best wishes for Creek.

Pray for mojo

Per the NBLPA standard contracts, Phoenix will be entitled to compensation or could block the FIBA release, should Creek get a call up to NBA once his 36ers time is up.
Crafty move by Greer.

Realistically I think they need 3 Good Aussies.
Who's out of contract at the end of this season? Someone mentioned Sobey, he'd also be a good pickup if true.
I think they need to have the coin to bring somebody home form Europe. Preferably a Melbourne boy. Any ideas?

"Per the NBLPA standard contracts, Phoenix will be entitled to compensation or could block the FIBA release, should Creek get a call up to NBA once his 36ers time is up.
Crafty move by Greer."

Has he signed a standard contract? I'm not sure. Even if he has it can't be lodged yet as he is contracted in a different country. Good for the club if it does work that way, but still some water to go under the bridge I'd imagine.

What I mean is has he actually signed an official deal that can be lodged with the NBL or FIBA, or just reached an agreement with the Phoenix? If he has signed an official contract then it can't be registered yet as he is contracted elsewhere.

I recall Sydney had to play that stupid game with the Bogut signing when it leaked before becoming official, because they legally weren't allowed to announce it until all the paperwork was done. So the fact it's been announced should indicate it's official, surely?