I wouldn't call Teys dirty. He just lives by drawing charges which is supremely boring. Great work, you got in the way of someone trying to play basketball...

Drmic is a hothead and it's an unbecoming part of his game. Froling too.

Did you see who didn't shake Braswell's hand or are you going by the TV broadcast which showed him extend a hand, wait and then walk off? I assumed he was waiting for someone to turn around but they didn't notice - camera didn't pick up who. He didn't seem bothered enough to suggest it was unsportsmanlike.

Yeh- In the post game, Long said they like to talk a lot and that motivated the breakers to beat them even more.

For me; the team looks like a bunch of sooks, no mental toughness and a few players who like to chat, but don't axtually have game to back it up. Drmic and Teys are state league players, at best. Doyle should be on my Thursday night social team, and apart from Sobey and Moore, the whole team are mentally soft and crap

I agree

The only player on our roster that isn't NBL standard is Doyle. Teys has actually justified his re-signing this season and no he isn't a dirty player he's a tough player with a limited skill set that knows he's out there to play defence, take charges and commit the hard foul when necessary to stop a run on.

I agree though that the team does carry on like pork chops and I think that is in part them taking on the persona of our coach and also because we know we're limited talent wise and need everyone pumped right up to compete with the more talented teams.

I find it interesting that they only have two nbl level players by your standards but before last night they had a 4 game winning streak... what does that say about the other teams?

As for some players being too "moody" I would much rather have players who care about basketball and want to win that badly that they take it to heart compared to some of the sleepy players running through the motions on other teams.

Crowd fund me to punch OP in the face.

I agree @ Zodiac.
Teys is a great team man & can knock down the 3 ball with reasonable consistency too. He'd be a valuable asset to any roster.

The Thirty snitches are whiny and EMBARRASSING and prone to hothead displays, If you carry yourself with a bit of swagger and win championships fair enough, if you swagger around the joint and come fifth the joke is on you.

I'll post my ID and home address with my criticisms next time. Retard

I think that's a false dichotomy.

And that the earlier post about fighting is laughable and something tending to Poe’s Law!

I find it interesting that whenever there is argy bargy we see Majok Deng is always front and center... would be fun to see him fighting and can imagine he'd be like Thon Maker vs Philippines.

Yeah I'm wondering who in this club will actually settle players down and be the voice of reason as leadership from players is sorely lacking

I'm with Isaac - winning is great but it’s not everything - I can handle seeing my team lose as long as they are having a fair dincum crack and giving their best all the time.
The hot headedness (Drmic, Froling in particular) is a shit look, the posturing and flexing after every bloody dunk by Wiley makes him very unlikeable, Sobey looking sour & grumpy every time something doesn’t go his way only detracts from the fun in watching someone as talented as him play, and above all the coach who just fuels all of this with the us against them attitude he seems to love has really set the tone for all of this

Adelaide used to be a fun team to watch, free wheeling group of players who had s crack and played with a smile on their face as they were clearly enjoying being out there together. As such they were popular all over the place and date I say it a lot of people’s '2nd team’ , now it seems that starting from the top it’s not fun anymore and that attitude has seen the 6ers become a team that everyone loves to see get beat!

Spot on. They just dont appear to be happy and enjoying playing for each other. Froling is that typical big boofhead type. Drimic has a game but needs to control those emotions. Nothing wrong us against the rest attitude be need to be one for all and all for one as core value. Key moments and hot hardiness takes over. Drives decision making. Need right balance. Sixers have the spirit maturity will evolve.at least they have that quality. It hurts to lose. They hurt.

They remind me of what the Aussie cricket team turned into, which is why so many fans turned their backs on cricket and supporting their team.

For the thread opener (haven't read any further yet): I have to agree with the attitude shown by the Adel players, but I also heard Joey say, during a time-out, for his players to put "frowns on your faces". Anyone else hear that?
(now I'll read the rest of the thread)
(read it through)

Seems we (nearly) all agree re the 36'ers on-court behaviour.

Just 1 note. Isaac, you surprised me with your post re:
"He [Teys] just lives by drawing charges which is supremely boring. Great work, you got in the way of someone trying to play basketball...".
Presumably, you're a player and should know that drawing charges, firstly is hard to do, and secondly, aplauded by every coach, team-mate and fan. And commentators and me!

DJ fouled a player who fell to the ground last game and then extended a hand and helped him up...

I think people are just looking for excuses and reasons to hate. For example, there have been posts about Sobeys tattoo's...like really, are we that shallow and pathetic?!

I like that they play with attitude and passion...so long as it is within the rules of the game. Drmic does need to tone it down a little but I can appreciate the fact that he has his team mates backs. Froling I think is being overstated.

Sometimes it is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation...doesn't matter what course of action they take there will be a group of people who don't like it. Ohhhhh tough guy, wants to fight vs what a whimp, wouldn't even stick up for his team mate in that situation.

Tornado, Ive got no issue with extending a hand to help up an opposition player, Id prefer than standing over them posturing about how big a man you are and muscle flexing as some of our guys are want to do. It doesn't display weakness IMO to show sportsmanship.
Mika Vukona IMO is the epitome of on court toughness, he doesn't have to resort to such BS that we see from some of the Sixers, he commands respect from the way he goes after the ball - hard but fair and never being demeaning of his opponents.

Vukona is the worst at on court BS.

Once all is said and done the 36ers are still only 2 wins away from top spot. The 3 teams ahead of them are the biggest spenders in the league and Adelaide has managed to develope a team of young talented locals on a limited budget. A fit Josh Childress and a better officiating performance and they may well have won the title last year as well.

As for Vukona hr has always been a sly, niggly player from what I've seen over the years.