"Midnight curfew? What are they 17 years old? "

No but they're professional athletes...well, they're meant to be.

Especially dumb move given what has happened with Glen Rice Jr this season already

Maybe OP is Reality with an alt?

Crazy how NZ get ridiculed for similar on these boards, but Adelaide get a free pass. To be fair nightclubs in Adelaide close by 10pm and are not open on Sundays or Wednesdays so it is a luxury for these players to visit other, normal states.

The Sixers management came out and said they were disappointed in the players, not threaten legal action or call the issue a storm in a teacup.

Also, those Adelaide players don't have histories of violent assaults.

Google griffin lol

But no, no convictions for anything from the players. It's just another mini story coming together that makes this season a failure for the 36ers. Once the stories the losses add up enough, even the ones where the players aren’t at fault leave a sour overall taste.

You mean the time Griffin was misidentified by a supposed witness and all charges were dropped when they realised he didn't fit the description?

Yeah, I just googled the article again. Def would've held his opportunities back. Like I said, wasn’t convicted, still there is a stigma that comes with that. Plus Florida is a crazy place haha

Then again, so is cairns by the sounds of it!

The nbl isn't set up like the nba. Where if you don’t have a good season it means you get draft picks, a chance to rebuild etc

If you were expecting 10 wins, as a fan, you clearly accept mediocrity. I don’t, they failed before the tip off with the recruiting.

All teams piss on when on the road. NZ were at the Mosley in Glenelg till 2am a few weeks ago. I seen them skulling cruizers with the locals. Funny how in Adelaide we treat the road team well and socialise with them. Cairns locals not so much....

You honestly think that team assembled is mediocre due to millions extra dollars? That's very naive. If it’s purely a money thing, then why bother supporting them? They’ll never financially compete, BUT that doesn’t mean they can’t be more accurate with the players they do sign.

Their record is close, they were one upgrade away from being a clear 4th. As is, they have too many players in the same positions, they should’ve done more homework on Ramone Moore’s body, as they have missed any input from that 3rd import spot all season.

Perth got no input from their third import last season and did ok

Exactly. The money is everything to make a team great debate is a weak one. Whoever is in charge of the 36ers recruiting, can't be hiding behind that excuse. They simply have to be more creative, show even more attention to detail and get the right players to make the whole thing work.

Could say that money hasn’t helped United this season either, so if Adelaide had recruited appropriately, they’d have leap frogged United for example. But accepting a 10 win season from the beginning is cool lol

Look at Melbourne and Cairns. Money doesn't automatically equal winning

Ramone Moore hurt his arm in the scuffle

Brunson you're not thinking logically enough. Decent recruiters build teams from the bottom up as much as the top to bottom. They didn’t have to spend big money imports etc they couldve built the bench players better. Imagine if they’d uncorked a Magnay type, not on big money, yet. They went with white, Dillon and McVeigh. I feel they were somehow expected Drimic to be all star 5 level based on the how they rounded things out.

We will never know what money the 36ers brass were/are playing with, everyone is giving out false misleading numbers. But at the end of the day, this roster was poorly constructed.

Ofcourse money is a critical factor. But unlike yourself I believe it's the only factor to determining a decent roster. The roster this season is lazy, no imagination was put into constructing it. That’s not a money issue, that’s a lack of recruiting the right way.

Surely there is no truth to ramone injuring himself in the scuffle? He wouldn't have even travelled. But interesting he has now been announced to be done for the season. Pity they didn’t call that 2 games earlier and sign someone else.

Every team has to spend up to 90% of the cap, then there are marquee rules and others to allow deductions above the cap. Adelaide are paying some of there middle of the road players over, Drimic when he signed was still at college and was telling all, his first year was 120g going up. He's had a fair year Drimic and I don’t want bag him but far to much for a straight out college player considering he’s probably on a fair bit more now. McVeigh an Australian junior rep and captain probably got a fair hunk as well. It’s probably part reason Joey get these guys but when they are getting more then the top end guys are getting less so you don’t get the best.
Cairns are doing fine and I bet they spend less than Adelaide. Money is not an excuse, recruiting is the problem.

Agree with that above analysis.

The Mitch Creek ransom debacle probably hurt their recruiting more than their supposed lack of budget

Brunson that was a terrible example of trying to sugar coat shit.

Moore should've been replaced, griffin should’ve been held accountable and either shipped out or benched for not playing defense which is a pretty important element of the game!!! None of these factors have only just been noticed, they were obvious from the seasons beginning.


To try and sell on opportunity? Please, these guys are getting paid to perform, he hasn’t gone above and beyond to give players court time etc he’s had no choice with the cattle he has!

And big deal on randle’s inclusion, some might say it has been to the detriment of the team. Next time he hits the deck, see how quickly his teammates come to help him up. He’s not popular.

Anyways agree to disagree on basically everything.

PlaymakerMo, look. At the roster. The proof is in that pudding.

Love how the 6'ers back peddled on their original response to the "incident" Nothing to see here... then there was the disappoinment of the players going out. Unless their is a curfew generally almost all go out.

So money was the reason for losing to the hawks at home? Was it the reason they had a lead they should've held against the kings at home in the last minute?

Money is a factor, it’s not the only factor. Adelaide, have shown to be inconsistent and most would agree are about one or two key players short of having this season gone very differently. That doesn’t mean the players they needed had to be franchise playing superstars, just the right supporting cast. They got it wrong this season, not due to money, but due to not recognising the issues early on and adjusting.

But whatever, it is what it is. Drums will be banged from both side of this matter till the end of time.

It's not hindsight, when the majority of the fan base knew it was curtains before game one.

I applaud your rose coloured glasses, but I whole heartedly disagree with your assessment of how this season has been constructed and then executed.

You guys are muppets lol

Maybe if fans like you lot, didn't defend such mediocrity, the club would feel more pressure to make changes.

If money is the issue then even more concentration has to placed on the recruiting aspect. No money yet they bring in the likes of JVG etc he’s not relocating for peanuts.

Anyways my point was they didn’t need to necessarily recruit pricier, but smarter. They didn’t. Not sure who the blame is on, you guys seem very defensive of it all, so maybe you know someone who your worried will cop the heat when the season is done.

You really think that 36er playing group is making the finals? Please. They've checked out. Just because it’s not a mathematical thing yet, doesn’t mean it’s not over. They’re done.

Ok KET, it's ok, your passionate about your point of view and that’s cool.

Hopefully next offseason things are conducted differently, because we all want a winning team to support but be annoyed by.

"Maybe if fans like you lot, didn't defend such mediocrity, the club would feel more pressure to make changes."

This. So many on here defend the undefensable from these Adelaide Sixers believe they are bulletproof. Creek was wrong. Sobey was wrong. The Adelaide Aboriginal artist was wrong. Wiley was wrong. You are the NBL's version of Iraqi people defending Sadam Hussein as Baghdad burns around you.

probably not the best example to show a young DP like Mudronja on what is required to become a good professional player

Ofcourse it's a general take. Just because my opinion is coming across general etc doesn’t mean it doesn’t warrant some respect.

But stay blindly supporting, accepting the excuses the club or coaching staff want to put out there. You make it sound like the team they have, was the only team of combined players they were ever going to be able to put together, and general or not, no way that could be true.

Did Randle help them win the scuffle? Or just get a few cheap punches (stats) in and lose?

He threw all the punches and wouldn't let any of his team mates throw any.

Froling was expected to take a step forward this year not one backwards, Joey's already stated how disappointed he is with him. Not surprising given his college career. But a couple of close defeats go the other way and they're solidly in third spot. Better than new Zealand expectations.

Who has played above their level? Maybe drimic in spurts? Dj has gone missing as much as he has had some individually huge stat games. I can't think of anyone who has exceeded expectations

Adelaide "always a chance to be in the finals" Yep we hear that every season. Very tiring and the 6'ers fans keep imploding every season.
FANTASTIC.

The above post, represents my life perfectly when it comes to the 36ers. I've had enough of it, been done for a few seasons now infact. Used to be a die hard fan, wouldn’t miss a game for anything, now days I can’t afford to get too attached to a mediocre product for my sanity sake!

The whole thing is that after the recruiting was when complete, a lot of fans blew up about how it's going to be a long season etc and the same glass half full types defended it.

Saying the same old stuff. It’s as good as we could do etc we have no money etc Joey will get the best out of them blah blah and basically, accepting the mediocrity of what was put together.

Every season I try to give them the benefit of the doubt, that they’ll put something truly competitive together, but every season there are obvious issues from the get go. This season for me, has been how weak the bench is.

brunson

the 36ers suck

their coach sucks

the guys in cairns were just stating the obvious facts

Moore has the right idea. Preten to be injured and seperate yourself from this damaged brand of basketball.
I still love the team but there are so many questions unanswered.