This is a dead rubber. Perth will finish 2, Adelaide will finish 7th. Nothing will change that.

Be interesting to see what the approach is from each team.

Cats have a few sore bodies. White is out, Marto on limited minutes, Kay will be managed.
Wouldn't be surprised by an Adelaide win.

Adelaide has the opportunity to be the only team this regular season to beat Perth 3 times

Will Joey get Gatoraded?

If Adelaide are to remove Joey, IMO they need to be swift:

1) By now have a decision whether you're wanting to keep Joey or not - Adelaide has been in a relatively stagnant position last 3-4 weeks, and they knew they weren't making the finals by last week. They should have a figured out position by now re their coaching going forward.
2) If they want to move on, then they needed to have coaching candidates and ideas by now too, and certainly this week.
3) Come Monday, chat with Joey, come end of the week announce he has moved on if he has
4) Get searching for a coach, no reason not to get it done as early as possible - it will help with player retention/signing new players
5) Quicker a coach is signed, quicker 36ers can make moves including re-signing Drmic if that's what they want to do


If Adelaide get its act together in an organised fashion, there's plenty of time without "rushing" to get it right. If they put the pieces in place nice and early, they can set their direction, re-sign players like Drmic without fighting off other NBL clubs and can set sights on recruiting players nice and early.

KET, did you miss the bit where Isaac said they've already agreed to a figure?

Joey's just fucking with the owner on the way out re: I've got a contract as far as I'm concerned I'll still be the coach.

As much as I would like to see us take the season series 3-1 against Perth it was clear against Cairns we've packed it in and tonight will likely be about avoiding injury pending free agency. No need for Perth to go all out either they've got bigger fish to fry so I'm expecting a glorified scrimmage.

Perth by 8

Could be an "entertaining" game? Not much defensive pressure, a lot of guys looking to boost stats and their highlights reel.

DJ will want a big one though not just being at home but I bet he has plans on opting out for a new big contract.

Sixers to win.. as said many time Sixers match up very well DJ loves playing v Perth. Sixers have nothing to fear can play with gay abandon..
Expect randle to have huge impact - driven proud will want to show cotton he is the man.
Drmic overdue for big game.
500 joey will use all his tricks. Expects guys to really lift - Perth are thinking about other games ahead... no need for heroics... once Sixers get confidence flowing and realise Perthjust wanting game down expect run and gun bang bang bang. Harry frothing to be picking plums...

Sixers a special at $6.25. I've just thrown $5k on

Cotton out

Well at least it'll good to see some of the Cats development players get some serious minutes

Sixers to do a brissy blow perth away with slick hand brake off down hill skiing ball. Not white no cotton if correct. Sixers will own the split 3 - 1. Best team out of top 4.
Joey to show why best coach Sixers had in last 10 years and why his teams are fun to watch.
Another if only season....

Perth with 2 development players up in the first 5min...Does anyone need more proof of how little this game means to us.

adelaide is pure garbage

schoking

I don't want to be that guy, but I fucking hate this Adelaide team.

20 of Adelaide 39 shots have been from 3...bruise free basketball

Does Joey look at the sportsbet multis before the game and try and piss off as many people as he can?

blatant fixing game.
Nice one adelaide, they can go on holidays with their pockets full of that betting money.

Adelaide had packed up weeks ago.

Joey making a point benching Griffin after 2mins and not returning and Randle getting limited time.

Adelaide players are lazy, weak, immature and selfish they haven't played like a team much all year and that’s resulted in lots of players getting benched by Joey.

It’s been a piss poor year by ownership (relationships wise), Joey and the players. All of them. This offseason there needs to be some serious cultural rebuild

goood fishing session you adelaide cu*ts

Agreed, after Marty Clarke stunted our talent, Joey Wright was a godsend. He is a good coach no doubt it's just he lost the ear of the players last year and this year and that’s that his time is up. Also says a lot about some players. This isn’t a "coach is gone things will be better", the players need to get the shit together. They were awful individually and awful as a collective and I don’t know why any other NBL side would want any of the 36ers players the way they’ve conducted themselves this season.

Perth without any imports still too professional, play good team basketball no matter who is playing! I guess that's why they have been so successful over the last 3 decades! There players know they have to play hard or they don’t play at all and get moved on!! Amazing record of 33 years in a row making finals WOW

" Perth without any imports still too professional"

Sorry, where in Australia is Plumlee from?

He played more minutes than the 36ers imports combined.

This was deplorable.

The Wildcats were not trying to win. Who would have thought Joey Wright was trying even harder not to win.

It's really hard to want Wright to stay.

I will correct that, Perth still too good even without this years MVP, last years grand final MVP, still win easy and will win the title once again because they play as a team and don't rely on individuals

When was the MVP dinner? I thought it was yet to occur?

There is a way to say Perth is a successful and well run club without sounding like an idiot, you're just no good at it.

Refs handed Joey the game ball which he tossed back...dummy spit or pissed at his players. Looked like he was asked to stay for an interview which he shrugged off and went to the lockeroom

Lovebroker, come on, is Griffin and Randle on the court any less frustrating?

My forehead has a permanent imprint of my hand due to these two

" when you live in a town populated by bogans you may not be used to people being courteous."

Melbourne is a pretty big city to be honest....

Thats the way to sound like a looser Ket and you are good at it

Although credit to you before Melbourne, I have lived in Perth, so I have experienced the bogan town vibe before.

Eagle, maybe when you're pumping your team up in the future just say things that aren’t obviously full of shit?

Ie. saying your player is an MVP before the end of an actual season or saying how good your team is with no imports when it had an import who played more than the opposition imports combined. Immediately kills the point.

What kills the point is a sook that can't handle facts, wildcats have always played a good brand of basketball regardless of personal, maybe rather than criticism strive to be the same and build culture and reinvigorate your club, that’s what the bosses at the 36rs need to do, the NBL needs a strong team from Adelaide as they are the only original clubs of the NBL along with the Wildcats to play every season and a lot of the history of both clubs comes down to success and stong local support

Amazing presser from Joey and DJ. No love loat amongst the 36ers group this year.

36ers starters 1/13 3P.

Re: - Eagle

"What kills the point is a sook that can't handle facts,"

LoL Dear Eagle - please read and don't be a sook :)
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" wildcats have always played a good brand of basketball regardless of personal"

WRONG : Until Cal Bruton went west in 1986 they were rather less than mediocre in both talent, performance and attitude -

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"the NBL needs a strong team from Adelaide as they are the only original clubs of the NBL along with the Wildcats"

WRONG : Neither the widcats nor the 36ers are even close to original teams in the NBL

Very interesting game, thought without cotton 6ers would've beat us but seemed like a pre planned?

Especially joey, not playing the normal player's? Wright was unlucky to not have 3 championships in the past.

I don't know what people were expecting.
Dead rubber, nobody cared about the result, low intensity.
It was always going to deliver lots of minutes for the benches, and lots of half-assed shots.

What exactly did 6's fans expect Joey to do?
Frankly I thought both teams did well to deliver something that was mildly entertaining.

Sure Joey could have gone harder, played his starters more, and Trev probably would have responded in kind.
And what if he didn't and the Adelaide Starters managed to scrape a win, in a dead game, against Perth's DPs. Would have just made them all look like dicks.

Missed the game
Disappointing finish by sixers. Been very tough to get consistency. Been reasons - Moore injury randle late into squad. Froling not able to take next step as was expected. Griffin took time to adjust. Drmic seems to have lost spring and quickness. Came into pre seasonoff an injury. DJ and Teys contributed but year older. Maybe father time has caught these Sixers.. Joey throw team around to create spark but seemed to only create issues against themselves. Time has dawn for new energy coaching admin and players. We the fans have done our bit supporting the EC. Need desperately to find marqueer player to build team morale and culture... is creek untouchable. Don't think Sixers have recovered from his lose. Need to find the next creek sobey cadee Gibson type player who inspires and produces...

Eagle...stop. Just stop.

Perth without any imports still too professional, play good team basketball no matter who is playing!

Amazing record of 33 years in a row making finals WOW

the NBL needs a strong team from Adelaide as they are the only original clubs of the NBL along with the Wildcats to play every season

What kills the point is a sook that can't handle facts

KR

In 1979, Adelaide was represented by Glenelg Tigers and West Adelaide Bearcats.

Then Adelaide City Eagles replaced Glenelg. It was mostly Forestville, with a few players n staff on some form of loan from their own District clubs

Then Adelaide Eagles morphed into Adelaide 36ers, a more true composite side. BASA also fielded The Buffalos in SEABL as a development team, but it was short lived

Then West Adelaide pulled the pin due to costs, merging with 36ers

History.