So much for the "No one wants to come here due to management" brigade. End of the day it is a business. People see the opportunity and they take it.

I wonder what the carrot was though. No Coach, Questions over the squad pending review. You'd think Josh would want some pretty firm assurances. Or maybe it is just $$$.

Why does he count as a Next Star? He's an Aussie, he should just be a regular roster spot shouldn't he?

Does this mean Gaze will be coach?

I'm a little surprised by his choice, but that is a great get for the sixers!

Gaze has already verbally agreed to be the coach

Interesting that he didn't go to one of the bigger teams. But if you consider he probably wants playing time whilst still being on a 'decent' (i.e. not SEM or Hawks) team, 36ers then seem like an obviousish choice (probably alongside NZ, Brisbane and Cairns IMO).

According to the FoxSports report, all bar one NBL Team showed interest and his choice came down to MEL and ADL. It's not often that ADL are going to win that particular race so this is a good get. Apparently the fact 36ers staff flew to Sydney to meet with him helped.

"maybe he was offered starters minutes with ADL? The end of Randle?"

Yes sounds like he would be getting starter minutes. It was the end of Randle regardless due to his injury

Good positive signing by Sixers. Does anyone know if Giddey and Mudronja are playing NBL1 this season? (Website seems to be a work in progress and can't find either of them listed) If so, which teams?

Good signing for Adelaide, but feel they are getting screwed regarding the Next Stars spot now being taken?

"Why does he count as a Next Star? He's an Aussie, he should just be a regular roster spot shouldn't he?"

Hendo, I suspect its because he wouldn't be willing to settle for an ordinary development player slot and by making him a Next Star, the Sixers can get the league to pay part of his salary?

Sixers Sign Josh Giddey as NBL Next Star AKA Gaze is the New 36ers Head Coach.

"Mudronja playing for Sturt.

I've seen Giddey in photos from the CoE, so I think he's playing in the NSW league."

Thanks. Re: Giddey, he definitely played for CoE last season, but now that he is signed as a Next Star, I'm wondering if he has to move on from CoE?

The relationship between Andrew Gaze and Warrick Giddey is the obvious "carrot" yet no-one else has mentioned it so far.

Here's how it's gonna go.

Deep down, Andrew is/will always be a Tiger

36ers get Gaze but unannounced as yet.

Sign Giddey. ("don't say anything about Andrew, Ok?)

DMac added to coaching staff. (Shhh....!)

JVG signs 7 x D. MacDonalds.

Dave Simmons signed as team manager in charge of water & towels.

JVG signs Ben.

Purchases next. etc

36ers Shuts Down, Adelaide buys Tigers name and all their next generation players and Adelaide Tigers are born(-again).

SA suceeds to become part of Vic (actually, LK bought it), Adelaide becoming the centre of Melbourne's extremely western suburbs.

Adelaide Tigers become the (Very) West Melb Tigers, or VWM Tigers. Almost back where it all started!

Adelaide would have the advantage of offering playing time at most positions (an important consideration for young players) whereas other teams will have more returning and established players. Another factor could be that LK/NBL don't want Adelaide dropping off a cliff, so helped push this.

Are things that bad at the Sixers Isaac...? You seem to have plenty of inside information the last few months/year or just pure speculation...

Giddey is playing for the COE in the Warratah League

Good to see a btta good news.. like the shops having toilet paper...
A good day, although my first wife had an affair...
.... with my second wife....

A, no, I don't have particularly special information. Certainly nothing relevant to this signing or their situation. But the NBL has history and motivation in encouraging clubs that need encouragement.

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Isaac, In years past you never gave out much information this season you provided a little more inside knowledge, which was unlike you;) Having some relationships within the club through work I strongly believe the club is going in the right direction, doing all it can within its means to capture a bigger market and presence in Adelaide and starting to really work on those small things that were never done before.

Agreed with Isaac - LK owns the league and he's savvy about it, he wants competition not teams struggling.

He propped up Bullets, propped up Hawks and made them get new imports instead of tanking, he has propped up Adelaide. 36ers frequently have similar sponsors to Melbourne United and Brisbane Bullets - there’s a definite synergy via LKs influence.

Re Gaze, while Andrews a Melbourner through and through the family including Lindsay Gaze are from just north of Adelaide in country SA.

What do you mean, you just explained that they were tanking ie. they didn't want to sign new imports to compete, but LK made them do it to remain competitive in matches.

I don’t know what the controversial aspect of that is haha

Gaze will be the coach, 100% based on good intel.

Fantastic signing ...shows the fans the Sixers are out there doing something positive for the future.

"He propped up Bullets" No he didn't he started the club and owned the Club. Like United, and now Tassie. Why do people post such utter BS?

Great signing. Please keep the management have signed a player without a coach to yourself.
I'd start him at the point. His main weapon is he's a distributor.
then id get a SG SF C
SG like Newbill- can defend, run the point for a bit and can hit 3's.
SF hopefully spend some cash here.
C someone who can catch and finish and rebound.

Is there some reason why he might have *had* to be qualified as a Next Star, no matter who he signed for? I understand there is a financial incentive and advantage for declaring him as such (NBL pays some - or all? - of his salary), but if he *had* to be signed as a Next Star for some reason, than you could assume the one team that didn't pursue him might have been Sydney - sounds like they're thinking that they might have Didi back for one more season.

Sydney did pursue Giddey.

The only team that didn't chase him were Perth. Mainly because they have Luke Travers, who will most likely become an NBA player too (after a year or two at Perth)

Expect 1 American next star, 3 aussies

Is this a guess? Or do you know something we all don't?

This is very interesting news.

Rumour is that he was chasing a starting spot/guaranteed minutes.

With no coach or confirmed roster, it is risky if there is any guarantee.

You would imagine the ideal Adelaide lineup is:
PG - Import
SG - Drmic
SF - Import
PF - DJ
C - Import

Where would Giddey fit in here?

He is no doubt talented but I don't think he is in front of Drmic at this stage.

Can Giddey guard Casper, Trimble, Cotton, Machada etc. I don't think so at this point.

So if he is guaranteed a starting spot, does he start and then come out after 2 mins?

Is the owner making promises and setting the coach up fro failure?

Isaac, he owns the clubs that he started. He has a few co owners but ultimately he still owns the clubs in question. I don't beleive that any of these clubs has an owner with more of a % ownership than LK.

^ I agree but thats how JVG is talking this up. A coach is going to have to come in and deal with this, with possibly the expectations from management and the kid himself that he's going to play. He's not ready The kid in reality is a talented DP. At 17 years of age there are so many unknowns. Obviously, signing for one year he's punting for the NBA. What benefit does this serve the club? Now if there was a clause stating if he missed out on the NBA that he was further contracted to the 36ers for x years then fine. This is nothing more than a good news story with JVG trying to show he's on top of things. Costs the club very little but the situation this club is in right now, they need a Next Star that is going to contribute in a big way i.e Louzada.
This is a wasted appointment.

I don't agree with you at all.

I would likely say that Giddey will be back up point guard with the starting PG going to an import spot.

He WILL contribute straight away.

He will be better than Drmic from game one (in my opinion)

He may contribute more than what Didi has for the Kings (I believe he will)

To say he is a wasted appointment is absolute rubbish.

Wait and see. I think you will be surprised.

I'll say it again for the people who are having trouble thinking this is a good signing.
He's a 6'8 point guard, an elite distributor, who can rebound the ball and knock down the open 3. He doesn't rely on athleticism to play, so I cant see him struggling to do what he does already.
yes he's 17 but his strengths suit the way he'll play in the NBL.
yes he wont guard the opposition PG's hence why I suggested a SG who can defend.
He'll defend either the 1/2/3 depending on matchups.
build the imports around this and its a great signing, unlike the Hawks where Ball was heavily relied to score, rebound, pass and defend the star PG's.
Let the kid play to his strengths and we might see some team ball and actually sets being ran at Adelaide.

Listening to Henry speak about Giddey.
He was not involved at that time, but had watched Giddey play and is a big wrap for the kid.

Good move by Adelaide. Great to see an eligible Aussie become a Next Star.

I'm a little surprised his dad didn't push for a Melbourne team, but I guess like anything it comes down to a combination of money and opportunity.
I can imagine that the league would be trying to push NS's into other teams, but also keep in mind that some teams seem to have limited interest in the NS program, and others might prefer to target the best available US talent