Underestimate Ware, Didi, Newley and Vasiljevic at your peril.

While their big man depth will be tested, their smalls and wings are strong enough to keep them competitive and Bruce, Hunter and Moller play their roles well.

They will surprise teams and while I expect the Sixers to win today I won't be surprised if Sydney beat them.

Sydney are too good for Radelaide

Realistically the Kings shouldn't have a chance without Martin but the Sixers often play down to their opponents so I could see our bigs either not exploiting the hole inside or getting in early foul trouble. I still expect Adelaide to win but don't think it will be as comfortably as it should be.

Sixers by 7

4 points in the 3rd quarter?! Disgraceful.

Yeah, struggling to see Pinder's redeeming qualities.

Sydney going well.
Casper Ware playing like Cotton.

Vasiljevic is already better player than cadee.

Dan Johnson left his ability to play basketball in Adelaide.

Brandon Paul better be very good or it's over for Adelaide

Louzada looks terrible so far this season. Had high hopes

Yeah, struggling to see Pinder's redeeming qualities.

What is the point of the nbl cup when 2 clubs which get crowds play in front of so few

What a waste of a season this is turning out to be. The one year we have Josh Giddey and Isaac Humphries together and we're just pissing it away. I'm getting sick of these absolutely gutless 15-20 point losses.

Two poor import signings, the Kendle fk up, Pinder being a space cadet and Henry not being able to implement any real structure means we need Brandon Paul to be our saviour and no genuinely good team should need saving from a new guy.

We should've won this game today by a handsome margin and got pumped, again.

Cheap imports and a cheap coach with an egotistical GM who believes he is God's gift to recruitment. This was always going to end badly once the Sixers hit the road.

Blame the coach for Adelaide losing..His not cool and always shouting to his players...The coach to much hype with Giddey who had one good game..Pinder is more rapper than basketball player, need to change his hair ..

JVG has become a massive fraud. He is a politician who has a woeful import history. Takeout the bullets ring which had a millionaire owner bank rolling the team with no salary cap; what has he actually done? Some of his recent imports have been absolutely woeful - the Adelaide roster on paper is one of the worst in nbl - those imports he started with were barely NbL1 quality.

the Adelaide roster on paper is one of the worst in nbl - those imports he started with were barely NbL1 quality.

I think our mistakes were held onto Sloan for way too long. I said before the NZB double that is he still isn't performing by then we should cut him and we persisted with him bringing him off the bench for a couple of games and then a third game he missed due to injury.

Then we compounded that with the Kendle signing who was injured on arrival mist his first game with us, played in the second and then out injured again for his third game with us. Paul will need to do two weeks quarantine upon arrival so he won't be available until March.

As we've already chewed through our opening 7 game stand at home and 8 of our first 9 games at home our season will likely be on life support by the time Paul is able to play anyway.

Agreed Zodiac, 100%. No structure, no plan B and if Isaac and DJ don't score, we don’t score. Two crap imports and a coach I’m not convinced is up to it.
Is there any chance the team that drafts Josh gets him to play another NBL season? I love his game, big fan but I’m not sure he’s gonna be ready. Probably wishful thinking.
What the hell is Pinder doing playing NBL? How the hell did JVG think Crocker, a 34 year old, was going to get it done?

Perth v Adelaide is what we all want to see.

Um because his hometown team the Sixers offered him a 3 year contract?

If Dillon and or Teys aren't around next season that gives Mudronja more opportunities.
He is what 21 or 22, still young.

Why are people blaming Crocker for this loss?

He was 15 pts at above 50%.

If anyone is tired it DJ.. he needs a back up. Been doing it all by himself... cantkeep flogging the guy... not a great result but just one game...its the sameness of the bench... McVeigh offers somethi g different.... and let's get Dillon and as veterans helping giddey..mud is a kid so needs time.. pinder well move on ...
BP pressure - let's hope he thrives on it.. season is still alive... unhappy yeah cos lost but group is tight ... too many wise heads DJ teys Dillon to not be keeping team on same page...

Disappointment to read coach says team had zero energy.. that's on the coach. Recognise and correct.. coming off big quarter to say no energy.. why no energy.. does team.p l an bore them.. does team huddle bore them.. is sedative in oranges... yoga and mumbo jumbo season at half time create trance.. why no energy.... more Powerade please ....

What is the problem with McVeigh on the floor? He gets on, gets huddle buckets, gets dragged and we don't see him for another 20 minutes.

Probably doesn't follow the system or something.

I think Brandon Paul can make a world of difference - we need someone that can spread the floor and punish double teaming behaviour of IH/DJ and clogging the rim.

That will make Adelaide more competitive.

To be top 4, they’d have needed Crocker to be better a better version of himself, a Terrico white type, and Pinder be less like Pinder and more like a player that can defend and not turnover the ball

Johnson 'guarding' Ware nonsense. We played like Pinder.

When they get to prime time all their big players disappear. DJ got no change out of the refs and he usually lives at the line which is where they need to be when the going gets tough.

Underestimate Ware, Didi, Newley and Vasiljevic at your peril.

Vasiljevic is killing it - at least against Adelaide he is.

Him and Giddey are future Boomers prospects

Giddey is really struggling with the adjustment all teams have made on him - basically sagging way off and cutting off passing lanes, reminds me of what NBA teams used to do against Rubio when he was a rookie. He looks good going to the basket and hitting the glass, but also feels like he was really trying to force things every time he had the ball last night and had a couple of absolute stinkers re: passing the ball directly to the other team.

...although his ceiling is sky high, I should add that - I think he'll be a heck of a player, but obviously his best days are ahead of him and he has some kinks in his game he needs to work out.

Teys is on last legs... McVeigh is harshly treated... got to reward and embrace a energy burst player. Muddy seems to be the lost dinner plate in the dining setting... fearful more cracks will appear... .mud and McVeigh provide robust hyper positive vibes which coach says team lacks.. no coach not receptive to cosmic energies around him.. even old man sting ray tays is connected and responds if allowed to strutting the hardie planks.... game is played 90% in mental space..

Angus, I think that is more of an indictment on lack of shooters to open the floor than Giddey - it would be good if he knocked more down and attempted more drives however I think he has done a very good job not forcing it and playing within himself. We are much better with him on the floor and the way we operates with the bigs is precisely what we want.

The issue really is how do we stop teams clogging the passing lane close to the basket?

Answer: have those shooters to punish and reopen the floor. That's what Sloan and Crocker and Dech and mcVeigh and to an extent DJ were meant to do.

B Paul will be vital, if he demands the almost double team, that gives Crocker/Dech/McVeigh wide open opportunities if they move the ball right then they just need to knock those shots down.

Can’t defend double team IH and DJ and Paul so you have to either make life easier for the shooters or for IH/DJ. If you lag off Giddey, well he can still drive and shoot.

The issue then lies in what to do when IH is on the bench, defensively screwed. This is why I’d say bringing in Paul and more time for McVeigh as a shooter at the expense of Mudronja, Teys, Dillon will make 36ers competitive with the best. For lack of an extra defensive big man or DJ learning defence and Crocker not being Terrico White - makes Adelaide not top 4 material

Yep it was Heal discussing Kay and Bolden, a good point that both could be signed now.