Where did you hear Pinder was out?

We put up a good effort in Perth but Cairns will be desperate for a win at home and we're missing our two best players.

Taipans by 7

If Pinder is out we win.
Else we lose.

If Oliver continues to play disinterested it goes a long way to a Sixers win.

Sixers website says Pinder is out, probably getting his hair dyed

No Humphries, No Giddey for Adelaide.
No Noi, No Deng for Cairns.

If Oliver finds form he can help Cairns win.
Neither team will make the playoffs so they should try and get a win when possible.

Perfect chance to see what Purchase and Hulland can do.

Adelaide have virtually no rim protection.

Roster balance being even more exposed work injuries.

Give Mud big minutes...and let Teys use his experience to get job done... BP must dominant.... Sixers by 15...

Ridiculous about Marty Clarke.. wanted a change with joey.. maybe joey white was not needed to be replaced..
Plenty time Sixers to get the win.

This is just awful.

And the second half is our worst half.

Why would you call a time out with 2 seconds left and your the team with the free throws?

It is time Mr Kelly for a Monday sit down meeting with your coach to allow him to leave. If not, sack him.

Kelley should be sitting down with JvG for a please explain.

Team looks like they have quit on the coach. Terrible sets.... Well no sets at all is closer to what is happening.

36ers are shit this year.

Take IH and Giddey out and they're an NBL 1 side.

Daniel Johnson is a good offensive player, but with Isaac Humphries out, his terrible understanding of defence is much more noticeable and really is painful to watch him try. Watching a 7ft tall human flailing around hurts.

Purchase is terrible. I still don't get why Dillon has played more than Paul?

No Giddey, No Humphries and to make it worse no Pinder. Shit Adelaide are no good.

Pinder is not as bad as everyone says.

Nice to see Oliver having a positive impact this game.

He was my second favorite player last season as were the Snakes

His attitude has been great tonight Oliver. When he's engaged he’s outstanding.

Pinder is a rebounding and energy guy every team needs players like that

It Adelaide were a horse you'd take it out the back and shoot it.
Lame.

We were never going to win with both of our centres out and no DJ ain't no centre. Out rebounded 44-31 and DJ just 6 boards and shot 38% from the field, fantastic.

Brandon Paul getting worse every game he plays, four straight now, just save the money for next season and cut him now. At least Crocker puts in some effort.

You look at that Taipans crowd and how they get behind their team then you compare that to Qudos Bank Arena today. I was there the least knowledgable basketball community in Australia. Cheers loudest for free cheeseburgers could not care less about cheering on their team. No cheerleaders you can only get Casper Ware jerseys from last season a few DJ t shirts available at the merchandise outlet that's it. Soulless crowd in Sydney. Really annoys me being a kings fan for the last 30 years.

I thought when Pinder was advised as an out, we were a chance. Can't see us winning another game until JVG announced as an out.

Paul can play. But Sixers are broken and missing Giddey and Isaac hurts. But yeah, seasons shot. Big clean out for next season, need to sign Mcveigh though, been really solid when given the chance. Keep him, DJ, Isaac and Dech and get rid of the rest.

If the season is done, why wouldn't you somehat-nurse the guys you want to keep on next year through the remainder and throw Paul the minutes? If he's a one-season guy, you are not fussed about risk of injury or burnout in meaningless games. He'd want to play minutes and get stats rather than sit on the bench. And the fans would at least be entertained or have one less thing to question.

If you're making up the numbers, you want to at least be entertaining.

They need to see what value they can get looking towards next year.

Get good development time into types like Dech

Dech is 26 or 27 so won't necessarily get much better.
Aniel Johnson won't get better at 32.
Dillon, Teys and Pinder are deadwood.
Giddey will go to NBA.
The imports are sub standard.
Only McVeigh has upside and he will attract plenty of offers elsewhere. Luckily Humphries is on a multi year deal.

The Sixers need to hit both the import jackpot and free agent jackpot or they will be stuck in mediocrity for years to come.

It's apparent that there is a serious cultural issue with the entire club, and a coach change cannot and did not fix that.

I cannot see Giddey playing in the NBA, not after this season.

And given that I feel the Sixers organisation has staked so much on his getting drafted, including the coach over-playing him instead of taking the pressure off him, I wonder what the fall-out will be if it doesn't happen.

Have you considered the number games Sixers have played the injuries plus virtual new playing group from last year... new coach new style but with ever changing roster. Not like got 4 or 5 guys who played together who can steady the ship. All uncharted playing group... group needs to play and stay together build on court connections. Too many too quick to look at negatives. DJ IH SD JG was getting results - now injury plagued thete goes consistency on court gel... macca McVeigh big bonus season.. add to the above - looking pretty decent..
Can't quit the path Sixers trekking....

Retain IH should be their first port of call. Then you hope that imports extends to 3.

C Humphries/ Backup C
F Johnson/ Import
F Dech/ McVeigh
G Import/Backup SG
G Import/Backup PG


Basically you work around IH/DJ/Dech/McVeigh. You go hard for a good passing import, a good scoring import, backup defensive import big and look for any decent college type aussies.

Would want one of the backup guards to be capable of shooting to add to Import/Dech/McVeigh.

Adelaide are 1-7 since losing Humphries (including the game he was injured and played 4 minutes).

He's the 36ers best player. Why does this surprise anybody? And losing Giddey too.

36ers lack depth, and they've lost two of their best players. They won't win many games without those two.

Oops I forgot, talking about injuries is "excuses" according to the Perth fans whose team is 13-4 after staying healthy all season.

I would assume Giddey goes to NBA?

But, 36ers need to follow the blueprint for success in the NBL- consistency. Try to build around a consistent core of players, preferably Australians.

For the 36ers obviously that's:

Humphries
Giddey (if he doesnt go to the NBA)
Dech
DJ (Who still should have at least 1-2 good years left and at least 3-4 years left in the league if he wants it and stays healthy)

But the main thing the 36ers got wrong this season was imports. Sloan was meant to be the MVP but he wasn't that great.

I think the Sixers have gone 1 and 7 without Humphries....

I think I screamed those three points relentlessly in preseason that Adelaide lacked 1) two good enough imports, 2) a defensive big and 3) had too many average bench players and that was why I predicted them close to bottom.

A lot of "KET is a hater" ensued!

“ Oops I forgot, talking about injuries is "excuses" according to the Perth fans”

I think it's a fair comment to say Adelaide has less depth to rely on than Melbourne. Adelaide needed everything to go right to fight for a top 4 spot - some clubs like Melbourne don’t need everything to go right to achieve say top 2 spot.

Not so much a complaint as sheer reality. Which is why I temper the criticism of the players or coach Henry against the circumstances

What surprised me was the slap in the face, on air, for Connors coaching.

And when Heal arrived, he got on the band-wagon especially over BP not starting or even playing him much.

After Connors sees the replay and hears the commentary (yeah, I know, coaches don't listen to the media), might make future court-side interviews interesting!

Isaac white at the Hawks isn't he? Put a fork in it.

Rigoni would be a good get - good shooter