The Hawks should get Humph and forget about Bairstow

Everyone Tasmania bound.

Come on down Perth fan time to get on the Jackjumpers!


They do have to recruit a full roster as opposed to just a couple of players that other clubs do, so you'd expect their name to be prominent.

Humphries would be a good signing for whichever club he ends up in.

If he is gone, the Sixers are farked.
Probably are anyway.
No faith in JVG and there's only Dech and DJ contracted.
Least there’s three imports- they’ll have to nail those to compete.
It’s a long time between drinks now. 98, 99 and 2002 seem forever ago. Very frustrating for the die hard Sixers fans.

Don't forget Kai Sotto!

" If he is gone, the Sixers are farked.
Probably are anyway."

Yip

Sounds like the Sixers wanted to re-negotiate:

When the 36ers originally signed Humphries, they inked him to a two-year deal but with a mutual option attached to the second year. As it turns out, that option hasn't been exercised with the club instead looking to renegotiate a new contract. As of right now, the two parties have not been able to reach a new agreement which means Humphries is becoming available to the open market.

The other really interesting free agent on this list, for me, is Jack McVeigh. There’s plenty of interest in the talented forward (who turns 25 today) from around the league so the 36ers (whom ESPN’s Olgun Uluc reports have an offer on the table) will have significant competition for his signature.

Weren't the players only on half pay last season? The Sixers need to stop being cheap bastards and lock Humphries in! Who the fark else are they going to get in here if he leaves?

Supporters need to see that there is something to build around for the future and without Humphries there is nothing in the stables.

Likewise, how are they going to attract other good free agents? Players want to play with other good players. Why would you come to the Sixers with only an old DJ and Dech to join forces with?

^ x 2
Agreed Beantown. And we have JVG in charge of getting it done. And then selecting three good imports.
Big off season. Fans need to see a competitive squad or they'll drop off, especially with ticket prices now and no Giddey sideshow.

Yeah 100% agreed Shano. We've had big hikes in members ticket prices, I have a much worse view of the action and we’ve gone backwards 3 years in a row on the court when we SHOULD have been in year 4 of a championship window with DJ, Creek and Sobey.

I get that the club had to upgrade facilities to increase its revenue potential, so I’m trying to stick out this lean period and support the club, but we need to start seeing results soon.

Anyone who believes what JVG says deserves to be lied to... That guy got chucked out of the snake oil salesmen club for being too shonky...

I can't believe that with Humphries being on the MVP track before his injury, the 36ers thought to renegotiate their deal, seriously? They really can't get over themselves, can they... Whatever they got Isaac for at the start would have been an absolute steal with how he was playing...

I kind of reluctantly agree. If it's true Humphries was on $400k this season then the second year of that deal would've been for at least the same money if not more so if I were the Sixers I would be quite reluctant to pay that money for a guy who missed half the season due to injury and was a shell of the player he was before that injury when he did return and then went out injured again.

Maybe you could take a risk at bringing him back for say $300k but not $400k and frankly Humphries after the injury riddled season he had should be willing to take a pay cut.

"Maybe you could take a risk at bringing him back for say $300k but not $400k and frankly Humphries after the injury riddled season he had should be willing to take a pay cut."

I agree, but the question is, will other teams think this way? Given there's a relative lack of Aussie big men, it would be worth paying Humphries a bit of extra coin, when he is of import quality.

I agree $300k would still be quite a risk as he wasn't good when he finally came back from injury then went out injured again and now pulled out of Boomers camp possibly to keep prying eyes at bay.

Very short turn around this season to next may still be injured and when the feet start playing up on big guys they can fall away really quickly.

Regarding the entertainment centre, our seats are further back aswell.

The State Govt have announced and allocated a lot of $ in the recent budget to build a city based stadium purpose built for Basketball, so I'm happy to stay at ent centre and have a few years of pain until that's finished.

I still want a team competing for the title though, as can't expect members to fill stadiums when team not competitive

I like Humphries, I think he (his injuries) was the difference between making the playoffs and missing out.

I would like him to stay but I am also weary of his fitness.

We all want success for the club but by that goal bringing in impactful players, however what is the use of an impactful player who plays just above half the time?

We got so close just for Childress to go down at the end and that was a hard lesson. We all knew Childress' fitness history, we rolled the dice and lost.

Should we roll the dice again? I think Humphries can be worth it but at the right price.

I would not be upset if Humphries left, then we can use that money on something better, shame that Kay has gone to Japan. Kay and DJ would make a formidable offensive front court.

Big caveat: *if its true he was on $400k*

I'm not convinced anyone on here really knows what he’s on. Even if it was $400k, didn’t all the players take a 50% pay cut last season?

If so, he came back early from his preseason injury IIRC and played his ass off for us for $200k. Given he was at least as impactful on both ends as any big man in the competition before his injury, I would absolutely honour the second year of his contract unless I had reason to believe he wouldn’t be healthy. It would be a powerful show of faith that would go a long way to getting his signature on a longer contract in future. It would also start changing negative player mindsets towards Adelaide after the bad Creek PR!

If the Sixers want to win a title, they need to sign the best Aussies. Humphries has a chance to win MVP if he can play a full season at the level he showed last season. If we don’t spend the money on him, what better player is available that they can realistically sign? Unless they want to outbid Melbourne for Lual-Acuil, the options are pretty limited!

Even if it was $400k, didn't all the players take a 50% pay cut last season?

Big caveat: *if its true he was on $400k*

At the beginning of the season he was reported (Liam Santa) as being the highest paid local, pre-Landale.

We did not get value for money last season. I'm happy to roll the dice for next season, but accept that comes with risks.

I don't believe that's right. Players that were already under contract were given the option of taking a 50% pay cut or being allowed to walk away from their deals.

Cotton, Kay, Ware, Cooks and Hodgson were the guys that chose to opt out knowing they could opt back in by a certain date if they wish. Ware, Cooks & Hodgson decided to opt back in to their now 50% reduced deals, Kay chose to go to Spain instead and remember the song and dance Bryce Cotton made about leaving?

Cotton opted out gave his farewells wished the WA public all the best then turned around and re-signed with Perth to a new 3 year deal said to be worth $600k a season. Cotton would not be playing here for $300k a season, he could get $600-800k a season in Europe.

Well Cotton did so...

Everyone took a pay cut, whether they had an existing contract or not.

Remember Liam Santamaria saying on Overtime that Cotton was taking up the entire soft cap. Cotton's contract was reportedly $600k per. The soft cap is about $1.2M. Do the math.

Getting 4K McCarron would be huge.

Hopefully Adelaide would pay enough that he won't need any NBLPA hand outs.

It would be mind-bogglingly unfair if the NBL forced all signed players to take a 50% pay cut, then turned around and allowed players signed after that agreement to receive full wages!

McCarron would be a good get for Adelaide, but I doubt the Sixers could outbid Melbourne and all the other teams who will be bidding for him!

In any case, if we've got that kind of money, surely its better spent on Humphries than McCarron? Its a lot easier to replace what McCarron brings than what Humphries brings.

Or beantown, they can bring both :)