Same starting 5 as last game for the Cats - i.e. Almansa & Okwera in the front court.

Martin starting instead of Harrell tonight.

DJ off the bench too.

Am worried about sixers. Overdue and they like beating the cats. Danger game. DJ off spell be shooting like now tomorrow.

36ers gonna double Cotton all game and just leave plenty of open shots for everyone else.

DJ wasting no time out there

DJ in one of his hot moments. Gotta ride it while he's in rhythm since it'll eventually fade out.

Get him looks ASAP before the Cats put the clamps on him lololol

Worst fears..

Good start by both sides, Sixers would be happiest after slow strart. Rasmussen has done well on Cotton so far.

Windler gonna get plenty of looks tonight.

Pathetic the amount of 2nd chances we give teams.

Sixers happy to keep leaving him open. Good on em.

Flop warning??? He had Montrez, going through him at the rim... lol nbl ref's really just have no idea. The whole world knows when a player actually flops, just not the nbl refs

Sixers defence isn't great as we know, but why does every team shoot the lights out here without fail?

Refs calling every thing for cats, Pinder being the main beneficiary.

Hate to say it but this looks over already

Sixers just don't box out, react quickly, to many ball watches. They also don’t D up properly, there three imports were being talked as best in the league, Davis been trying hard but the other two so inconsistent. Martin should have been put on plane and told come back fit, compare him to what Windler is doing. Sixers locals also should be told go and play nbl1 south and not that soft league where they star, Marshall has been so disappointing on both ends, Mayern as well. Cats just rolling but not certain this is a true test, hopefully it can change in second half. I do feel the 50-50 decision have gone all their way through.

Is the owner also an assistant coach?

What a rabble!

Standards?

Sirously thought was danger game for Cats. So wrong. Something not right in city of chirches. Would you think season is really on verge now. Roll on cats. Very impressive win.

Cats just rolling but not certain this is a true test

Yep, solid response by the Cats to that pathetic outing in Wollongong.
Pretty sad stuff from Adelaide though.

This is not upto my standards.

Cant believe we sacked ninnis for this, even cj bruton was better than this.

Montrez may as well be let go overseas, he has checked out,

i agree we should not have kept Martin after showing up injured and out of shape.

Another wasted season.

Is Donate Russo-Nance's 6 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal the best statline ever by a bloke playing 90 seconds of a game.

Sixers gone, team is rabble. Humphries, DJV, Dech good pieces, Davis should be kept, find some local that play and understand D, keep DJV away from any team selections. Find a coach from the fiba game who understands x and o. Season gone again for Sixers.

Perth certainly play finals, we will see how they go against better opponents but certainly look competitive.

Sack him immediately

At least got burgers..

Sack him immediately

I think your initial instinct was more on point. Can't judge a team's level when their opponent is as bad as the Sixers were tonight.

Couple of thoughts from the game;

The NBA centric 'pick & roll' or post Humpa/Montrz and space doesn't work in the NBL - the best teams have a system with multiple options.

The team is poorly constructed - the 'we're only going to play 7-8 each game' was foolish and illustrates a lack of understanding just how much depth is required in the NBL.

Poor, poor, poor body language - the commentary was pretty bad however some great points were raised re lack of huddle, talk on the floor, coaches sitting looking defeated and no Montrez in post game huddle (likely waiting in the changeroom to blast the team.....as has happened several times).

Club obviously putting a lot of stock in Keanu....what Dech is back who gets cut/dropped to enable Keanu to remain in the main team?

Weston and the rest of the lemmings sitting behind (and owner/other family sitting next) to the bench isn't the greatest of looks - let the three coaches work, talk, discuss, strategise without being crowded.

Horrible to watch
Body language looking defeated
It seems like so bloody long ago we were a decent team...

Fck off back to where u came from.

Sixers are an embarrassment to the state of SA. Zero heart, fight and resilience.
But here are the answers for a coaching crew who have no idea. Make a game plan..... and then do the exact opposite. You guys are way out of your depth, obviously.
The substitution pattern is bewildering, and I mean wildly mind boggling. You consistently play the wrong people at the wrong times and the best sub of all was taking DJ out just after he scored at the start of the last. Just when you needed someone to get rolling you pull him. His body language as he walked off said it all and rightfully so.
And Rasmussen on Cotton, seriously???
Clowns, the lot of you.

Absolutely woeful, Sixers, especially the last quarter.

Who are the on-court leaders for Sixers? DJV is too focussed on his own points. Humphries is too emotional and nice. Davis is too young and quiet. Harrell is just focussed on being entertaining and looking for someone else to blame. Martin ... yeah, nah.

They need a focussed and objective player like a Wagstaff or a Delly to organise them, and to give encouragement, compliments when they do well, and a real spray when they slack off.

Maybe then we'd see more effort and desperation and a more competitive team.

Cadee.asked before why he doesn't get more of a role.

Coach or Trez won't be around much longer, trez hasnt shown any poise since return from suspension,I was shocked to find DJV and trez on bench at start of match so something must have happened in last 24 hours .Trez doesn’t interact in team timeouts. Wells sat on bench much of the 4th and let that clown waving his arms around. 3 over 20 point losses shows there’s no unity in team .We won’t be playing in finals this year ,got Syd melb and Jackie’s in next 3 games .Very disappointed,first q was good after that too many subs and all our best was in the bench .
I think there be some big talk in next 72 hours .

Sad very sad indeed. Nothing changes that even indicates the coaching group has done any scouting on the opposition. Just keep playing awful man to man defence & then blame someone else when you haven't done the right thing.

I'm not sure what standards the GM set but he needs to have a good hard look at himself as well.

Don't see anything changing & who would want to come & play here or even stay here to play.

I haven't seen any individual improvements with the group, except Davis who's agent must now be looking to get him somewhere better than this train wreck.

It's all about the standards.

Wells out of his league. His reactions during games borders on at lost with team effort.

To quote Aunt Marge from the Harry Potter series, "If there is something wrong with the bitch, there is something wrong with the pup".

This team lacks any sort of character which is a reflection on the organisational culture at the moment and those running it. What we see on court matches what we see at the top: no responsibility, accountability, effort or positive decision making. The whole thing is clearly toxic and needs to be cleared out. The 36ers brand is just being tarnished now by the idiotic egotistical management/ownership group. They all need to go.

I was at the game and I must say I am in awe of the fans who keep turning up in great numbers each week hoping for something to change. Surely that can't continue with performances like tonight being the norm now.

I have never felt as disgusted about the 36ers as embarrassed for the fans as I did tonight.

Think season is nearly done. Need dramatic uplift. Cats reign supremely. Jesse the general. BC the marvel and windler and tinder. It's a complete template.still more soldiers to return.. feeling gd..march on Cats.

Extraordinary indictment on management and ownership that since the 36ers last qualified in 2017-18, even the "small market" teams, Cairns (twice) and Illawarra (five times, including this year), have played in the post-season.

It's almost a special kind of incompetence that you can take all that money, support, and history to just convert it into... nothing.

Long time reader, first time poster (that I can remember).

Trez has mentally checked out, he is gone. Playing not to get injured. But by doing so his NBA shot is also gone. Euroleague middling import is in his future. Would be surprised if he is picked up by an NBA team now. Time to hang up those 5-10k pairs of shoes?

What is the coach doing? That's a few games now he seems to be a bit lost. What was with the 2-3 zone? 36ers got torched when that was run. Not saying Scott would have been any better but the league seems to have figured this bloke out and he can't react.

36ers need a starting PG like a 120%+ Cadee to sort them out and run some not crap offense each play down the floor.

Humphries, mate I feel for you. Biggest victim of the Harrel signing. You're a quality big in this league, but in the absence of a secure role and regular known minutes you are floundering. Leave, go somewhere that can use your skills. Doesn't have to be NBL, cash in on the ex-NBA part of your resume and go fill it up somewhere while you can.

"What was with the 2-3 zone? 36ers got torched when that was run."

Are you talking about the zone later in the game? If you are Harrell actually called it because I believe he is too lazy to play defence. Wells shook his head at him but it was too late to change the call. Wildcats came down and made one pass to an open 3 which they splashed. Wells changed the defence straight after that.

Nic Barbato (Ninnis sacking press conference) :
'We felt...umm...putting together a great roster that we think can go a long way this season. Ummm... We just felt like the standards that we accept as an organisation to reset the basketball culture to get back to winning ways weren't quite there.'

Are you going to take responsibility for this shambles Nic? Or are you going to throw Weston under the bus?
Cos one of you is to blame, who is it??

It's both of them Pablo.

Karma.

Agree with Karma

@AaronBryans
Isaac Humphries incredibly raw on @abcsport after the 36ers 6th loss in 7 games. Alluding to a disconnect between the playing group and their coach. #NBL25
"No one knows their role."
"Is Mike Wells' message getting through and it's a playing group problem?"
"No"

"We're struggling right now," Humphries said on ABC Sport.

“You guys don’t see a lot of stuff that happens behind-the-scenes ... we need to be better for you guys out there, but it’s a collective from what happened during the week and it’s just a hard environment right now.”

https://nbl.com.au/news/cold-as-ice-humphries-delivers-scathing-review

So something happened during the week, Harrell now coming off of the bench and Humphries says he doesn't know what his role is nor does anyone on the team.

Looks like one of Wells or Harrell is probably gone, perhaps both. That clown GM Weston needs to admit he's not meeting standards and step down too.

What an absolute shitshow.

Mike Wells looked a bit defeated in his press conference too. What is going on here?

Signing Harrell was a mistake.

One embarrassment after the next fir the schmozzle of a club. All the while the owner perches himself next to the bench during the game and Carrie's on like a two bin watch. A fish rots from the head.

Ditto that signing Harrell was a mistake.
Clearly in the way of himself.
His attitude stinks and it's cancerous having him remain.
I think the whole organisation (including the ownership) needs a clean out.
Ninnis is quietly having a chuckle to himself right now.
Or feeling sad at how his club has become a rabble.

Wow Ice comments cut raw.and a what's with harrel disappearing off court straight away. Unless injure very poor team statement. All in buy in. Still stadium is packed and entertaining so sixer admin be happy. Any pr is good pr.. would you rather full stadium. The product is marketing well..

This garbage was worth alienating club legends for? Weston's "standards" are exactly what you could expect from someone who throws a club champion under the bus. No ability to read the room, no concept of club history, no idea. All self-serving bullshit and it's come home to roost. Worst run of 20+ losses in club history.
There's no reason this team shouldn't be highly competitive. They just need a game plan, defined roles and someone to hold them accountable on D.