Humphries wanting to leave and actually leaving are two different things. He's under contract for the next two years so the Sixers would have to be willing to allow him out to sign with another NBL team? I doubt it. He's never played in Europe/Asia before.

My money says he will still be playing for us again next season, the threat is him sulking over not getting enough of the ball and with Trez gone that improves significantly.

Great and sensible Thread and Title, Jonno. Post season approaching, free agency seeing early movers and stayers, will be lots of dribs 'n' drabs from now 'til pre-season proper. Can put those all in "your" club thread.

Let's make one for each team, put all your stuff re "that" team in that thread.

Other stuff can still be posted.

I'll start one now for Brisbane Bullets. No new news from me but the thread will be there.

It actually this right now

PG X / X/ X
SG DJV /X
SF X/ X
PF X/X
C X /Griscti

KD is not coming back. It was either Wells or him and Wells is confirmed

KD was effectively sacked in November, it was decided to save face and deal with the toxicity instead of facing the admission that they got it wrong with him.

He sent text messages to team member telling them what he thought of them after he was sacked. Only to have to pull the full George Costanza move 2 days later.

Very interesting QAnon re Davis, probably a good thing he doesnt return if it got to that point in November. Id try and pay up and get PJC who would likely want to leave NZ, (Kell would be my 1st choice, but doubt he would want to leave the Hawks for the 36ers unless suxers can offer wayy more money.)

Zodiac, Im guessing Humphries has an out clause, probably a buyout figure, as long as those things are met the club cant stop him leaving, but will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Im personally not too stressed if Humphries leaves, even if you cant get an equivalent Aussie we had Martin as an import off the bench not doing heaps last year, use that import spot on a Humphries replacement, id look at Tanner Groves, and that should be ok at starting C, then also would leave you with a decent amount of money to get a decent Aussie in the bigman rotation too.

Never heard of that before for a local player wanting to switch NBL teams despite having 2 years to go on his contract. The way it usually works is the team that owns his NBL rights (Sixers) would have to agree to release him. Can't see that happening. He could play in Europe/Asia instead but never has.

Humphries can't play for another NBL team until 2027 unless the Sixers allow it.

It's happened plenty of times and is happening now.

Remember CJ was off to Europe and landed in Auckland , how did we get DJV?

Market is questioning his ability to buy in as you have pointed out but he is gone.

The 36ers have way more to lose if they try to stop him, given the Creek situation that wouldn't surprise me from these dingbats.

I know exactly how we got DJV which is why it's highly unlikely to happen.

Huh? your stance is he has a contract so cant go anywhere else yet you also know how DJV got Adelaide.

That alone shows that it doesnt matter what your contract says , there are exits of which the biggest being restraint of trade

Isaac can exit any number of ways let alone threatened to release lots more information that would put certain people in very awkward positions.

No matter which way it happens , " mutual agreement" or whatever ,he is gone.

Other people on here know a lot more about Adelaide than I do, but from what QAnon is saying (which has an almost impeccable record of being accurate) it sounds like the dumpster fire will continue.

Even from Qld, the idea of hanging your hat on a Humphries/DJ combination seemed fraught with danger and even moreso when Ninnis got punted before the season even started.

The more things chance, the more they stay the same it seems.

With the word that they wanted rid of Davis in November and Ninnis apparently didn't want him from the start because of his attitude it certainly does put into question Weston's ability to put together a team and listen to others opinions.

He talked big about culture, rebuilding etc etc and then is knowingly brining in guys who have a history of attitude issues and expecting that to work?

There is bad blood between the Kings & 36ers, very few teams would be interested in putting up with Humphries and his crap I dare say there might only be one, the Kings. Do you think the Sixers owner would be willing to release him to go to the Kings? Obviously not.

Personally I don't care if Humphries leaves to play overseas or even less likely another NBL team. Everyone saw what he did this season and very few teams would entertain putting up with that crap. He's tanked his own stock. He chose to sign a 3 year deal for stability he could've signed a 1 year deal again but didn't, tough.

"Even from Qld, the idea of hanging your hat on a Humphries/DJ combination seemed fraught with danger"

It was and I was never really sold on it. Both have serious flaws, Humphries we all know what he's like and I shuddered when we re-signed him to a 3 year deal before the season. We've been burnt by him on a multi-year deal before. Plus with his attitude and injury history having Griscti as the back up centre was asking for trouble.

Vasiljevic is a good 3rd or 4th option like he was at the Kings but he can't be your #1 option. He's a chucker, too inefficient to be heavily relied upon. Plus they way he burnt both the Wizards and Sydney Kings to get here doesn't exactly scream high character. But GK has gone in boots and all with DJV giving him a say on signings etc.

QAnon

Huh? your stance is he has a contract so cant go anywhere else yet you also know how DJV got Adelaide.

That alone shows that it doesnt matter what your contract says , there are exits of which the biggest being restraint of trade

Isaac can exit any number of ways let alone threatened to release lots more information that would put certain people in very awkward positions.

No matter which way it happens , " mutual agreement" or whatever ,he is gone.

I personally will take what QAnon is saying re Humphries and consider him gone, whether thats overseas or to another NBL team doesnt massively bother me.

I agree that DJV and Humphries are not the perfect marquee aussie combo, which is partly why Im not too fussed if Humphries moves on and am fairly confident we can replace him just fine.

Im more interested in who we get not who we lose, as this team was below 50% so happy to not bring everyone back.

Money wise losing the 3 imports plus Humphries should open up plenty of cash and opportunity to offer elsewhere. Always good imports on the market during the offs season, just need to find the right replacements and not get too obsessed with NBA stats. With the replacements I want them to chose character and culture over talent, as other clubs show you can get talented players who are decent enough in these areas, and build from there.

Is Isaac's agent still Daniel Moldovan? I know he left Octagon a couple of years ago but still looks like he has a strong client list, and probably an agent no NBL club will want to mess with.

If the list on realgm.com is up to date, a lot of young Australian talents are clients.

How this plays out with Humphries could impact Adelaide’s roster build for years.

There has always been mystery with NBL clubs and player agents compared with the US where it is much more of a thing. But I cannot imagine Adelaide will want to screw with Moldovan.

More the other way around. This is one of the bigger problems for Adelaide. Moldovan has had his own problems to deal with. Moldovan and JVG teamed up on Giddey to give you an insight into the characters at play.

"With the replacements I want them to chose character and culture over talent, as other clubs show you can get talented players who are decent enough in these areas, and build from there."

Delly should be a target for us. Solid replacement for Davis, great culture guy, desperately needed vet leadership and good defence. Dech would be good to bring back but I doubt that will happen.

Better chance of Bryce Cotton than Delly. (So 0%) You can ask for high character, high culture guys to come - but there is reason they are not in Adelaide in the first place.

However all due respect to Sunday, Starling, Marshall, Cadee etc who are good guys and spent considerable time with Adelaide.

Well you gotta try and correct it and not keep chasing guys with the personality of Trez and KD just because they are talented and in Trez case has a great NBA resume.

The import trio I would love to get is PJC, Doolittle and Groves, I think most of last years problems would not exist if we got guys like this.

I Agree Delly would be a great target for us also and would help fix the culture big time, but yea sounds like its unlikely we will get a high level Aussie.

Im guessing we will have DJ, 3 imports and Aussie role players that we can offer more minutes or money to than other clubs can.

A big part of me just wants the 36ers to tank the next couple seasons talent wise to try and shore up some of the cultural issues and really set a good base. No point going for broke with stud imports if they cant get the pieces around them and get the culture right.

I would focus on putting a cheaper and younger team on the court. Get two imports only and let DJ And Humphries have a full season together as the leading options.

Do that for a couple years so that your locals are happy and feeling confident and then when it's looking good, pull the trigger on a 3rd important and spend big.

What they are doing now is unsustainable and how many years can they keep doing it?

The shit has been piling up for years and is well and truly stuck and plastered.
The only reason DJ came here was to be the man and shoot whenever he wanted. Has absolutely no leadership qualities but is made captain. Everyone was so excited when he and Humphries resigned, comments of how we've solidified our local contingent with top Australian players. The only way they'd be considered top Australian players was if they were playing this week against Thailand and the like. Even then Humphries would drop his head after missing an easy one and DJ would just launch everything and hope they'd go in.
The cheese has totally slipped off the cracker! There's absolutely no hope of attracting free agents unless totally overpaid. Even role players would be frightened off with the threat of ownership demanding the coach to not play them at all, really unheard of.
Sure, can go the usual route of bringing in star imports but normally they bring the luggage, Franks, Craig Randall and now Davis.
The bench is a joke, sturts nbl1 team although even they've lost Rasmussen so expect him to be the one out of favour this year.
Ownership is the one and only factor as to why the club is in this situation. But even if he wanted to sell he can't because the NBL is a mirage, most teams aren't viable despite the spin Larry keeps coming up with. Fans will continue to sell out the venue but most will have no real idea about how chaotic the place is. Thanks to Qanon for opening a few eyes, but how many people even on this forum were gushing how great Davis was and he should be MVP over Cotton. Harrell is just Harrell, even I thought he might be a chance to get a callup to NBA, but looks like he's to toxic as well he's headed to China. So I may retract a lot of criticism I made about Wells, even though I still don't think he's the fit, but he's totally under the thumb of GK.
When Scotty was sacked I thought it was a bit of karma for doing GKs dirty work and benching certain players, Marshall the benefactor and a year later he gets treated the same.
Yet the "fans" will rejoice the club won the playing, new exciting high paid ex NBA players will be announced and they'll say it's the Sixers year. Talent will naturally win a few games but the teams built on a rotten foundation, at some stage it will sink.
Delly coming to Adelaide, don't make me laugh. What possible reason would he want to come to this circus? Watch DJ launch a 3 after one pass? Humphries drop his head after missing a gimme? He doesn't need the money, won't want the owner standing behind him telling the coach what to do.
It's absolutely disgraceful and honestly can't even think of a single way how it can work unless the imports mesh and Wells is able to coach them. As mentioned, DJ is the 4th option on a decent team. Despite his ridicule, I'd rather have Brendan Teyes every day of the week.
Move the franchise to Ballarat or something and just start over. Or get a billionaire to buy an expansion team and bring it to Adelaide and play at the powerhouse, the real home.
Anyway,yet another rant over.

Jason Cadee was the guest on 10 Hoops with Lachy Reid today and I was surprised about how positive he was about Trez behind the scenes. Cadee said Trez showed him and everyone on the team a lot of respect from day one and they showed footage of the gifts Trez gave him in the locker room too.

With the way Trez plays on the court I just wouldn't have expected him to be like that in the locker room.

Cadee also said with DJ & Humphries signed the Sixers don't need to blow things up and just tinker a bit going forward. Said he's not sure if the imports will be back and added Jarell Martin's a really nice guy.

Trez was always very very complimentary towards Cadee especially on Instagram.

Say need stability and leadership to cure these ills. Seems most want success and progress but it's the best path to go. Whatever evolve need to do as a collective and back decisions. Not what if got be what can be. So much speculation. Let's group settle. Together and pump up the wheels not debate.

So looks like from the awards tonight

MVP: Kendric Davis
Best Defensive Player: Sunday Dech
MIP: Lat Mayen
Chairmans Award: Mike Wells
Members MVP: Kendric Davis
Coaches Choice: Jason Cadee