He sure is my favorite

He must of played great 'd' to keep Helms under control last night. Also stirred up the NZ guys well last week! Probably underrated offensively in both scoring and setting up the team offense

Without a doubt. Just a real shame that he and Maher havnt been able to share the court that much this year.

Has a bit of competition from Black (had a great start at least) and Tragardh maybe, but definitely a quality signing.

Barlow? Coming off a serious knee injury, no one was sure if he'd get his game back.

I thought Mee was first preference then cairns gave him a big offer the 36ers didnt want to macth so they went for davidson who would of come cheaper. Would they have considered signing both??? Mee is probably big enough to play minutes at SF, hes about the same size as Saville isnt he??

davidson son of a gun
he is the franchise

They did go for Mee but he's overpriced and I reckon he's slipped a bit. Even at the same price, I think I'd lean towards Davidson - still goes at 100% whereas some suggest that Mee coasts a bit.

There is no doubt Davidson is a good addition to the 36ers.

However last night he did not do much to contain Helms and Mike's poor performance was mainly of his own making .

The question is maybe whether Davidson and Maher is a good combination ?

Can a team really have 2 on court leaders ? Davidson seemed to enjoy last night not having Maher in the team but being able to take the lead himself when he wanted .....

157640 - Saw your statement above re Davidson , frankly he is not a superstar player but an honest workhorse ...he will kick the 36ers into some action this year but is no way the saviour the 36ers need longer term.

sav has done nothing outstanding for the kings but still tributes to a team that was already a title contender,bd is the best pick up based on performance, and black started well too.

Didn't somebody post that Sixers have actually been trying to get Davidson for the last 4 years?

Cameron Tragardh is easily the pick of the year.Its a no brainer.

Davidson has increased his scoring by an extra 4 pts per game.

Whereas Cam T has increased his by 14 ppg and money wise he would be getting much less than Davidson, Barlow, Saville and Black.

Davidson's been amazing. he brings so much energy to the floor. He brings so much more than his stats. He dives on the ball, he takes charges, he does it all for the team and that's the sort of player you love to have. The game against NZ was SO different because Davo was there.

It was the 'Brad Davidson Spectacular'

I agree Barlow and Sav are better pickups. But Davidson has been very good.

Defense wins games re your 2 leaders comment - see Bird/McHale. Magic/Worthy. Shaq/Wade. Duncan/Robinson. etc etc

Hinson is my pick for the best pick up this season

Yeah, widen the net and there are a lot more. I was considering non-imports who'd been lured from one team to another.

Include imports and you've got Hinson, Williams, Rickert, etc.

I assumed there was some implied qualification that we were talking about a known entity that was better than advertised, in which case Davidson could fit the bill in a small field of challengers. Obviously, on any wider interpretation (who is the best player playing for a team they didn't play for last season), well, then you want to be looking for an MVP type, which doesn't include Davidson.

definetly pick up of the year for the sixers just disapointed it took this long to finally get him

Anon #157663 by your reasoning Barlow and Saville alone are the reason their teams are no. 1 and 2 and Davidson alone is the reason Adelaide is no. 10. Basketball is a team game, one single player cannot do it all alone. By no means is Davidson any lesser a player than Barlow and Saville on an individual player basis. Davidson is the best pick up Adelaide has had for several years. He brings so much heart and soul to the team and absolute joy to watch the contribution that he makes.

Dusty is going to cry when he reads that! Unless you redefine "several"!

2 years, however if Davidson is the best signing since Dusty, then you can take it back to 2002.

Davidsons picked his shooting up alot this year, his previous averages where what 8-9 pts a game, poor 3 point average. Really good pick up since we are getting more out of him than other teams have been able to.
That and he has the attitude of Cattalini, just not the size to back it up...

Reading above comments some of my fellow fans seems to have lost a bit of perspective when it comes to how great Davidson really is...........No match to Dusty.

Ok , I forgive you as certainly he has added some spark and hardwork to a 36ers team which otherwise has been going nowhere since Dusty left .....but please take it easy he is no superman and you are getting just a bit too excited it can be dangerous .....Kind of reminds me of myself when the Slingers win these days ....Just shows what happens when people have been starved for good exciting basketball for long and something new and energetic comes along whether it is "duracell Davidson " or some young hardworking Slingers !

PS you got to wonder why he did not come to Adelaide much ealier in his playing career if he can become everyones superstar after only a few matches ?

No need to get personal, but I agree that Barlow and Sav are a class above. That said, Davidson is just what the Sixers have been lacking the last few seasons. Those types of players bring 110% every night.

I know Davidson played the Commonwealth games in Melbourne, but did he play much for Australia before that?

Goorjian has been an outspoken fan of Brad's for a while, and i would be surprised if that was the first time he played Boomers but i cannot recall any other Boomer duties apart from Melbourne.

I bet you SOJ thinks he's a chance, he just needs the court time to prove it.

theDoctor

Had a look at some stats for the season because my initial view was similar to yours:

Davidson - 6g 35mpg fg%42 3p%37 ft%86 3.1rpg 4.7apg 1.5spg 14.5ppg

Barlow - 10g 31mpg fg%51 3p%36 ft%69 4.6rpg 1.3apg 0.8spg 16.5ppg

Saville - 11g 33mpg fg%41 3p%34 ft%73 6.9rpg 2.9apg 1.5spg 12.9ppg

On the numbers (not always a full picture) there is not much difference between any of the three. All are solid at both ends of the court. As a short pg, it is not expected that Davidson would compete in rpg, but still not bad when you consider Sav is one of the best rebounders for his size. Barlow's big upside is that he is younger and will improve, but he is not quite there yet. Clearly, one difference is that Sav and Barlow are contributing on deeper and more successful sides, but not enough to entirely dismiss Davidson's performances this year.

Davidson is averaging 5ppg more and 1 apg more than last year (which was not Brad's best year statistically) in the same minutes. So he is obviously enjoying a bit more freedom in Smyth's system.

It is the intangibles that he brings that makes the Sixers look better around him. I agree he is not one of the elite players in the league, but don't discount that if he continues the rest of the season as he is going that he will cement his spot as one of the better second-tier starters in the league.

Annon #157740, if you are the same person as Anon #157663, then you are the tool. In your first comment you suggested that Barlow and Saville were better than Davidson because they belong to number 1 and 2 teams. The team position may not be relevant to the quality of the individual players, therefore it means nothing really that they belong to the top 2 teams. I have not seen Saville and Barlow play for Adelaide. I cannot tell you that what they would bring to this team would be worth more than what Davidson brings but I would not swap him. Get your own facts right and understand what you have written.