Now this im looking forward to! there is alot of talk about this mitch creek fellow, personally i didnt know who he was until everyone was talking about him. should be a good youngster by the sounds of it.

Creek looks promising. Wonder if Clarke will start him or keep rolling with Holmes and Hill in the starting 5. Hopefully Creek is good enough to relegate one of these two (probably Hill) to the bench and then if Winder is replaced quickly, something can be made of the season. Real pity about Herbert's injury. We're missing him badly, especially on defence.

I have people tell me he is the next Joe Ingles and peopel who have said he will be more like Molitor and just play junk minutes. So I really have no expectations (or idea) at this point.

Creek is a rookie, and a young one at that. He is going to be a very good player, and he may have a good impact this year. But dont expect this kid to be a saviour right now, he is making his pro debut in one of the toughest leagues going around, it could take him a while to find his feet, especially coming off an injury.

I don't think I'll make it to this game as it's the work XMAS function that evening.

I haven't attended the last 2 and the fellas are begging me to attend and I might budge and go.

As pointed out by many, Creek is a very promising prospect who has represented Australia at junior level. He is a serious athlete but is also making a jump up into the pro ranks coming back from injury.

Give the kid some time and he will be a very good player.

Considering guys like Holmes and Forman are starting; it took them about 6-7 years to get there though.

Not expecting great things yet; so will give him the benefit of the doubt. The real issue would be that "if" he turns out to be a gem, whether the team can hang onto him for long.

Just out of intense curiosity, how much would Creek be getting paid?

Creek would be on league minimum I would think given he is a young rookie directly out of the AIS. Can anyone else elaborate?

Creek IMO will spend 2-3 years in the NBL as he develops and finetunes his game, and then head overseas. I think he is a real talent and could go places...

I dont think many say he wasnt any good, just that he wasnt worth the money he was supposedly on.

The thing about Bruce is that he stopped playing basketball. Surely if your heart was in it, you'd keep playing in some pro league?

Creek can only be better than Hill. I mean if the supporters give him the same time to develope as Hill then he has 7 years to become a liability, from everything were hearing hes already past that point.

Good luck to him I'd love for him to dominate this season but give him a year or 2 and see where he is at, hopefully not to good and he pisses off overseas.

Cant wait to see him play for the 6ers, he will be a great talent and can definitely play ball

Give him time people.
He played the 4 spot for the Emus at the AST tournament and at the FIBA oceania qualifiers.
However, at this level he probably has to be a 3 man.
Needs to work on his jumper and fine tune his permiter game, but the athleticism is certainly there.
And you can't teach athleticism.

I have been pretty impressed with Brad Hill this year. He is not a star, but how many 24 year olds are? He has almost completely cut out the brain explosion plays, has improved his jumpshot though still a work in progress, and has been reliable.

I think this year has been a very solid step forward for him. Only Ballinger, Devries and Carter have contributed more to the team, with Dowdell at a similar level.

I totally agree paul, Hill has been real solid so far. Much improved on last season.

Yeh must admit, i was on the get rid of Hill bandwagon last season and was devo that he made it on the team this season, but he has really proven his worth so far and he has done a good job in shutting me up. Keep up the good work Hill (still cant believe im saying that)

HIll is actually a good player to have on a time when he does not have brain farts, he is a huge danger offensively when he gets going so requires the defense to actually guard him, he may not do much every game, however he draws the D and can honestly go for a twenty point game whenever he is feeling it. The kid can score and the other teams know that which is why they still need to guard him.

As for Mitch Creek, Cant wait to see him play, and hopefully stay in adelaide for a long, long time.

Hopefully having someone else like Creek playing will spawn some sort of internal rivalry to have each of them get better.

What would be great would to be to utilize them as a fastbreak duo ala Jordan/Pippen. Especially with someone like Carter running point who has quick hands, you could arguably score a fair chunk of points off the press game that everyone seems to be running.

Infact, a Carter/Hill/Creek/Dowdell/Johnson combo is a very quick and reflexive defence. Very good on the fastbreak too.

...Now to cross everything and hope it happens.

Hilly has grown into a much better player this year. A lot of pressure last year.

Carter/Hill/Creek/Dowdell/Johnson would be pretty strong. Marty does love the Dowdell/Johnson combo, as do many.

Reckon we need to nuture DJ as he should be a marque player in a few seasons (can I have my money now DJ?)

@Big Marty, Holmes was in his 3rd season when he became a regular starter.

I think we should Realise, If Aussie had a Draft system he would go 1 or 2. Marty should be applauded for getting him to us. BIG PICTURE People.He could of went to the States.

People please calm down.

Brett Maher didn't win start his first couple of years, nor win ROY. But was developed over a few years.

Creek will need to do the same. Still a great pick up over the 3 year plan, but not going t help us tomorrow.

Think of a young Sam McKinnon = Mitch Creek.

If he can give the team 10-15 mins per game at 3/4, defending, running the lanes, crashing the boards and screening for the 1/2/3 then he will have had a great start to his career.

@Vesta, Maher had to contend with Andrew Vlahov that year for RoY. And Vlahov went in as a starter, so got more exposure.

@Junga, cheers for the correction.

Marty,

Actually it was Lachlan Armfield.