yea it would be amazing to see Pierce play in the NBL, i hope the 36ers atleast investigate this.
As Mystro said Crowe is probably worth considering in his own merit, and would probably come reasonably cheap given he is playing NZBL, which could give us more $$ to sign a better Aussie with our last spot, or to throw at a gun 2nd import, and if we can get him to convince Pierce to come and play with him for a few games then that would be a huge BONUS.
As said above Pierce might be happy to play for a NBL salary given he is already loaded, and to be honest this is the only way it would ever happen, he would have to come for 200k max.
I'd almost sign Crowe no matter what just incase as you wouldnt wanna regret missing Pierce in the NBL, and if he comes cheap enough the worse case scenario is we sign Crowe on the cheap (who is better than our imports last year anyway), we could still offer Ervin or any over stud imports we are looking at the other import spot if Pierce doesnt come and just get the best Aussie big we can get, at worst sign a Vanderjagt or Holmes, at best get a Baynes or Nevill.
That would at worse give us
Johnson/Vanderjagt
Ballinger
Weigh/Creek
Crowe/Herbert/Ng
Ervin (or Stud import not neccessarily PG as Crowe can play PG)/Crosswell
If dreams come true and Pierce comes with Crowe we would have something like
Johnson/Vanderjagt
Ballinger/
Pierce/Weigh/Creek
Herbert/Ng
Crowe/Crosswell
obviously Johnson/Pierce/Weigh/Creek would have to play the 10-15mins back up mins at PF between them, which would be fine IMO, just imagine what Pierce could do in the NBL with the right attitude, id be backing him for around 30pts, 7 assists, 10 rebounds atleast.
It probably wont happen, but we can dream, and the 36ers should atleast be making enquiries to Crowe about this.