ok, would rather give daly the minutes

Bartlett takes a dump on daly's game

Good signing for the rest of the season. Was pretty impressive for perth

Because the other guys are less streaky than him, Fitchett has been in the Tall Blacks program for some time, knows the plays and what is epected and has a nice shot from outside.

Has been on the outer as Tallblacks run a pass first PG always and Penney has SG on lockdown and Webster is/was better by far, he's not bad but what you have seen @ Perth is him stepping up when he gets a sniff and playing within the system. Perth made him look good not that he is terrible. Good hops, speed and has range just streaky from what I have seen over the years but he has been training hard for a while and he may have just improved dramatically but again, he was never that bad( when he was "on").

Was Bartlett all that impressive in Perth? In 6 games he only averaged 6.3 points, 0.8 rebounds and 1 assist in about 15 minutes per game. Sure he gave some contribution from the bench but they didn't have any hesitation to bring Martin back and earlier than maybe he should have. And overall Bartlett has only played 8 NBL games with even worse stats (4.8 pts, 0.6 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game).

If it is true then I guess he could be a handy backup (not as good as Croz but you get that). But I'd really stick with Tom Daly who didn't do a bad job last night. I know he was only up against a Wollongong side having a Barry Crocker and that's hardly the same as dealing with the likes of Ubaka, Deleon etc but I'd honestly persist with him for the rest of the year rather than pick up Bartlett. Besides, if it came to it Darren Ng can also run the point if needed.

I dunno, I just don't think that it would be worth picking him up.

Ng running the point would be like handing the win to any other team before we arrived

Probably a bit late to be bringing him in , here.
Daly knows the plays.
Weigh advances the ball pretty good.
Clarke reckons Creek does .
Not much requirement , last nite , against zone.

According to the official NBL stats Bartlett has 8 games, though I'll admit to not being able to find any reference to who else he's supposedly played with.

A mistake in the stats maybe?

I still don't think its worth picking him up but he might surprise.

We have 2 starters that are out injured and the best we can do as a replacement is someone who has only played 6-8 games in the NBL. If The Breakers have set a benchmark for the standard required, are we not serious about being competitive by signing one of their rejects? To add more salt to the wound, the team is still sitting on top without Bruton.

He played well against the 36ers for Perth...

Ec the team we pumped last night beat the breakers. Bartlett showed some tools that Marty will hopefully make the most of

beat the Breakers on an off night and they had an on night but a win is a win. Bartlett may have got some garbage minutes as a Breakers development player a couple of times. A heap of NBL players play in the NZBL (Ballinger has along with plenty of other top guys spread around) so it is not a complete bush league

I am happy for a replacement of the same calibre of Ballinger or Crosswell but anything less, I would leave the team the way it is. They played well last night. Bringing in a newcomer runs the risk of upsetting the chemistry, so unless its a high calibre player, its not worth it. Hope Marty only uses Bartlett for training for the first few weeks and monitors his progress in fitting in with the team. Also gives you another person to slot in, in case of further injuries.

So has this been officially released anywhere but here?
Happy with Bartlett, possibly a more veteran leadership player may have been a better option for the list we have, but I was pretty impressed with him at Perth.
He's kind of proof that there are players out there who can make it at this level, they just need an opportunity to show it.

Boti mentioned it in his article.

Was also mentioned by commentary team during Blaze/Wildcats

Looks like another lefty here. Didn't do a lot today
at his first training , although Clarke's teaching 'em new stuff to do. Slows 'em down.
Helliwell lead the bigs in a bitta stuff.
Simpson got his free throws in and Creek got his 3 pointers in . Ng shot well , of course.
Brandon Brine looked pretty good out there , although I mentioned that before . Simpson's good to train with , gives him (and others) encouragement.
Weigh didn't train , of course . Not fit and hasn't been in good form. Let's hope he doesn't play 30+ mins
for a while.

Warren and Simpson combined well , of course.
Warren's short but he dunked it.
Herbert's pretty good without Weigh.