I don't think they will have the money to get another import. Instead they will put Nevill into the line up. A better result then just having Abney

Its too late to salvage the season so why waste money on another import.

I think you're right, Nevill is already a massive upgrade on Abney and if they can play with the same desperation they did against Perth some results should finally start to come.

One good thing is we never saw one Birdman celebration after a dunk.

Perhaps we should have allowed him to celebrate after a lay up?

Actually I saw at least one, forget which game it was. It was a home game though, pretty sure.

Prior to the Brad hill incident (and for a bit after that too) I always thought Abney was a decent NBL player.

I often wished we had power forward like him when watching townsville play the sixers at the dome

D@B, at one point, the Breakers were quite keen on him I think.

I believe that when he moved to Cairns, he was very well paid. Prior to their community reformation, they were throwing money around like crazy.

The era they had Cattalini and Mee, there was another guy on buckets of cash - can anyone think of who it might've been? I remember the stories that they had three guys essentially chewing up the salary cap at that point.

Damian Ryan

wow thats a name I forgot... Damien Ryan.. once a boomer then nek minnit.. Dissappears! Where is he nowadays?

Chris Burgess was on a bomb from all reports

Russell hinder please follow Larry's lead...

most of the crocs games there 3 leading scorers reads along the lines of ervin 18 blanchfield 11 crawford 11 (or thereabouts). they dont have enough scorers. if there is some coin left after abney goes maybe they should try n get a scoring import 3 man before its too late

Abney & Tucker were reportedly on $250 each. Mee, Cattalini & Stewart were also on good $$. Coached by Alan Black & a good side!

Abney was great years back, and I was excited when I knew he would be back in the league... but he was a shadow, of a shadow of his former self.. and was probably the dodgiest import in the league. Should have retired earlier probably.. its sad when a bird can no longer fly

originally word was that ivan mcfarlin was going to the crocs, but then someone said the reason he didn't go was because his SEABL team prevented it- is this right?

Dave Thomas and Rashad Tucker would've been on very decent scratch, Stephen Black too. Insanely good collection of talent for those couple of seasons that never quite jelled.

Their team isnt all that different from last year so I am quite surprised to see them where they are;

Gill > Ervin
Mims > Abney
Schenscher > Hinder

I know they ran all of their offense through the big fella, is his presence being missed more than they thought/hoped?

An interesting stat on Schenscher....every team he has played on has played Finals - probably says more about him than you think?

would the crocs have a look at mcfarlin now?
Maybe he would be a good replacement for matt knight at perth

Schenscher definitely makes plays, but he cannot finish them. He is smart though, gets in the places he is effective. He's a bit of a big man in reverse. I personally don't rate him too highly, but he gets a lot of attention regardless. He's 7'2" so that's a big problem the opposition has to to contend with every second Schensch is on the floor.

Also, even though Abney went to Cairns for the money, I think Townsville should have given him more love than a single sentence at the end of a Todd Blanchfield article. Fair enough, I don't know how Abney treated the Crocs behind the scenes, but I don't think he would have been bad to them. They should do a big write-up on him and congratulate the effort he put in and the joy he gave Townsville fans for those years. Especially considering the state the Crocs are in, including public opinion, a fluff piece on Larry wouldn't exactly dent their cause.

Damien Ryan is finished from Basketball. Is over 100kgs after a serious leg injury. Is back home in Melbourne living life after ball.

You always end up wanting more out of Schenscher, but his passing and presence is so underrated.

The win/loss ratio of every team he has played on speaks volumes. He gets other guys shots every single time down the floor, and is one of the best kickout passers in the world, period.

Was also a winner at the NCAA level.

Ervin and Gill are completely different players. Ervin has trouble controlling the game as a whole, and isn't the best leader, but is obviously an amazingly explosive scorer.

Gill was hot and cold in terms of personal production, but was a master puppeteer in terms of clock and tempo management, and would rarely let a close game go the other team's way. He usually got the upper hand of the other elite guards in the league like Wilson, Deleon and Jackson, just through veteran savvy.

Written by @andrewsmithtsv and RTed by the Crocs:

Bizzare morning at @TsvCrocs HQ...presser expected to confirm @AbneyLarry's retirement cancelled...Abney now says he hasn't ruled out return

Must be something in the water up there....

Maybe he's been talked out of it, or waiting for a farewell game, which would be the right thing to do.

Bulls are the outlier there since he didnt play much but everywhere else he has been a first or second option.