First two might be a good bet. Not sure about Madgen, but he's had a pretty good year.

Possibly Watson instead of Madgen? By the sounds of that article Hambour is a given and probably Gerlach.

i would have no problem with hambour and gerlach being chosen....both have had fairly successful and consistent years in state league. i would think gower is history by the sounds of that....probably fair enough, he is a solid ABL player, but has not really taken that next step....give another youngster like watson or madgen a go i reckon.

Paul Rogers was never coming here......not enough $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Wish I Could Dunk,

I think you should wait until it is officially announced as to whether he is coming or not. You just need to show some faith in PR and the Sixers.

So, according to Scout Boti, here is where we are now.
The "Locks" (9)-

Maher
Farley
Rees
Cooper
Rychart
Hill
Forman
Holmes
Nash

The "Probably's" (1) -

Hambour

which leaves two development spots for

The "Maybe's" (2 spots only) -

Gerlach
Watson
Madgen
McDonald

In today's Advertiser it says that Hambour will be on the team and Gerlach and Magden have been asked to train with the team.

That suggests that next season's team will be as follows:

Starters: Maher, Farley, Holmes, Rychart, Cooper.

Bench: Forman, Hill, Nash, Rees and Hambour

Development: Gerlach and Magden

To confuse matters more, the article goes on to say that the 36ers are optimistic that Rogers will sign with us but is waiting to consider an offer from West Sydney.

I assume that if Rogers signs that Hambour will be pushed to 11th man and Gerlach to number 12.

Wouldn't Hambour take the development spot vacated by Gower?

Beleieve he is only in his 2nd year.

Or he could be in the squad awaiting sign off on Rogers deal then moved to developement player when Rogers is ok'd.

Sorry Stephon to repeat you,
we must have written at the same time.

I don't mind Hambour hes a big fella who can bang in on he boards but if were going to take him on again it is time he started getting a few more mins a game.

I can hardly recall the kid playing for the sixers?

Hambour? He has played interstate. Defended Bradtke with some success, I think.

I would have thought Matt Sutton ahead of the others listed. Once again on Sat night, he did plenty without being loud, throwing his ego around, and carrying on. Solid in points, boards, assists. AND plays defence!!!

Maybe needs to start carrying on some more to get noticed???

Probably because he is a good bloke and not a chop on/off the court.

Would have thought a much better fit than others listed, or some that have been hanging around doing nothing for a few years.

Hopefully he plays NBL soon and can look back on another one lost.

My reasoning was backed up on Saturday night by many "once were warriors" also in attendance, unfortunately to see their old club colours lowered by a better outfit on the night or course.

They were overcome by the "Nest's" facilities, compared to their share outfit in the dome!!!!

Here's Potsie's rundown on the scorers from that scrimmage in Port Lincoln.

Blue - Brett Maher 23, Todd Gower 18, David Cooper 16, Nick Hambour 16, Brad Gerlach 14, Michael Zorich 7, Matt Sutton 4.

White - Paul Rees 18, Dusty Rychart 16, Mark Nash 13, Willie Farley 12, Jye Watson 10, Josh Wood 10, Ben Madgen 6.

todd gower 18 points???...that is a fair effort. i guess todd has just run out of time to develop and considering that he is 25, that is probably fair enough, he has had a number of years to show his worth. i think he is unlucky but i would rate hambour above him.

I know he didn't have a lot of words to play with, but I've got to say I was intrigued by some of those lines by B. Nagy:

"has game but is reliant on his shooting accuracy" (about Watson) - doesn't every 2-guard face this problem? You could say the same thing about Maher, or even Iverson - in fact, you could say "has game and seems not to care about shooting accuracy; he just keeps shooting it" about Iverson.

"needs to have more of an NBL impact" (Sutton)
What does this actually mean? Is it a polite way of saying he can't play at NBL level? Is it code for "whoops, I knew there was someone I forgot to take notes on."
And how does one go about having more of an NBL impact without actually playing in the NBL?

I'd love to be enlightened.

hahaha

you say what we're all thinking!

i'd love to know also.

Perhaps you should come out and say it, Dr D - that way, you could "have more of a Hoops SA impact"!

:)

I am presuming Boti means that when bench NBL players come on, they need to have an immediate impact. Someone who is likely to turn the game on its ear. Players who are used to doing things consistently over 40+ mins in the ABA tend not to be the explosive players coaches like to have up their sleeve on the bench. If you can score in spurts or smother someone defensively, (preferably both) you'll make a good NBL bench player. Picking up the tempo of the game helps, too.
Someone like Matt definitely possesses the tools to play at the next level, but would need more minutes to make an impact. His time will come.

bo hamburger you could still have an impact without scoring by shutting down a player, making assists, getting rebs etc so i think he ment jye watson needs to score to play good and have an impact

I see a good season coming on...just need everyone fit and healthy!