It's not just Lamar.

Cadee and Gliddon have started to hit shots.

Magnay is improving at a high rate and gaining confidence.

They are even getting decent contributions from Singler and Braun.

I am thinking Adelaide but Brissie are really making some noise at the right time of the year.

Brissy runs stops here. Too inconsistent. Cadee singler / braun will be out produced by teys Griffin drmic who can be trusted to out play those bunnies.randle / Patterson be break even. My man DJ becomes the difference plus full house rocking.
Sixers back on final track.

...unless you consider that losing more often shows more consistency.

Randle and DJ will get theirs but can't see anyone else stepping up

It's easy to get caught up in form and go with Brisbane to win but Adelaide at home must win to keep playoff aspirations alive.
Adelaide in a tight one but hope I'm wrong.

Randle will get his stats.
Whether Adelaide win is a different matter.

"Cadee and Gliddon have started to hit shots."

Gliddon has regained form but Cadee has shot well almost all year. He's hit 40% or better in 15 of 23 games, that's bloody impressive.

most likely cadee most improved

It feels like Heal has disappeared from commentary compared to when he seemed to be ever present. If so good move.

Everyone contributing for Adelaide. 1 or 2 for Brisbane.

Santa & Screen are salvaging what again is extremely irritating commentary.

Cadee more he shoots - better for Sixers..

Sixers are making move now. Refs helping.

Typical from Sixers letting opposition shoot 3's. Bris with 14 compared to a measly 5 from the Sixers sums up every game they lose. They always play shooters into form.

Lemanis cruising to yet another 4th place. The man is super consistent both domestically and abroad.

You guys serious? If so, what's your thoughts on Matt Hodginson?

Or Teys being vice captain?
Or "13 turnovers leading to more at the scoreboard in the form of more opportunities". Huh?

Nup I’ve tried to be patient. She’s awful. Unfortunately it’s Gaze Santa then dare I say it.. daylight

The captains: Teys 25min 6 points, White 10min 0 points...

Don't blame teys or white... been very gd all year. Neither are elite but role players... collectively team struggles defensively and very top heavy with scoring. Shutdown JR and DJ dries the well...
Moore hurt and lose form been hard to cover...
Still chance but becoming more unlikely...

Bullets good game plan and great shooting. Sixers had a shocking shooting night, but also bring it on themselves by not attacking their opponents weaknesses to create easier shots.

Showed very little fight tonight in a must win game. What happened to the intent they showed v Melbourne two weeks ago?

Where was Joeys adjustment in the 3rd when Hodgson was dominating us under the basket?

Why do we have so many games where players perform well below their best?

Why do our guys never seem to learn how best to attack an opponent, or play high level D?

Same old problems with this team every year. Would be nice to have a new coach calling the shots, but not sure they can afford to pay him out.

I disagree Teys and White should be more than role players. McVeigh and Dillon are role players. Forget using Moore as an excuse Obi Kyiei, Drimc and Froling dont do enough. If DJ and Randle are not firing (or Joey benches them for too long) they lose...

Why are you saying Teys and White should be more than Role Players?

They have been Role players all their NBL careers, what has changed?

Of course there is a fatigue factor having played two nights ago and traveled, look at how Lemanis spread the minutes, seven guys all between 20-28. Superb player management in the circumstances.

Listening to Screen is akin to a female teacher running her nails down a chalkboard. Your ears hate it and you just don't want to hear it.

Sixers management must be pissing themselves laughing - averaged nearly 8,000 attendance per game with a crap team on the floor. Imagine if they spent some real money and put a decent product together!

There was a time not so long ago when the Sixers struggled to get 5000 people to a game and the few free tickets they did give out were met with as much excitement as finding a 5 cent coin. Oh and there was no Brisbane team at the time either.

Credit to the Brisbane outfit this afternoon, they played really well and controlled the whole game. The train had some engine problems earlier in the season but Andrej and his team of engineers have it running smoothly again when it matters most.

Surely that's it for coach Wright. Has fo go, or I won’t support this club going forward. Aweful man who is no longer getting results

Sixers probably should have staying in Gilligans

Yes, I kinda thought Griffin, 21points in 19mins, given a few more minutes, wouldda been a close game.

Pug Dug is on the money.

Wright still has time left on his contract.

I think 2 more years.

So he is not going anywhere.

Surely they could get rid of Wright if they really wanted too.

Most of those guys only heard his voice this year white dillon Griffin obei - randle been away. Froling mcveigh newish.
So are you saying DJ drmic teys are not in sync. Not sure who you want to clean out.
Squad needs make over but it's not because joey lost them. Team was regarded start of year as mediocre and has pushed for finals and still crazy chance - so surely these are positives.
Same old every year dummy spitters. One gun player away.

I don't think the owner would've hired JVG if he had any intention of sacking Joey. I can't see Joey quitting either with every coach under contract for next season other than Mike Kelly who will likely be re-signed.

Assuming Randle will be back I think Griffin & Moore need to be cleansed. I would also assume DJ is intending to opt out and hoping to get another big 3 year deal from the team.

Drmic & Froling are free agents punt Froling and maybe try and re-sign Drmic although wouldn't kill me if we let him go he's had enough chances over the past four years. Maybe Deng Adel is being targeted?

The new guys like Kyei, Dillon & White all signed 2 year deals so they're likely team options. We can't have Kyei starting next season tries hard but can't play.

Don't forget Mudronja will be coming onto the full roster next season so at least one local player has to go.

Keep: Randle, DJ, Drmic, Teys, Kyei, Mudronja

C DJ/
F /Kyei
F Drmic/
G /Teys
G Randle/Mudronja

Import shooter/slasher guard, import defensive big.

Which Aussie bigs and small forwards will be available?

The owner wouldn't care that Randle isn't well liked by the coach or his teammates he's there purely to draw fans to the games and think it's almost certain he will be back otherwise ehy give him a 2 year deal in the first place it's not like they didn't know what he's like?

This team was never going to win this season before the release of Taylor and signing of Randle everyone expected this team to finish down near the bottom of the ladder.

If you think 36ers make a profit you're a crack pot.

No wonder your thought base is so ludicrous, it’s fundamentally flawed on the expectation money grows on trees.

Adelaide does not have the investment capital to compete salary wise nor are there alternatives waiting to invest.

"cheap rosters and full stadiums will eventually result in profits."

No - basketball has only been a profitable venture for one club in the NBL and that's Perth.

The simplistic argument you are making shows you aren’t applying even an ounce of thought to the complexities of business and market.

Perhaps cost of a venue, admin costs, revenue through sponsorships, partnerships and other assets have a significant influence on the strength of the business?

“ Or the 6ers are laying more than people like yourself say they aren't. Which one is it?”

Previous paragraph negates the bullshit question, obviously.

I have multiple of sources that could get me free 36ers tickets (like 5-10 tix), so Adelaide giving away plenty of free tickets wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. If anything it’s a fairly known thing to occur?

jungle drums beating louder and louder for Joey Wright in Adelaide I hear - will be surprised if he lasts until seasons end

^ wut

Joey has 2 more years on his contract.

He ain't leaving.

jungle drums beating louder and louder for Joey Wright in Adelaide I hear - will be surprised if he lasts until seasons end

It was January 28th and everybody got up seein if the clothes were dry.
The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed, Mamma, of course, said hi.
Have you heard the news he said with a grin, Joey's gone mad.
Where downtown, when last nite. Hmm, say that's too bad.
Well. there's nothing we can do about it said the neighbor,
it's just something we're gonna have to forget.
Yes, I guess so said Ma. Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet.

Did NZ's ploy actually work though?

I'd imagine he would have had a redundancy payout, hence the "restructuring" BS around the title of coach-->director of basketball.

I hadn't heard anything about it until Liam Santamaria rather casually mentioned on a podcast that the story had largely disappeared because it couldn't be discussed while legal action was ongoing. I wasn't even aware at that point that legal action had been taken, but it evidently had.

They would've had to pay out Moore's contract though unlike Taylor.

Rupert Sapwell anyone?

Call him Coach, Director of Coaching, Director of Culture.. Whatever you like.