sounds good, who told u

This kid in Melbourne...ah i think his name is Tommy

bad news for sixers.... He definetely improved this year and would be a very good player for the sixers + he is good on points cap...

Does this mean Marcus will follow?

Maybe it was Tommy's mum that told you Kent...

she could not speak as her mouth was full last time i saw her

8 points is a lot to pay for Ng, notwithstanding his outstanding improvement in production. I think he would be a great pickup for Singapore (and a huge loss to Adelaide) at 6 points.

I mentioned this last year but nobody took any notice!!!

I'll be sad to see him go from the sixers. He was definitely the most improved last season, but with a fit Maher and Davidson, he might get more time with the Slingers.

Has he actually finished his studies? Will he continue in Singapore?

It almost happened last year too.

I think this will be great for the league. Loads of minutes for Darren and will help make Singapore more competitive.

I'd heard him mention likely to stay here due to his medical career. Must have sorted something out.
Wonder about Marcus. And Boti mentioned Singapore also made Dodman an offer.

i said it in another post, due to his great development and brett's situation the following year i would overpay to keep him here this year and make his contact well structured to take over from brett as the full time SG from then on. If brett was happy to come off the bench this year, the better. I just think his development is too great to let him go now and his clearly the replacement for brett.

It seemed to be a long term thing here. Given time off to study etc. ?

yeah but if he can finish his studies and get nice coin he will go that way and if thats the slingers he would head over i would imagine. Thats why i like the idea of overpaying this year to retain him, and work it out so that when brett leaves he gets his just deserves and fills our SG need.

Yeh i agree a huge loss for the 36ers this should not of happened.We cannot replace him with a similar player worth the same points as him due to his loyalty points.Big mistake Ninnis should of done more to keep him here.

Well we bagged the previous guy for that so is this going to be different he had a budget and kept Ng.

personally i would rather have a lower scrub player and use the extra cash on ng. to me it just seems so obvious that he has now stepped up to a new level and that with brett leaving the following year he must be kept. After brett leaves where is our starting SG? i guess you could go import but you would be paying more than ng anyway would you not.

SF,C,PG, Point forward. NG was very solid when brett was out.

I'm glad we didn't throw a tonne of cash at him. He's in a position where if he doesn't get enough $$ he can just trade the orange rock for a stethoscope and turn a pretty penny.

Also, when we play singapore, do you think Ninny's going to say to the boys: "lads, let's just play them in the half. we've got no sherriff to guard S.MacDonald, who's picking up helms?, and let's just wait till Ng hits a few triples before we respect his shot"

or will it be "let's get up in their jocks, let's straight up deny their other guard the ball, and bump and hustle NG all night."

Good on the young fella though, his old man's got connections (remember that trip his old man funded when he was a development player), so i'm sure he's got a fallback with extended family etc should b/ball not work out next year.

On the flip side, it's exactly the drawcard that the slingers have required since joining our league, and should help immensly (sp?) in drawing a crowd for the slingers.

Hey Pete we beat Singapore by 29 in our last game so i hope Ninnis says all that stuff and we see a better result dont really get your point.

Wow Kent.
Your a Poet and didn't even know it!

will be sorely missed, good luck Darren.

With regard to the "Sixers hould have done more" comments.

You MAY find that the conditions around his medical degree were easier to manage through Singapores system, than they are here in Australia.

MAYBE it's just that Singapore was able to provide him an environment where he could play AND not throw his long term career down the toilet.

Not saying that's the case, but Darren is in very exceptional circumstances, and WHERE he is may make a lot of difference. Singapore may be the best option for MANY reasons.

Not always about throwing more money at the problem.

Oh Sturty i know it all right

Ng to sing.....National Anthem??
Might be a duet according to Boti today.

Cat 15 - do you have a link to Boti's comments ?

' Darren Ng may not be the only Ng heading to Singapore for the 2008-09 NBL season '

Boti Nagy Hang Time Advertiser 28/3.
www.adelaidenow.com.au later today or tomorrow.

Is Darren getting married ? If not then Marcus would be a good addition as a rookie too.

Why does Darren getting married have anything to do with Marcus playing?

Darren is engaged, but not sure if there's a date set for a wedding. Are you thinking that Tam might be the other Ng heading over?

Darren and Marcus over there would be great for the league. Will get them some highlights.

If they add that Filipino, Castro, then they'll be looking up.

Import/Castro
Ng/Allen or Charleton?
Grizzard/Ng
Knight/whoever wants a job
Janev/Cameron

Phizzer ...my assumption was just based on the way Boti sometimes play with words.....I have not see the article in the newspaper ..........

Anyway ....at this stage I think from Isaac's list you can forget Cameron. My guess is he is waiting for the Dragons. Most likely more good surprised to come.

I see...... Nice one.

Really want to see the Slingers thrive and survive in the NBL.

Boti's emailed to let us know that the article is online: Ng to Singapore.

Dicko as usual trying to find a reason he would leave other than the obvious.His medical side has nothing to do with it just a better offer simple really.Same reason Holmes and Foreman left although others try to put a different take on it money talks.Holmes is back because our offer is way better than the Dragons nearly double i hear.Same reason Ng is leaving.

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23446269-5006371,00.html

Darren Ng Formally signed with sigapore 2day
more at the link