Isaac
Years ago

Dragons set to announce Smith, Vukona signings

The South Dragons have netted key targets Jason Smith, the Sydney Kings captain, and Mika Vukona, the New Zealand Breakers forward, for the next National Basketball League season.

With Mark Worthington already signed, the Dragons have secured three international players, along with "super coach" Brian Goorjian, as they seek to turn around the wooden-spoon result of their second season.

South Dragons snare Smith and Vukona

Any thoughts on who'll they'll go for next? The glaring hole is at point guard - perhaps Draper, if they can't get Gibson?

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Stingray
Years ago

Greg Hubbard!

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LC
Years ago

Now that the Bullets have a new owner, it is looking more likely that Sammy Mac and Gibson are going to stick around in Brisbane.

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Dry Back
Years ago

Maybe add Drape,Hendrix,Crosswhite and Tovey or Drew Williamson get a team looking like this

PG - Draper/Martin
SG - Ingles/Smith
SF - Wortho/Tovey-Drew
PF - Hendrix/Vukona
C - Crosswhite/Burston

that team would do alright under BG.

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XY
Years ago

Oh goody, Smith wouldn't know what to do with himself for a season without 'daddy'.

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oldcat2
Years ago

HERBERT HAS SIGNED FOR 2 YEARS

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Jonno
Years ago

good signings by the dragons i reckon there team will look like

PG Drapor (import)/Martin
SG Smith/Herbert
SF Ingles/Vukona
PF Worthington/?? Hobba
C Horvath/Burston

I reckon they would do quite well with that line up anf BG coaching!

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Isaac
Years ago

Dry Back - Crosswhite and Tovey are with the Kings. Horvath signed to the Dragons. And I don't think Goorjian would keep Hendrix.

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duh!
Years ago

i don't think draper wants to play in oz

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TheFansMan
Years ago

All depends on who they signed at what points, I dont know exactly how the points thing works but I'm sure they signed Burston for much lower than 7. Ingles and Herbert on 1. Hobba if signed would be a 1. I hope the team looks like:

Burston (5?) / Horvath (10)
Worthington (10) / Hobba (1)
Ingles (1) / Vukona (8)
Smith (8) / Import (10) / Herbert (1)
Import (10) / Bruce (3)

Thats 67 points depending on how loyalty points and all the rest of the crap points things are calculated. Might be off. Under BG that sounds good to me.

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Juror 12
Years ago

Do Jason Smith and BG have a Nathan Buckley/Eddie McGuire like relationship or what?

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DICKO
Years ago

I don't think Jason and Brian actually have sex :-)

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LC
Years ago

http://www.nbl.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=74746

All official now...

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Surmdog
Years ago

how the F*#k is Ingles worth 1
our points system is a disgrace its a joke.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Ingles is a 10

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XY
Years ago

He is a nine on the official points tally.

That is only his external rating though, his internal may well be less (depending on what the rules are this week).

I just checked last years rules - the carry over tally from previous years only applies to people with an external rating of 1 to 5.

Therefore, Ingles is at a nine for the coming year, less any loyalty points if he re-signed during last season (which I seem to recall he did?)

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me
Years ago

Dragons Vs Tigers Grand final..

you heard it here first :)

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thomo
Years ago

piss the cap off obviously there not giving a fat rats clacker of credence to it

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DICKO
Years ago

"piss the cap off obviously there not giving a fat rats clacker of credence to it

Actually, as much as I don't like the way teams are loading up (except my team, of course), they are actually working within the rules of the points cap.

It's not that teams aren't abiding by it.....It's that the cap itself is not structured correctly.

The salary cap? Well, that's another thing entirely.

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Isaac
Years ago

how the F*#k is Ingles worth 1
our points system is a disgrace its a joke.

Firstly, I doubt he's a 1. And any deductions come from signing players with potential early and keeping them. Any complaints for the years that Maher was capped at 5?

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