can i throw up jason crowe as an option. he is cheapish and you know he will get the job done for you.

Nah. Sixers have a great history of picking fresh imports (unfortunately muddied by a string of "bad" seasons).

I'd rather Clarkey gets out and about and does some searching overseas.

In a related matter; I wonder if anyone is going to take the plunge and go for Homicide. Still rather shocking that he has been dumped and there have been absolutely no bites yet.

Pretty sure we would have a thread titled "...... is new Sixers import" if anyone new it.

Gilchrist and Crowe are similar type hot/cold imports - I think Adelaide need a steady head who can get the best out of their teammates.

homicide stated on his twitter he will be in europe. also blaze have the best history of picking fresh imports with all their imports having no nbl experience (bar bennet davison though was 10 years ago).

if thats true about williams its a huge loss for the NBL. Coming in to arguably the most important season in NBL history and the games 2 biggest names in Hodge and Williams will probably not be in the league. You either love them or hate them but they draw fans and attract people to watch more than any other players in the league. I hope for the NBL's sake they find some good exciting imports to come into the league and take over from them 2.

Thanks for the educated response anon.....and cheers for the heads up. Assclown.

I'd welcome Ebi Ere back to the league and 36ers if he wants to return Down Under.

He's exciting. Dunks and jump shots.

As long as he doesn't cost the whole salary cap and not deprive the youth, it's all good.

Heard talk of tyler smith from tennessee

I see your Smith and raise my perennial favourite Josh Pace again. At least one NBL assistant coach thinks he'd be good in the AU NBL, so I wonder if he might get his first run this season somewhere that needs a SF.

re: Williams - nice that he's good for the league, but individual teams are there to win, he's expensive, and looks fine for a decent team but maybe not a championship team.

Josh Pace and Ty McKee to round out the roster

The stats suggest that people havent flocked to see the Crocs at away games in the past few years anyway.

If you want a good, consistent, cheap and inexpensive import, take a gamble on CJ massingale playing in seabl. Lead the league (or close to) for the past 4 years and has a great shot, drive, pass and defense. Tears Seabl apart without sweating!

Apparently Cairns have been chatting to him. I think if they could get Kendall to play alongside him so teams cant sweat on his ballhandling, then he could do ok. With Jones, Williams, Grabau, Kendall and an import three he wouldnt need to be a star, just find the bigs off the pick and roll and hit the open J, things he can definitely do.

What about Ubaka at the point? You could certainly do alot worse.

I can confirm that they will be imports.

anon is more like ass bandit

ubaka is amzing, only reason hes leaving blaze is cause hes a natural pg and didnt work well with both him and gibbo in the team. his asking price is also high. hes playing nba summer league and think he could play nba as a backup but more likely europe imo.

Yea i agree with Isaac, i reckon Josh Pace would be a good pick up, he appears to be doing very, very well in the NZBL and given he is playing their he probably wouldnt be too expensive for a NBL team, and can play PG, SG and SF which may be handy.

I also noticed Mike Helms is playing in the NZBL would he an option as a scoring combo guard?? probably would come cheap also given playin in NZBL??
Given Pace's versatility i wouldnt mind if the 36ers signed both of these guys as their imports, other names i wouldnt mind seeing as 36ers or in the NBL are Farley, Troy Jackson, Kevin Ratzch, Freddy Robinson and Tony Danridge from HSH tournament, id guess all would come failry cheap if thats what the 36ers are after in atleat one of the import spots, also Ty McKee would be a awesome signing,
many options out there faces we have seen and many we havnt heres hoping the coaches pick the right ones!

as i said u couldnt do better than ubaka but hear he is asking 200k+ and could well make nba this year as well some lucrative european offers well above 200k.

I'd put Ubaka in with Gilchrist and Crowe - too inconsistent. At the Gold Coast if he only played one quarter of good basketball that was enough because Harvey, Gibson, Petrie, Maxey and Goulding would carry the load.

Adelaide need a smart, steady, consistent player who rarely makes mistakes and can make his teammates better. Ubaka doesnt fit any of those categories.

ubaka is leaving blaze because he is a natural pg and also the $$$ factor. he is a gun but dissapointed me when he sat out the finals series where i personally felt he was up to playing.

He isnt a natural point guard in international style basketball, he dominates the ball far too much and doesnt have a great feel for what is developing off the ball.

I wonder what sort of European offers are there after his disappointing first stint there.

I should add that I think Ubaka is a guy with great talent, but I think he needs steadying influences around him to bring that out, and I am not sure Adelaide has that at the moment.

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what with you guys and tyler smith? sure hes a good player but is he really a chance of coming to aus?

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James White or Bobby Jones.

What do people think of Euro players as imports? I know Melbourne struggled with the guy from Estonia. Would there be a market. We always seem to find imports from the US who have been playing in Europe, why not a decent Euro player. PG from europe are very fundermental. I just think there is just as big population in Europe playing basketball as there is in USA.

Can we compete with the salaries the Euro guys would get? I could be wrong but can't the euro born players play anywhere in Europe without taking up an import slot? If thats the case then the chances of a player coming out here is slim to none being that they will be able to play closer to home on a similar or better salary. The US players have less chance to stick with a Euro team because there is a limit on imports.

Also, from memory the Estonian guy came out specifically to play with Anstey as they were close when they played in the NBA together.

I would love to see some Euro players out here but i think all the quality players would have more lucrative offers in Europe.

Most teams bring in imports to give them a skill set they dont have ie speed, athleticism, defence, bulk etc. Most Euro guys dont offer all that much a different look to ballers from this part of the world, and those guys who are good enough to be top level players here are on megabucks in Europe.

Yeah thought that would be the case. Theres always that maybe someone wants to enjoy our country after playing 10 years in europe and already has the money. Thanks for the comments

Bobby Jones is a lockdwon defender with NBA range 3. He scored 20 points in an NBA game once and set the record for the most 10-day contracts in a season or something.