lewis cairns would be perfect.. best thing that happened to Dillon. Will be great for Benny also.. would love to see it

No team succeeds in the NBL with just one point guard. I wouldnt sign a back up centre in that line-up, Davidson and Trgardh can cover that, sign two more guards so you have four on the roster. Perth, NZ, Gold Coast all have four guards.

My take on each team regardless of what point in the season we are at. I personally feel it is a two horse race, almost a one horse, New Zealand by how far...

ADEL:
Keep- Diamon Simpson, Stephen Weigh, Mitchell Creek, Everard Bartlett, Daniel Johnson.
Move on- Adam Ballinger, Chris Warren, Wade Helliwell.
Unfazed- Nathan Herbert, Nathan Crosswell.
Targets- Top line import point guard, shooting and perimeter scoring and defense.

PERTH:
Keep- Damian Martin, Kevin Lisch, Brad Robbins, Cameron Tovey, Jesse Wagstaff, Matthew Knight, Luke Nevill.
Move on- Drew Williamson, Jeremiah Trueman.
Unfazed- Greg Hire.
Targets- Consider upgrading a declining Redhage and some more shooting.

CAIRNS:
Keep- Alex Loughton, Dusty Rychart, Ian Crosswhite.
Move on- Deba George, Dean Brebner, Jeff Dowdell, Kerry Williams.
Unfazed- Andrew Warren, Jamar Wilson, Aaron Grabau.
Targets- Potentially better imports but they are ok.
A consistent outside scorer.

TOWN:
Keep- Peter Crawford, Todd Blanchfield, Jacob Holmes, Luke Schenscher, Mitchell Norton, Chris Cedar.
Move on- Ben Allen, Eddie Gill, Elvin Mims.
Unfazed- Russell Hinder.
Targets- The nuecleus is there but find a better import guard and someone in Mims' mould but of better quality with some killer instinct.

GCB:
Keep- Adam Gibson, Jason Cadee, Chris Goulding, Mark Worthington, Anthony Petrie.
Move on- Adris Deleon, James Harvey, Tom Garlepp.
Unfazed- Will Hudson, Stephen Hoare.
Targets- A really big centre and some rebounding. They are close, maybe just need some better work ethic instilled.

SYDNEY:
Keep- Ben Magden, Graeme Dann, Anatoly Bose, Jerai Grant, Julian Khazzouh, Aaron Bruce.
Move on- Alex Gynes, Luke Cooper.
Unfazed- Luke Martin, Martin Iti.
Targets- Depth upfront to help bigs and a quality import guard.

WOLL:
Keep- Larry Davidson, Ayinde Ubaka, Glen Saville.
Move on- Matt Campbell, Tim Coenraad, Rhys Martin, David Gruber, Jovean Catron.
Unfazed- Oscar Forman, Tyson Demos.
Targets- A new breed. Scoring, size and athltic ability.

NZB:
Keep- Mika Vukona, Tom Abercrombie, Gary Wilkinson, Cedric Jackson, Darryl Corletto, Alex Pledger.
Move on- Benny Anthony.
Unfazed- Dillon Boucher, CJ Bruton.
Targets- Almost all bases already covered. Maybe one more big man to allow Wilkinson and Vukona to roam.

MELB:
Keep- Cameron Tragardh, Daniel Dillon, Liam Rush, Lucas Walker.
Move on- Myron Allen, Ron Dorsey, Bennie Lewis, Matt Burston, Tommy Greer.
Unfazed- Tim Lang.
Targets- A better point guard who scores. They had one! A solid import centre and some shooters.

From a 36ers point of view I would keep

Keep - Diamon Simpson (possibly look at Williamson again if available and considered better by the coaches and those who saw him train), Stephen Weigh, Mitchell Creek, Everard Bartlett, Daniel Johnson,Nathan Crosswell

Maybe- Adam Ballinger (alot smaller $$ contract if points cap fits), Wade Helliwell (if cheap enough and no other outstanding options),

Let go - Darren Ng, Nathan Herbert - nothing against either of them but I would be targeting a top Aussie Guard a import guard (possibly Warren or a cheap young or NZBL if we land a star Aussie) and have Crosswell and Bartlett round out the roster.

Targets -

Plan A

1. A top line Aussie/Import Guard (not exactly sure who are free agents, but we should atleast approach the best), guys from Europe including Markovic, Newley, Barlow. Guys from College Dellavedova. I beleive all the the top NBL guards ala Gibson signed multi year deals end of last season.
if we cannot land one of the top Aussies I would go for a stud import of the Gary Ervin, Ebi Ere, Willie Farley (2002 version), mould even if it means getting an unkown, but maybe trial them for a couple of weeks first, especially if they are young and straight out of college. Guys like Smyth had a good eye for import guards, maybe we should ask him to help in the scouting.

2. A good Aussie guard to upgrade on Ng and Herbert, James Harvey is one i would offer a spot to off the bench, if he has a strong pre-season could end up as a starter, given his injury history/age he could be a risk, but that could also make him very affordable, and may mean we get him reasonably cheap, as i cant see a huge bidding war on him. Others I would like to see considered from within the NBL if available are Cadee, Rhys Martin, CJ Bruton (could be the on court coach), Corletto. All who have their pros and cons, but if the veterans stay injury free or the young guys step up even just slightly would be a upgrade on our current back up guards.

If we get a stud Aussie i would give this spot to a import (if points cap permits, probably a cheapish import) and would even consider Chris Warren again in this situation as I think he will be quite good after a few years in the pros, a bit like Lisch who started slow in the NBL imo. But without the star Aussie we cant afford to have a non super star import. John Gilchrist on the cheap is one option i would consider also.

This would give the 36ers a line up of

C Johnson/Helliwell (or other cheap C)

PF Simpson/Ballinger (on the cheap)

SF Weigh/Creek

SG Star Aussie or import combo guard/Harvey or Cadee would be my first choices if a Aussie or a cheapish import possibly Chris Warren or other young or NZBL import.

PG Crosswell/Bartlett

Obviously starting guard line/rotation up will depend on the style of player the star import/aussie is.

My plan B would be to sign 2 Aussie guards for example Rhys Martin and James Harvey (or one of them and a star Aussie if we can afford it) and sign John Williamson in the 2nd import spot, as suggested by someone in another thread to help out against many of the versatile forwards in the league such as Worthington, Wagstaff who have troubled the 36ers lately.

That would have our line up looking something like

C Johnson/Helliwell
PF Simpson/Williamson
SF Weigh/Creek
SG Harvey/Bartlett
PG R.Martin/Crosswell

Either would be a upgrade on our current roster IMO.