And save money.

Could have gone 3 - 0 with Massingale. Clarke made that decision. CJ was starting to find form when he got minutes.

It is him who is the problem.

When would they start to get paid? Is it per game? Or how do they work it out? He pay his own ticket here?

We would not have won all games with CJ the way he was playing.

He also accepted a contract so don't cry about it when not good enough.

Why thank players for picking him up and dropping him off then say you had to walk.

No players have cars and plenty should before him.

Might sound ruthless but surely you organise your import replacement to be available such that you don't play multiple games with no import.

Marcus, all that you posted about immigration problems and delays over the festive season are correct. Yet the 36ers should have been aware of such issues in advance.

We lost three games we ought to have won if we had an import (or a good coach).

I understand that we would have had to pay CJ out if he was cut after the two month probation.

However, he was only on $37k. How much would have his pay out have been? Couldn't have been much over half of that.

If we kept CJ until a replacement was available we might have made the play offs and enjoyed a return from a home final greater than the money we avoided paying CJ.

Do you actually know how many people or organisations are involved in this process

do u think he'll be right by tomorrow?

Yeah, it takes the other teams 4 games to get their replacement import sorted?

Oh that is right, the 36ers waited until the week of Christmas.

Top effort that.

1st rate organisation both on and off the Court.

No way CJ would have been on a 2 year deal.

Why would they have signed him for 2 years?

At most a $20k pay out if they had kept him for an extra 3 weeks I reckon.

Are we a viable entity or not?

Jeopardising our season over that sort of money is a worry long term.

Then again rumour has it they are only keeping Clarke as they can't afford to replace him. Is that the case or do they actually rate him as a coach?

Admit you got it wrong and move forward for the good of the club.

Boti added another piece to his blog which is 100 percent correct.

Not sure Boti was completely correct he does seem to have his own desire to burn the sixers whenever he gets a chance.

You can't compare eras to many things different, even simply the salary cap being so much different makes it harder.

He talks of more south Aussies, 1 we don't have that many to make a competitive team at the moment and 2 he is not a very loyal south Aussie either. I enjoy reading his opinions but they are just that. Just another opinion.

Its not as simple as you are making out. For starters there is every chance that those O/S are on holdays already. You haven't mentioned the immigration process in Autsralia either. They are on holidays this time of year as well. There is no priority there for basketballers anymore. Those on BA that used to be able to get that done are long gone.

This whole mess would be enough to make a BigV team get embarrassed.

Most imports in the SEABL even get cars (even if its a bomb) but that is better than nothing.

CJ won the game by himself against Perth and his confidence was high. In the next game Clarke barely plays him??? WTF? Yet he continually plays his 'boys' huge minutes even when they are struggling.

Would not want to be african american and going to the 36ers at the moment either. Even last season Simpson would get benched for long periods when playing good.

He would end up with 18 points and 10 rebounds in 22 minutes, while Weigh would get 35 for 8 points and 3 rebounds.

How many games left of Clarke's contract?

Can we get over the CJ thing. He played one good game and people still talk like he would have won us more. Of his 18 points what 10 were free throws, he had 17.33 against melb the week before and did nothing with his time.

He is gone lets get over it and support Scott. The guy is here now to play for us and should be given the chance by fans CJ was.

Is Scott playing tonight?

How many times did CJ play over 20 minutes though?

Car may be irrelevant, but the fact that semi professional teams in the SEABL offer a car (and usually housing) makes the 'professional' 36ers look very poor.

10 of CJ's 18 points may have been free throws but no one else in the team can shoot them under presssure! He must have been at 90% from the free throw line. Crosswell (and an ugly air ball) and cadee have missed crucial free throws in games where it has proved to be costly.

Id hate to see Cadee and Weigh's stats if they just got 12 minutes a game.

It's not just the sixers most NBL teams don't provide vehicles. Especially not to a 9th or 10th man.

Lets remember that's what he was. Just because the word import was used doesn't mean he was a starter or our mega star.

Based on your theory give T Daly a car

Johnson's shooting percentage has been terrible in some games and he would be on 4 times what CJ was!

CJ made important free throws that gave them wins against the Kings and Wildcats. Thats 2 wins just there. They have also lost the last 3 without him! Coincidence?

If I was an import (starter or benchie) Id expect a car to be provided whether its a crapbox or not.

AND if you are going to sack your import you had better replace them within a week!!!! They would have had it worked out 2 weeks beforehand that CJ would probably get released so thats 6 weeks to organise it.

Wildcats have Knight go down (cannot plan that) and they get a stud import in a week later.

Only wankers would sign someone who can not play think about it

36ers record would be much better if CJ got Cadee's minutes.

Thanks for that comment CJ