Marty's system or just garbage time?

I hear Wollongong are chasing Weigh HARD!!!!!

I'm with '804. Also heard the Gong is where he's off to, but from a unreliable source. Plus he's heading home for QBL, and moving out of his house.

Let's do a swap then, Weigh for Oscar!

I'd like to keep Gibbo and move DJ for Wortho!

Would'nt blame him if he read half the shit posted about him in Toxic Town.

The Gong is a good move for him as he will fit the type of player they need after losing Sav...not saying he can tie Sav's boots however i think Conraad and Wiegh can fill the void.

From the 36er's point of view we got to give Creek more time at the 3 spot otherwise we risk losing him if he is only playing spot mins behind weigh for the next 2/3 seasons (Assuming Weigh will want a 2/3 year deal no matter were he ends up)

I'd rather us throw our good money at 2 good imports PG & COMBO 2/3 type guy so Creek & Caddee can keep developing and giving us 15-20 prodcutive mins a game which by the end of 13/14 will hopefully enable us to get back in play offs and have a nice balance between youth & expereince.

That said it all relies on the right imports!

The entire club needs a review and I think they know it. It'll start from the top down and until the coaching lineup is locked in for next season I don't think you can say one way or the other.

I would be happy if he stayed. Big, athletic, can be aggro when needed and can sink 3's when needed.

Would like to see the boy from Isa hang around.

I'd hoped Wollongong would go for a more dynamic defensive replacement for Sav (given that was what he provided) and assumed it might need to be an import, but anyone who can hit the three is useful at the Hawks.

Creek is alot younger than the above menitoned players and i think with time he'll be mentioned alongside those guys....hence my thoughts with more time and select good imports in the guard spots to protect/play him as required.

I imagine the Anonymous above is just a troll since he is trying to suggest Creek has a shit work ethic.

Goulding 24 yo
Abercrombie 25 yo inc international opportunities
Madgen 28 yo inc college

Creek 20 yo

Players with long term injuries nearly always come back with an improved J.

Creek shit work ethic?... Didn't know people could put those words in same sentence. Bloke works harder than most, and especially on his shot.

Get Panther on the recruiting team - 2 good moves getting DJ out for Wortho and Oscar for Weigh. Both upgrades and improvements IMO.

C Schenscher/Pero
F Johnson/Petrie
F Creek/Cheapie
G Import/Cheapie
G Import/Cadee

Forman likes Wollongong and is captain there. Not sure he'd rush to leave.

Creeks jumper was starting to improve before he got hurt. he will never be a pure/automatic shooter but can definately become reliable.

Ive heard he works harder than anyone...

Third Party deal from Triplezero to lure The Big O back to Adelaide is the word on the street, in the ballpark of Judd's deal with VISY plus use of the Ferrari!

What is it with the Pero thing? Have a look at what he does - or doesn't do - at ABA level. Might be training fodder but that's the limit.

Definitely NOT back-up centre; particularly behind an increasingly brittle Schenscher,IMO.

As a player you wouldn't give a shit about what people say. If you are wooden spooners for the second year in a row, you expect to be booed! If you put up a shit performance why get offended if someone says you played crap? If you do then get out of the game!!!

Comments like "Would'nt blame him if he read half the shit posted about him in Toxic Town."

and.."and having his home crowd boo them could not blame the dude for going."

Trust me, if he was on the same side at Perth and they finished bottom, played pathetic defence and showed no heart, they not only would be booed off the court, they would be lucky not to have their houses burnt to the ground!

Unfortunately these days with players being accesible they are going to constantly receive this treatment.

LeBron James won a Championship this year and gets booed all over the place plus constantly receives death threats. If one whacko in Miami threatens him do you think he's going to play somewhere else because of them?
If one reporter has it in for a certain player, would you move town? No.

So stop pretending players are precious little flowers, they get paid very well to do a job they love, if they have a problem with it then go get a day job!

@Panther You really believe that?
I know if the option came up i would jump and your attitude and some like it would be part of the reason why.
Do other clubs Boo there team?

i think he is just "weigh"ing up his choices

One of the biggest markets on the Basketball stage the New York Knicks are renowned for booing their own players!
I personally have never booed the Sixers, but it doesn't suprise me with the performance's they have put up in the past couple of years!
I just stopped going until they find a coach who can coach on game night. It was extremely frustrating watching such a talented team underperform day in and day out and when you pay $700+ for a season ticket, I expect to see a team like that perform.
When you teach a team to be robots yo take the passion out of their game.
I remember watching the first game and guys like Gibbo and Petrie playing with so much passion only for that to be completely gone about half way through the season.
If I was on the team I would be saying, hurry up and appoint a new coach and I will make my decision then.
They have one of the best teams in that league and should be playing finals right now.
That's not a situation that comes along every year (except for Gibbo normally!)

BOOO Panther, who cares about your decision!! F%#K Off!!!

I totally agree with Panther.

I don't think Gibson in the previous off season would have checked the hoops forum to see whether or not he was liked here before making a decision.

I also doubt that many players check the forum and if they do they would do it for entertainment value and would not care about the criticism they get from anonymous internet posters.

Every team's fans give their team negative criticism. Obviously Perth will get less then Adelaide due to how successful they have been but they still get criticism.

At the end of the day the point is a player is not going to be discouraged coming to a team just because a minority (probably less then 1%) of fans on an internet forum talk negatively about the players and the team.

Just IMO, but the biggest problem with Creek's jumpshot is his feet are too close together, meaning he tends to over-balance left or right, and as a result he misses left and right. Great shooters will tend to be much better balanced, and typically only miss long. I don't think Creek's problem is a lack of effort, but his technique needs correction.

sob...sob...That's it "Hoops", i'm leaving to go to Ozhoops.com!

Hoops............is that you Radford you bitter individual

Guess we are going to know in the next 2 weeks if Creek is playing next season,
i think his contract option is that has 2 weeks to decide.
Ditto Gibbo I believe.

Hadn't thought of the Kings, but he could likely do as much as Lazare and certainly more than Dann. Good time to be a half-decent SF/PF - Boucher and Sav retired. Few on the decline and others looking like their time is up including imports that weren't quite home runs.

"He's signed with Rockhampton"
Annon do u have a source? as Rockhampton have already signed 2 SF-Brad Williamson & Justin Watts(US Import)
& nothing has been released on the Rockets website.

Unless Rockhampton are going to play him at the 4 spot

He'll flourish in the right system. All things considered, if Sixers don't resign him and Gibson walks it leaves some cap space to go after a quality import and then play Creek at the 3. Good resolution.

I got the impression of him being a man of about 30 from Perth , but seems he's young and improving from Queensland . Was the main man in the Clarke system , so many minutes . A US scoring swingman a better option.

On that topic. Where is Marcus Camby ? Has been weeks
since his/hers/it's last post.

Well said @panther and Anon

I'm sick of hearing about how tough we the fans are on players, coaches etc. Grow some grapefruits and suck it up. Lebron, Kobe, Buddy, Ablett and a huge list of top tier sporting professionals around the world put up with much more than a little bit of booing or criticism here and there on a forum.

When did our athletes become so soft and emotional? Around the same time we started losing tough games and giving up when confronted.

See the connection?

I'm a big fan of Mitch Creek but seriously harden the f*ck up bro! The problem isn't his work ethic or his jump shot. It's his lack of testicular fortitude when challenged both on and off the court. As has been said many times, in any organisation you had a junior employee going toe to toe with your customers/supporters on social media you would take action straight away and discipline your employee for soiling your brand, especially when your supporter base has halved and your going broke.

The scariest thing about the Clarke/Radford era is that these these professional athletes actually believe the garbage that is fed to them.

We as sixers supporters don't boo or insult because we like to. It's because anyone from 8 to 80 that loves sport could see that the direction the coaches were heading over the past year with the 36ers was not working yet no action was taken to try to improve the situation. Not management, not the coaches and unfortunately not the players. Everyone just sat back and actually believed that they were heading in the right direction. Unfortunately the right direction isn't the bottom of the ladder again.

Great post CP3.

Especially the point about Mitch Creek. Just really embarrassing and highlights the complete lack of professionalism that has become the 36ers.

Disappointing thing is that his heart is probably in the right place...just a lack of smarts, experience and good advice.

Clarke, Radford and Silver Fox should have got him to pull his head in, not only for the 36ers sake but also for Creek's own sake. Not a great look for his résumé as a pro athlete arguing with fans on Facebook.

Not to mention the obvious that he may be arguing with someone he thinks is some red neck fan who might actually be a major sponsor or someone connected to a major sponsor.

Clubs NEVER put minutes in contracts along with dollars. Agents can come back and argue if a player gets a raw deal against what was promised, but....never in writing.
Now the Captaincy is another matter, altho usually done with player votes.

The guy is very overated, would not worry me if he walked.

Totally agree about Creek RRose & CP3! Dont worry about it even being a sponsor, it could be some clown who king-hits him in a pub or club if he sees him out & about.

Just been disillusioned by the whole clubs attitude with accepting acceptable criticism from fans. You have been hopeless for over 4 years, it comes with the territory in professional sports. When commentators etc say that Sixers fans are the most knowledgable (Even back to the Apollo days!) they aren't talking about the rose-coloured glasses brigade! It's the one's who know they are watching rubbish ball and are jack of it!