I think its on the cards but more on the Hawks terms than in the past.

With the departure of Rhys this puts a lot of pressure on the Import PG / Ervin.

Hope he is up to it.

Wollongong deserve more success.

Gary needs to stay in NBL. He is the bad boy, the villain, the character this league needs.

A lot of people here really don't get how good he is!

I think people overly criticise him since he's an import. He does a lot more good things than bad.

Yea im a fan, would have happily had Ervin back at the 36ers. Glad to see him stay in the NBL.

I hope he stays and is he considering citizenship?

That would make him even more valuable to clubs.

Great pick up if they can get him.

He may be the villain the league needs but personally I love the guy and think he deserves the plaudits he gets

He's a bloody good player, and perfect for the Hawks with Davidson, Ballinger, Forman and Coenraad on the arc, he just isn't perfect - how dare he?!

Id love it if he stayed and considered citizenship. He could be the 3rd point guard off the bench for the Boomers in 2016 no problems.

GWB, I think you are dreaming. Mills, Exum, Dellavedova are the locks if fit for PG and someone like Gibson who will be 30 in 2016 and has been in the national program would be easily ahead of a 33 year old undersized naturalised guard who only plays one end of the court.

Ervin is not up to boomer std, but man, having him back is cool if true.

I agree BMF, gives us here in Perth a ready made villian to psychologically torture :D

Interesting question re Ervin being Boomers standard. Dontaye Draper and EJ Rowland have both performed well at international level, are they above Ervin's standard?

I think some people overestimate the level of players in international competitions. Some of them are superstars, and some exceptionally good big men, but the majority of others would not be out of place in the NBL.

Having said all that, I wouldn't pick him in the Australian team for Rio! Mills and Exum will already cover his skillset very nicely indeed, so the other guard spot (apart from Delly) needs to be for a different type of player.

Do we really think Ervin wants to be naturalised though? To me, he bleeds NYC and is just over here to get paid and live in a nice country.

At his height, and his age if he wants to get paid to play basketball, eventually he will have to naturalise to keep getting gigs. Such thing as a joint citizenship...

He's said he wants to be naturalised, if he actually means it and has started the process is another thing.

I like the dude, but why would we look at him as a Boomer when we clearly go deep enough in that area.

Cool when he returns tho, gives the game swagger and as Silencer said, he is a villain in some arena's so gets ppl in.

Homicide style!

Tim Keeble hinting in todays Mercury that its pretty close to a done deal.

Just confirmed via social media.

that's great news.

love him or hate him, the guy can play.

nice that we have some quality imports in the league with Wilson, Ervin & Beal staying & Jackson returning.

Yea pretty much all teams look to have atleast one really good import so far, with many to be still signed.

36ers - Wilson - former runner up in MVP, been a good import the last few seasons for the Taipans, Montreal been a SEABL star and players of his style tend to do well at NBL.

Perth - Beal, GF MVP, still to replace Ennis, with a likely MVP level import.

Melbourne - Dennis, many peoples tip for MVP last pre-season before getting injured.

NZ- Cedric Jackson, one of/the best import to play in the NBL for the past 5ish years.

Wolongong - Ervin, former MVP, key player in 36ers GF team last season.

Townsville - Conklin, very good last season, Gladness has NBA experience and sounds like a keeper.

Sydney and Cairns have 1 import each so far with no NBL experience, but both sound decent,

So looking like a good import crop this season, very exciting for the league.

'Gary's signing is not the end of the big news. We’ve got some more exciting news to come.’’

The Hawks have filled seven spots on their 10-man roster, including Ervin, Forman, Larry Davidson, Tim Coenraad, Brad Hill, Adam Ballinger and Dave Gruber.

They haven't announced an import, anyway.

Cairns import is confirmed, still one to go.

I love the way Isaac teases - throws a little line to see if anyone bites and pretends he doesn't know who is going where!