I could imagine Joey trying to sell us on Christopherson too. "He was MVP of the Mongolian B league, and he has past NBL experience. He is a sharp shooter, and his mormon hair cut is primed to get bums on seats."

Mormon haircut hahaha wouldnt surprise me. Joey doesnt sell the steak, just the sizzle. Has been for years. Eventually you get annoyed and go to hogs breath for decent bloody steak!!!

Sorry, Gaucho's.

James Ennis?

Might be Milos Teodosic

Mark-e-Mark enough with this Mongolian league. It wasn't funny the first time you said it, it isn't funny the hundredth time.

Homicide? In the country right now. Can't see a superstar given McNeail is a budget import. A shame if true as looked good preseason - injuries suck.

hopefully another one of Childress' mates!

Someone above mentioned Ben Gordon who is a former NBA sixth man of the year. That would be an incredible signing but 36ers would not have the money I would think.

Ben Gordon lol. Keep dreaming Adelaide

Haha no highly doubt it would be Ben Gordon, nice but not likely this lifetime. There will be no shortage of nba hopefuls cut shortly that simply need to keep playing. Nba scouts will be looking at NBL now due to Webster alone let alone out of curiosity of how Childress and Warrick are playing. Better destination for guys whos games don't suit the D league ala anyone who isnt a guard and can dominate the ball!!

I'm not quite 100% convinced about all the "budget import" talk.

Somehow Adelaide waived Montreal last year and replaced him with Motum, and then they brought Daniel Johnson in later in the season.

I'm assuming Motum (and Johnson) didn't play for the same peanuts I assume Montreal was playing for. So what happened? Were they under the cap originally? Or did they activate the marquee rule when they signed Motum? What gives?

Motum was signed to a back ended deal. So he would have been on big bucks if he played for a second season

Valid questions LV, budget talk always makes me think its a bit of a cop out for 'hey we have the cash but would prefer to try find a diamond in the rough first go around'... hasn't worked last few times though unfortunately.

Change of ownership since last year when the former owners (the ones Kobe thinks had the cash) needed to be bailed out.

Ben Gordon is already Wikipedia official lol.

Can confirm. Ben Gordon has yet to meet with Adelaide. He is a chance and could be possible. But for the right now. He is not and will not be a Sixer.

There are some other nice options being checked out but from what I see, none of these names resemble Gordon.

Ok cool thanks for clarifying, I assumed they had the cash due to the stars they flipped last season. Guess the money DQ wouldve made for the year was worth a fair bit in ratio to how many games were left for Motum to play. If Motum was to have been back ended, and hasn't continued in Adelaide, then who got his money this season i wonder. He wouldn't have wanted to sign on for peanuts this season, so was surely enough to entice... Ebe couldn't possibly be on Motum type money! Thats pretty funny someone has already updated Gordon's wikipedia. Lamar Odom was brain dead 2 days ago too, not he is doing really well! Power of the internet haha

Had to laugh at this on Ben Gordon's Wikipedia page:

"On October 19th 2015 it was announced that Gordon would be taking his talents down under and has signed with NBL team the Adelaide 36ers."

Yeah obviously DQ was cheap, but $45k for a full season for example, works out to be a decent amount if its $45k for 12 games or whatever. Just curious if that is what enticed Motum to sign or he was truly offered big money to try and stay this season.... if so, then who got that money instead this season is my query.

But I thought DJ had a separate deal in place along the same lines... hence where is the money that Motum could've taken this season gone! Id say Ebe has chewed it up...

Well Ere has obviously chewed everything else by the look of it Kobe 24.
What a massive boost if we could get a real outside shooter that can defend.
Oh well can dream as they don't cost.

Gordon would bring the scoringshooting that the Sixers lack at the moment.
But from watching him in the NBA he won't do much else, the last few years he avg 1 Rebound and 1 assist.
He would basically be a fitter version of Ere.

We need a legit import as the best teams this year will have one NBA level talent import

"Ben Gordon is vegan. I'm not sure he would fit in with Ebi's culture of eating most meals at fast food outlets."

I smell a sitcom!!

You dont need an NBA player, that didn't work so well for the Cats last season, and hell back in the day when it really rare didn't work so well for the 36ers with Jo Jo! BUT right now with the timing of all this, there are a lot of NBA hopefuls looking to keep in shape and being told to find gigs to work on what they need to, to get to the big show. If Adelaide could find anyone near as good as Lisch or Beal, then wow!

In future, Joey should only be allowed to choose the Australian players

"In future, Joey should only be allowed to choose the Australian players"

Why?

Boti on whether there's any truth to Ben Gordon talk:

Sorry, none whatsoever.

Im actually just glad we are getting all these NBA guys in our league. The Ennis experiment really put the blowtorch to recruiting around the league.. and I think Ill say a little further that the NBL was just going through the motions for years and then Ennis hit and suddenly teams had to decide whether to compete or take their bat and fold.

King James I think he is referring to a few pretty ordinary picks compared the few locks he has made.

^Not an overly inspiring list is it?

Jamar put up "top import" numbers. Ervin wasn't bad either... certainly weren't on the level of a Childress, but they were better than they get credit for IMO.

From one of Boti's articles in 2013, for those who want to reminisce...

ALL-TIME FIVE SCORERS

PG - Robert Rose. Could go over, under and through the defence and was so spectacular, teammates often stood back to just watch his wizardry.
SG - Willie Farley. On a roll, Farley was freakish with his Michael Jordan-mimicked turnaround baseline fadeaway jumper, three-point swish or down-the-lane dunk.
SF - Reg Biddings. You cannot hold a league scoring record, lead the scoring and not be included, Sir Reg a quality shooter who believed "defence" meant outscoring your direct opponent.
PF - Mark Davis. History views Pud as a rebounder first (which he was) so it is easy to forget how often he scored putbacks, dunks, jumpshots before developing a three to boot. He averaged more than 27 points per game in 1985 and 1990.
C - Dan Clausen. The 1984 All Star Five selection also is mainly seen as a rebounder but was a quality scorer with putbacks, mid-range, hooks and dunks.

ALL-TIME FIVE BEST NAMES

PG - Julius Hodge
SG - Jo Jo English
SF - Paris McCurdy
PF - Diamon Simpson
C - Orlando Phillips
Bench: Butch Hays, Troy DeVries, Cortez Groves, Dusty Rychart, Leon Trimmingham.

ALL-TIME FIVE BEST IMPORTS

PG - Darnell Mee. Dual championship winner, multiple Best Defensive Player.
SG - Willie Farley. Championship winner, MVP runner-up 2005.
SF - Robert Rose. All Star. Superstar. Could do it all and be played from 1-to-4.
SF/PF - Kevin Brooks. Dual championship winner, championship series MVP 1998.
PF/C - Mark Davis. Club's only league MVP (1987) and the championship series MVP 1986.

ALL-TIME FIVE WORST IMPORTS

1. Scott Christopherson. What the heck was the coaching staff even thinking?
2. Jeff Brown. Big and cumbersome, totally wrong for our league. Cut in-season.
3. Mike Chappell. Previously a great player but came in injured and never fired. Cut.
4. Mark Tyndale. Young man in a strange land, never figured it out. Cut.
5. Brian Devincenzi. Cut after six games, carried an injury, never showed his best.

36'ers ALL-TIME WORST IMPORTS

Feel free to continue this list boys........ :0

We still need to put things into perspective. The cheap imports that are probably on minimum money aren't expected to add much more value then a player that is getting paid the same. That is a concept most fans don't seem to understand and therefore have an unrealistic expectation. With one of them we found a better option (Motum), another one we decided it would be better to give minutes to Creek and another one was injured.

Here are some of Wrights import selections (Can't remember them all. Some might be incorrect?)

Dusty Rychart - Excellent import
Ebi Ere (Earlier version) - One of the best in the league back then
Ira Clark - Old but still a quality import
Adris Deleon - Solid import
Gary Ervin - Excellent import
Jamar Wilson - Excellent import
Ebi Ere (Now) - Looks like a bad choice

So out of the main imports all of them besides the latest Ere were worth it.

Will Hudson - Budget import but was serviceable
Jarrid Frye - Played for minimum. Decided it was better for Creek to have his minutes
Daequon Montreal - Playing for minimum. Replaced by Motum
Kenyon McNeail - Injured. Other coaches would have the opinion that he would have been a quality player for the money.

I can't see a problem with his import selections other than the latest Ere

IMPORTS FOR ADELAIDE

GOOD

Mark Davis
Al Green
Darnell Mee
Kevin Brooks
Diamon Simpson
Dusty Rychart
I can go on find at least find another 5

Worst

S.Christopherson
M.Chappell
B.Devincenzi
P.McCurdy
JOJO English

Wilson and Ervin helped their teams to the post-season. Both perfectly fine imports IMO. Every team has had their hits and misses.

Cairns' imports haven't exactly been dominating.

Plus, a proven record by Wright with those imports still to make the finals.

More than just keeping it in perspective, some posters need to pull their heads in.

Hope Sixers find a star import so they can rise and play in finals again.There has only been one name risen on this hoops,so hopefully Joey finds a star shooter.

Wilson.Clarke,or an import who can run and stun under Joeys system.

If the new import is who I think it is, he's very short, but a strong shooter. Scoring point guard with a good handle.

Guess if he's was taller, he would've made the NBA.

Do you have a little clue on new import Isaac?

Gibbo with more responsibility seems to as well.

If we were only relying on Gibbo I think that would be a real concern based on his lack of consistency and inability to make end of game plays.

Observer, people will sulk about his height when he's announced. Hopefully change their tune once they watch some tape.

Can't be Aquille Carr, he was just signed by Houston....

Eddie Shannon is back, and this time he's keeping an eye on you!

isaac,i dont sulk,as long as he can play i be happy.

Jahii Carson.

Assuming I've got the right guy, apart from his size, the NBA pre-draft write-ups I read were very positive. He looks quicker and more at-it than Warren or Shannon, chip on his shoulder from his height. Killer crossovers and finds ways to score inside.

Carson would be a great fit in some ways, but they'd really need Gibson, Ere and Teys to be hitting their outside shots.

Keifer Sykes?

Jerome Randell

Thanks.

Could be Randle?

Boti says Randall but seems Randle, to be precise.

You'd think he'd get it right!

Jerome Randle thread

LV, you're insane re Carson.

Best is very relative. I'd say he was more of a negative than a positive. Individual talent, probably was arguably the best, but as a player on a team? No chance.

Carson stunk.

Carson had some talent. A bit erratic, but a clear talent.

I did see a handful of Wollongong games last season, and my view was that the problem wasn't Carson; the problem was that they had Carson and Ervin on the same team. With Rhys Martin- it wasn’t a balanced back court.

They should’ve kept either Ervin or Carson (and I probably would’ve kept Ervin purely due to his reputation in this league). And recruited a second import guard who was taller, a better defender and a more reliable outside shooter.