You do realise that Childress who is the marquee player of the entire comp has this team built around him, and he has been injured. So its not a sham, its just really really bad luck and sucks for the Kings fans and all lovers of the NBL. But Same goes for any team who loses there best player to a broken hand, shit is going to get ugly.

"For the NBL to flourish, you need Sydney doing well, it is the largest market in Aus..." Really? and how did that go when they won 3 championships in a row?

I think you misspelled LOL....

In his defence was a pretty contested play at the end there. Lots of miss 3's mean usually lots of long rebounds. In his defence but yeah 3 isnt many especially if your not the focal point on offense you have to make an impact in other areas. If the Kings dont want him though the 36ers will happily take him off your hands ;)

Haha sorry man didn't know how invested you were. Just coming from a different angle on it.

The beer thing or the 3 rebounds... I'm lost such outlandish statement!

How many rebounds do you expect him to get in 21 minutes?

People say Sydney is a hard market to crack and it is, there is said it. Only way this can be rectified is if west Sydney is reinstated and unless there's someone w Fillipino/Chinese/Asian player interests w tonnes of cash it won't happen. Bless

Or Childress could just get fit, you upgrade Markovic, win some games and the crowds come like they already were. Homebush is a separate issue for the rest of this season, but on court performance they have just been ravaged.

"For the NBL to flourish, you need Sydney doing well, it is the largest market in Aus..."


Please don't start this BS. We had years of it in the 80's & 90's, turning a blind eye to salary cap violations and receiving serious love from the refs only to turn belly up after winning 3 in a row.

Can they fill a stadium?
Do people want to watch them every game?
Do Sydneysiders follow sport, by putting bums on seats? Not for the NRL, not FFA, the cricket is the only thing thas comes close.

Largest market I don't think so.

Dear brain damaged anon who finds it funny that Khazzouh got 3 boards... you do realise that Childress got 15 boards and the rebound count was dead even?

But please, keep adding more of your witty remarks to the conversation, it's proving a lot of value.

I dont know that the Kings are dead but if they are... pour out a little liquor.

MAybe its time the Kings put together a team that dosnt revolve around a single person. Plenty of other teams in the NBL do this. Or is Sydenee so blinded but the cult of personality they would never ever go that way?

They have to somehow bring Goorjian back and build a winner.

the offense is non existent. How many times did Childress take it to the basket and turn it over. There are no options in the offense, it is all one out. No release pass for Childress, no one going along the base line when Childress drives from the top. It is an U12s offense.

It's the blowout troll!

I actually laughed that blowouttroll just kept escalating with back to back posts until he got some traction.
Kudos for perseverance, job well done.

Isaac, any chance to append "-BlowoutTroll" to the anonymous name based on IP when they post? and/or for other non known anonymous posters adding "-SomeNumber" for anonymous that post numerous times to show that it is the same person? e.g.

Anonymous-1 - Muggsy Bogues is coming to town everyone should see him.
Anonymous-2 - No thanks
Anonymous-1 - I totally agree with OP

It might not be possible due to dynamic IP addresses in some cases and there is other ways around it for them however it will at least make them put in more effort every time they want to be a troll. Not sure how much effort it would be for you to implement though

Or just have everyone have to register to post.

Matthew, when I visit forums, registration puts me off posting. I want people to be able to contribute without hassle. But can appreciate that there are repercussions. Registration doesn't however stop people being dickheads - see YouTube and Facebook comments for enough evidence of that. Beyond that, the limitation comes from the time I have available plus legacy tech issues (ownership of posts made under an alias but not linked to a user account, etc.)

KingJames, yes, there would be a way to do something like that. It could be a hash of their IP address and only show if someone wasn't logged in. But needs a way to be unique enough but recognisable. Some sites use odd sequences of shapes and colours for this, but I don't know how effective they are - I usually ignore them because they can't be judged at a glance.

Childress is not signed for next year. He signed a one year deal. Kings without Childress ain't worth thinking about