Give him a chance but on face value it doesn't look like he will help us much.

Que Stud boy and the haters.

I would have preferred a Jacobsen type but at the end of the day we just need an experienced role playing import.

We have two top notch imports in Moore and Shorter. We have the best talent of Australian players in the league. We are in a good position.

Would much rather Hakim Warrick. Another bargain bin import.

He doesn't sound like a superstar, but by far the most important thing is how he'll fit into the 36ers lineup.

Jacobsen wasn't a star either- just a solid role player.

They didn't need someone to average 15 points a game- that's what DJ is for. They just need a good fit who can put in 15-20 decent minutes a night.

And actually, if Hodgson or Deng are improving (and they are in the right age profile to do so) or if Wright goes small ball more often with Creek at the 4, then Wiggins might not even be needed for 15 minutes.

We need someone who can rebound and defend in the post...will he offer this to the team?

I'm not concerned with scoring - we have other players for that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bO7yNxOTqs

Found some highlights of his time in japan.

Appears to definately have an inside/outside game, which will help us spread the floor.

Solid big off the bench, not an exceptional defender, more inside than outside but a scrappy rebounder. Not much hops as well, think of Garlepp that can rebound.

Should have just re-signed Jacobsen at end of last season. Thought he showed sone good signs and would ve been better second year round. Hopefully Wiggins is a solid fit but doubt Perth or Melb will be shaking in their boots.

Without commenting on Wiggins, agree that I would have been very happy to see Jacobsen back: known and improving.

Hopefully this guy can move his feet and will be solid inside when it counts.

I've seen him play in the Japanese 2nd Div. league, and considered him one of the best imports in the league last year. He's pretty versatile, has decent length, can handle the ball, shoot with range, and is pretty wily/crafty. He's not gonna dominate the paint though, and does seem to coast at times （that could just be his demeanor, however）.

Yeah he played 2nd div, but it's a promotion/relegation system (so strong 2nd div teams were comparable to mid-bottom 1st div teams), and honestly he was a 1st division-level import IMHO.

FWIW Jacobsen is playing in the same 2nd div league this season.

Ceres 43 how is Jacobsen going in that league stats wise?

Yeah, 3 leagues merged into a 3 division pro league with universal pro/rel. He was on an ex-bj league franchise last year, which was probably on the cusp of being put into div 1 when the new league was deciding on the inaugural division compositions.

That said, the mid-to-bottom of 1st div was almost exclusively populated by the ex-bj league teams (the opposition NBL teams having the cream of the crop of the Japanese players and bigger budgets). But I expect that to change as the league matures.

https://r-zephyr.com/roster/eric_jacobsen.html

He's doing pretty decently so far i'd say.

Ceres43,

Do they play 12 or 10 minute quarters?

Thanks for the EJ stats. I see he has played (on average) 30 minutes a game and has similar stats to Wiggins. I suspect however that Wiggins played more minutes per game.

Although being left handed I like that he can play both sides of the basket and appears to have excellent footwork and ball handling skills in the open court.

I would like to see more examples of his abilities on the defensive end and I am curious how he might go in what I expect will be a much strong league defensively.

10 min qtrs.

Definitely, the game is a lot less physical here, simply due to the fact that the average local pro is shorter and lighter than his anbl equiv.

Skill and speedwise though it's close and getting closer. The merger of the pro leagues here has given the sport a real shot in the arm. The level of play has really picked up with the new league. Imports are much better compared to pre-merger, and coaching has improved significantly (there's a lot of quality foreign coaches here now).

Right now Japan's nat team is in the third tier of asian teams (1 Aus/NZ 2 Chn/Phi/SKor 3 Jpn/Tpe). But I can see them not far off moving into and cementing themselves in the 2nd tier (3 to 4 years), given some of talented young guys coming through now (Togashi, Hachimura, and Yudai Baba).

Wiggins has already arrived in Adelaide and will meet the guys for the first time tomorrow when they come back from Cairns.

I thought similar and was thinking the Hakim Warrick rumour was a bit desperate and had hoped they would take their time until a big shakes free from NBA training camps but Joey obviously liked this guy getting Ken Cole to work him out over in San Diego first before signing him.

He's been in the country for two days.

Joey quoted the media as saying "he's a perfect fit".

What was that based on tonight?
I appreciate jetlag and a new team doesn't give him much time to prepare but didn't do much for me but in saying that, all good wine takes time to age. I will give it a week or two but will start expecting Sydney game next week

I thought the pace and level of athleticism got the better of him tonight and he didn't get many opportunities to feel his way into the game. It was a tough christening.

Sixers were monstered by Melbourne's bigs which made it easier for Melbourne to drop so many 3's.

I am not convinced he is the right import for this team, I think they need a better low post defender but I expect Adelaide won't be the only team who gets beaten up by Melbourne.