Fairsy
Years ago

Hawks complete roster with import Justin Simon

The Hawks have recruited "blue-collar" NBA G-League guard Justin Simon as a key piece of Brian Goorjian's defensive armoury for next season.

Simon, 24, played for the Windy City Bulls in the US, an affiliate of NBA team Chicago, where he averaged 12.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.2 steals last season.

Signing means no genuine centre. Not such a bad thing but interesting nevertheless.

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Anonymous
Years ago

They are getting local as injury replacement for grida.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Deng is more a sf, you can guarantee it'll be a pf.

Jois makes the most sense, g league + friends with Harvey.
It might not be but there are little pf options left bar smith Milner.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Jois might get the spot of who he knows but not on what he's shown in G league or nbl.

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Anonymous
Years ago

True but who else is there, frontline so thin atm.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Only 3 guys playin 4-5 atm, darling, Bairstow and Froling. Need 1 more and dp.

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D2.0
Years ago

You've got Bairstow and Froling.
Assuming Grida is on the LTI list, interesting to see who your final player will be.

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Anonymous
Years ago

White should have been a dp for 1 year imo.

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D2.0
Years ago

So so far, no move to pick up Andersen or AJ

If AJ is picked up in Perth, I think I will ask doctor to put me in a coma for a year

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Anonymous
Years ago

This makes the most sense. Grida won't be back till mid season.

6’4 T.Harvey(I)/6’1 E.Naar
6’5 J.Simon(I)/6’7 J.Jessup(NS)/6’2 I.White
6’7 D.Adel/6’8 D.Deng/ - 6’6 D.Grida(Inj)
6’8 V.Jois/6’6 M.Darling
6’9 C.Bairstow/6’11 S.Froling

DP
6’0 L.Dent
6’6 H.Harris
C DP

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Anonymous
Years ago

Perry could be Centre dp.

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Andrew
Years ago

I think Bairstow will play PF & Centre when Froling is not on.

Naar / White
*Harvey / Grida
Adel / *Simon
Bairstow / Darling / Deng
Froling /

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Anonymous
Years ago

Andrew, joking? Way off.

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Sourbroker
Years ago

Don't think they’ve signed Simon to bench him.

It’s not Jois.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Seems about right, covered all bases.

6'4 T.Harvey(I)/6’1 E.Naar/6’0 L.Dent(DP)
6’5 J.Simon(I)/6’7 J.Jessup(NS)/6’2 I.White
6’7 D.Adel/6’8 D.Deng/ - 6’6 D.Grida(Inj)
6’8 V.Jois/6’6 M.Darling/6’6 H.Harris(DP)
6’9 C.Bairstow/6’11 S.Froling/7’1 J.Perry(DP)

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Anonymous
Years ago

Bolden or Maker seem farfetched.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Anderson for half a season maybe.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Be funny if it was Bogut for min wage.

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Andrew
Years ago

My bad. Cut and paste problems

*Harvey / Naar
*Simon / White
Adel / Grida
Bairstow / Darling / Deng
Froling /

I think Bairstow will play PF & Centre when Froling is not on.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Who plays backup c and fills in for grida then?

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Andrew
Years ago

Bairstow starts at PF but backup C when Froling not on court. Darling and Deng play PF backups.

Their team is full so all they can do is get an early injury replacement for Grida

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Anonymous
Years ago

Bairstow plays entire game, huh? He can't switch between 4 n 5 all game

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Anonymous
Years ago

Adel can play 3-4, Bairstow can play 4-5. They got it covered well, at least on paper.

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Sourbroker
Years ago

They're getting a local 5.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Wow wafer thin defense. Going to be super easy to score against. Typical Hawks. Good offense. No defense.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Seriously underwhelming roster from a D perspective.

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Anonymous
Years ago

"Anonymous
Yesterday

Who plays backup c and fills in for grida then?"

Ogilvy?

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Anonymous
Years ago

Starters

Harvey*
Jessup**
Simon*
Adel
Bairstow

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King
Years ago

offensively the Hawks will put up numbers. Defensively they'll get scored on easily. They needed a big that could defend and rebound. Should have gone after Oliver.

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Andrew
Years ago

I forgot about Jessup

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Anonymous
Years ago

Bogut? He hasn't signed with anyone or announced retirement?

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Anonymous
Years ago

"If AJ is picked up in Perth, I think I will ask doctor to put me in a coma for a year" Yes please on both accounts.

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Anonymous
Years ago

How come Jessup is a next star and Mooney isn't

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Anonymous
Years ago

Dunno, same with Wigness

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Anonymous
Years ago

Poor AJ, went from a potential NBA draft pick to not even being good enough for hawks.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Oliver won't be back, newbill and aj to cairns.

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Air Delay
Years ago

Can a team have multiple next stars...

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Anonymous
Years ago

Anything is possible with Next Stars. The goal posts move all the time.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Newbill to China Liam said last night on overtime

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Anonymous
Years ago

Cairns looking thin, no Newbill and nothing on Oliver or Machado yet.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Why the fuck would you go to China in this environment. Plus, it's a shit hole of a country. He’d want to be on major coin.

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KET
Years ago

How come Jessup is a next star and Mooney isn't

Conspiracy theorists will always be out there, but Liam Santamaria said that Mooney could have been, however if he was treated as a NS that would open him up to NBL clubs, a risk Perth was not happy to take and therefore signed him as an import.

A club can't go "he'll by my NS thanks". A player that is to be a next star works with the NBL to decide the best location. If you don't want to risk a player going elsewhere, you lock the player up like Perth did.

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Anonymous
Years ago

So does that mean Didi Louzada was shopped around to all 9 teams last season? If so, why was Sydney the best fit for him, and when was it decided rules would be bent just to place him in a team?

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Anonymous
Years ago

Didi nba team wanted him at Sydney under Weaver, pelicans have now sacked their coach so I'd say he’s back at kings again.

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triton45
Years ago

where is AJ ??

Why has he not signed with Hawks?

Look at what Goorjian has done with big men in the past - Anstey, DOrge etc
AJ Ogilivy would have done so well under brian

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Anonymous
Years ago

I'd also love to see AJ back at Hawks.

Still got plenty to offer, and less pressure in a reduced roll.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Wouldn't like to be Australian guard on this roster. Can’t see Naar getting to many minutes, Glover & Dech did the right thing by moving elsewhere

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Anonymous
Years ago

Naar had no other options, Illawarra or nothing. In saying all that Naars game will suit Georgean and I think he will be used very well hitting open shooters. I except him to play good minutes and have a very good season.

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