worst kept secret ever!

Jacob leaves to find more shots in the offence only to realise that Heal will be taking more than Brett and Willie combined.

Still always good to have The Tool back in the league proving how craop he is.

How long before Goorg adds this 'new'recruit to the Boomers as captain for the World Champs, or did he burn bridges when he retired at Sydney?

Well seeming that he didn't give Jacob any time at the Commonwealth games after he signed with South, I highly doubt Brian will bring back Heal.

I'm glad shane is back it will be good for the league to have a bad guy playing in Melbourne again

that would be in athens Anon#77089

Great to have him back. 'Kent Brockman' Heal's game is suiting for this new group and regarding his shooting clip - he doesnt even jack em up anymore like the old days... he obviously didnt win the championship by himself... he was the one finding Neilson on roll outs and slips all series long.
Grat to have him back, great player, tough no shit attitude, can always expect something from him.

Heal shoots alot of threes but he IS a quality player.... no one ever says this kind of shit about Gaze... atleast heal plays defence!

Defence.... Heal...... wow. I'm lost for words.....

Stingray what the heck are you on about, what new GROUP ? No imports,a kid out of the AIS and Jake, need more players than that for a team.

Kent - Look out for Warrick Giddey clones to fill up the remaining roster spots as they have already used up all available shots with the signing of Shaaaaane

Kent, add Drmic & Shanahan to Jake & the "kid out of the AIS".

At least they have 5 players to take the court :).

We don't say this shit about Gaze because he is a legend of the game. He also knows when to stop playing and not play one year to many. How you can compare Gaze to Heal is beyond me.

Gaze is a legend of the game and an all-around nice guy, so everybody loves him.

Heal is also a very talented player and has done much for Australian basketball, but is perceived as an arrogant prick, so people tend to bag him more.

I think hurley was making that point, not comparing the players.

I agree that Heal gets bagged far too much. I think he's a great player, and I beleive he will be one of the top guards in the NBL next season. Even the Athens thing, I blame Goorjian, not Heal. Heal did what he was allowed/instructed to do by the coach.

Agreed, The one good thing about him playing, it stops him from commentating.

I think the main reason for signing him is to get the crowds in the door. The guy is tool but you cant deny that he can play. I can twait to see him play just to give him a mouthful.

Hats off to the dragons!

Good stuff and good to see Heal back in the league.

All sixers fan's should check out the video http://video.vividas.com/media/4407_Dragons/web/video.html (same as linked from nbl site.

Plenty of Heal footage vs Sixers and some footage that we all need reminding of heading into season 06/07! :-)

These guys are the real deal. If their promotion is any indication of will happen on the court then they will be in for a big year! I might be wrong but I reckon Heal was signed as a promotional person rather than for his playing. That going off the promotional video. Just out of curiosity where has he been playing if he has been playing?

Heal hasnt been playing professionally anywhere, i believe he has been playing in some league in sydney that a lot of nbl retire's play in - cant think of the name of it but it is a pretty good standard of competiton - I believe Maher played a few games when he was up there as well.

Cant wait for Heal to stroll back into town, seeing as he has probably only had 1 good game in the last 10 years here in Adelaide.