out of all those names, i am perplexed at why no one has considered the 6'10 center brad bungey, who is only 20 years old from mavericks. he has been a consistent double double player in the aba coming off the bench, and needs the minutes to prove better. he has been in the sixers academy now for three years, and needs the opportunity to get better.

The move to get Kevin Brooks as an assistant is very interesting given that they dropped Ninnis from the roster due to budgetary contraints...

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Wrong Steve Williams. I believe the one they're referring to is from Eastern (Amanda's brother, Mike's son). Small guard. Unless he's improved a lot while in college (which is possible) I don't know that he'd be any better than other small guards from around his age group (Campbell, Sullivan, Shepherd, Graves).

This Steve Williams you'd think.

Belmont Abbey College Crusaders. Started all 27 games this season for the team, shooting 37% from the field, averaging 7.6 PPG and around 4 APG.

Wrong Steve Williams I think. Try Steve Williams Ex Mav been in college for 3 Years.

the steve williams you are talking about played for belmont abbey in the states div 2 college. and isaac is right, only 7ppg and 4apg, don't really think thats good enough for a sixer.

How can Jye Watson not be in the Sixers squad? The man is an absolute gun!

How about picking Rob Beveridge as an assistant coach

I think the Sixer's would be stupid not to put Jye into the team as a back up shooting guard as well. They should have had him in their team last year. He could contribute just like Luke Kendall did at the Kings. Luke is more of a point guard but both guys can flat out shoot and if players like that come off the bench and get hot they can give you a twenty plus game every now and then.

I agree with achtung baby, get Bungey in there! So what if he gets a bit fired up? At least we'd have an aggressive big man for once!

I'd like to see Dodman and Harris in the development squad. Even if they are 11 and 12 and never get a run.

You just can't teach that size and Wheeler would be a good role model for both of them in terms of his work ethic.

At least both of them have the potential to become handy NBL players in the future unlike the undersized players we have persisted with in the squad for years that have never either stepped up or been given the opportunity to become full time NBL contributors.

I can see the 36ers going for Hambour and Sutton in the other two spots.

Maher/Sutton
Farley/Copeland
Nash/Hill
Import/Hambour
Wheeler/Cooper
11 Dodman, 12 Sutton

i tink bungey wouldn't be the only one with head issues. lots of young guys have problems with temper, but i think he just needs a chance to shine and develop, he needs a mentor to teach him how to use and manage his talents. no doubt he deserves it, and is worth taking on and really developing. give him a chance.

All indications are that the 36ers will go with an 8 man rotation which makes sense in terms of team chemistry and distribution of minutes...assuming that the main 8 stay healthy.

That is a big if when the 8 man rotation consists of Maher, Nash, Wheeler and Copeland who are all likely candidates for missing games due to injury.

Again, not my opinion of who should make the squad but my analysis of Breheney's comments in Nagy's article suggests that the final 4 spots will be selected from players such as Gower, Hambour, Dodman, Harris, Sutton, Watson and Zorich.

However, if we sign 4 development type players are we spending the cap?

Following on from the calculations in the post above, you'd have to think that Wheeler and Holmes' salaries would be pretty close.

Then being generous you can allow the second import the whole of Dusty's salary + the increase of $40k to the cap.

Replace Rees with Copeland and you would think you would still have cap room from Oscar's departure to recruit another NBL established player and add some depth to the line-up.

They might be saving that cap room to have some serious cash to throw at a MVP calibre import but some extra insurance in the form of a ninth player such as Cullen to cover for Nash/Wheeler should they go down with injury wouldn't have been a bad idea.

right on stephon looking at another established budget \ midrange nbl player ala cullen makes sense and with dusty $$$ plus the extra 40k in the cap means the 6ers can spend the max on import

You are making the assumption here that players staying from 2005/06 are on the same salary heading into 2006/06. If Farley's second year of the contract was higher than the first, Brad Hill's second year was higher (fair assumption) and Nashy squeezed out some extra in the negotiations when three forwards competing for his spot left (wouldn't surprise me), that could easily chew up a raise in the cap.

As I've said before, my guesses say they've got $150-200k to spend on an import and two other positions. I can't see Cullen fitting in, sorry guys.

Also, if they're spending the max on Maher (have always assumed as much, but who knows), they can't spend the max on an import even if they had the cash.

Completely forgot to post this...

Why are the Sixers name-dropping a guy like Sam Harris (admittedly 7'3", but doing SFA in SFA opportunities) when there's another Australian on his college team - Alex Loughton. 6'9" FC, 240 lbs. Good guy, had an NCAA Div I high of 45 points, etc.

CAA Player of the Year and Tournament MVP...First team NABC All-District IV...Player of the Year in the State of Virginia by the Richmond Times Dispatch and the Virginia Sports Information Directors' Association...First Team All-CAA...CAA Scholar Athlete of the Year...NACDA national All-Scholar team...CoSIDA Academic All-District...ODU Alumni Association's Male Athlete of the Year...CAA Player of the Week on Feb. 8... Had 13 double-doubles...10th in CAA in scoring, 2nd in field goal percentage and rebounding...seventh in free throw percentage