Here is the link -
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,19083642%255E12428,00.html

It also says they are close to signing a new import as well.

yep was announced on 9 last night,

good positive signing

Great result from the talent that is available.

An athletic big with range potential.

Have said before compare his stats with that of Cats before he came here.

Also good to have a 3/4 that does not need to get 10 o boards off his own misses.

The only difference when Cat came here was that he was constantly drilled as a basketball player by Dunlap. Wont see that with Phil. Is definately a good pick up for the sixers though.

anon

what are you on about? Oscar plays for NZ now.

Cattalini showed little to no improvement under Dunlap. I'm a Dunlap fan but he did no justice to Catt. Even the biggest Smyth critics have to conceed the influence Smyth had on Cattalini's game.

I don't expect Majsrtovich to be another Cattalini but he is a solid bench signing. I'm optimistic that he'll be better for us than Nash.

I think this is a decent signing. They have made an offer to another player for the tenth spot, and then it's just the import to wrap things up.

Could that 10th player be someone like Jordan Dodman or is he fighting for a development spot at best?

To save Boti's sub-editors some time and hassle, here's some potential headline puns for them to use throughout the next season:

"bad case of Majstro"
"Majstro-boy"
"Majstro-chistic"
"Majstro-naut"

and, as a bonus extra, one full headline, free:

"Maestro Majstro finds his mojo"

The 10th player will be a guard.

Or after Boti reads this thread:

"Sixer fans Mastro-debate over latest signing."

Tee hee hee! Forget the Navy Seals: why can't we start the Majstro fan club known as the "Majstrobaters"?

Doctor E, Dodman would be looking at a development spot at best. He did OK on Sunday - 11 points and 6 boards in 17 minutes.

I think they'd wait until Pt Lincoln to pick their 11 and 12, but I would go with Sutton and Dodman. Bit harsh on Gerlach, but Sutton is playing top minutes in an undefeated side. I think they might have approval to run 13, so you could squeeze Gerlach in then, or stick with Gower just because he brings something different to the team.

who will be the guard then??

sixers team:

maher 1
farley 2
nash 3
copeland
wheeler 5
import 4
majstrovich
brad hill
nick hambour
????????

The last spot should be Austin Smylie's, dont need another guard.

Depending on the quality of this Import, I think this could be quite a successful team this year. I still have my doubts on Copeland but Im very hopeful to be proven wrong.

OK, if you do for a guard then it has to be a proven and genuine point guard, like Brendan Mann, Braith Cox.

i think that this is great news if we can get him tho. if we got him and a really good import i would be looking at our season optimisticly. also if we could get a 10th player that acually might have a role in the team instead of siting on the bench every game i think adelaide would make the finals easier than every1 is sayin.

C: Wheeler
PH: mvp calibra import
SF: AM
SG: Farley
PG: Maher
6: Nash- SF
7: Copeland- SG
8: Cooper- C
9: Hill- PG
10: Austin Smylie's- PF

11:Sutton- Gaurd
12:Dodman- Forward

you could swap AM for Nash around a bit and the fact that Hill is ninth on my list wouldnt mean he wouldnt get much time. i can see all subs playing simalar minutes

anyway i would be looking at a roster like this for next season

Who would you all prefer in the 10 spot, Hambour or Smylie???

let's look at there stats this season:

Hambour
PPG 16.7
RPG 10.6
APG 4.9
HSA 35.9

Smylie
PPG 20.2
RPG 8.5
APG 1.7
HSA 33.3

I think they would take a guard over both of these two if he was a "quality guard" because they already have other bigs.

Otherwise take one of these two and give hill more minutes he will be huge....

Dodman will be off to the AFL next year, regrets not going this year

Smylie would be a good pick up for the 10th spot. He has shown great form in the last 3-4 weeks with Sturt. I am impressed far more with his game than Dodman's. When Smyth made an appearance at last Sunday's Sturt game, I couldn't help feeling that he would have to consider giving him a call and not just an invite to Port Lincoln.

Dodman WILL NOT be off to the AFL.
He said he wouldn't in the Messenger today.

Ok there's one major difference between Dodman and Smylie- Jordan is 17/18 years old and I'm not sure how old Smylie is, but I have noticed some grey hair starting to show.

Dodman would definitely benefit from the experience at such a young age. Rather than adding to the Adelaide 36+ ers

Smylie is only 26yrs old and has a full fours years of college under his belt being the top scorer and rebounder with very impressive stats.

He would be more than servicable and has the body, smarts anbd experience to be able to contribute immediately before the Sixers enter a rebuilding phase in the next couple of years.

My pick would be Smylie by a long shot.

When did Smylie finish college? I assumed it was last year, or perhaps the year before.

yeah it was only a couple of months ago, hence why he is looking for a pro job.

See the new article re Majstrovich - he said that Smyth is a lot of the reason for coming to Adelaide...

http://www.nbl.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=3346

Kev, I read that too.

Now that would be a first.

So he was a 25 year old playing college? the 20 and 10 numbers are not so impressive when you take that into consideration. He would have been 5 years older and bigger than the kids he was playing against.

I still think he is worth a look though.

in his defense though doctor, he started at 21 instead of 19 as he was a missionary for his church in france for two years, and he playe dthe whole 4 years, meaning that he only had two years on those of his same year during those 4 years, not a huge difference if you ask me, especially since he didn't play while he was in france, so he would be two years behind in that regard.

Sign him up! The Sixers need help from the Guy upstairs if we are going to make some noise this year.

I'm going to keep pushing Smylie's case (if there is the consensus that it is a forward who is needed for this spot in discussion).

Anon, Smylie tore it up for four years straight at college level and within two weeks of coming to a new style of league and teammates, has averages of roughly 20/10.

Let's face it, the guy can play and has impressed all those who have seen him, it's a matter of whether they want a 3/4 to round out one of the last spots.

re Sutton, my comments in the past have been from watching him play for Forestville against Sturt. I'm not comparing him with NBL players, but more with those competing for a spot he could attain - Gerlach, other Academy guys, even those with Sixers experience like Brad Hill, Darren Ng, Brad Davis, etc.

Smylie's improving in the ABA each game and doing pretty well, but I think Majstrovich is a better signing in this instance. More of a known quantity for one thing, and also, though I don't rate "Dr Phil" for his development of players, what he will do is give Majstro minutes and let him develop himself. I think he should do pretty well.

Isaac,
I didn't think we were choosing between Majstrovich & Smylie. I am assuming Majstrovich is already signed and the 10th position is still up for grabs. This is where Smylie comes into it.

Anon #81263, Smylie is 200cm.

Their offer for the tenth spot isn't to Smylie at this stage.

do you know the person offered?

will you tell US?

Daren Ng

This just in Majstrovich's new female fan club form and call themselves the Majstrobitches.

Thank you i will be here all night, try the veal.

Definitely have to look at introducing an anti-basketball icon Isaac...

Call it "The John Lawrence".

You know, if Mastro-boy can write a blog like this tennis pro, then there's simply no questions about him at all - get him on a plane and in a Sixers singlet straight away.

(Sorry about bad segue - I have been thinking about how to link to this guy's blog and this is the best I could do. I've never heard of this guy as a tennis player, but his blog is the best and funniest I've read for ages. It's not bad for a guy writing in his second language.)

PPG 27.3
RPG 6.0
APG 3.6
HSA 39.2


Leading the league in points, averageing 6 rebounds per game for a guard and 3.6 assits.

Who better to have off the bench to back up Maher and Hill.

Maher 1
Farley 2
Nash 3
Import 4
Wheeler 5

Maistro 6
Hill 7
Cooper 8
Copeland 9
Ng 10

Who said there was doom and gloom when foreman and holmes left? time for Maistro, Hill, Cooper and Ng to step up plus Ng off the bench they then have a play off team imo

I meant plus copes off the bench

Without complicating things, I'm betting that we'll be cheering for "The Maestro". Ignoring the fact that the Breakers are subsidising him, he knows he's had a bad run of luck, & to think that someone's willing to give him a chance is an opportunity that he'll relish honouring. Great signing.
Cheers, THE MAESTRO.