Further to this.........I am NOT saying our entire season would be a total turnaround based on one player, but who is making these decisions???

Ey Corey the situation for the club was tough at that time, we had no owner and the club was at risk of not playing this season, Jacob Holmes and Oscar Forman wanted securityand at that time when they were asking we couldnt put up a strong offer beacuse we didnt even know if we were goin to be bought. We didnt just let him go beacuse we thought he wasnt good, why do you think we have a team like this years? not beacuse they think this is a championsho[ winning team, but beacuse it was the best the 36ers could muster in a few months time, i wont be surprised next year if at least 4 players are dropped out of the squad, i wont name them beacuse it will cause much fiery debate among this forum and i dont want any negativity shown towards players even though i realise everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Fair enough Billups, but by looking at his stats over the years (not only this one), I thought he would be one of the first to be delisted after fairly "ordinary" stats???

I understand the security issue with Holmes and Forman but I would have thought they weren't earning much different to Nash, therefore if Nash was dropped, we would have been in a better position to maintain the services of Holmes at least

not defending nash, but i think you will find jacob and oscar were on nearly double what he is on, i think somewhere i read hes on not much more then minimum,

could be wrong though

Oh ok, that would make sense then Thomo....

One would think this year might be his last chance if he doesn't significantly improve his stats....

He may well be signed for next year; however with next season being the 1st season in which the new management will have an imput into the roster, I would say its a fair bet Nash's career will not include Adelaide.

Nash is by all accounts a gem of a bloke and if he is on bikkies then he is a great asset to the team and club , it is not his fault he is been misused for the past few years.
I bag him as do alot of fans because quite simply he is good for about 4-5 minute bursts while we have our strongest playmakers , scorers on the court .
If Nashy knows he has 4 minutes to get up em on D , hussle , create deflections , shut his man down , board up , communicate and occasionally pop the open 3 ball then i am pretty sure a sense of purpose would be instilled in the man and he would probably come off to a standing O a couple of times a game .
If he is knackered after 2 or 3 minutes , give him a quick rest and go again .
His only shots should be put backs and open threes , those fade away mid range J's are a waste of time we have farley and maher to shoot them.
I am also sure if guys saw the affable , reserved nashy fire up they would follow . they may have a look of disbelief at first but they will catch on .
C'mon Nashy FIRE UP son .

hahaha a standing O a couple of times a game.
The standing O would be for the coaching staff

Mark Nash's time was up a couple of years ago. I don't like bagging the guy because, as everyone says, he is a really nice guy. But enough is enough. Contract or no contract, he has to retire for everyone's benefit.

The one thing people forget is - defence doesnt show in a box score!

yes it does yogee. Steals, blocks, defensive rebounds, and direct opponents stats.

So it's nash's fault if he helps out on a man that say, darren ng is guarding, and ng doesn't rotate and his player passes it to nash's man for an easy 2? Or farley doesn't box out, and Nash is left to try and box out 2 guys? The boxscore doesn't show how nash might have stopped a potential layup oppurtunity by playing hard split line defense. Steals and blocks aren't everything

you're right ELG, but the same can be said of every aspect of basketball. There will always be areas that the stats don't pick up.
Anyone who has watched the Sixers this year and argues that Nash has been worth his minutes is in lala land. I don't dislike him, and do wish he was being more productive, but he isn't, and in a league where people like me and every other supporter do a large part in paying his salary (in terms of if there weren't supporters they wouldn't be paid), he's got to be open to criticism.
Most players at that level do those little things such as help D and boxing out, it's almost a given (and if they're not blame the coach). The bottom line is if you're not scoring or rebounding or blocking shots or finding teammates for buckets etc ect you are not getting the job done.

How did Corey get a copy of NEXT years stats?

Nash isn't the defensive player he used to be. I'm over that excuse for him keeping his spot in the team. He isn't close to one of the premier defensive players in the comp any more. And with virtually no offensive game anymore, he needs to be better defensively than he is.

Dribbler, have a look on the NBL site.......they are listing the 2006/07 season as 2007........

i definetly agree hes not part of the future, and prob should have retired this season BUT if your offered money allbeit minimum to play why not take it,

im the worst player in the world but if i was offered minimum to play i wouldnt be saying no

thomo

You can't be the worst player, James Pennington has that honour.

Greetings all from la la land. Weather is great!!!!!

sturty im bad believe me, my dogs anus has more chance at a basketball career then me