I totally agree. Weak effort all season.This weekend would've set the team up for a possible playoff birth. Every team around us lost (Dragons by 32!!!), it was the chance to makeup ground. So many areas the team is bad in, but one obvious one is that Nick Horvath doesn't get the basketball. He was/is clearly the tallest and strongest out there but doesn't get enough shots. Tough pill to swallow this season. I hope Phil Smyth isn't around next year, not trying to start some huge Phil discussion (its all been done before) but for me 9-10 years has been enough for him!

At least it will be all the more sweeter when the Sixers play well again next season.

That's why they haven't improved up until now and will not for the rest of the season. The same arguments have been put forward since the beginning of the season. Either the coach and players are not listening to the fan's criticisms or they are stubborn and will not change their disastrous ways. If the question was raised early in the season as to why Horvath is not getting the ball more and making more shots, why at this late stage has nothing happened to change that? I had high hopes for the team of the previous 2 to 3 years but have given up completely this season. The frustration has turned into anger as to why they are not performing better. They owe it to their loyal fans and the fans have the right to expect better. This is a team that created excitement before the season began because of the amount of talent that they had. Where is this talent when its needed?

BTW Isaac, I know you are going to copy and save this last post to rub it in my face at the end of the season when the 36ers win the championship, but I am honestly not convinced that there is a likelihood of that happening.

I think you'll be safe on that one EC!

'This is a team that created excitement before the season began because of the amount of talent that they had'

I don't remember too many people being excited!

I do remember people saying 'There goes my 300 odd dollars again'!!

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? how is the owner responsible for this, he inherited the issues and only just got the right to take over serveral weeks ago, its not like he can make changes to the team now without pissing money down the drain by paying current players contracts out, then theres things like salary cap that would also stop him doing this

Thomo is right. He inherited the problems when he brought them. He only officially started as the owner of the Sixers a month ago and he hasn't been able to do much yet. What he has done is got in contact with Timmons and in 1 day, he was in Adelaide. That was the very first thing he could do. He is ALREADY targeting players and knows that South Australians like to see South Aussies play for the Sixers. This is what BASA and Phil have not done previously.

Hemmerling isn't the one to blame... Yet.

i to want to see smyth gone, but isnt he contracted for next season,

if thats the case is adelaide in a position to pay his and sb's contract out reportedly worth as much as top player in a team each,

if they can they should if the cant afford it yet, they shouldnt

bit of a catch 22