Sun 28 Oct 1500 - Raiders 86 v 68 Flyers

Massively important for us

He did the same v lions and the same against another team (can't remember who) a couple of weeks ago

Guess I kept my usual standard of predicting up gonk haha

He also had more fouls and turnovers.

For what it's worth I like Zak, he's a solid back up centre, that's all. Payne did fine, just a ghost call got him ejected and banned

Fully agree Zak did well today ( however Payne got two unsportsmanlike like fouls, that baffled everyone and ejected from the game early on so I should hope Zak had far better stats ) and Javis did poorly ( again, some may say). I don’t think it’s zaks fault he gets the stick he does, he should be a bench player and would be a very very solid bench people. I can’t help but think just one American big to replace Jarvis we would be doing even better.

I will say today Okiki and Ubiaro were so important today in taking in turns of hussling mcloud and that was the key today. I personally can’t wait for Dylan Costelloe to come back his hustle and defence with ubiario will be so key for us rotating. I think we are close and have come along way from last season.

I think get Dylan back, get an American big in with American stats to help Zak and I don’t think we even have our full European import slots taken up.

Joonas is also such a class act he is incredible !

I also felt so sorry for the Bristol fans today traveling all the way down l, granted only 2 hours but still money to watch the refs ruine the game for the paying public it was an awful awful performance. It takes nothing away from our win, again it helps when flyers only have 8 players and when the manager doesn’t trust atleast one of those players a 7 man rotation was always going to be hard.

So you ARE happy with second rate. NONE of the good teams in the BBL over the last 25 years have had crap Americans. Americans are 2. A Penny and you had decent ones last season, so why not bring them back. Over 55% of Americans out of College last one season playing Pro, so I quests you have 2 more to add to that stat.

Like you say bagger they're 2 a penny, how much do you expect to get so cheap? Do I think Javis is great? No, do I think he can do a job? Absolutely. We have 2 players carrying the scoring load comfortably. So who do you want taking less shots for this new American to score? Donte or Joonas shooting less?

They had 36 points in the paint compared to our 50, you think you get that disparity without a big inside? He hasn't been scoring well but still averaging 8 and 8 a game for a rookie isn't awful

So. Is it hit an miss with these so called players. Who have been hits so far this season and who have been flops.

There are also lots of bench players from small colleges that come to the bbl and are expected to be a dominant force when they've never been an the 1st, 2nd or 3rd option before on their team

Look at the league and pick a player, check their college stays against now. Howard is averaging more points and rebound this year in the bbl compared to last year in college

Maybe if you ask the club nicely mate they'll sack the players you don't like and get Steph curry