Chaos to chemistry: How Weston rebuilt 36ers

https://www.basketball.com.au/news/adelaide-36ers-matt-weston-nbl26-roster-vision

We spent some time with Matt and his team at the Blitz.

"We didn't have great chemistry or bonding off the court last year, and we’ve done more pretty much in the last three or four weeks than we did all of last year," he said on September 8.

“Last year, it probably just wasn’t the right mix of people. You got to get that flow, and I wish them well — this year it’s such a different feeling,” Weston said.

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Drexler
A couple of hours ago

Lets revisit this mid-season and see if the right mix of people was the right mix of people

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Zodiac
A couple of hours ago

I agree the danger with statements like this by Weston and Trez the other day is the expectation there won't be locker room issues this season because KD is gone. Cotton will likely be a stabilising voice but I don't trust Trez or Humphries not to create drama.

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Drexler
A couple of hours ago

Trez to me has KD issues x10. The popcorn is already cooking in the pot for "The Trez Show Season 2 Episode 1"!

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Master Chief
Today

Change the culture at the same time as spending a record amount of money. They are not the same thing and culutre problems existed before KD arrived. So far, Adelaid have only proved they can spend money. Although, Weston does deserve credit for his achievments either way.

It all depends on the whole club from top to bottom being complicit in culture problems, staring this in the face, taking accountabilty for this, and then driving change. But if Adelaide think or won't accept that their issues ran/run deeper than a single season from KD (who they supposedly wanted back) then they risk repeating the same mistakes.

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Zodiac
Today

Master Chief, that's true there have been culture problems at the club for years and really that started with the Mitch Creek situation in 2018.

Which led to Joey not wanting to be there anymore, the hiring of Conner Henry and firing him on the verge of the start of his second season because he wouldn't agree to give big minutes to Kai Sotto and Mojave King, JvG then hiring his buddy CJ to coach the team after the Bullets had just passed on him. Which finally led to the hiring of Ninnis, re-signing him and then firing him during training camp last year so Weston could install his guy Mike Wells. The person behind all that is still there.

Weston acting like everything is hunky dory now that KD is gone, after just one season here, and even like you said they tried to re-sign him to a multi-year deal but he only wanted a one year deal so they moved on from him, is quite cheeky given the architect of years of chaos at the club is still there.

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