Plenty of pieces in 36ers' puzzle

Adelaide 36ers captain Mitch McCarron said the team has a lot of different ‘key pieces’ as it plans to take on the Sydney Kings on Friday.

McCarron said the 36ers are expecting a lot of different defensive styles throughout NBL23 with the firepower at their disposal.

“We’ve got a lot of key pieces, the best teams in the NBL have multiple guys that can win you games, we’re not leaning on one guy every game,” he said.

“Craig (Randall II) can put shots on the board, or he could make great passes all game and someone else gets going.

“We’re going to see lots of different coverages, Craig will see coverages, AC and Robo as well.

“They know we’ve got some talented imports and guys that have seen success in this league, we’re going to see different things thrown at us over the next few weeks that’s for sure.

“We feel like we’ve got a pretty deep squad.

“We got off to a pretty slow start last year, hoping we can get off to a faster one, but at the end of the day it’s about being the best team that we can be at the end of the season and now it’s about getting better.”

McCarron is expecting a fierce contest from the reigning champions and isn’t fazed by comments from outside the club.

“It’ll be a good game, they are the defending champions, they’re coming back home after a good win in Brisbane,” he said.

“We’re not really concerned about what people are saying right now, we’re just worried about winning game by game and getting better each week.

“We need to be ready to play regardless of what’s been said outside in the media or on social media, we know the energy wasn’t right last Thursday and that’s on us to rectify and we did on Saturday.

“If we’re not ready to go to play the defending champs then what are we doing?

“It’s the first road game for us, getting a road win early is always good for a group, especially going against the Kings, I couldn’t think of a better way to build confidence.”