‘We’ll do anything for our brother’: Sixers rally around Griscti

The next step in Adelaide's AFL premiership push will serve as a welcome distraction for Ben Griscti as the Adelaide 36ers centre recovers from a fractured neck.

Sixers teammates and staff are desperate to support Griscti, who will be glued to his television when the Crows host Collingwood in Thursday night's qualifying final.

"He's one of our brothers and we'll do anything we can do to rally around our brother, even if it's just go over and watch TV," Sixers star Dejan Vasiljevic told AAP.

"I know he's a big Adelaide Crows supporter, so he's got a big game to watch on Thursday night.

"We've just got to rally around him and whatever he needs, we'll be there for him."

Griscti will miss the start of the NBL season after scans this week revealed a fractured vertebrae in his neck.

The 23-year-old was injured when a backboard collapsed during the 36ers' shoot-around last Saturday before a pre-season fixture in Canberra.

The NBL has launched an investigation into the incident at the AIS Arena after a teammate's dunk broke the backboard and brought the structure down.

Sixers players and staff feared Griscti had broken his neck or back in the minutes after his accident.

"He's in good spirits, he's back home in Adelaide," Vasiljevic said.

"We'll miss him for the start of the season but we'll just rally around him and make sure he's in a good mental space.

"You just don't want it to happen to anyone. I stuck with him through the whole process.

"Mentally I was a bit off during the game but I was just making sure his health and wellbeing is the the number priority, just like every other player on my team."