The Tigers must be sitting on coffers of Aztec Gold to afford this team.

Oh for a salary cap with teeth...

Some good talent there! How they can afford them both under the salary cap is beyond me.

If I was Daniel Johnson I wouldn't be feeling any love right now...

Dammit, Tigers just keep splashing the cash! Don't see how they could be under the points or salary cap with these signings.

Can someone who knows how the NBL ratings system run the numbers?

Anstey (best big in the league - presume is a 10)
Wortho (led Dragons to championship + Boomer - 10)
Mackinnon (not the player he was - ?)
Kendall (has been in Boomers team - ?)
Khazzouh (top notch rebounder - ?)
Knight (not player he was but was top notch big - )
Greer
Crosswell
Corletto
Johnson
O'Hea
Bathie

Guys, these two come in place of Anstey and Barlow who were both rated 10 and both would've cost a reasonable amount of money.

Also, remember that we're talking about Ben Knight who was largely ignored as a potential signing all off-season and wasn't dominant for Perth.

I'd rather them sign these two than many other players - means they're pretty light in their guard ranks. Doesn't quite look like a championship team to me until Anstey gets back.

You guys have to remember that as Isaac said they are coming in place of Barlow & Anstey and then one will have to be cut upon Ansteys return.

So yes if all these players counted on the books they would be over, but as they aren't I think they're ok.

good to see Benny Knight getting picked up! Did ok with the cats last year. He would be a 7-8 in points?

The player points are on nbl.com.au - salary cap.
They look under.
Wortho Kazoh = 10
Knight Kendal Mckinnon =8, Greer Croswell Corleto=7
etc.

I'd be asking the questions re the Breakers roster / salary cap than Melbourne's. As mentioned above they have repalced Bralow & Anstey with one to be released on Anstey's return - no big deal.

I'd like to hear others thoughts on NZ?

Okay, did a bit of a tally going by last years numbers. Points cap is 70.

Tigers
Anstey 10
Wortho 10
Khazzouh 10
Knight 8
Mackinnon 8
Kendall 8
Crosswell 7
Corletto 7
Greer 7
Johnson 1 (or does he go up?)
O'Hea 1 (don't know if has college/ AIS xp)
Bathie 1 (don't know if has college/ AIS xp)

Total: 68

Looks like they're ok, given that it will be Anstey OR Khazzouh/ Knight

Breakers
Penney 10
Bruton 10
Rickert 10
Storey 9 (Don't know, could be a 10?)
Forman 8
Boucher 7
Ronaldson 6
Henare 5
Webster 1
Pledger 1
Trueman 1

Total: 68

Will be okay, so long as Storey isn't a 10 and none of Webster, Pledger or Trueman have a couple of years college or AIS experience?

Pledger was playing College ball

Pledger and Webster are development players. Storey is a 10 (new imports are always a 10). Breakers would be 67 points.

These teams wouldn't be getting put together if they weren't under the cap. No need for calculations unless you're speculating about changes or signings.

Isaac, Khazzouh has signed in Israel, has he been released from that contract? If so, why?

As for the Tigers salary cap - they dont have any imports (yet) and they also have an ownership group who dont want to lose $500K again this year.

khazzouh is gun player one of my favourite australia players im pretty sure he has signed a contract in israel.

Paul, not sure - just going by Eade's report on Gaze.com.au.

Great to see Khazzouh back in the league! Just unfortunate that it's for the Tigers. I almost shat myself when I saw Knight, thought you were talking Matty Knight.

Bean you got 12 down there for the Tigers only 10 count for points cap anyways.

As mentioned out Barlow and Anstey in Khazzouh and Knight - seems fine with me.

Wouldn't be surprised if Anstey dosn't play at all this season...

Thanks DJ, still very much learning about the rules around NBL rosters. Struggling for enough room in my noggin with all the arcane NBA stuff bouncing around in there I reckon!

Aw Julian Khazzouh and Ben Knight - Just for a second there I thought it was Julius and Mat.

everyone can tally points and salaries as much as they want, but we all know the tigers are exempt from any sort of caps.

Khazzouh has pulled the pin apparently. Tigers are now chasing Donta Smith.

That'll teach me for buying anything Eade says. Seems to have reported it as a little bit more factual as it actually was. Perhaps "I think they're looking at Khazzouh" was extrapolated into "Signed!!1!!"

Daniel, what about "Breaking Rumour" instead of "Breaking News" in these situations?

Eade is an Ediot :P

My badd.

But I was told Khazzouh, and not just by one person.

I can't give names as to who told me, but Melbourne believed as of Wednesday morning that Khazzouh would be on the team.

I wouldn't have said it unless it was verified by people in the know.

And no, Drewy doesn't care because I spoke to him throughout the process and he knows who told me, plus after speaking to him today, he knows why it didn't happen so it's all good at headquarters.

For Anstey to slot back in once out of injury waivure, wouldn't he have to be contracted to the team already. If so, doesn't his points immediately count towards the cap?

No, he can be put on injury waivers. And Khazzouh is still on an Israeli roster afaik, so I dont who was spreading rumours about him being signed.

The Tigers have been looking at Donta Smith for a while now, but pretty sure theyll have to wait until sometime November unless Smith is willing to take a serious pay cut and give up hope of an NBA contract for this year.

No, you can contract more but just the active players are going to count against the cap. e.g., Perth can have Sam Harris around as training bait and back-up if they want. Adelaide can do the same with Tom Garlepp.

I was just thinking, could this get like the old NBA injury reserve list were you have a player like Garlepp who is tearing up training and a player like Cooper struggling in games, then Cooper will have a pretend injury at training and they put him on injury waiver and bring in Garlepp

Not sure, but I think there is a rule that says that any short-term replacements have to be U23s. Otherwise, you have to put the injured player on waivers for a minimum of four games or weeks or whatever it is.

They should look at isiah victor

He has signed in Israel

Interesting how popular the israeli league is. they must handout some nice contracts