TR
Years ago
Tyndale is having a run with the Bucks...
I may have to give Hammonds an email to see if I can jag an invite to tryouts.
http://linky.com.au/hfcin
Skud
Years ago
Kinda a MASSIVE kick in the balls, wouldnt we be the only Team to De-list a future NBA player??
Confused
Years ago
Skud you're off your head, he wont be making the NBA period. Guys go out to training camps all the time. And not much comes of it.
SDU
Years ago
lol there have been a number of delisted NBLers who have gone on to NBA
rick brunson
didnt drew barry get cut by the sydney kings then play NBA 2 weeks later?
stephen jackson
doug overton with the woolongong hawks then went on to have a good NBA career
there is at least 2 others however I cant for the life of me think of them - one was a PF that went to golden state also
Matt Garrison did a pre-season with the Clippers after he left the 36ers too.
mystro
Years ago
most of the Breakers Imports go back to the states and try out for the nba after the season ends
LC
Years ago
The Bucks are going to be REALLY bad this year if the best they can attract to training camp is Tyndale. They were already going to be poor, but gee, I reckon they are going to really suck. All they have is Bogut and the pie thrower.
Speed44
Years ago
Carlos Powell is with the Phoenix camp as we speak.
paul
Years ago
NBL-NBA doesnt really have a huge correlation.
There are NBA players who wouldnt be as good in the NBL as they are in the NBL because the style of games is so much different.
Same as Europe-NBA.
Isaac
Years ago
Definitely true. We've had Orien, Melzer, etc come out from NBA or fringe-NBA and not dazzle in the NBL.
Beantown
Years ago
Agree with you Paul and Isaac. If you are not in that elite echelon of players that NBA teams build around, then you are more likely to stick in the NBA if you are an excellent role player who does one or two things well, rather than a guy who does everything, but at a level a couple of notches lower than the elites.
Eg, Julius Hodge, in the NBL he is an elite athlete who can dominate with his ability to get to the basket. However, in the NBA he is not good enough to be that dominant scoring slasher, but also is not a good enough defender or outside shooter to land a spot as a role player.
On the flip side, Scalabrine would be next to useless as an import in the NBL, but showed last year that he can be a very effective role player for Boston, just playing solid D and making the open three reliably.
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