He didnt say he would play, he said he would consider it. I think that if all he wants is insurance, a club should really think about signing him. instant boost for the club, league and basketball in Australia!

lol... yeah, $60 million worth of insurance, isn't it? There's how many people in Australia that could afford that and how many of them are that keen on basketball? ;)

His insurance would not cost 60 million. The insurance would be FOR 60 million but the actual cost of the insurance would be millions upon millions less.

I just saw something on the herald sun website stating his insurance premium is estimated to be 500 000. BA or someone else pays half of the insurance and the club signing him pats half and the NBL gets a huge amount from just having him on a team!

hey if tigers can do it, so can we, move out the way wade. lol

Although the bogeyman is from Victoria, the Tigers are out of the equation, unless seamus cuts his pie budget in which he could buy the Miami Heat. He'll end up on the glitter strip in a Blaze outfit.

Yeah, the insurance premium for Bogut is estimated to be $500,000.

Would love to see the big fella play in the NBL - now that would draw some serious publicity for the NBL, above and beyond what Mills will provide.

There is only 1 team he will consider playing for & that is the Tigers just due to his family connections.

Plus the Tigers are the only team with the financial clout off the court to pay the insurance bill to make it happen, but realistically it won't as risk Vs reward is to little!

If Bogut is to play outside of the NBA I think it would more than likely be in Croatia where he also has a profile.

Tigers to announce signing this week.

Next week they announce Kobe Bryant and Lebron James too!

They renegotiated some players contracts to negative $12000000 so they could fit these players under the cap. Smart accounting, NBL approved.

On a serious note, get Bogut involved with ONE, He has done commentating before but might have been foxtel?
Weekly highlight and recap show, and when the NBA Lockout is over, he can still have a segment on the show "live from USA" or something to keep the viewers he bought in the first place interested.

alexrad, it was with ONE and think it would be a good idea. Would you have to pay the whole $500000 or would it be a month by month think, just in cast the lock out finished?

He would almost certainly go to Sydney to maximise his marketing potential (with Mills having filled the gap in Melbourne).

TBH, I would be quite happy to see him in the NBL even if it meant the 36ers would be worse off competitively.

Having the kind of spectacle he and Mills would bring to the NBL, you couldn't pass it up if you're a fan of the sport.

He would almost certainly go to Sydney to maximise his marketing potential (with Mills having filled the gap in Melbourne).

TBH, I would be quite happy to see him in the NBL even if it meant the 36ers would be worse off competitively.

Having the kind of spectacle he and Mills would bring to the NBL, you couldn't pass it up if you're a fan of the sport.

as agreed with Anony- he earns millions for a season!!!!!surely he can pay for his own one off insuranc ethan rely on outsider to pay for him.Bogut wont play NBL here!!!!!

as agreed with Anony- he earns millions for a season!!!!!surely he can pay for his own one off insuranc ethan rely on outsider to pay for him.Bogut wont play NBL here!!!!!

as agreed with Anony- he earns millions for a season!!!!!surely he can pay for his own one off insuranc ethan rely on outsider to pay for him.Bogut wont play NBL here!!!!!

Why should he pay his own insurance?

I guess observer if you were on holidays youd happily pay a small %age of your normal salary to go work for another copmpany for free?

Get real!

So not only should he take a pay cut to play in the NBL, it should COST him money?

I'm sure you've made the same offer to your employer....

"Would you pay $10,000 dollars to fly to europe for a job that pays $200 euro a week? IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!"

Yeah I would..It's called an O.E.
Idiot.

Bogut shouldn't have to pay his own insurance though.
You just used a bad comparison to convey what you were saying and I was simply picking up on it.

If an NBL club, BA and a sponsor of Bogut for the year could split the cost then it becomes a lot more affordable and he can play for the Boomers and in the NBL. Prob too late to work that one out though.

Would be great for the NBL, but right now it really looks like a colossal lost opportunity, with nearly all roster spots filled league wide. Still, I thought it was too late for Mills to get a gig too, so here's hoping I'm wrong again!

i'm kinda thinking that bogut will be starting for the boomers v nz......that is step 1....from there, who ever kicks in for his insurance,he will play for in the nbl.
this is about B.A, they will be doing whatever they can to get him in the green and gold for the upcoming series.
i hope between them all,they can get bogut on the floor.

I'd have to agree with the "Pot calling the Kettle Black" comment earlier on.

If someone wants to write down on paper a full outline of getting Bogut without breaching anything (considering the flak at the start of the Mills signing) then just send it to the Sixers and get the ball rolling.

Honestly, I don't really care if he plays here; it's all about getting attendance up around the league. If he can play anywhere in this leage, it's awesome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_experience

Didn't realize it was strictly a NZ term.

Basically, if your in your 20s, you go on an OE to Europe or America--Its a whole lot of fun: drinking, girls, watching sporting events.

And whilst on your OE, you generally don't work or work for something small (such as 200 euro a week).