Anonymous
Years ago
The official NBL Combine or next Gen starts tomorrow at MSAC. Great opportunity for exposure and experience for those lucky enough to be selected.
A similar camp for the women's WNBL should be a priority in the future.
Well done to the NBL
I know of 2 players already that applied to get a gig and were rejected. It appears to be a selective combine. I always thought it was a turn up and play.
DP's at best. Plus some young kids before they go to college.
Zodiac
Years ago
Bit of a waste leaving it until now with so few local spots left on rosters.
Who made it onto a team from last year's combine it was only Amritpal Singh and then Indiana Faithfull as an injury replacement at the Hawks later in the season wasn't it?
This years event will be massive! Great viewing of talent indeed.
http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/42059-5-players-to-watch-at-the-2018-nbl-next-gen-camp
There is not enough teams for this event to be worthwhile, especially this late in free agency.
Young guys, please don't buy into the hype! Stay in school, go to college. This combine is good for a DP spot only.
look out for a few players from Sydney that will standout and surprise the 7 NBL coaches. Gaze have been sleeping on these players trying to find the next Singh to backup Bogut!
Nope, gaze has a full roster mate, so the Sydney "studs" that you speak of won't cut the mustard anywhere. Don’t hype your boys, they simply not at the level.
Cram
Years ago
Saw Acouth on the weekend and think he's worth a look. Great timing on his shot blocking. Still a lot of work to do offensively, but plenty of upside and should certainly earn a DP spot somewhere.
Interested
Years ago
Anyone attending that has a list?
From the short video on NBL twitter the following are there: (can others add to list?)
Mason Brag
Daniel Grida
Auden Krause
Matthew Johns
Kobe Williamson
Jack Roberts
Anyang May ang
Jonathan Tchatchoua
Francisco Caffaro
Jeremy Kendle
King-Hawea
Has
A lot of hype for very little. Would be better served in a year where there is an expansion team or two and a few actual roster spots could be on offer. As previously stated, most teams would be looking at DPs only out of this. Unless there's a low budget import that would be happy to play 10 minutes a game at minimum wage. Which could be had easily via a look through SEABL, SA Premier League or QBL.
Wow, if Interested's list is right, those are legitimately kids, some of those guys are 16-17 years old and nowhere near ready for professional basketball. I hope that's not the balance of the event or you have to wonder why they bother. Which is the point most posters have made already, I'm just surprised the list is so young.
Proud
Years ago
I'm gonna ask this and Its legitimate, is there any advantage to having Tasmania and South East Melbourne announced as teams for next year and then getting a squad made up from these combine kids and adding retired players like Oscar Foreman, Anthony Petrie, Matt Knight types where they all play a year together in a lower comp so that a culture can be started before they rejoin the league... I'm asking as I'm fairly certain that that's what GWS and Gold Coast done in the AFL with horrible results but I'm sure they'd get a better reading on how good these players are than they would at a week long combine.
Also totally agree that combine is WAY too late in the off season, should happen a week to a fortnight after free agency starts to really be beneficial and then you'd get players that may not get a contract for next year like a Shaun Bruce perhaps coming to this and displaying his obvious talents
Is it just extra training for Francisco Caffaro and Jonathan Tchatchoua who are already going to college. ESPN reports.
Caffaro going to virginia
Tchatchoua going to UNLV
anonymous
Years ago
Yeah I think it is an extra training for most of the CoE/NBA Academy guys (probably like 25 of them)
I would imagine nearly every SEABL/Big V imports are there trying to get a spot on NBL roster.
And then players who have already been a DP or on a NBL roster.
That would likely make up half of the 80 players there.
Then it would appear there are a bunch of 16-18 players probably going for the experience.
Hopefully at least a handful of players get some kind of opportunity with an NBL team otherwise it probably won't last much longer.
anonymous
Years ago
When are those guys going to college? for the upcoming college season? so they leave in a couple months or are they graduating and leaving in 12 odd months?
up coming season. Liam Thomas at the NBL combine be a good pickup for hawks?
AD
Years ago
Proud,
Interesting idea/question.
AFL is a fundamentally different proposition, due to the nature of the game (22 players), the way squads are built over several years via drafts and trading, and the lack of alternative sources. (The state leagues are incomparably weaker, and there are no international leagues to speak of.
Given most NBL teams have Development and Training players, it wouldn't be a bad idea to pull those together early. And maybe even have the development/fringe squad play as a team in the state league in the Winter preceding.
However, an NBL team is still going to need league-ready free-agents and of course imports.
Also, the relationship with State Leagues is a tricky one, and an NBL team must be seen to be supporting their State League, not raping & pillaging.
Without sidetracking this discussion into another debate on the merits of the current system. Giving a new team temporary extensions on Maquees, imports, soft cap, could be a way to to build early competitiveness.
Some great talent on show none the less. Really great to see so many young kids 17-18 year olds competing against the 21-26 year olds.
The game is in great shape in this country.
The NBL has an article online featuring some players that will be there.
Liam Thomas IMO isn't NBL ready. He lacks the skill set and speed
Lewis Thomas is raw and tall. Hope he tries out.
Anon
Years ago
Why was amritpal Singh allowed at the combine last year? He's not Australian
Reality
Years ago
Good to see Jeremy Kendle is considered Next Gen @ 30 years old!
Can only assume they use him as a bit of a measuring stick to ensure the standard of play is reasonable because of the number of kids attending that are simply not ready or even close to being ready.
Is there a list somewhere of the players in attendance?
Won't punish the list as we'll see
- no chance longtime seal guys still trying to hold on to the dream
- big makeup of numbers will be CoE and NBA global academy
- young guys either still in college or heading to college
- a guy who is averaging 5 points and a couple of rebounds in big d1m
"Observers listed Daniel Grida, Mason Bragg, Callum Dalton, Lewis Thomas, South Korean shooter Hyunjung Lee and Acouth among the more impressive players at the camp."
Good camp from all reports and lots of positives. A lot of kids headed to college in the next 6-18 months.
I've seen some footage of the combines via social media. I didn't see
any imports participating. I'm sure there are lots of imports currently
playing in australia such as SEABL, ABA, QBL, VBA, State League that could possibly be a potential 3rd import for an NBL team. Based on some of the
imports from last nbl season who were very average, surely those in the country at the moment are worth looking at in one place.
Was the combines for Aussies ONLY?
Camel 31
Years ago
' A sport on the rise . ' on tv news ..... and we still get a 18 year old probable nba draft pick also...
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