Good signing. Should be a decent rookie coming off the bench. Will develop into a solid contributor down the track.

Good news for the NBL I think. Will be nice to see some kids comeback from college and hopefully become that next generation of top talent that they have the potential to be.

Will he want/ask for the #6? :)

Ellis could be a very good player in the NBL one day...he has size and is a great shooter from range.

"Ellis could be a very good player in the NBL one day...he has size but can be a bit streaky from range."

fixt

Why do players comeback from college , to sit on the bench?
Its not little league , they play in stadiums packed full of fans, they should be able to contribute here. Smaller crowds, less hype weekly, no espn to hound them
Especially players that go to big schools , Ellis should get a starting role

Pikachu... Nbl is a harder style of game. Guys that do OK in college get owned here... Must remember most guys in college basketball never ever make a career out of it.. and like 1% or something make the NBA

Good move for both parties, I look forward to seeing him next year.

I don't think it matters these days if you're a streaky 3 point shooter and a big buy. Just means you can hit the 3 and play well down on the block aswel. Looks like another Tony Ronaldson coming into the league!

Yeah but at the same time there have been average aussie college guys who have excelled here.

Cody Ellis was an ok player looking at his stats he'd want to emulate his junior season more than his senior one. Field Goal percentage is not pretty.

I can't see Ellis ever being as good as Ronaldson.

Agree with Vart. Ellis *could* be a very good player in the NBL.

The college game is very diff to Pro game and the style played in NBL is very physical and alot of guys never adjust whilst some take a few years.

Look at Stiendl guy hardly played a minute after round 6 and looked out of sorts..hopefully he has had his time to adjust and can get more burn if not he'll be out of the league after this contract expires.

Steindl wasn't much chop in college to be fair to college.

Damian Martyn and Adam Gibson were they much good in college? don't know their stats or anything did they play in college? I'm assuming they both did?

Some guys adjust really well....i.e Madgen, Bruce & other simply don't translate to the pro game due to size, position or simply just can't find a team that requires a simliar type roll that they might have had in college, as plenty of dudes play 4 years in college put up ok numbers because of the structure and then never make it.

Doe anyone know what happened to Carlin Hughes. He didn't exactly put up major numbers at Saint Mary's but he is one guy I thought would have a decent career in Australia. Did he get injuries ect?

Expect to see Loe & Fotu in a breakers uniform again after college.
Adams won't be Bogut but he will have a better career then Marks
I want Penney to retire a breaker

Fair enough i remember when Patty went down with that wrist injury he played some reasonable minutes thought i'd hear about him in the SEABL sort of standard at least.

Gibson didn't play college and martin had knee injuries. Cody Ellis should be a good signing, great potential.

Martin, of course, was conference defensive player of the year at college. Just did all the little things he does now, I dont think he knows any other way.

Cam Gliddon is an exception to the "College players struggle" argument.
Went to a lower level college and came in and not only started for Cairns but also won league R.O.Y!!
Incidentally, he played state basketball with Ellis in 2008 for a WA side that included Ben Purser, Trian Iliadis and Kyle Armour who all saw NBL minutes this year for Perth !!

Cam Gliddon was alright and deserved rookie of the year this year, but it wasnt the strongest rookie class its fair to say

Saw in Sunday times Cody Ellis won't finish school until December just curious as to what the wildcats might do with roster spot until then, assuming they sign him of course.

Apparently there is a villainous plan afoot involving tagging him as a development player, but don't know how much substance there is to that rumour.

"Apparently there is a villainous plan afoot involving tagging him as a development player, but don't know how much substance there is to that rumour"

good idea, NZ should then be able to sign Loe and Fotu as D players, again.

He qualifies by just six days to be a DP. (24-4-90) could lead to promotion to main roster perhaps.

@Mystro,

Don't ask me what NZ can/should be able to do, it's not like the NBL have their by-laws online!

psycho, you actually have it back to front he does not qualify by 6 days. Development players have to under the age of 24 on 30 April 2014.

I wonder if his desire to stay in the US until December also has something to do with the next generation Ellis boy on the way.

You got me there silencer83. Good call. I still hope we can get him anyway

cant seem to find any in game footage of him

"@Mystro,

Don't ask me what NZ can/should be able to do, it's not like the NBL have their by-laws online!"

point out where I asked you a question and I'll pretend to care

What's the old saying 'you can't teach size' and he has good size. Good college player in a damn good St.Louis squad. Student game should translate to pro one.

@Mystro,

Rather catty response for something that wasn't an attack on you.

You replied to me saying well we should be able to do the same for some of your own players. All I said was I dunno if you can or not, since I don't have access to the NBL's by-laws on dev players.

Cool your jets.