Looks good, would also like to see the best of the this league to form a team to play in the NBA summer league at some stage too. Even more exposure...

Anything that helps bring more talent to the NBL and continues to build the brand is a good thing by me!

Seeing an All-NBL select going toe-to-toe with some Summer League teams would be great too.

big gain for the NBL
assuming the players who play in this summer league will be americans?

I don't see a downside here, and I see plenty of upside!

If you read the site, you'll see that basically the NBL coaches each take two Australian NBL players over there. They then "draft" eight imports to play with them in some form of tournament.

Presumably while the coaches review the imports, Americans and potentially European scouts get a chance to see a few Australian players (Goulding, DJ, etc). Plus, probably good for the prospective imports to build some rapport with NBL players and see their style/level.

Bizarrely, CJ Bruton is going over with the Breakers?

Adelaide's reps are DJ and Petrie.

It is bizarre that NZ send C.J. But perhaps no one else wished to go? Or is available?
Sounds great, and good to see things have been progressing in the back rooms of the NBL.

It might be a strange pick, but their aren't many other people with a better grasp on what it takes to make it in the NBL than CJ.

Could prove to be a savvy move by New Zealand.

A playing scout of sorts.

Good initiative and ambition from the NBL. However with such an open process this presumably reduces the competitive recruiting advantage any particular club might otherwise have.

Also, while it's good to attract imports like Ennis, hopefully players who see the NBL as a one-and-done style audition for the NBA don't become the sole intake of imports into the NBL. It's also good for the league to have imports who stick around and build reputations in Australia like Copeland and D-Mack, as well as current guys like Redhage and Ervin.

Greg Hire and Matt Knight will be the attendees for Perth.

Not sure why we're looking to put even more load on Knight's body.

that website is already 10 times easier to explore and navigate then the NBL website

thank god .

$101.50 to register folks

is that AUD ? or USD?

might have to crowdfund me a fake registration under Shaquille O'Neal

I'd say that these players would be subject to change... It's a long way off, Damo is technically not signed for next season (although will most likely re-up :( ) and he'd be the other logical choice, but also have to think about who they'd be targeting for an import and who they would want to test out playing them along side...

Teams looking for import bigs are mostly sending their backcourt players, teams looking for guards are sending bigs, Kings need both, so sending Madge and Tommy (although they're really the only choices based on current players signed).

I think it's a great initiative, not sure what will come of it, though...

Is it being run alongside the actual summer league games, or before/after? As really you'd want to be able to get a chance at the upper level talent that would obviously be playing in the NBA teams, so you wouldn't want a choice to have to be made between the two as there's an obvious loser...

Doing all this for sloppy seconds, or even sloppy thirds, would defeat the purpose, surely?

that website is already 10 times easier to explore and navigate then the NBL website

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ease of use is why this site is popular

facebook is popular in the same way easy to use and navigate

Great initiative by the NBL. If this event can become a fixture alongside the NBA Summer League every year, it should be a great device for identifying high quality imports AND raising the US profile of the NBL's star players.

Surely the players nominated would be subject to change as many are out of contract after this season. One would assume these players couldn't attend until contracted to an NBL team.

At face value I can't imagine teams would bring guys like Knight and Bruton.

What about players such as Goulding or Abercrombie who will most likely already be attending summer league will this run on a separate date?

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"Greg Hire and Matt Knight will be the attendees for Perth.

Not sure why we're looking to put even more load on Knight's body."

Totally agree Nathan. Matty Knight is a great bloke and surely should be looking to preserve his head from taking any more knocks whenever possible. I worry for the guy long-term.

Could prove to be a savvy move by New Zealand.

A playing scout of sorts.

Just noticed crocs sending blanchfield and norton. Blanchfield listed at 6''6 might be a bit on the short side, but norton is listed at a laughable 6'3. Madgen also listed at 6'6 has to be a bit optimistic, pacific shrink in reverse.

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