I read that earlier today and immediately felt bad for criticising his recent Boomers form. I liked that he had a few nice plays today, and was probably more influential than Andrew Bogut funnily enough

Well good on him, then. Jawai actually showed a few glimpses tonight. If he can get in some good shape he could be useful for us.

What other teams have roster spots/points left to fit him in??

Are other clubs considering letting a import go to fit him in??

I am not sure, but isn't the talk him going to Perth?

Unless Perth do another last minute dodgy* points re-shuffle, they can't fit him in under the points cap...

* - by "dodgy" I mean either re-rate a Boomer down to 8pts when he's already a 9, or re-rate someone else on the team (half of which are already on at least 2 less) once the deadline has passed or do the old sack an existing player route of which they already seem to have cut all the deadwood, so this is unlikely...

So really, an existing team might have to cut an import, or perhaps Adelaide will be looking at picking up more crumbs once every other team has been filled?

Nate is a 9

Who could fit him in? I thought it would def be Perth? Could Adelaide fit him? Would be a good replacement for Schensher.

Do Wollongong have the points? And do NZ need a replacement while Pledger is out?

Jawai really needs a team that will hammer fitness and weightloss into him. If he dropped 10 kilos he could once again be very good. He certainly managed a couple of nice things tonight that took me by surprise.

All teams seem to have a pretty solid rotation of bigs this year so not sure if anyone gets dropped to make way for jawai. Does that only leave Adelaide with a spot to fill? With Dj, Hodgson and Petrie signed jawai takes the import big spot and with dj being able to spend some time as mobile 4.

Read the story and I feel for Jawai. The issue I have is that their is a lot of big guys who are fitter and better than Jawai.

The guy is overweight and can't defend the outside. Also, he isn't blocking out and can't stretch for balls ie Mills passed twice and Jawai was unfit to catch the balls.

36ers are offering. Working on reshuffling players. They still want import aswell.

Jawai / Hodgson
Johnson / Petrie
Creek / Walker
Ere* / Teys
Gibson / McNeaile* / Sobey

Wherever he goes he'd probably want to start. Saying that I would gladly have him start at centre and slide DJ to the 4. Tom I think your line-up is just perfect and puts us back up there with the other clubs. However someone told me that Ere is just a candidate and Joey is picking out of a few shortlisted players. Would be happy with Ere though if Jawai is there.

Khazzouh is an 8.

Khazzou is an 8 because he played in an Asian league last season.
Jawai is a 9 because he played in Europe last season.

I'm not sure the points add up with that Adelaide lineup.

Yeah, it's crazy that Goulding can finish top three in MVP two seasons ago, disappear overseas for a year, then come back rated as a 9.

Especially when he actually went to a league better than the NBL!

I think when it comes to keeping Australian talent in the country, especially a boomer, concessions should be made of a point or two. But by the sounds of Damian's interview, sounds like someone has snuck him in.

Jawai can be slow and lumbering, but he is also a look the NBL doesn't have and would cause his share of match up problems. I don't envy the guy who has to have that 140 kilo frame backed into him in the post. That has to be worth something, and certainly will be an amusing thing to witness.

I expect as his fitness improves so will his output. After learning just how that injury affected him, I no longer think of his as a player past his prime, but more like a guy who hit a massive road block but is still young enough to push through. I would find space for Jawai on the sixers if at all possible. 15 minutes of that could be an X factor. Of course he would have trouble guarding big guys with decent range, though.

He's signing, run him into shape and get 15 quality mins from him, the D will have to collapse if he's used right.

I was a big advocate of the points system, but in it's current form it serves no real purpose and should either be changed or gotten rid of.

That should say he's 'worth' signing.

He's already in shape. Round.

Probably was some charity involved, but he probably looked at the guys frame and thought "what does NZ have to compete with something like that?"

Then he would have drawn up his ridiculous offence, and Patty had to save the day - you know the rest.

Has someone got a list of available points handy?

Not sure how anyone could argue with Jawai being a 9. You could easily argue he should be a 10, but definitely not lower than 9.
He's played in big Europe leagues, played in the NBA, he's proven he can dominate this league, even as a first year rookie, 8 years ago. Sure, he's ridiculously out of shape at the moment, but he's still a consistent Boomer.
There's also no reason for Khazzouh to be an 8. So if the argument is to be made for a re-rate, Khazzouh should come up, not Jawai fall down. Khazzouh was pretty much the best player in the league the last couple years he played here, then moved overseas. He's a 9 (well, he used to be a 10), can't see any reason why he isn't.

Some points ratings are ridicolous.

Jawai & Goulding 9 a piece?

Get out of here.

Should be automatic 10s.

I dont mind the idea of the re-shuffle to fit Jawai into the 36ers, would have to sacrifice one of the imports though id imagine,

A line up like this would be really good imo.

Jawai / Hodgson
Johnson / Petrie
Creek / Walker
Ere* or McNeaill / Teys
Gibson / Sobey

Id probably keep Ebi Ere as the import and go with the more proven bigger/athletic team, but wouldnt be too upset either way.

What did he miss anon?

^ I suspect anon is referring to the article suggesting Jawai hasn't played in those "tougher leagues" for 2 years and stating that in that time he had to spend 6 months re-learning how to play at all.

I'd like to see Jawai at 36ers. He'd offer more positives than negatives and the negatives can be managed.

Like paul, I'm a supporter of the points' system but believe it's modifications have made it perverse and into more of a problem than a solution. e.g., players on long term contracts costing a club more points than if another club signed them.

The points system should implement a rule that if a player that signs a multi year deal's point rating goes down the lower, newer points rating is applied. However if he excels and his rating goes up the lower rating is applied as a reward for a club showing faith to the player. For example:
Anthony Petrie signs a 3 year deal at an 8 rating. The first year of the deal his production drops and is classed as a 6. The newest rating is used against the points cap.

I've been saying it since Hodgson and Walker were signed that we're missing a big man this year.
It makes more sense to me to get a big man import/Jawai, than another athletic slasher type like Ere. We don't know what to expect from Hodgson, if anything, and Walker isn't a legitimate big in this league. So we just have DJ and Petrie, who we'd be relying on to play at least 30 minutes per game each. Then try fill the other 10 mins.

This is a better team structure imo:
Big import(or Jawai)/Hodgson
Johnson/Petrie
Creek/Walker
Gibson/Teys
McNeail/Sobey
than this:
Johnson/Hodgson
Petrie/Walker
Ere/Creek
Gibson/Teys
McNeail/Sobey

Unless Hodgson is a lot better than I'm expecting him to be, we just don't have enough height.

Hodgson could miss start of the year with a niggling knee injury. Hendo I completely agree with you mate. Jawai is the perfect addition.

Joey Wright prefers fast to big and he's had a fair bit of success that way.

He is not coming to Adelaide.

Where then A?

Could it be a team that's been throwing money around?

Adelaide would be a good fit but need to reshuffle points.
Cairns are stacked in the front court so unlikely.
Melbourne could happen if Ibekwe or Kicks move to the bench but have 10 players.
Perth could happen and probably the biggest threat to get him.
Sydney have the best centre and reigning ROY in his position.
Illawarra have 2 quality centres already and are full.
Townsville need talent but do they want to spend the $$$?
NZ are full and look likely to keep their core as it is.

Adelaide, Perth and Townsville look like a top 3 to me to land Jawai.

If I were guessing, I'd look at points remaining and recent history of signing big names.

I'd be guessing if I told, but from the conversations in Melbourne last night, I'd be guessing Perth.....

Predicting where Jawai will go is a tough one. I doubt money is going to be an issue as his main drove for returning to the NBL is getting him in shape and form for Rio.
Perth would be a great fit on that basis but then there's the points issue and issue and the fact they already have Jervis and Knight. Kings and Hawks can fit him in points wise but like Perth also have their big men sorted. Signing at any of those clubs could mean dropping a player (wasn't received well when it happened to Gruber at Hawks) or tinkering with the team and chemistry. He may also not get the minutes he wants in that situation. 36ers could be a good option with DJ playing at the 4.

This is how everyone sits points wise
Adelaide: 53
Cairns: 66
Illawarra: 50
Melbourne: 70
NZ: 52
Perth: 60
Sydney: 55
Townsville: 53

"What I didn't know was that he never played at all last season. Why his Spanish team signed him I have no idea. But he didn't play any games last season and just four games the season before that due to the injury."

Nate played 21 games in Spain last season, rusty at first but found some form later in the piece, averaging 12p & 4r in his last nine games.

All I got to say is he's a northern (Queensland) boy. Look there for where he will end up. Will slot in between an ageing but game smart centre and a young athletic rookie centre. So should complement this reptile well with 20 mins a game.

I love that his goal is going to Rio. Certainly if he gets in good shape, and good touch and becomes something near where he was in his rookie year, you would have to find a spot for the guy who presents some really unique match up problems for the opposition.

Only Greece has someone with comparable dimensions to Jawai. An in form, fit Jawai would be daunting. He is more than welcome to comee play for the Sixers this season.

"4 rebounds at his size isn't good at all."

He was only playing 18mpg, so 12 & 4 is pretty solid.

Just go on the pick and roll free agent tracker and it tells you where everyone stands. His are right.

http://pickandroll.com.au/nbl-201516-free-agency-tracker/

Adelaide or Townsville would be great spots for him. Would like to see him back in the league, getting minutes and getting back into shape.

Dman I'll take a bow if you are right, I remember you calling crocs weeks ago.

The NBL will be on TV next season - its just likely to be pay TV. Get over it, mate. I am not sure that your expectations are logical or reasonable.

Consider the ratings NBL got on Ten, do you think any FTA channel is going to rush to put it on? It is going to take some work from LK, and more than just a logo and website.

Revisit the issue in 2 years before you call his plan a success or failure.

"dont seem interested" Lol. And you know that how?

Well the Cats have a few more points now...
Can Jawai run the point or shoot 3's???

Unless Perth do another last minute dodgy* points re-shuffle, they can't fit him in under the points cap...

According to the picknroll FA tracker, they already HAVE!
Martin was rated as an 8 by the NBL BUT still a 10 due to his existing contract (down to 8 with loyalty) but PnR have him down to 6...