Sincerely yours,
Non-United fan who knows that disrupting United's chemistry is a long shot but it's the only hope of them not winning the title this season

What does the first post even mean?

More Sixer nuffies

United doctor hasn't cleared him and won’t be clearing him!

Won't be? NBLPA time!

You can't block a healthy player from returning regardless of what the club wants.

Once healthy the injury replacement player has to leave. He can only stay on the roster to replace another player.

They are circumventing the rules to keep the injury replacement player.

If Prather is healthy and wants to return and the club stall him he can go to the NBL or the independent NBLPA to be reinstated.

He can only stay on the roster to replace another injured (and in this case import) player.

Felix, that is.

Good point. The plot will thicken real soon.

Yeah, agent would be looking into it too. Let's wait and see.

A week or two ago Prather was interviewed and said he was ready to go. No way they can hold out all of February and March.

No, FM is wrong. His agent can say to prospective teams that his client was an MVP candidate before his season was cut short due to a horrific elbow injury, and he is now healthy. How does that translate to less money if he does not come back this season? What about ACL injuries? Other season ending injuries? Not a very well thought out argument at all.

You're missing the point.

Prather if ready can't be kept as "injured" as that is breaking the rules.

a player saying he's healthy or ready dosent mean anything haha

Look at the end of the day we want Utd playing by the rules. That's all. Please no funny business.

Even if Prather was passed fit by the doctor, Melbourne would be quite with in there right to keep Felix playing till Prather was match fit after months training, season over.

No they wouldn't. That's not what an injury replacement is.

#381 No.

Well if the answer is no, all the doctor would have to do is say he was not fit enough, the ball is firmly in Melbournes court.

You think United's doctor will pass him fit without talking to the team/coach/owner??

U seem to think that discussion won’t be part of the decision!

Fit or not won’t be desided by the injury but the team and felix’s Play

That last paragraph is complete bullshit Reality. Did you invent it yourself or repeat some other numbnut?

It's not just talk NBL commentators have said the same thing. Perth asked Prather to take a pay cut this season so he signed with Melbourne and he's on less there than he was at Perth.

Presumably he was asked to take a pay cut so they could afford Cotton for a full season.

The Cats had to let Prather go because he was focused on an NBA gig. They didn't think they could afford to wait so they moved on Walker. When Prather didn't get an NBA gig, he turned his attention to Europe, and that is when Melbourne stepped in with an offer too good to pass up.

There is no "Cotton money" and there was no angst between Prather and the club being Cotton's team. Its complete crap but hey, if it paints Perth in a bad light then you clowns will pounce on it.

"but when Casey was back on the table they didn't stumb up the cash to get him."

Then they'd have three import guard/small forwards, when they needed a big. Thats probably why.

Where are you getting all this info from? Perhaps consider changing your name from Reality to Make Believe.

"JP is a similary player and less than 1/3 of the cost "

Less than a third of the cost of whom?

I reckon the rest of the team will get semis of he returns this week.

So Prather will be back for finals. Good. International break coming in handy!

Prather may be back.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/prather-fitness-test-could-see-red-hot-felix-pushed-out-of-united-side-20180213-p4z06h.html
Personally I would have thought that one hard training session isn't anywhere match fit. That takes time and Prather hasn't done enough IMO to be tipping out an red hot Felix.

Exactly!

"I am sure I read that right now Prather still can't straighten his elbow. Maybe someone can find that article please?"
ROFL
yeah, that would be the article where Prather says he's reay to play.

Prather won't be back.
LK didn't buy the league so he could let a little thing like the rules get in the way of buying a championship.

Much as I think Joey Wright is a grade A dickhead, Adelaide have done a great job assembling a star line-up on a limited budget. They deserve a decent and fair crack at the championship.

What the Salary Tax fiasco has proven is that the vast majority of fans don't know the rules, don't understand them, and wouldn't care even if they did.
Melbourne is the biggest audience for Basketball in this country, and they want a championship.

It's not just Basketball, its a truism in most sports. When all is said and done, the controversies blow away, and all you remember is who won.

Adelaide paying drmic 140k isn't using the budget very well.

When did Casey Prather play for Adelaide? Yet here they are, the ole' Sixers at the forefront of yet another thread.

Prathers elbow is so bad he can't even write back to OP's open letter.

Herald Sun are lying. Casey is lying. Everyone is lying. Signed, Sixer supporters.

If Prather doesnt play, how will that affect the Sixers?

Armageddon. That's how.

How long since Anderson has played?