Well that illustrates that even with 30,000 deaths Italy (and other countries) have not become hell holes that everybody wants to leave

He left cause Trev said he was getting an import big and he would be coming off the bench. So he'll consider the NBL, just not the wildcats

"Brandt doesn't seem to understand he still pays tax in Italy it's just the deals are negotiated with players in nett not gross figures by the clubs. Classic athlete brain."

Pretty sure he understands how it works. His salary here is gross, so not only are the base salaries less, he has to pay tax on top of it. It made perfect sense to me.

"He left cause Trev said he was getting an import big and he would be coming off the bench. So he'll consider the NBL, just not the wildcats"

Ah no.

Imports get paid in US dollars in the hand, Brandt would probably get between 20k and 30k a month, you work it out. Even before the pay cuts you can understand why he's going back. He had a very good season in Italy by the way.

It will all be good when Cotton comes back as an Aussie. Fools.

How will that change things?

I think if Brandt is unlikely to return to the NBL, then it almost would be impossible for the higher level Aussies based in Europe to return. This article would indicate that Euro leagues are going ahead and will be paying top dollar.

"I think if Brandt is unlikely to return to the NBL, then it almost would be impossible for the higher level Aussies based in Europe to return. This article would indicate that Euro leagues are going ahead and will be paying top dollar."

This is my take-away from it. With all respect to Brandt, if this class of player is saying the NBL is not an attractive proposition, then maybe there is some cause for concern about the standard of next year's league. Hopefully just a short term thing though.

He is simply stating the facts.

NBL is gonna basically be a semi pro league as these guy would get paid more working the night shift on a road gang than playing in the NBL!

this can't be right. someone who knows everything already told us there would be no leagues overseas for people like Brandt and Ware and Cotton to play in. why is Brandt telling these lies is he trying to push his salary up?
"There won't even be leagues overseas, never mind money."

So reality kicks in that you only get paid what is available in the counties economy. I would love to get paid $1m to do my job to, but the company can't afford it, so I get paid what I do in the industry I am in.
The money in our country isn't available not just in the NBL.

People wanting more money to be paid more, how do we do that? Where does all this money come from?

Don't worry Koberules said there will be no normal until mid next year. Brandt is talking shit clearly.

No shit.All he said was that the base salaries are lower, and thats before tax. he didn't say he doesn’t pay tax.

Im just here to see how everyone thinks Brandt should handle his playing career and finances lol

I think it proves Moldovan was right, pay cut to severe.

Why does Australia care if people leave? It's only coming back into the country that will be difficult

There's cruise ships

And there are still flights operating to Europe. So leaving isn't a problem

Not sure if its same now but years back players were given luxery apartments, cars and other perks on top of salary. And in some countries there was SFA to do outside of playing and training so they didnt have anything to spend money on. On the other side of things their pay was often late or not at all. Then if teams lost a few the foreign players copped the blame, especially imports and got sacked.
If Brandt gets the sack is he going to stay in Europe or will we have to foot the bill to extract him on a mercy mission from Transylvania or wherever he's playing because there's no flights. And if there's an outbreak in Europe again they are going to come down hard on letting people into other countries. I don't think he'll be able to pop into somewhere like Britain and ride it out for a year.
Sure players need to earn while they can because they have short career, but where does greed rank when they can earn a very liveable salary in maybe the most protected country in the world. Lots of other people haven't got that chance.

"Not sure if its same now but years back players were given luxery apartments, cars and other perks on top of salary. And in some countries there was SFA to do outside of playing and training so they didnt have anything to spend money on. On the other side of things their pay was often late or not at all. Then if teams lost a few the foreign players copped the blame, especially imports and got sacked."

Thought you were talking about the Sixers for a minute.

If there's another wave overseas and aussies want to come back, they’d go into quarantine like they would now. No big deal

Fewer sponsors.
High unemployment.
Less disposable income.
Restrictions on crowd sizes.

Please tell me again how most nbl teams will meet their operating costs without these kinds of massive cuts? Player pay cuts are entirely justified which is why 45 out of 50 players opted in.

Olgun Oluc needs to get Moldovan's balls out of his mouth.

No outbreaks in Vietnam either. I think North Korea as well ;)

So you don't this virus will be out in Australia over the next few years as travel will open up and a vaccine might never happen its here so lets get on with it.

If you go play in Europe it a risk you accept and no different to terrorism if you play in Israel or Turkey etc its a risk you take and a factor to consider.

"Leaving will be difficult if there aren't flights." Are you serious?

Teams can only afford what they can afford.

Yes so Sydney and Perth were happy to pay the full amount why are they being held back. It's the way sport around the world operates. Lower the bottom end of the cap if you have to but leave the rest alone.

League looking lot less interesting. Stars fill stadiums.

I'll certainly miss Casper and Bryce, entertaining stars those two. The balance of imports could be a lot worse or non existent, this could give some other good Australian players a shot on the positive side though.

Cotton may not be lost to the league just yet...

Oliver is, just signed in Israel, that an entertainment factor gone.

League was very entertaining two years ago without Oliver. The NBL knows how to present its product and market its product, and the people doing that haven't left, so the product will seem just as good next season.

Yep Krislovic can entertain like Oliver, lmao.

Those people may not have left but probably laid off in cost cutting. And to say a watered down league with lesser players will be better is extremely optimistic. Depends I suppose if you like watching div 6 under 16s in the last minute when scores are tied at 22 each, exciting that last minute for all but the previous play is horseshit.