
Anonymous
Last year
Asian player rule?
Does the Asian player rule still apply in the nbl?
Teams should be after players like
Watanabe
Baba
Ratliffe
Martin
Etc etc
Anonymous
Last year
Does the Asian player rule still apply in the nbl?
Teams should be after players like
Watanabe
Baba
Ratliffe
Martin
Etc etc
I'm sure teams know the rule and if those players were any good teams would be after them instead of hearing about them on a basketball forum. But they're not very good so teams don't sign them.
"They're not very good"... lol, Watanabe averaged 17ppg in the GLeague last season. Martin 1st team all pac 12.
Mught need to do some research before you post.
Baba is 6'6 sg Japan
Watanabe 6’9 sf Japan
Ratliffe 6’8 pf Korea
Martin 6’0 pg phillipines
Curtley
Last year
i think these guys should be outside the salary cap so even though they arent gonna set the league on fire, at least the rich teams might get them and draw more attention to the NBL.
ME
Last year
Most of them aren't very good. The ones who are good enough make more money in China than what they'd be worth here. I don't see some random Chinese player drawing more interest to the league so even if the rule isn't scrapped, I doubt anyone applies for it.
Baba is better than most Aussie kiwi sgs, so too Watanabe at sf
Ratcliffe would win in rebounding count.
Martin would be great in the NBL, but I highly doubt he'll be coming here. If he doesn’t get drafted, he’ll play in Europe
KBL 2020-21 Salary
Ratliffe - USD$480,000 (Import player)
Shawn Long - USD$460,000 (Import player)
Ratliffe would be counted as local though according to nbl rules.
D2.0
Last year
Firstly, the purpose of the rule is to encourage players from designated markets. So I highly doubt the NBL would allow it for naturalised hasbeens.
A couple of seasons back Brissy signed that Japanese guy, who was a star on their national team, and he could barely make it onto the court.
None are nbl level talents but have played several times in the nba and have put up big numbers in g league.
Ratliffe one of the best performers at the WC is not good enough... lol.
Heijima was a not a top level talent like Baba or Watanabe.
Cornholio
Last year
I think Sydney had an Indian player not that long ago but didn't make much impact.
Perthworld
Last year
I thought we were finally over the idea of Asian marquees in the NBL.
This guy sucks..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=81aHcWi8c14
And this guy...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5ld6lztuM-Q
And this guy...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UcWsDlwSssc
Cmon.
These guys would beat most nbl backups and some of the starters in there position
Ra would be an MVP candidate in the NBL make no mistake about it.
Wang Zhi Zhi
Last year
This website gives you relatively up to date national team rosters for Asia - https://www.asia-basket.com/
Getting Satnam Singh (Ex Mavs summer league - one in a billion guy - Netflix) would be huge, no pun intended. He'd be average but a good 3rd big guy.
So is Ater Majok (who now plays for Lebanon) counted as a local while playing for NZ?
They should be looking into,this more if it's not apart of salary cap and considered a local player.
If u are Melbourne or sydney you’d be stupid not too.
Asian basketball is growing fast and there are some very good players around and will be a lot more in the future.
Dave Q
Last year
"Getting Satnam Singh (Ex Mavs summer league - one in a billion guy - Netflix) would be huge, no pun intended. He'd be average but a good 3rd big guy."
You are kidding right? He averaged 2 points and 1 rebound off a whopping 5 min per game in the Canadian league. He also popped for a banned substance late last year.
https://www.nblcanada.ca/sports/mbkb/2018-19/players/satnamsinghb97u
anon12
Last year
How does that Canadian league rank up against NBL ?
Though still 2 pts a game for 5 min isn't great at all especially for someone who was on a NBA roster at one stage
Also looks like Glen Davis played a season over there might be a good pick up for a NBL team
Petroller
Last year
Yuta Watanabe? This dude? Zero chance the NBL gets him.
Petroller
Last year
He's a fringe NBA player and could make much more money playing overseas. Wouldn't be cheap but would be a massive steal if some NBL team manages to lure him over.
As a local, it's a steal to get these players. 2 imports, 1 next star, 1 asia, 6 Aussie/kiwi
300-400k would get him here
baba maybe 250-350
Ra 400-500
Martin 200-300
Lindt-step 2-step
Last year
Indian guy at Kings was Amritpal Singh - novelty signing, although Drewy did give him a fair crack to get decent playing time.
He wasn't all that bad - immobile, but very big and had some big man fundamentals.
But in terms of generating interest from the Indian population of Sydney, didn't really happen. Novelty signings don't work.
Lindt-step 2-step
Last year
Amritpal was often utilised by Drewy, when the game had been decided and the scores lopsided. I guess you could say Drewy only wanted to Singh When You're Winning.
Curtley
Last year
Lindt - there two separate guys called Singh, one played in the NBL for the Kings (and was rubbish) the other played in the NBA summer league (and was rubbish).
Lindt-step 2-step
Last year
what about the 5-7 Philipino Power Forward who squared up to Nathan Sobey, then turned, saw Thon Maker, then was all like "oh na, bruh, we good, we good"
what's he up to? He would go alright at me local (Auburn Basketball Centre) Monday night comp I reckon
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