HAHAHA!. I absoulutely hate threads like this which propose NBA players to come to the NBL. its just ridiculous! He could pursue a career in Europe and get $$$$ and play against the best teams in europe. If he comes here he will receive little $$ compared to Europe and the level of play will be much lower.

Can we please have realistic threads, and not threads like these with stuff that will not happen.
Thanks.

Ebi the looming pay cut getting to you?

Discussion about potential players is always good IMO.

More known players than this guy have played in the NBL so it is not an impossibility.

HAHA you all rate the NBL so hard its not funny. The nbl is a joke-face it.
I am still trying to figure out why players from the states would actually come here....

You say Draper is trying to crack the NBA still. Sure. But i think Draper going to the NBA is a long way off. I know he played summer league NBA, but you think about how many guys played summer league and didnt get nba contracts. There is absoulutely heaps.
Draper is miles off. There are much better players in Europe. The way you guys are posting, you make it sound as if the NBL is better than the Euroleague!!

Oriene Greene was in the NBA only a month or so before joining the breakers wasnt he??
I think ideally we should be looking at someone who is putting up Hodge like numbers in the NBDL or guys who do just get cut or just miss out on NBA gigs, like Bobby Jones who was mentioned in this thread.
I think the NBDL may be a good place to look as we can offer them more $$$ than they get in that league and if they are dominating over there they should be quite decent over here.
Josh Pace would have to be considered again wouldnt he if Hodge does play NBA or elsewhere next season, but id still be tryin for Hodge, offer him all yoy can with NBA out clauses thats what id be doing if i was the 36ers and or any NBL club, which im sure they are as he is 1 hell of a player!

Ebi, the players going to Europe often have to contend with missing payments, language issues and so on. Here, they can get a well-above-average wage, a low cost of living, etc. As Jonno's said, you should be familiar with Orien Greene. The Hawks almost signed Jamario Moon who's currently starting for Toronto, too.

Yes, most of these threads and posts are pretty fanciful, but it's the off-season for 36er fans and the topics are pretty easy to avoid if you're not interested in them.

talk about bobby jones damit

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/bobby_ray_jones/

Like the look of him TT, not if we get Holmes though.

Ebi, do you recall earlier this season when the Kings went to play in that 4 team tourney in China? Teams were CSKA Moscow, Team China (sans Yao), Kings and an Italian Euroleage team (I think).

Kings lost by single digits to CSKA (who are among the top couple of teams in the whole of Europe), drew with China (not sure why no OT was played, I think there was some sort of controversial finish?) and defeated the other Euroleage team. Now for a team to compete in the Euroleage they need to finish in the top couple of teams in their domestic comp in the previous season, the next tier down is the ULEB Cup (and most Euro sides don't qualify for either of these comps), so for the Kings to beat a team competing in Euroleague means they beat a top class European side. I don't think the gap between NBL and Europe is quite as big as you imagine.

Bobby Jones has just got a 10 day contract with the Miami Heat today, so this thread may no longer be relevant!

Don`t forget that getting paid is $AUD for these guys is a much more attractive propostion given that it has now appreciated (from around .75USD to .93USD - might even get to parity soon...) in the last 2 years or so...

I think that might be one reason we seem to have seen some more high profile guys coming down under in recent months...

for what its worth...bobby jones was signed by miami...

ebi the way you talk about the nbl makes it sound as though you're leaving or trying to get out.
i really hope that isn't the case!
everyone has made interesting points though, and i agree that the NBL has a long way to go to get as competitive as other leagues other than nba, but it's true that we've had some big name imports play here over the years just the same.