They'll struggle to find someone with the positive impact that P-Unit had to the team. Massive loss him going to the mighty South Adel Panthers.

who is P-Unit ?

John Morris apparently has 45 Inch verticle leap, with great offensive and defensive ability. Any more?

Played in Vic last year, just checked and averaged something like 25 a game. Seems like a real player. Great pick up for the tigers

I would still like to know how they are fitting him under the salary cap considering you have to pay a minimum which is well in excess of the Salary cap, I wonder if they will be investigated??? I doubt it!

Stop whinging you already got Smith from them.

no American import can play in our league, $2200 per month min payment required + all other expenses, salary cap $15000 to be spead over men and women, maybe he will play the first 2-3 games.

My gut says someone has jumped the gun here and there is going to be a tiger fight down south real soon. someone has some egg to clean off a few faces i reckon.

Paul Arnott will have 8 other coaches asking how is this possible, the answer is, its not.


reckon John should have taken the West Australia offer he had on the table.

there is more to this than we are being told.

come on Heath suit him up this week

dare ya?

And next year will probably be more Juror12.. ;)

got it sussed, he would be on a 421 sports visa still requiring him to be on $26,000 for the year. tigers will pay him to do clinics and junior development, employ him as a club on the required $2200 per month.

still sponsored as required by BA rules

when the salary cap police come checking his match payments, they will be minumal because all of his visa required payments will be attributed to so called development work.

he gets his $2200 per month, heath gets a american and the salary cap has not been breached

will this get by the Arnott police????

will they be over the (bickie) barrel?

The Visa only allows you to pay 50% of their playing salary on top of their playing salary, so no they can't do that loophole...

he was on a 471 sports visa, being canadian he was eligible for this visa, the 15 or so countries that have this apartnership with Aus can work here for 12 months and play basketball as long as they are not paid to play. this was common knowledge thats why no one complained, it was legit.

American's are not eligible for this visa, the partnership does not exist.

421 sports visa is the one he is probably on, if this is the case he must be paid min wage is $26,000 per year.

not to mention insurance, flights etc.

no one is complaining if its legit, word is he played in Warnambool last year on a 421, import status applied.

how are they doing it, or are they now the cat is out of the bag, more news to come.

if heath has found a loophole, every other coach will be on the band wagon.

who cares!!!! The better the caibre of players our league gets can only be a positive. It can only raise the level of play and competition...let them sign who ever...they will still be poo!

How can they break any salary cap bylaws when there are none!!

Can someone show me in wroting what law they have breached.

Its good to see clubs can afford to spend $26,000 on an import yet have a budget of $0 for facilities.

Well maybe they should, ever thought of that?

that explains why it costs $210 for the up coming season to play division 3 and 4 seniors at southern tigers

be good to get some excitement back at the cage. the only excitement u get is from their announcer. even then he tries to make regular things seem exciting coz there aint much to choose from!! lol

there will be some excitement this year in tigerland. i was at southern tiger practice and jus seen him throwing down monster dunks left and right. i have to say he is pretty good people. miles above the rest at practice.

Paul smith is that you having a winge! Are you still upset you got traded for a washing machine!

In the current economical crisis it blows my mind that a club that is already struggling in a sport that is struggling, is paying $26k plus accomodation costs and a return flight! Will we see another club struggle financially and inevitably fold? Would that be good to stick on your resume Heath? I guess considering you were the reason about 7 players left the only way to fill a team is to pay for players! You would hope you win the championship because I can gaurantee that with this sort of money invested they would expect nothing less!!!

i think it will be swell to actually have an american import play in our league that can actually play and bring some sort of excitement to the games.At least there will be dunking from a black guy who can jump.lol. the league has been so boring. I think having him out in the great land of oz is great for basketball and will do nothing but raise the level of competition and play. i mean the guy did play in the big v last year against much stiffer competition than our league and i hear he put up like 25 points a game.so that alone should tell people that the guy must be a really good player. its just basketball people so just let him play and stop whinging about the situation because at the end of the day he will play this year and there is nothing dodgy about how he signed with the tigers. i hear southern plays their first game at starplex.tigers might be poo this year but there should at least be a little more excitement. and p unit. i seen hime play over the last 2 years. he fukin sux donkey azz......GO MIGHTY STURT SABERS # 1......

search him on youtube mates. just put his name and put highlight at the end. its a dodgy lookin upload but you can get a good look. (john morris highlight)

Don't get me wrong, it looks as though the guy can play and will be great for the league, but at what cost. From what it seems ht eclub has already raised fees to help cover his expenses, so are players going to start leaving? What if the club puts themselves in an unfinancial situation and kids lose out? Is it going to be worth it? Families are already going to be struggling with fees due to the economy, is it really the right time to be paying $26k for one player?

They will definitely need him also now that Lalic is out for the season!

Bye Bye,

Sounds like your real close to the action there at Southern. Just curious if you're an executive committee member who doesnt like where things are going or a player/parent hearing rumours and also not liking where things are going.

Im certainly not going to say your points are not valid, just keen to know if your source is reliable?

thats why australian basketball is the way it is today. people are always complaining about something. just let the best players play, the better the players the more the crowds get into it. if you play against the best competition that just makes the local players a lot better making them more useful in the future. let the guy play and see what he does, maybe southern is just starting a trend that will continue to grow throughout the abl.

well maybe if he played for my side i would not be whinging.lol. care for a trade. ill give you any 2 mates for the centrals side.

I'm not going to state what club I follow Anon, but I will tell you I am a basketball supporter who is concerned with the welfare of the sport not only in this country but more so in this state. I have been around for a long time, through the times when all the sixers were playing plus each team had two Americans and I know the money that has been spent in the past. Although those times were great, I believe it put a lot of clubs in a bad financial situation for a long period of time.
We haven't been able to afford American's in this league since Woodville won back in 2005 and you would think that being in the current economic climate we are in right now, we wouldn't be able to afford it now.
I'm not complaining to say American's shouldn't be able to play, it's great for the competition and raises the level. But I worry about a club putting them in a bad financial situation for some short term gain. I don't think adding a young american to an already young team will help them acheive the ultimate success and win a GF, there's in no chance of that. So what are they achieving by doing this? Where will the club be next season? Would they not be better off recruiting 2 or 3 Australian fringe NBL players to the club that may hang around the club for more than one season?

@ bye bye

the american import for southern tigers is not young. he turns 24 this year. you talk as if he is 19 or something. get your facts together befor you begin to talk. and all speculations about who will win what this year really doesnt matter because no matter how good a team looks on paper they still have to go out and play the game. all the talk is good and all but we will see how things really turn out as the season gets underway in just about 2 weeks. so all you people out the who think you are basketball guru's just shut the f**k up and let the basketball take care of its self. thanks mates. see you back here after week 1

Yeah your absolutely right VIP, no one should be posting anything on here at all yet, I mean just because it's a forum, what gives you the right to have an opinion on anything at all???
I was also concerned for my team to come up against John Morris, but since you've now "enlightened" me that he is an old fart, I no longer need to worry!
Typical moronic comment coming from a Southern fan...

p unit will be a massive loss for southern this season. i think hell is a farrrr better player than import john morriss. and his impact on the game of basketball down in tiger land will be massively missed and it will be hard for morris to fill his shoes. does anyone agree with me in saying right now that the big p unit is better than american import john morris for the tigers?

speaking of new players in the abl this year...... southern import john morris and eastern mav and 36er brad hill both came from big v last season. lookin at the stats and talking to a mate down in victoria it looked like hill played on a much better team but in the head to head match ups morris looked to average 28 points and 11 rebounds. any thoughts on who will win their match up in the abl? they will meet in week 2. should make for a good showing.