hasn't it already been mentioned a couple of times that Kazakhstan doesn't allow their residents to have dual passports though?

Hopefully a good signing by the Kings to help get some points on the board and generate some excitement...

Sydney's Chinatown will be chock full of Asians next Kings home game now for sure.

wtf ?? wasnt it already reported ages ago by another poster that he was signed by cairns??

this is bs!!

i want this guy at adelaide!!

4 Point Guards.
2 Rookie Small Forwards.
Dann & Khazzouh.

This roster is weirder than the Tigers having 5 Small Forwards.

Who are the potential imports?

What does this mean for Ben Knight?

AW, they only have 3 point guards Madgen is a sg, there are talks of Ratzch and Ira Clark as imports on ozhoops.

There team could be

Bruce/Cooper
Madgen/Martin
Bose/Ratzch
Clark/Gyles
Kazzouzh/Knight or Mottram

I stand corrected on Madgen.

Big Sexy - you have left Dann off the roster, do they still sign Knight even though they have Dann?

If they sign Knight and 2 imports and run with a squad of 11, who misses round one in Melbourne? Gynes?

Yeah, I knew I missed someone.

Kudos to Anon for calling it in the previous thread. I doubted the likelihood but as has been stated its a different line up.

Looks like a pretty expensive lineup right there huh! Wonder how they are jamming that under the salary cap

So what sort of impact will Bose have?
Rookie of the year? although that is pretty easy to win these days.

Will he be better then Weigh?

Are people getting ahead of themselves about Bose?

He played big minutes in a solid school in a pretty poor D1 conference. There have been quite a few aussies at NS, have any of them come back and done ok?

I realise the guy has been the standout aussie at this school so that certainly counts for something. And I certainly have not seen him play any junior ball so I am not being negative about him - just wonder if there is any evidence at all that he will make the grade?

I would be very surprised if he didnt make the grade, he scored big numbers against some pretty good schools, but what sort of impact he has is definitely still to be seen. Hopefully he lives up to the billing.

So did Stafan Bresinski(name?) from the same school, was their leadig scorer all time till Bose I think and he has never got any time in NBL level.

Sydney have four players training with the Boomers and a former Boomer in Bruce who arguably still has his best years ahead of him.

How many Sixers are training with the Boomers?

All of the teams around us have improved remarkably over the off season, especially Sydney & Melbourne, where as we are relying heavily on our imports to be stars. The only team that is going backwards is the Taipans, therefore I dont think we have improved enough - although I hope I am wrong!

I still think we are 2 years away from being competitive!

Agree with Tornado after building up hopes for Sixers again . Here we go again . No exciting signings with waiting for too long for Schenser. and Ervin response and still stuffing around waiting .
Then have to go for 2 unknown imports and we all know how well we have done there over last few years

Even if we secure Ervin I dont think our Australian talent is enough although there is a good young core there in Johnson, Creek and Weigh.

The future is looking ok if we can retain and develop those players but I dont think the immediate future is looking any more positive than last year even with the signing of Ervin (if it were to happen) considering the amount the other teams have improved or retained their lists.

I am hoping I am wrong and that our defence picks up and the development of Johnson, Creek and Weigh advances enough to make us competitive!

This is not a slight on Marty either, he can talk to all of the talent he wants but they hvae to be willing to come here.....this is really just a realistic view of where I think we are currently at on Paper.

We have all seen that a champion team can beat a team of champions so lets hope that they can gel well and put it all together!! :-)

I agree Tornado.

The imports virtually cancel eachother out.

Having good imports doesn't get you championships; Having good local players (Aussies or Kiwis) will get you championships.

Look at the Breakers; they had non-restricted (local ) players such as Penney, Vukona, Abercrombie.
They still would have won it even if they had average imports.

i dont agree with macdub imports are still players aussies or not you get a championship with good players not just aussies not just imports P-L-A-Y-E-R-S

Bose is definitely the pick of the crop of the Aussies to come out of NSU. Yes he was on a poor team in a weak conference, but he was the focal point game in and game out and delivered the goods, including wins over teams NSU had never beaten before in their history.
I think he will become a very good player in the NBL and sew up a regular starting berth.

Stefan Blazinski posted similar stats in his time at nicholl state. He is still posting better stats then Dann in ABA in the same team. The sole reason why he isnt on the Kings roster is that him and Moose don't see eye to eye.

Bose's career was clearly better than Stefan's, even though his was quite respectable. Stef played briefly in Poland this year and struggled.