So the $5 bet is really a bet on whether the NBA lockout will end or not. If they have come in to $5 then others must have drifted a bit. I think the market this year will be all about predicting the result of the NBA lockout.

I dont think Bogut could win the Kings the championship.

Increase numbers, exposure and interest in the kings maybe. Maybe get them close or in the finals.

But one player, who plays the same position as the teams MVP, isnt going to win the championship. Last time I checked basketball was a team sport.

IMO

Still no reputable sources have published this.

Anyone?

I don't think there will be an official announcement until tomorrow, but check the Bogut insurance thread on here. A couple of guys on there who have good connections/ have been right in the past about stuff seem pretty convinced he's going to the Kings. It was enough for me to go out and buy good tickets to the Sixers-Kings game in a couple of weeks anyway!

Also I didn't see ABC news, but if anon above is right, then that surely just about clinches it.

Definately Kings and odds for Kings winning title are shortening with betting agencies.NBA season looks like its on ice as neither of the two parties are prepared to move ground. In the end everybody loses....

In the end both Melbourne & Sydney will be worse off when the players they structure their offense around will be gone before the playoffs.

As for Melbourne, specifically, I don't think they'll even make the playoffs with Patty. He's not the kind of player that makes anyone around him better, and his individual production at the NBL level appears to be on par with Corey Williams, albeit with worse shooting perecentages and far fewer assists...

But only time will tell...

"As for Melbourne, specifically, I don't think they'll even make the playoffs with Patty."

WHAT!!

They still have Ubaka, Dorsey, Trigger, Rush, Burston, Dillon and very solid role players in Greer, Lewis and Walker.

They will be in the playoffs.

Gold coast officially out of running
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yup
was told at the cairns warmup game to get tickets for the two sydney games now and not when we get there for the opener against the tigs

we took the advice :D

Sydney Daily Telegraph today: We don;t need Andrew Bogut, say Kings

SYDNEY Kings coach Ian Robilliard says his team do not need NBA superstar Andrew Bogut to make a splash when the NBL season kicks-off on Friday.

Today's Sydney Morning Herald: Kings braced for early call on Bogut

THE Sydney Kings could learn this morning if Andrew Bogut will suit up in their purple and gold singlet for the National Basketball League season opener on Friday night in Melbourne.

Melbourne's Herald-Sun today: Andrew bogut racing against the clock to make NBL debut this week

THE clock is ticking at an alarming rate on whether Andrew Bogut makes his NBL debut this weekend, possibly for the Sydney Kings.

"If we get to Wednesday and it hasn't been resolved, he's said he won't play this weekend," Bogut's agent Bruce Kaider said yesterday.

Now it's do or die - no insurance sorted today, no playing at all... that's a bit of a turnaround from teh "we'll just play the next round" from the other day...

Either way, I'm just glad that they're using a better pic of him than the one that had him getting out of a car looking like a supermodel/Shane Warne...

Wookiee, I think you've misinterpreted. If the insurance doesn't get done today, Bogut will just miss round 1.

Kaider has not said that they will give up if the insurance isn't ready today. Obviously there may come a point where Bogut's negotiators give up and decide that insuring him is too hard, but I don't think we're there yet.

I know what all the other articles have been saying, but as per the other thread, this most recent article:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/more-sports/decision-day-for-kings-and-bogut/story-e6frey6i-1226158514418

says otherwise...

there's not much I can misunderstand from "NBA superstar Andrew Bogut's management has declared a deal must be struck with the NBL side this afternoon OR IT IS ALL OFF."

so if there's a misunderstanding, it's from the dodgy Telegraph "journalist" :)

I was just pointing out the change in story from other past articles... I hope it's wrong though...

Yeh, no worries Wookiee. I know the article your drawing on now. I'm hoping it is just dodgy journalism from this guy too. It's gonna be bad for all parties if this falls apart at this point.