he should give Seamus a call at the tigers. they have plenty of players wanting to stand aside.

Can see where the Kings are coming from but damn, they guy would flat out dominate NBL big guys with his strength and speed not to mention his touch. Would have been some amazing highlights.

I'm gonna go tweet Kevin Durant and see if he wants to play social next week in Auckland and to not tell Lebron so he can't play for the other team.

Odom is in top shape from rolling his wife around the bedroom

WOW.........I am sure a development palyer would have stood aside. Poor decision Kings IMO

A development player can't stand aside for an American NBA player, he is automatically a 10 point Import

Kings = stoopid

Good call. This isn't an exhibition league.

silly decision kings. at least have him sit on the bench and give him a few minutes early if possible. if he goes well give him a few more minutes.
Kevin ratzsch or odom????? i know who i'd choose.

first bogut now odom, who the f#*k is running this show

boycotting the game tonight

Interesting one. A lot of questions though; did he want money? How much insurance would have to be paid? Was he prepared to train? Did he want any guarantees eg starter, minutes? Is he in shape?

Hard to guage the Kings response without knowing those. Also strange comment re a local player as obviously it would have to be an import miss out.

It's not an exhibition league but it would you call the A-league an exhibition league? They have signed has-been players on short contracts for publicity numerous times. Odom is a bonafide NBA player, not a has-been.

I just think the NBL needs to think outside of the square a bit sometimes.

I guess the other thing is ticket sales. Are they tracking really well for Mills' appearance? If so there is probably no need for Odom.

Well , in the end Kim Kash left Australia yesterday.
She needed to sort out her divorce.

I don't know if you can believe the Kings to turn them back...sounds more to me like they're just trying to make their club sound good or whatever...

insurance would be the 1st issue in dealing with having a 1 off game, I doubt Odom offered it, but can see it from the other way around.

ps: do you rather see Ben Madgen play or Lamar Odom? come on Sydney, be real

Contractually, can you release an import for 1 game then pick them back up the next week?
I'd call that breach of contract.
There's only 2 players who could have stood aside for him and that's Grant and Ratzsch.
Can't see either of these guys being prepared to do it. Ratzsch is fighting to keep his contract and could be cut any minute (really hasn't been great). Grant is in really good form and you don't really want to lose that momentum just for a 1 night publicity stunt.
If Sydney were seriously considering cutting Ratzsch, that's the only way I could see this actually happening. Release Ratzsch, bring in Odom for the game, then search for a new import.

You'd have to think he'd want to be paid. Any visa issues if he wants to work while he's in Australia?

Whom would they sit out to allow him to come onto the playing group? How would that affect their game plan?

If he does want money, what does that do to their salary cap, if the sat out player isn't on injury or other waivers? Do they have to sit the (10 point) player out for a minimum number of games for his salary to be excluded from the cap for those games?

So many questions. Makes me think it was most likely an unrealistic offer.

Most likely unrealistic and they've gone home anyways
despite having a few offers , here.

This was always a media beat-up... Like PeterJohn said, there are so many other things surrounding someone coming in for just one came than who are they going to sit out...

Anyone considering boycotting the game because it didn't happen, even if he WAS still in the country, I'm glad that the average IQ of the general populous tonight will have increased significantly...

It would have been great to have someone of his quality play, but not for one game while he's in town for a few days... I for one am glad that the Kings didn't entertain the notion...

kim kash.....imagine getting boxed out by that booty....it looks like a kids jumping castle !!

WOW, it would have been interesting to see if he did play, surely Ratszch could be call out for 1 week 'injured' while Odom has a game,

but as said above it depends on attitude, fitness, etc as to if it would be worth it, and only insiders would know those answers.

good call Sydney. I think even though it would be great for the game in Australia it would unsettle teams if all teams did it on a regular basis

good call Sydney. I think even though it would be great for the game in Australia it would unsettle teams if all teams did it on a regular basis