Gonna need a source on that. Wouldn't be all too surprising though, Fearne and Jawai are good mates and Jawai killed it last time he was here

he did not " kill it " check his stats again mate!

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No KFC where he is - he loves fried chicken!!

Haha MVP of the All Star game wow enough said. Was serviceable and with his body type was always going to be better than the average rookie, but went missing in the play offs if my memory serves me right. Jawai should just make as much money as he can O/s, because he isnt ever getting back to the NBA, and the NBL will never offer him the right money.

tropical, I thought he loved turtle?

This is a fairly strong rumour floating around up here at moment, and some of the aroma is coming out of the CBA complex itself.
Doubt that it will be this year; even though the Taipans bench is pretty light-on.
As for him not "killing it"....you cant be serious.

By a rookie standards he completely killed it! By veteran standards he was still a very good player and one of the top four centres in the league.

I havent heard this, but it wouldnt surprise me either. After two years in and out of the NBA he went to Europe to get back there but that hasnt worked out. He has made good money and maybe he is ready for a stint at home?

Are either Loughton or Crosswhite out of contract at the end of this year? My memory says theyre not. Add Jawai and that's one big and talented frontline! Unlike the Tigers, I think Fearne and the Pans could actually make that work.

Paul, don't forget that Rychart is a part of the front court also and is contracted for next season. From memory (which isn’t necessarily correct) I think Loughton has an option to continue on next season (don’t know who the option is in favour of) and I think Crosswhite is out of contract at the end of this season.

If the above 3 all stayed on next season it would be hard to fit Jawai in, particularly from a financial point of view. The following season would be a different matter though.

Is Jawai to the Tigers possible? They desperately need him, & could probably afford him if they shed some of their SFs.

Maybe the NBL's gonna get creative next season and have a marquee player exception in the salary cap - I highly doubt it though.

Anon '821, I think the problem for the Taipans would be that all three are starters. Can't remember the level of those guys in 2006, but a couple might've been fine off the bench. Stiff played PF in Adelaide's championship and Hoare is a PF/SF.

ummm, i think you will find that Jawai was scoring 17 ppg for one year when the games were 48 mins! now that they are only 40 minutes that is about the contribution that Chris Warren has in terms of ppg, Would you say he is "KILLING IT"???

maybe you have a different interpretation of the words killing it?

Look at his other stats Birdman. His rookie season is one of the best ever.

Re 06 Tigers, Crosswhite and Jawai are genuine centres, Anstey was the Tigers' only genuine centre and he could shoot and pass like a wingman.

It's a good point Isaac, but it seems to me the Cairns guys buy in pretty strongly to the system, and if that means playing 25mins but coming off the bench it's possible Crosswhite would be prepared do it.

Did Rychart sign a two-year deal before this year? That would certainly make things crowded, but I think if any team could make it work it would be Cairns.

I dont really care how it works, but it would be great to see Nate back here jamming his way around the country, playing his way to his potential rather than getting inconsistent minutes in a faraway country.

It's also easy to forget that he is only 25.

pfft jawai did kill it, hence the NBA interest he got throughout his rookie season?!?!?!?!?!? 48 minutes a gamne or not 17 points per game is pretty good for a rookie come on, its ctually on the higher end of what peopel average in the league now. He had skills and a silky shot and was onlly gonna improve, he made a star of himself and people actually wanted to watch him unlike most players the league has had. yes he killed it.... next?

ok mate.... you keep calling that killing it.....I will reserve my big statements like that for real performances like maybe a star player who can at least average 20 points in a full 48 minute game!

you probably "killed it" at high school when you got all B's?? some people just have higher standards i guess?

like you said his performance was pretty good, but not much more!

Ater majok got drafted too, was he "killing it"?

Majok is playing well in a pretty average competition, he certainly isnt "completely killing it over in Europe".

As for Jawai, you are both right, he absolutely killed it for a rookie, but didnt kill it in comparison to best players in the league. He was one of the better centres in the comp though.

Nate didnt play last night in the Euroleague, just to add a bit of fun fuel to the fire!

What was most memorable about Nate's rookie play in the NBL is that he played with a sustained level of power and athleticism not previously seen in the NBL by a locally born player (no disrespect to Simon Dwight or Sam Mackinnon). For a local player he generated a buzz around the League not seen since perhaps Andrew Gaze.

It is reasonable to suggest his rookie performances were on par with the rookie seasons of this country's best locally born players, yet he has struggled to go on an establish himself as a lock for national teams.

Yep definitely didn't play in the euro league game. We'll have to wait and see whether he plays next game or not. Pretty sure he aint injured so maybe theres some truth to the rumor.

He is still in Cairns, as poster above mentioned. Family business.