Seems like a stunt to me, maybe? Surely it has to be - get him his 400th game while looking for a replacement? Is there really not a single young guy over 6'8 in the greater Sydney area worth a look at?

Ben Allen is ready and waiting.

Ben Allen LOL cats

Hey guys Dan Ewing reckons he's a warrior and will play harder and box out better than most guys out there.
Nuff said.

From what I've heard, Knight is not going to be Khazzouh's long term replacement, rather he's just filling in as spare legs for this game as Sydney search for a player to properly replace Khazzouh for the rest of the season.

He posted official link lol, learn how to read

How about Carfino for PG and Heal for SG. How good is this Kings team.

Or, over the course of the day, he forgot where he'd initially heard that.

Knight looked like he was on walking sticks in his last season. Could barely move!

Was great in his day - especially in Cairns.

Hammer not looking so silly now as coach ...

Anon, this is a forum which is for opinions, gossip and fact. If you don't like him sharing what he has heard go back to the NBL website and you can wait for everything to be common knowledge and "officially released".

Knight has still been playing Waratah and rebounds well. However Waratah is a long step down from the NBL. He will have somewhat the stamina but not sure if he'll have any sort of athletic ability left. Will be interesting!

Thank you Mystro, I never claimed to have known any thing else, I just said from what I've heard, because I thought it would be the easiest way to put it. Because it is still what I've heard/read.... so if you're not happy with what I'm saying, just go click on the link that I posted in the original thread, and you can stay there :) You're uncalled for negativity is completely unnecessary.

But I'm clearly not, it is quite obvious that you are the naive person

Another anon making a fool of him/herself, it's great entertainment.

Ben played a solid season in Perth must be well past it. Heck Brad Rosen probably has more in the tank.

They have Brandt, Hill, Garlepp, James and Prewster to fill 120 frontcourt minutes so I doubt Ben will get much time. Just enough to record his 400th once the game is decided or a quick spell if there is severe foul trouble.

At first I thought it was a terrible idea but really, good on the Kings for giving him the chance to play 400. It's one of the few things they've got right this season.

I'm in two minds: On the one hand, who cares really, its not like whoever fills the spot is going to be playing mega minutes, and its not like they have high hopes for the season.

And as a "stunt," maybe this generates a bit of interest or news coverage for the Kings.

That said, don't they have development players?

Or surely there's a state league (Warratah League is it?) player somewhere they could grab?

Yes originally critical of the decision.

But now not so much.

At the end of the day were not privy to what is actually going on/what happens behind closed doors.

Whats to say that everyone they asked as a replacement turned them down because they had work commitments etc. Whats to say that the team is lacking marketig wise and need to make a marketing play to get bums on seat (Knights 400th).

Easy for us to comment on the pure roster shake up but there's a whole host of decisions which come into it

If it's for more than one game it's a bad move, but for one game I think it's a great idea to give Benny his 400th and generate a bit of interest.

BJ Anthony or Auryn McMillan could both be good replacements for the rest of the season, or given they have decent size already perhaps Mathiang Muo if he's now back in Sydney.

Didn't watch the game, but from the boxscore it doesn't look like the BK experiment achieved much.