Can anyone shed light onto why Giddey would be signed as a next star instead of a roster spot? Seems to me that he could have been signed on a 1 year deal and the 36ers could have then got a next star as well.

There probably aren't too many next star players available anyway.

Giddey qualifies as an NS as he is eligible for the draft next year.

Having Giddey as an NS means the NBL pays for his salary.

If Giddey gets drafted to a team and gets a contract, the NBL will likely get some sort of transfer fee.

So what's stopping teams from signing a local who has never played pro and calling them a next star so the NBL pays their salary?

Jack White was no threat to get drafted though, Giddey is expected to be a first round pick.

I think the Bullets may have been thinking of going down the Next Star route with Tamuri Wigness but the NBL probably said it's unlikely he will get drafted plus the player goes into a pool and gets offered up first to the team that finished bottom the previous season, then the second to bottom team etc so the Bullets who had put a bit of time into him didn't want to risk losing him to another team so signed him outright.

Yes they do bugger around with the rules as they go along, Louzada had already been drafted (Jessup signed before he was drafted).

White, Wigness should have been allowed to be next stars, as hawks did with jessup before he was drafted.

^ pretty sure thats called restraint of trade

a player can sign wherever and with who ever they want

So what's stopping teams from signing a local who has never played pro and calling them a next star so the NBL pays their salary?

If you are likely to get drafted should not come into it.

^ pretty sure thats called restraint of trade

a player can sign wherever and with who ever they want

Does the NBL now see itself as owning all the young Australian talent? If they control teams NOT being able to sign them. Pandoras box is open.

Jessup signed before he was drafted

Go away.

I believe that the local NBL club where the NS signs has to pay $100k of the NS's salary. The REST is picked up by the NBL.

Yet again KobeR derails another thread.

@zodiac my suspicion is that say Giddey is contracted by the NBL - thus the NBL is the dictator to where the player signs

"Yeah, must be annoying the way I constantly derail threads by...posting about the subject at hand. Would be much better if I just complained about other posters' existence." Yeah like you did in the brisbane lockdown topic.

" The point is the 36ers would be better served having Giddey as a roster spot and open up a Next Star slot to run 3 imports like the Hawks do WITH Giddey"

Makes an assumption that 1) 36ers would just be able to get a NS - having Giddey would mean an NS is less likely to get minutes, you can only have so many youngsters getting minutes and 2) 36ers want two youngsters in an already young/otherwise average side.

However, the point your making is clear despite others best efforts to derail it.

If the NBL pays him 100k and the club can top it up with whatever they have in the cap. He makes 100k more as a NS than if he was on roster and the club gets a player they really can't afford.

I'm asking why was he allowed to keep playing after clearly hitting his head against floor, but then ruled out of next game with concussion protocols. Team doctor needs to be seriously looked at, dangerous as hell.

"Seems to me that he could have been signed on a 1 year deal and the 36ers could have then got a next star as well."

Using that logic, they should have signed him as a floor-wiper, so they could have both another Next Star AND a regular roster player.

You would have them get rid of another player, just so Giddey could have a regular roster spot, leaving them with one player less? And then do what?

Oh, tha5's right, go to the magic wishing tree and pick "another Next Star".

The point is the 36ers would be better served having Giddey as a roster spot and open up a Next Star slot to run 3 imports like the Hawks do WITH Giddey

KR takes something very simple and makes it overly complicated to win tough guy in the internet awards

" Who does he replace? DJ? He's not playing for free."

He is not playing for DJs wage.

There is no doubt they'd have no trouble finding a way to fit Giddey in their roster planning had they wanted to go that route - perhaps avoiding having so many average guards.

The issues arise in that a NS is a risk in terms of being young and capable, to have an additional youngster means you’re spreading lots of minutes on youth players. Nobody really knew Giddey would be this effective

We have no idea what he's playing for but I'm sure it's more than someone like Teys. Someone who's a significant part of the rotation would have to get the chop.

Which really narrows it down to DJ or Humphries, honestly. Either that or lots of them are way overpaid.

Agreed, stupid comment - that's living in a narrow view of the world of what the roster looks like now. How they would spend money on other Australians and imports would be altered by that. Plus if they felt they wanted to spend more there’s no doubt there is that capability given 36ers would not be spending anywhere near to the tune of the Melbourne Uniteds of the world.