When Cotton gets naturalised, by the time an import gets out of quarantine they will need to play 9 games to qualify for finals so they will likely have to stick with whoever they choose.

Stith is United second import.

He is also an injury replacement

He's also just taking up space on the bench.

Stith and Taylor are not at the same level as players though. Stith is a Big V / NBL1 player.

I wouldn't count Stith as the 2nd import.. doesn’t really play at least Taylor played & contributed to wins also Sydney didn’t believe Lisch was gonna come back that’s why he stayed on the roster and they tried to get him eligible for Finals

Would hawks keep Adel if he was an import, he's on import money.

For clarity KR the Websters are not Australian...

"It's a fair point from KR, on most teams the imports aren't the highest paid players anymore."

Highest Paid Players by each team (Yearly Based not full contract total)

Illawarra - Local (Adel)
Sydney - Import (Ware)
Melbourne - Local (Goulding/Landale) maybe (Hopson)
Perth - Import (Cotton)
SE Melbourne - Local (Creek) now maybe (Broekhoff)
Cairns - Import (Oliver)
Brisbane - Import (Law)
Breakers - Import (Patterson)
Adelaide - Import (Sloan) now Local (Humphries)

Imports are still the highest paid players, local talent has gotten better due to covid we get some top guys to play

Off course Adel playing for peanuts, lmao. He's on top $$ as a local. All those other players mentioned are on top money and perfume for it, Adel is an 8th man.

Cam Oliver's body language at start of game is terrible. Commentary was all over why he has slow starts. Wonder what problem really is, once he gets going he seems to forget whatever is bothering him. But really looks unhappy there and probably a good reason Cairns are struggling.

" Off course Adel playing for peanuts, lmao. He's on top $$ as a local. All those other players mentioned are on top money and perfume for it, Adel is an 8th man."


Well obviously he's not performing at what he’s paid but you who do you think is the top paid player on the squad ?

Simon at the Hawks should not be safe.

He is a good defender but doesn't score enough or is bein g coached not to take more shots I am not sure.

Once Harvey and Jessup are tied up he needs to add some scoring punch but he doesn't

Simon was brought in to defend as Harvey cannot defend a traffic cone.

You don't need imports to do the bulk of the scoring anymore.
Newbill missing from Cairns has shown that they are missing his impact on D more than the offensive end, Yes he could score but Cairns aren't defending the Washington Generals

Highest Paid Players by each team (Yearly Based not full contract total)

Illawarra - Local (Adel)
Sydney - Import (Ware)
Melbourne - Local (Goulding/Landale) maybe (Hopson)
Perth - Import (Cotton)
SE Melbourne - Local (Creek) now maybe (Broekhoff)
Cairns - Import (Oliver)
Brisbane - Import (Law)
Breakers - Import (Patterson)
Adelaide - Import (Sloan) now Local (Humphries)

Actually Tai Webster is on probably more coin that Patterson and Humphries more than Sloan.
Thats over half the league with locals the highest paid players on each squad.

A few overly paid on that list,
Adel, dud
Casper, cost kinds three games hogging it
Patterson, not fit and now injuries
Sloan, lmao.
The rest been good.

Seems I was 2/3 ... Crocker doesn't get the boot
Let’s say I know a little lol