We used to have almost an entire squad of SA born players, think Ali, Pearce, Mc Kay , Wood


I think the league has changed to teams looking for the right fit for the core that they have.


This year only SA born are Wheels, Brett, Darren and Brad..not including dev squad etc

Sometimes players return after getting their skill level up under different coaches ( Ninnis returned to us and into the Boomers squad)

Look at the NBA how many players do the Lakers have who were born on Cali?

because of money $$$$$$$$
and also because they want to get better, and phil can teach them stuff but other coaches can develop them in different ways.

Phil's style is to let them be a free spirit - I guess it would not suit everyone though.

but of course mainly we have lost these players due to money and court time $$$$$$$$$

players like John Rillie, Martin Cattalini and Darnel Mee it's all $$$$$$

hey this is a really good point, but i think if we look further than basketball it happens in alot of othere sports...e.g Football, Nathan Buckley was said to be the greatest collingwood player ever,then maybe look at Pavlich from fremantle! so maybe its our state?....Just not basketball!!!

oh and put Koey down for 20-30 not 1020 give him a season and you will be amazed!

oh and put Joey down for 20-30 not 1020 give him a season and you will be amazed!

Rubish, nothing to do with our state....... In the AFL you can now be drafted any where around the country.

Players we have recruited from out of Adelaide which have been quality:

Rillie
Cat
The russian bloke from tassy
Nash
Jerry D
Copeland
Rycart
Butch Hayes

svaldenis, QUALITY

I think we lose young talented players to interstate teams because of the promise of more court time. Phil doesn't seem to give the younger guys much of a run. If Jo Ingless was to play for the sixers, he would be lucky to get a couple of minutes a game, with the dragons he will actually get some consistant court time under an NBA legend.

Also the russian bloke from tassy was Andrew Svaldennis who was Lithuanian not Russian.

ye you do make a good point anon, every player has a different reason,and yes we do have a high number of kids leaving to make a name for themselves. why and even bothere trying to figure out why, they have so lets all get over it!!!!!!

When it comes to locals playing in their state of origin nbl.com says the following:

Adelaide - 4 local players
Brisbane - 2 local players
Cairns - 1 local
Melbourne - 8 locals
New Zealand - 1 local (2 if you include Vukona who was born in Fiji)
Perth - 2 locals
Singapore - 0 locals
South - 4 locals
Sydney - 3 locals
Townsville - 3 locals
West Sydney - 3 locals
Wollongong - 2 locals

Locals means born or raised in the state they are playing in.

From these numbers you could assume that the traditional basketball powerhouse of Victoria is the best at keeping local talent with the 36ers next on the list. Brisban and Perth seem to be the underachievers when it comes to hanging on to talent.(Compare the breakers to a couple of years ago.)

Brisbane

ASSUMING that the salary cap is being honoured, it would come down to court time and the players perceived relationship with the coach,management and team mates. This however, does not explain how Dusty, Jacob and Oscar are all getting paid more than the 36ers offered them.

And if you wanted to start from the very beginning, Phil did not play for the 36ers in their first season, because St. Kilda flew him to Melbourne each w/e to play for them.

Brad, I think it's essential to find out why they leave to try to stop it in the future.

Elbows, you can't assume that the cap is being honoured. Maher said on Talking Hoops that he thought Brisbane would be spending double the cap - three players getting $750k or so. Very feasible and likely. A few teams would be certainly cheating the cap.

Ignoring the cap, other clubs can pay more for our players if they put a higher value on them. For example, the Breakers may see a bigger role in NZ for Oscar than Adelaide saw for him here.

What so CJ's 300k to spend time at the local kindergarten 5 minutes a week is above the award wage?

I will refrain from any Tiny Pinder jokes.

Sorry Isaac, I highlighted "assuming" because I was being cynical and can't see how some teams, (eg. Tigers last year) could possibly be operating under the cap.

94465, The problem with your line of thought is that a club has to be INVESTIGATED before being found to have breached the cap.