Hoops

Sixers tyring to lure Hodge back

I didn't think about the exchange rate, when Scotty said it works out to be about the same as the whole teams salary cap for Hodge.
That means his agent is trying to get about
USD500,000. Which means you might get him for
USD400,000, and, as you say, about a month ago that was AUD400,000.. now about AUD800,000.

today, since when has the NBL adjusted the salary cap due to changes in conversion rates. If you work in Australia, you are paid Australian dollars. Now how stupid is that? The only stupid thing I see is your response.

Isaac, the conversion rate is irrelevant. It has no bearing on the salary cap, so if a gig in Australia is sought, then its under the Australian salary cap rules, take it or leave it.

also if we cant lure Hodge back, i would like them to look at other recently cut nba SG/SF's. Demmar johnson and Ruben Patterson come to mind, among with im sure many other gun players, if they are out of reach $$$ wise, im sure options that may be possible such as bringing back Farley or going for Crowe, Wethers or giving Josh Pace another crack, as the first 3 are all proven and would be different but an upgrade to Tyndale IMO, and Pace has played and starred in NZBL and also the CBA so has some pro experience so also would be a safer option, and all those guys would be $$$ cheaper than Hodge or semi proven NBA players.

Yea well if he has offers of $800,000 from Europe who can blame him for asking the 36ers, tigers or who ever to match it, its his job. It doesnt mean he is necisarily selfish or anything.
In the end with Hodge it will come down to the Europe $$$ or the Aussie lifestyle i think, as neither can match each other, so if he stays here the $$ wont be the biggest issue as no nbl club would be able to put that money on the table for him, especially if they want to seurvive more than 1 season. so if he comes to the NBL it will be for life style so i think Adelaide would still have a chance, but he could also go well i wanna play in Australia and just sign with the highest bidding nbl team, which would be quite likely IMO as it sort of gives him the best of both worlds. The one thing the tigers cant match us on is hour larger fan base and reportedly better atmosphere at the game, plus if he made friends with say Ballinger, Maher, Davidson, etc it would also give us an edge over other NBL teams.

It's going to be intereting, then. As you say he's coming here on a ' holiday ' in November, after having a look at Toronto, I think,and with offers from Europe of about $800,000.

Interesting that he's asking for about the same amount of money as the NBL salary cap for the whole team.

Agreed, why would he come here when he can earn much more $$$ in Europe. Plus Europe is much more competetive, and acheives much better media coverage. There's many reasons why Europe is a better option than Australia. Also, I can see why he would want to come to the 36ers or the Blaze. Both are really struggling at the moment.
If he did return which is very very very unlikely, I see him going to the Tigers for Grizzard, the Crocs for Ellis etc.

Personally I think Hodge can play PG reasonably well. Imagine the Starting 5 then:

Hodge
Barlow
Ere
Anstey
Sam Mac