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NBL needs more good bigs!

I'm with you skull.

There is and has been a dearth of legitimate centre's playing in the NBL for many years now - and even when there were they were few and far between.

Anstey has dominated the NBL for a number of years now, and with Big Luke on the scene he has made an impact as well. Khazzouh is on the rise, but is now gone (for now anyway). But who else is there at the present time?

Even go back 15-20 years ago, we had Aussies Borner, Bradtke and Dorge. Really, only Bradtke could lay claim to being a success at International level. And Dorge only got a gig as we had no depth at centre,a nd would sit on the bench at international level when Longley returned to play for the Boomers.

I think Daniel Johnson at the Tigers has huge promise but is at least 2-3 years away from beginning to realise that potential (he left College early to come back to Aus). If Aron Baynes and Luke Nevill come back to play in the NewBL, however unlikely that is, it can only further strengthen our league. these two are quality players, as is Ogilvy and Ben Allen. The jury is still out on the other Aussie bigs playing NCAA that I previously outlined. Time will only tell as to whether they arev gopod enough to play NewBL.

It would be be great to see a balance of our good bigs playing at home ad abroad, as it can only enhance the competition here but also that of the Boomers.

Isn't Everstyn still playing in SEABL?

If you want more bigs in the league, you should look at feeding them more battery farm chickens with all those extra hormones in it.

Nothing helps young kids grow up big and strong by chemically enhanced Chicken.

Daniel Johnson at the Tigers is potential plus, and there is every chance that over the next 1-2 years a number of young Aussie bigs will return from US Div 1 Colleges, including the likes of:

- Luke Nevill 216cm Senior (Utah)
- Aron Baynes 208cm Senior (Washington State)
- Tom Jervis 213cm Senior (Troy)
- Tim Lang 206cm Senior (Stetson)
- Alex Opacic 208cm Senior (Furman)

A few other young Aussie centre's that may return at some point also include:

- Ben Allen 211cm Junior (Saint Marys)
- Matt Maden 201cm Junior (Gardner-Webb)
- Matt Massey (Southern Utah)
- AJ Ogilvy 211cm Sophomore (Vanderbilt)
- Graeme Radford Sophomore (Stetson)

Ogilvy is more likely to make it in the NBA, whilst Nevill and Baynes may well head for the cash in Europe.

There are also some handy young Aussie centres playing Div II college ball, so there are plenmty of positives on the horizon.