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Mystro

Years ago

Braswell to tigers

he was MVP because all the guys who are any good play for the Breakers and were winning another championship ;)

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Mystro

Years ago

Horvath was NZBL MVP last season and didn't even get a trial with the Tall Blacks. Any NBL team is welcome to him.

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Mystro

Years ago

Basketball NZ has no say over the immigration status of a player, they can only endorse the person as a future employee. Basketball NZ would have liked his immigration rushed through in time for the Qualifying Tournament but the Government does the paperwork and gets the final say not a sports body and like Anon#369920 said, you can only have 1 naturalized player per team per Fiba rules internationally so no, the Tall Blacks didn't gain any unfair advantage either.

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Natwhereyouat

Years ago

A few imports are trying to go down the same road as Braswell, but like Mystro said they rushed his through in the hope it would be cleared by the time the Olympic qualifiers came around, but it was a few weeks too late.
I highly doubt they would do the same for someone like Abney as there is next to no chance he would make the Tall Blacks.

Dodgy? Yeah. But I don't really care either way. Like Isaac mentioned, these former imports haven't signed with the Breakers so it's no real advantage at the moment. Only people this effects is the fringe Aussie talent who's spot is now taken. But if they were good enough you could make the argument they would be in the league regardless.

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Mystro

Years ago

so do you think NZ are going to quickly let another 20 million people into NZ and Braswell isn't signed with the Breakers because they can't fit him under the points cap and any Australian franchise is able to recruit players from NZ as locals so where is the unfair advantage?

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Mystro

Years ago

Kiwi's are dodgy in that regard, rushed it through hoping to have him for Olympics i heard.

He met the criteria for NZ citizenship and applied and it was granted so he can now play as a local much like Rychart, Ballinger, Redhage etc.
Basketball NZ hoped it would be through in time for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament but it didn't so Casey Frank went. It has prob been granted and hence why he is training with the Tigers. What's dodgy? Would you have preferred him to spend a stint on Christmas Island while he waited for his application to be denied to be processed?

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Natwhereyouat

Years ago

Braswell = Naturalised Kiwi/Local
Homicide = Import

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Mystro

Years ago

good signing.

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orbit

Years ago

Would be a nice fit. What about Homocide? That would b the biggest kick in the ass 4 Gleeson!

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