Hoops

Breakers cut Leon Henry

He would be a decent role player/replacement for Sav at the Hawks.

I wonder if BJ Anthony may get another shot being he's a big body and would have a low points value and come cheap

Te Rangi will be better than Abercrombie

Reuban Terangi was the Junior Tall Blacks Captain for a reason.
The kid can play,
The Breakers talked him out of going to College in the States so they could develop him into a Professional Basketball player here in NZ.
Him getting a full playing contract is part of that promise they made to him if he lived up to his end of the agreement.

They have offered Jackson 3year deal and have made resigning him a priority.
Normally Breakers leave the Imports till last and sign up the local contingent.
They would like Hudson back but only if it fits in with other signings.
TeRangi is a 1. Imo he's like Mitch Creek with a decent outside shot.

I didn't see a problem with the PF rotation of Vukona/Hudson (and using Abo there a little)

Don't know why we need a new import PF?

- Maybe Hudson has demanded a little bit more money and priced himself out of negotiations

-Or maybe we have lost Cedric and need more of an import scoring punch than Hudson can give us.

It's just the nature of the NBL.

There is no doubt that the points system influenced this decision.

No not directly. They could have kept him, but in light of other players rankings, they need to drop a few points somewhere and they can achieve this by adding Te Rangi in for Henry. (Shed a few points)

They could have and should have appealed his rating.

But knowing the NBL, they would have only dropped it by a point wouldn't they?

You wouldn't expect them to drop two points (they have too much pride I suspect).

In that case, the Breakers need more than 1 point taken off. So in comes Te Rangi (not sure on rating, but no more than a 2 or 3?)

Other players new rating prob hurt Leon more than his own rating.

Here is a link to the whole article

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/8615192/Vickerman-given-tough-job-of-releasing-Henry

Henry's point rating is 6 but he was rated 4 when he signed, so this season he would have been rated as a 4.

not HAVE to, WANT to... he was contracted to play on what would have been a fairly low points rating (last season he was a 4) so using that as an excuse is just bollocks! There have been numerous possible roster combinations floating around the forums, all with Henry in them and all with a fairly competitive team... You sign players to multiple year contracts to make the most of their low player points ratings, you should honour that commitment if the player has done nothing wrong (and I think in Henry's case, performed very well in limited minutes off the bench).

Hopefully he got paid out and his salary still counts towards the salary cap...

Very handy player i must admit, hope he finds a home some where may be perth? I doubt that he would want to play in red. Sad about the points system ask the players if they like it? End of the day they are the one searching for work not us the fans

D-League web site shows Julius DNP in the last game. Is anyone aware if he is injured, or, is this an indication that he won't make The Game and might increase the 36ers chances of him returning?