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What type of marquee players does the NBL need?

TV news services were wanting teams to sign more Ennis's

Guys like Ingles and Jawai won't generate the excitement that Ennis has brought.

I suppose the issue is that its not possible to keep an Ennis type (someone up and coming rather than an already there or end of career type) for a sustained period, so you're always having to work at sourcing replacements. Which is part of why you get them on the (relative) cheap.

Ideally, Ennis stays, Perth wins title, all other teams see the Ennis deal as a prototype to look for and emulate. If Ennis leaves early or we blow it, it might get chalked as flashy-but-ultimately-ineffective!

Let's not confuse promotion with advertising either...

Different, not same!

Agree with Isaac. Ennis has the most exciting highlights reel of any import from memory (and we're only 9 weeks in). The stuff he comes up with will make news bulletins, media reports etc, which is what the NBL needs at this present moment.

Pressed enter too early!

So if there are no deals like that in place (And I can't find any), then there must be a reason. Obviously the NBL aren't the first to have this idea. So makes me think the NBA have stopped such deals happening for whatever reason.

Correct me if I'm wrong but does any other team in any other basketball league actually have a deal with any NBA team Re: developing picks & signing players that were cut during pre-season..?

The only teams that would get a marquee player in my opinion are Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. Other lack $$$$

There it is again, the NBL needs to promote itself!

Just keeps coming up in conversations about the league, time and again, yet we also apparently need to be patient because of all the other things the NBL needs to do since the split from B.A.

House needs to be in order before we look at such things, I agree with MACDUB on this one...

In answer to the O.P. I think a player like Ismail Mohammad is what the NBL needs, not him necessarily, just the prototype (Ennis is also the prototype).

The thing is that teams are starting to be able to get these players without the marquee rule.

If we do create a marquee rule, it could just result in teams overpaying imports.

If we can get Ennis for 160-200k, why play him 300k under a marquee rule?

Plus wouldn't the marquee rule undo all the parity that the points/salary cap has aimed to achieve?

e.g. The Crocs can't even spend the cap. The marquee rule would allow a team like Perth to spend over the cap. Aren't you just widening the gap between each teams spending capability?