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Jerome Randle's future in NBL

Matthew, ask any ex-NBA, D-League or Euro basket player on the streets of Miami or Zagreb if they've heard of Adelaide. Imports are lured to big cities they know.

Pay him what he wants !

Bright Lights of Sydney? huh? LEts be honest here, how many people on the street in Sydney might be able say the name of any player on the Kings team bar Childress? You might get 10/100.

I think Sydney as a Basketball highlight of Australia has long past run its due date. Sydney HAS to have a team.. thats expected but it seems that few people in Sydney probably give a shit about it.

The first thing any potential sponsor is going to ask is 'what do we get for our money?' At the moment most clubs can't answer that due to not knowing what Foxtel is going to do with its Live games next season. No sponsor will come on board with 300k+ to impress the 3000-13000 people who pay to watch the games in person, they all want the national stage which they won't get without the Fox coverage.

Randal's is a top player who may be one of the few stars who can look past the big crowds of Perth and bright lights of Melbourne and Sydney, if you have the money you pay him. No one wants to see 3 average players over 1 star.

"Would we be better off offering that $250-300 to Ced Jackson, Kevin Lisch, Stephen Holt or seeing if its enough to get a Ty Mckee or Rotnei Clarke or Scottie Wilbekin back to the NBL???"

Lisch, maybe (though you won't get him leaving the east coast). But Randle is a much better prospect than all those other names and now has a proven track record in ADL.

I don't know whether major sponsor would come on board just for a single player.

And if they did, would the club want to stick its head in that bear-trap? Star player walks and so does your major sponsor?

I don't know whether major sponsor would come on board just for a single player.
And if they did, would the club want to stick its head in that bear-trap? Star player walks and so does your major sponsor?

At the end of the day, its NOT about impressing fans, its about getting bigger headlines and attracting more fans and attention. Missing the finals is not a good look for that.
First thing a potential major sponsor will ask, is how are you going to spend my money to improve on that?
"Well, we're going to blow most of it keeping the same player we had this year."

Is Randle worth $300k? If Adelaide has the $1M to surround him with decent players, get another half-decent import, and make him their Marquee, then yes.
If their total player budget is $800k, then no.

Twitter says Randle to Europe with Brock Motum

The Catch-22 is unfortunately that having failed to make the finals, they are in the worst position to chase that big-buck sponsor.

I don't know how much anybody gets paid in the NBL, so I don't speculate on actual dollars.
I also don't know how tightly the salary cap is policed, (so many claim that it ISN'T) so I don't know how much clubs actually spend,
For a team with the cash, paying the full cap, and adding somebody like Randle as their Marquee, that's probably not unreasonable. BUT, is Adelaide in that position???

Reality is that Adelaide fell short of the finals this year, despite a good showing, and they'll be looking to improve. Also Sydney have shown what can really happen with a couple of key injuries.

The issue is that if you're prepared to splash that sort of cash, imports are perceived to be easy to come by. If funds are limited (as seems to be suggested) can the 6's really afford to put all their eggs in the Randle basket?

Personally I would be disappointed to see Randle lure away by more cash from another club...

Officially, no.

Hi guys,

a question about "fif" relating to the squad (team) updates. For this new season coming up, 2010-2011, will new teams be part of the download?

eg- the A-League, Melbourne Heart, will they be on the game? or any other league like Italian Serie B- will promoted teams from serie c be on there? or will the players that sign for these teams (bolton, colosimo for the heart) become non-existent/free agents?

thanks
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