Hoops

Khazzouh on the three import rule

There are a lot of good players who came in as cheap Americans but fit our league. Redhage and Conklin come to mind even lisch was considered too short when he first arrived

Yeah, but Kickert is a 50,40,90 player and no other aussies can do that, plus he'll be on triple that.

Well our 2015/16 all NBL first team Daniel Kickert doesn't jump for rebounds or defend at all and he'd be on so much more than $70k

Of course, the same is true of almost every local player too, and especially those in a similar price bracket.

Yes but there ours and a lot of them improve in the right environment. We don't produce anything in this country now so I'd rather spend 70g on an Aussie.

Boti noted on Twitter that Khazzouh was joking.

I imagine the implication is that any affordable player has their flaws preventing them from playing in a higher league. Things like:

- bit short
- doesn't work hard
- low basketball IQ
- doesn't play D
- has an attitude

Of course, the same is true of almost every local player too, and especially those in a similar price bracket.

North Harbour Heat team mates Kavossy Franklin and Cory Webster's (NZ Breaker and Tall Black) futures are clouded (pun intended) after testing positive to banned substances in a random drug test last week.
They are believed to have smoked cannabis.
They will now how to live on the streets and pimp themselves to pay for their drug habits before departing to hell.
Under the International Basketball Association doping code, athletes issued with a first violation are normally banned for two years. However, special exemptions can be made for the likes of cannabis, provided the player can demonstrate he did not intend to enhance performance. Sanctions range from a warning to a year ban.
A precedent to Webster's case was fellow Tall Black Mark Dickel's suspension for cannabis use ahead of the 2006 world championships. Basketball New Zealand ruled him out for two warm-up games against Qatar but FIBA decided to add 10 days to that ban once the competition started, meaning he missed three more games.
However Dickel's ban came after he tested positive following an international match. Basketballers found guilty of cannabis use in the NBL in the past have been subject to blanket bans of just six weeks to two months.
Thoughts.....

Information taken from NZ Herald article