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Potential marquee Aussies to return

Mathiang still got a year in college however may have 2 may injury redshirt this season

in terms of college returnees how about a guy like Mangok Mathiang who played Louisville an athletic shot blocker

Teams will probably have to pay well over the odds to get Drmic because he will get some good Euro offers. I doubt $80K would put you in the ballpark.

Re marquees coming back, I think this rule was put in place to keep key guys in the league and then lure back some NBA guys when they've finished in the show.

He's not marquee, but I wonder if we'll see Aleks Maric in Wollongong this season? He was apparently considering it last year.

I can't see drmic being worth anything like $80g, his colledge form was not that good, DP at best.

I would say that Hooley is an Adam Gibson type player, although Hooley is a better scorer rather than a defender.

LC...what can you expect out of Hooley, who does he remind you of?

Drmic has a dual passport so Europe is a realistic option for him.

I would have said $80k+ given they are rookies.

LC, what sort of $$$ would you think these guys will be looking for straight out of college?

I know Adelaide was looking at Peter Hooley but I don't know what came of that

High-end college graduates include:

Anthony Drmic
Venky Jois
Majok Deng
Peter Hooley

Outside of the ones already returning I don't think there are any more?

Might have to shift focus to college graduates who have high end potential and wouldn't ordinarily come home to play?

Agree with Anon. Broekhoff's chances of cracking the NBA will soar even higher with a good showing in Rio, especially when playing alongside his team mates who are all current NBA players :)

Broekhoff is more likely to be in the NBA than the NBL next season.If he has a good olympics a team will pick him up as a 3 and D player

Any chance of Broekhoff coming back? Would love to see him play in australia

Motum to Perth

What about JIngles coming back for birth of his children. Would he be a Sixer ?

Dan Dillon and Ben Madgen may not be marquee players, but they have been very good in Poland and Belgium respectively.

Newley signed a 1 year deal so he's a FA after the season, wouldn't be shocked to see him return but might depend how much money an NBL team is willing to throw at him. I think he'd be a quality NBL guard, but not sure he'd be a $300K a year type of impact player.

Aleks Maric is a FA but I would think unlikely to come to the NBL. Broekhoff should be zero percent after the way he's been playing.

I am a North parent, who was Mars on friday night for the U18 Boys Div 1 game between North and Nwd. We were on court 1 and there was a U18 Boys Div 2 game on the back court (Crt3) It was Nwd vs Southern. I wandered over there a couple of times as it seemed to be a pretty intense battle also, with alot of noise being generated. What i witnessed from the southern coach was nothing short of discraceful. I dont know if any norwood parents have complained but this guy was an absolute pig. Not only did he abuse the opposition players (they are U18's, but they are still Juniors), but at time outs, he decided that he would use the back wall as his own private coaches board. i checked after our game had finished and the red texta was still on the wall. I hope this guys is made to paint over his GRAFFITI and doesnt get away with it. Imagine if we did that at their brand new home court...mind you if you did it at our house, it might actually improve the place :-) Go Rockets!