Hoops

Could Ferguson get stashed here for another year?

Ferguson agent has stress the NBL was great for his client but play in the D League where he can stays close to the nba team that drafts him in case of a call up and will not be returning to the nbl.

IMO, the only winners in ferguson playing in the nbl was, Joey in his attempt to maintain credibility with the NBA and college community, Sobey who is now on the nba teams radar after having a such a great season and the nbl from the attention ferguson captured by nba teams when they came to australia to watch him play.

As a stand alone import without all the hype, ferguson
would have been sacked! His lack of consistency and impact on the 36ers team would have pressured joey to release him.

They were one import short of winning the GF which ferguson was their import.

Nice kid but ALL HYPE!!!

There should be a junior or futures NBL league running at the same time as NBL.

With the shift to summer you can't pick up active state league players anymore.

Massive oversight, nearly twenty years on and still no level under NBL being played at the same time.

Need a pre-NBL league where HS or college rookies can play and trial before an NBL club commits. The players get a feel for the country and competition. If they don't make NBL, they play the ABL season and go wherever from there.

It's an interesting debate, and something I would like to see the NBL & NBA pursue further. I feel that several players who are not going to complete a college degree would be better off playing here for 1~2 years before being drafted. Potentially including a season post draft.
The standard is higher, the professionalism is higher, and they'll be playing against men rather than boys.

However I suppose it is a bit of a Catch-22. Players who are top prospects and likely to go early in the 1st round have less need of the money and development the NBL offers. Whereas those who would most benefit, are also those who really need to exhibit themselves under the noses of the NBA scouts.

In the NBL could get enough support from the NBA and NBA teams, I wouldn't mind seeing one of the three import slots restricted to a Ferguson type player.

As to whether we could see Ferguson stashed here for another season post draft, I feel that would depend on his NBA team and where he sits in their squad. I don't know what the specific rules are for the draft, but I imagine if taken below a given pick he must be offered a contract?

As long as he or any other high school kid don't come to adelaide using up an import spot. Don't care if they are free

Haha, very funny, STASHED here then

The likelihood of him a) growing a moustache and b) playing NBL again next season is incredibly low

Unlikely, he has shown little interest in growing facial hair.

We play in Nunawading (near cnr Burwood Highway and Springvale Road).

You don't need to be particularly good, but you should know the basics.

It's a fun, well-run league. Email me if interested - we've got to sign up pretty soon.