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SEABL signing changes rules views

Drmic will avg 25ppg in SEABL

im not certain that your post justifies a response but in short drimic will not be very dominant in seabl. You have no idea on how strong the league is.

Okay, good points by some and the 7 to 9 spots, but everyone expect Anthony drimic to be very dominant at the seabl level eg like how say Lanard copeland was in the NBL very dominant or ricky grace..

Matt, There are quite a lot of the NZ Breakers & other NBL players that play in the NZ comp during winter?

There are also a number of NBL players that play in QBL as well.

IMO these players know they only have a short earning period and are looking to maximize their earnings during this period as well as stay in good shape & touch as mentioned above.

There are plenty of state leagues that locals can go and play in.

IMO there are not many locals playing SEABL that could transition to an NBL roster. IMO they're not good enough, don't have good enough skills, game, competitiveness, they're not big enough, etc to play in the NBL.

But, there are 7 to 9 spots available for locals, so if they are good enough, as the saying goes the cream rises to the top.

Good point "Anonymous" who gave a detailed description of the local based system and recruitment stuff..
I think SEABL has u-20's comp(could be wrong, but BigV has u-20's comp)..

I wonder if BA subsidise any of the SEABL clubs eg help pay for travel costs etc and coaching staff etc via grants$ and other subsidies eg stadium hire etc..

NOw people are writing "like" into sentences. Cringeworthy when you hear it all the time, let alone like when it's like written.

FM

Um cough cough, stop being some minority panda with your minority views about scheduling. The NBL hasn't been a winter sport since like 1998, get over it. The NBA and FIBA leagues are all mainly like October-June type dates, so get over it that OZ basketball is in line with FIBA/NBA the whole basketball world stop with the minority view die hard rubbish... Um guys in the AFL who play SANFL do so during the same calendar season not in separate seasons like NBL/SEABL. But you probably think Basketball is in OZ is being flexible by doing this um no sorry it's not it's going against all mainstream sports in OZ by having the two top-tiers play in separate seasons... In SANFL for example or VFL clubs they form affiliate deals with AFL clubs, so guys not picked in the match day squad can play 2nd-tier, as opposed to playing 2nd-tier in summer(if SANFL/VFL were summer comps). Due to separate seasons, affiliate connections between the NBL and SEABL is not possible. I've written to the NBL about this schedule matter, and i also suggested LK buys the SEABL so he can have more say on 2nd tier basketball in oz and development league eg ala NBA owns the G-League..
Basketball should follow all other mainstream sports in oz with scheduling and stop being a minority style in it's outlook. The CBA used to be in the winter season in line with the NBL and there was a closer connection between the two as i've discussed in this thread..

Drimic only earns $60,000 a season. MOve on Matt.

Okay, 3 restricted players okay.. But still i reckon it should align with NBL season like the old CBA in the 90's, i used to go to curtain raisers for CBA games before the NBL game would start.. I still find it weird that aussie NBL guys are playing in an off season league in Australia, imagine if aussie rules had a summer league and you'd play AFL all winter then play in like the northern territory aussie rules league in the summer or something like that, or if tasmania played it's aussie rules in summer and you played in Tassie league in summer and AFL in winter.. It just seems strange, almost as if SEABL is like a 2nd professional basketball competition in Australia. Should we be ashamed of that? yes we should, it shouldn't be in a different calendar the NBL should be the no 1 be all and end all and take most of the credit and not be undermined with any quirky behavior or strange calendar situations where an NBl standard player of Anthony Drimic's level is one weekend suited up in the nBL grand final and plays good minutes then next week is playing in the SEABL, that is quirky and different to mainstream OZ sport and annoying this difference that basketball currently is doing compared to the rest of big mainstream OZ sports where all 2nd tier comps are in same calendar season. Basketball in australia should not be different it should be the same here. It annoys me and feels weird and absurd to be fair this Anthony Drimic situation...

12 min per game average.

Yes the season structure of basketball in this country needs to be reviewed.

Anonymous, is that 12 minutes for the whole season or12 minutes per NBL game per season?

With "restricted players" i get that but with the NBL what is considered a restricted local NBL player? Is it one who has a full time contract, or does NBL restricted players also include the developmental contracts in the NBL eg the guys who don't have full time NBL contracts but train with there NBL team and might make the match day squad if an injury happens? Is the NBL development contract boys a restricted player to?

And some say SEABL is an independeant leage, well yes BA own it not LK, but is that the point? Do we now have to leagues effectively competing with each other or servicing similar roles eg like the old days in aussies rules with the SANFL/VFL? The SEABL should absolutely promote 2nd-tier devleopment basketball and I reckon it should move to 1 restrcited player per squad.
Also as said to reflect this 2nd tier model it should try and form afiflaite deals with NBL clubs "ala G-league style" or SANFL in the AFL, running along in the same calander season as the NBL not in a seperate season.. eg playing as curtain raiser matches to the NBL.

The SANFL don't play in a seperate calander season to the AFL nor do any other big aussie sports in OZ, just basketball with the SEABL..
The old CBA in the 90's would play same season as the NBL and would often play at NBL arenas as the curtain raiser to NBL matches.. Sam Mckinnon got his start in the CBA when like 16 or 17..

The NBL ceo said last year, he wanted the NBL to have more connection with the SEABL and he said the NBL cared about the SEABL.. Maybe the NBL should by the SEABL from BA and invest in it...

"NBL players are "Resstricted Players" ... same as imports"
There is a minimum number of NBL minutes that makes you a restricted player.

Drmic is earning more than $100K @Adelaide. Agent must be good.

Try condesning your posts or at least put it into paragraphs.. you've made a few lately like this.. and whilst you make an effort to start conversation it's incredibly hard to read and follow

Foreign imports different eg Garret Jackson types, as they are not locals and taking up an import spot..

NBL players are "Resstricted Players" ... same as imports. They take the same roster spot as an import. Each team allowed 2 Restricted players. Import OR local.

literally the dumbest thread ever

Drimic was on $120g per season it was reported when he left college, and he was telling that to his college mates at the time.

Matt,perhaps pay attention to the SEABL womens league,especially the Rangers team who usually stack their SEABL womens team with WNBL players its filled with fully contracted WNBL players, and they get around the restrictions because of the "number of games previously played"rule, (once a player had played 150 games for a club they are exempt from the restricted player rule),this then results in those who have to sit on the bench in WNBL with the 'development'tag hanging over them still ending up sitting on the bench in SEABL,and they wonder why players walk or give up. Rangers men usually have imports as they dont have an NBL team yet,so getting this guy isnt much different,and wont stop the development of any other fringe NBL players.

On his current contract which he would have signed when he was about 10th man yes $60k would be it, maybe his next contract may top $100k

If you think Drimic is on $60k that's less than $20k above the minimum. He would be on a lot more than that.

If you are not good enough to make a seabl team there are plenty state league to choose from. Like any business the best go to the top.

You can't restrict a guy earning $60k in the NBL from earning an extra $20k in the off season. If not SEABL it would be overseas anyway. Plus it raises the standard of our second tier comp which is good.

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