Hoops

Jerome Randle where to now?

"Never liked him and no loss. Did nothing for the Kings, so go back to the Ukraine. Your Aussie days are done."

Hell hath no fury,
like a 6's fan scorned.

Because Sobey signed with the Bullets to be their starting PG.

Nice suggestion - Randle-Sobey would be pretty good. Too bad Brisbane has Cadee and his lover Lemanis though.

Zodiac

Why not Brisbane for a Randle?

They played together at Adelaide.

If Sobey is used at SG (his correct position, imho) there is a spot for him.

Probably a moot point anyway, don’t think he’d fit into Lemanis’ system.

The teams we know that have no need for Randle:

Adelaide - Taylor
Perth - Cotton
Brisbane - Sobey
Sydney - Ware
Melbourne - Trimble
New Zealand - Hampton

Teams left:

SE Melbourne
Cairns
Illawarra

Hawks have ponied up to sign Boone & Sam Froling plus hope to re-sign Andersen so probably likely to bring back Jett or sign a similarly cheaper PG. Taipans are expected to re-sign Jawai and if the QLD govt aren't back on board will eat up a lot of their expenditure and can't see Randle taking a significant pay cut to play there.

I think SEM are probably the only real option and their finances are tied up in Creek and could be sometime before they know what's happening there.

OK anonymous, thanks for your insight.

Bryce Cotton and Casper Ware are exceptions to the rule. I mean, years ago it was pretty normal, but over the past 15-20 years it hasn't been that way the vast majority of the time with imports. I think a combination of the league's prestige as well as the top team's financial situations are changing seeing it swing around again.

Randle has been the best player on a good team (Adelaide). You can win it all with him too in the NBL I think, just have to surround him with the right guys.

Randle's a professional journeyman. It's not uncommon. He has an agent and goes wherever is offering the best deal at the time.
I'm sure like every young buck, he dreamt of being drafted by team X and playing his entire NBA career for one team. Didn't happen but he's still carved out a decent career for himself.
And he might still have preferred a long-term career with a single team, but its a two-way street. As we have seen with Sydney, they saw an opportunity to upgrade and did so.
He's played a lot of his career in Europe (the 2nd biggest market out side USA) and it seems to me that Euro teams are quite ruthless when it comes to their imports.

I think the point regarding Redhage was that even an Ultra "one club" player like him, will have off-season gigs that adds to his tally of clubs.

The thing about every basketball team is that they have only 5 starters, and the roles are highly specialised. There's only one spot for a starting PG. Import restrictions make that even tighter, and for Randle in particular he's simply too small to play as an SG.

Redhage provided stability.
??? Randle.
2 completely different journeys.

Redhage also spent several years at one NBL club so not the best case for your argument.

Most imports change teams either every year or every other year. Not unique for Randle.

2010–2011 Aliağa Petkim (Turkey)
2011 Türk Telekom (Turkey)
2011 Barak Netanya (Israel)
2011 Texas Legends (D-League)
2011–2012 Maine Red Claws (D-League)
2012 Azovmash (Ukraine)
2012 Foshan Dralions (China) (DNP)
2012–2013 Spirou Charleroi (Belgium)
2013–2014 Aliağa Petkim (Turkey)
2014 Trabzonspor (Turkey)
2014–2015 Eskişehir (Turkey)
2015–2017 Adelaide 36ers (Australia)
2016 Žalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania)
2017 Limoges CSP (France)
2017 Bahçeşehir (Turkey)
2017–2019 Sydney Kings (Australia)
2018 Rockets Gotha (Germany)
2019–present Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia)

Who makes the best sausage rolls?

Saw an article on a Phil Handy who is an assistant coach for the Lakers. Is this the same Phil Handy who played for West Sydney in the NBL 10 years ago?