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Any more "Stash" players available?

Okeke is the only unsigned 1st rounder

The Sixers did it with Dario Saric who was pick 12.

Possibly a stupid question but do all Next Stars get paid basically the same amount by the NBL?

Yeah first round guys can be stashed, but the player has to agree to it, as opposed to second rounders who have no "right" to a contract. There's been a few that have done it. I think OKC had one a few years ago that they stashed in the G-league.

From memory whoever drafted Travis Knight back in the day with a late first rounder tried to convince him to go to Europe for a couple of years but he declined so they had to pay him out?

I would have thought pick #18 would be the highest for any potential stash though.

1st round picks can be "stashed", or at least not signed straight away. The French dude the Celtics just released from a few years ago for example.

Goga signed with the Pacers this morning.

Bitadze has been waiting for a visa (which he now has). Will be signed and will be a key player for the Pacers. Absolutely no chance he gets stashed anywhere.

"Isn't this topic closely tied to your longing for the Wildcats to find that import Center?"

Firstly, its not a longing, its something they are in the process of doing.

Secondly, no, one has nothing to do with the other.

Jokes aside, they're obviously not going to sign the import centre, then bring in a Next Star into the same role.

At least half the league have yet to find a Next Star, so this topic is far broader than just the Cats. If anything, they seem to be less inclined to chase a Next Star, whereas it should be a priority for some teams.

"Can first round picks even be stashed? I thought going in the first round got you a guaranteed contract."

I honestly have no idea. All the ins and outs of the NBA system are beyond me. All I can tell ya is that he is currently listed as unsigned, but maybe that's only a technicality, a timing thing?

Hence why I'm more interested in what others may have heard or read about players that will actually be stashed and which might be potentially available to NBL clubs.

Last I checked Brazil wasn't in Europe.


Can first round picks even be stashed? I thought going in the first round got you a guaranteed contract.

Isn't this topic closely tied to your longing for the Wildcats to find that import Center?

Why was there a need for another thread?

Looks like some good players come up to play for australia

Australian Men’s Squad

Abiola Akintola VIC
Kyle Clark TAS
Isaac Humphries NSW
Matthew Owies VIC
Jock Perry VIC
Jacob Pupavac VIC
Dejan Vasiljevic VIC
Darryl McDowell-White QLD
William McDowell-White QLD
Tom Wilson VIC

Coach: Justin Schueller (TAS)
Technical Advisor: Alan McAughtry (VIC)
Manager: Wayne Bird (VIC)

Australian Women’s Squad

Krystle McKenzie QLD
Elizabeth Tonks NSW
Tahlia Tupaea NSW
Morgan Yaeger SA
Alexandra Sharp VIC
Bridget O'Brien QLD
Georgia Pineau VIC
Bride Kennedy-Hopoate QLD
Danijela Milisic NSW
Ella Hellessey VIC

Coach: Paul Flynn (VIC)
Technical Advisor: Tracy York (SA)
Manager: Judith Roberts (SA)

Australian squad named for Oceania Youth C'ship
22.10.12
The Pacific’s best and brightest are destined for country Victoria, with the Australian squads confirmed for the 2012 FIBA Oceania Pacific Youth Championships.


Some of the nation’s rising stars in men’s and women’s basketball will be on show, hoping to lead Australia to victory and announce themselves as future Under 17 and Under 19 national team talent.

The town of Churchill in the Gippsland region of the Victoria, east of Melbourne will host the week-long tournament, running from November 24 to December 2.