IS BIG RED'S CAREER IN JEOPARDY??

POINTS SYSTEM DOES NO FAVOURS TO SOME

After winning the championship with the Perth Wildcats, Luke 'Big Red' Schenscher has been dealt a massive blow before the new season has even begun.

Before each season begins, players are given points from 1-10, (10 being the best) based on their seasons play, international duties and so forth. I don't know what the formula is to get the ranking, but how on earth have they given Luke a 10. What team is going to want to use 10 of their points on Big Red when they can get a Ballinger, Redhage or Penney? Now they are legitimate 10 point players.

With teams only allowed to accrue a maximum of 70 points, Big Red could be in a bit of trouble finding a team. If he had a great season, then the ten points would have made sense. This was not the case for the 7ft Ranga. If scouts watched his finals series alone, it would put them off altogether. It would be a shame to see Schenscher out of the NBL, but I wouldn't be surprised.

There are some nice point pickups some teams could look at for the new season;

• Dusty Rychart - 8 points
• Brad Robbins - 6 points
• Damian Martin - 7 points
• Dave Gruber - 7 points
• Daniel Johnson - 6 points
• Brad Hill - 5 points
• Luke Martin - 4 points

I can't believe Luke Nevill gets a 9 point ranking. He is just as big and slow as Big Red, and hasn't played a game of professional basketball. It's like saying, if you played college basketball you are a 9/10 point player.

Good to see Matt Knight on the requested point players. It would be good for the NBL to have a couple of the young stars back in the country.

Free Agency this year should be interesting, looking forward to hearing what you think about the points system.