Points of interest

T OWNSVIL L E C r o c o d i l e s forward and president of the National Basketball League Players Association Jacob Holmes has joined a working party with the league’s top brass to address the issue of the league’s player points system.

The much maligned points system ranks players out of 10 based on their experience and skills and clubs can only have players with a total of 70 points or less on their 10- man roster.

After being a bone of contention with players and clubs for years, Holmes hoped the announcement of the working party would be the first step to eradicating the arrangement.

“The system unfairly restricts players and clubs and we want to work collaboratively with the league and find something that is in the best interests of everyone involved,” he said.

“It has been a real restric- tion on the league for years now and too many players have been released or not been able to sign with a team due to the points system.”

The points system generally ranks American imports and top level Australian players with the top ratings of 10 or 9, and with each team allowed two imports it leaves only 50 points to play with to cover the eight remaining roster spots.

“The players have real issue with the system and the working party has been put together to try and find a suitable solution,” he said. “I think the players have suffered the most from this system, it’s really restricted them, and we’ve got to be sure that the system we are trying to put in place enables growth.”

Holmes is currently studying a law degree outside of his talks with the league and offseason training for his fourth season with the Crocs.