Offizielles Fanforum der GIESSEN 46ers

aber was ist mit Malick Badiane,
der von Eurobasket als "avaiable" gemeldet wird ?

Na, da bin ja auch mal gespannt, ob eine Antwort kommt.
Hat denn sonst noch jemand eine E-Mail geschrieben?

bitte nicht

Let me answer all your questions:



- Did Mr. Moore have a try-out with the Israeli team Maccabi Rishon, and
if so, did it take place in the time between the 21st and the 25th oder
26th of September?



Reggie Moore did not have a try out or contact to Maccabi Rishon until
after his contract was terminated by Giessen; he went to Israel on
Sunday 15th October 2006, for a 1 week try out with Maccabi Rishon



- Did you offer the player to Maccabi Rishon, even though he had signed
with the Giessen 46ers?



No I did not.

When Giessen presented Reggie Moore with the official signed Letter of
Termination, I offered the player to the teams I knew searched for an
American forward. This is off course my job to find a job for a player
if he is available. Actually I never offered the player directly to
Maccabi Rishon or to any other Israeli team; I have an official partner
(agent) in Israel that deals with the teams in Israel. In Israel you
have to be an official certified agent of the Israeli basketball
federation. Something that is impossible to become if you do not speak
the Hebrew language, which I do not. There were 2 teams in Israel
interested in Reggie Moore my partner told me. And Maccabi Rishon was
the more attractive because they play in Fiba Europe Cup, but still it’s
only a try out situation, so it’s not sure that he will stay there.



- Is it normal that a signed player takes time off from his team to
perform tryouts with other teams?



A player under contract is under no circumstances allowed to participate
in training/try out with any other team, it is unheard of.



A final note:



I must say I am really surprised about the interest in Reggie Moore, but
I think that it is a positive interest, that shows you that the fans
care a lot about there respective teams. I can understand that the fans
like drama and action, but this is “conspiracy theories” something like
the murder of John F. Kennedy (off course not quite at that level). I am
sorry that I have to disappoint the JFK fans, but its all pretty simple:
Reggie Moore’s contract in Giessen was terminated by Giessen because the
player did not follow the team rules. Off course I am not happy about
the situation; believe me I worked VERY hard to get Reggie Moore to
Giessen. After last season where Reggie Moore was the MVP in Portugal,
he had multiple offers to choose from. After good talks with Giessen
head Coach Stefan Koch he decided to go to Giessen, even that they
offered less money then some of the other teams. I was (and still am)
very sad to get the information from Giessen that they where not
interested to continue with Reggie Moore in the team. I don’t really see
the point for me or the player to leave a fully guaranteed contract in a
safe country like Germany, in exchange for a 1 week try out in a
dangerous country like Israel. Off course many will say “he is going
because he can make more money” but it is actually only Maccabi Tel Aviv
and Hapoel Jerusalem that have BIG money in Israel, the other teams are
financially like the medium to lower budget teams in Germany. In this
particular situation Rasmussen Services must accept a loss financially.
There was never received any commission fee from Giessen, when
cooperating with a partner, off course the commission fee must be split
50/50, so IF Reggie Moore actually gets a contract in Maccabi Rishon,
Rasmussen Services will have a loss of about 65 % of the expected
commission, so any way you want to put it, the decision by Giessen to
terminate Reggie Moore is a loss for Rasmussen Services.



I hope this has answered all your questions if you should have further
questions, fell free to contact me again.

Wenn man so ein Verhalten zukünftig vermeiden möchte, müßten die Manager der BBL-Clubs einen Beschluss fassen, zukünftig nicht mehr mit der Agentur Rasmussen zusammen zu arbeiten. Insbesondere keine Spieler mehr zu verpflichten, die von dieser Agentur betreut werden.

Das könnte eventuell Wirkung zeigen. Auch kann das Verhalten dieser Agentur schließlich jeden Verein treffen. Deshalb hätten alle Manager einen Grund zum Mitmachen. Es gibt ihnen dann zusätzlich eine bessere Planungssicherheit.