RETIRING Collingwood star Jesse White has reportedly been offered a contract to play in the NBL.

The former Swans key forward has been training with Melbourne United and could suit up for the team as a development squad player this NBL season, which begins with the Adelaide 36ers hosting Melbourne on October 5.

3AW has reported White is still weighing up the contract offer from Melbourne United.

“Jesse White, in an extraordinary set of circumstances is considering a code-hop across to the NBL. He’s training with Melbourne United,” 3AW’s Mitch Cleary said.

“He’s a junior basketballer for Queensland growing up. He’s training with the team and considering a contract right now.”

The 29-year-old announced his retirement from football last month after 11 seasons in the AFL.

White played just four games for the Magpies in 2017, after falling out of favour with coach Nathan Buckley early in the season.

He began his footy career with the Swans when he was drafted with pick No. 79 in the 2006 draft.

Just one year earlier, White was offered an opportunity to pursue a basketball career when he was offered a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport in 2005.

White hasn’t played basketball since he was selected to represent Queensland as a teenager.

ABLETT COMES AT A PRICE

GEELONG and Gold Coast are reportedly set to butt heads in their negotiations over star Gary Ablett’s request to be traded to Geelong.

The two-time Brownlow medal champion officially requested a move back home to the cats on Tuesday, leaving the Suns and Cats to broker a fair deal.

According to reports, the Suns want a star player like Mitch Duncan or Nakia Cockatoo in return for releasing Ablett from the final year of his contract.

The Age reports the Suns also want the Cats to pay that player’s wages for the 2018 season.

However, The Herald Sun reported on Wednesday the Cats are not prepared to let Duncan go.

“The Herald Sun understands the Cats are not currently prepared to give up senior stars such as Mitch Duncan and Cameron Guthrie or talented line breaker Nakia Cockatoo for Ablett,” reporter Jay Clark wrote.

The newspaper has identified uncontracted midfielder Darcy Lang as a player that could be offered up for a trade with the Suns.

Former Gold Coast coach Rodney Eade said on Wednesday the Suns won’t let Ablett go for magic beans.

“They’re not going to trade him for pick 80,” Eade told SEN Breakfast.

“They’re not going to have a fire sale just to appease everyone. But by the same token I don’t think they’re going to be ridiculous about it either.”

‘BIGGEST ROBBERY IN THE HISTORY OF ANY SPORT’

COLLINGWOOD star Adam Treloar has labelled teammate Jeremy Howe’s Mark of the Year snub the “biggest robbery in the history of any sport”.

Speaking with SEN’s The Run Home, Treloar said it is a joke that Howe was overlooked for Essendon star Joe Daniher when the award was announced during the Brownlow medal count.

“I actually couldn’t believe it and he couldn’t believe it,” Treloar said.

“It was the biggest robbery in the history of any sport.

“I was sitting next to him and had a video on his face, thinking he was going to win and wanted to record his reaction, and when he didn’t his face just dropped.

“With all due respect to Joe Daniher I actually think Brodie’s (Grundy) mark was better than his.”

The AFL Mark of the Year is decided by a public vote.

Demons great David Schwarz also slammed the voting system for costing Howe the gong he deserved.

“It’s just ridiculous how Jeremy Howe did not win mark of the year and how it can be voted upon by the public,” he said.

BOMBERS GETTING WARM ON STRINGER

BULLDOGS star Jake Stringer has met with Essendon officials and will announce in the next week if he will seek a trade to the Bombers or Geelong.

The Herald Sun reported on Wednesday Stringer’s choice is down to two clubs after he was sensationally put on the trade table by the Bulldogs after falling out of favour with coach Luke Beveridge.

The Bombers hold all the cards in the race to win Stringer over.

The Herald Sun reports Essendon will be able to offer Stringer a deal worth up to $150,000-per-season more than what the Cats can fit under the salary cap.

The Bombers also have greater leverage to get a trade done with the Bulldogs, holding pick No. 11 in the 2017 AFL draft.

SEN’s Sam McClure said Stringer will make up his mind before Saturday’s grans final.

“He has met with two other Victorian clubs – Hawthorn and Richmond, but the race is down to two and it’s a fifty-fifty race,” McClure said on SEN Breakfast.

“There is no official offer on the table from Geelong or Essendon, but my understanding is by the end of this week, as the Grand Final ball is bounced on Saturday afternoon Jake Stringer will have nominated a club of choice, and it will either be Geelong or Essendon.

“I’m not sure it will be public knowledge but Jake Stringer will tell his management which club he wants to go to.”

DYLAN SHIEL REPORTEDLY FINALLY RESPONDS TO COTCHIN HIT

Interesting post from Dylan Shiel which has since been deleted... pic.twitter.com/OYpDQYdyIT — Brooke Varney (@bvarney20) September 25, 2017

GIANTS star Dylan Shiel reportedly offered a brief reaction to his collision with Trent Cotchin on social media before deleting the post.

A post on Twitter claims Shiel posted a picture on Instagram of the Richmond captain in the split second before they collided in an impact which resulted in the Giants midfielder being taken out of the preliminary final after failing a concussion test.

Cotchin was cleared by the AFL MRP for his high bump, which collected Shiel across the chin.

Shiel was not even awarded a free kick.

The 24-year-old appeared to question the MRP’s verdict with a post on his Instagram account before deleting the post shortly after.

It comes after former Giants coach Mark Williams said earlier this week that Shiel “feels cheated” after missing the final three quarters of his team’s biggest game of the season.

“He feels cheated. I’ve talked to him and he thinks ‘wait a minute, the system — I got hit in the head by Cotchy, didn’t get a free kick even, I got hit in the head again by David Astbury, didn’t get a free kick, what’s going on,” Williams told SEN.

“I feel for him. Completely cheated by the system. What in the hell?”