I posted this in the other thread but this seems more suitable

So if this is true there whole team will be

C Burston/Walker
PF Trigger/Greer
SF Rush/Lewis
SG Dorsey/Corletto
PG Ubaka/Dillon

Pretty small team compared with what they had last year

For mine, the lineup will look as follows

Trigger - Burston
Rush - Walker
Dorsey - Greer
Dillon - Lewis
Ubaka - Corletto

bull

Well that was a quick response by Melbourne..

How do they fit that team within the salary cap??

New starting 5 by the looks of it!

Something up with Fearne or just lure of a bigger city and more money?

A combination of fearne, small city and not spending the cap all have something to do with it. Spend the cap and these three don't leave Cairns..

According to this still in negotiations, even though Dorsey has said on twitter he has signed a 2 year deal.

http://www.nbl.com.au/tigers/news/article/2011/may/melbourne-tigers-in-negotiations/

PLus you don't have to do 200+ promos a season in Melbourne..

To attract players to Cairns you need to spend because there isn't much that will attract players away from GC, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth

just adding up the points no including Rush the tigers are at 64 meaning rush is only a 6 point player at the most which is a steal if you ask me

Whoops might fault Lewis is still only a 1 point player so not including Rush they still have 10 points so I doubt he would be a 10 point player so they still might have some points to pick up a big a run with 11

Sour grapes I know - but have these guys thought about the way they were treated like rock stars in Cairns and from one of the best supporter groups in the league, then going to Melbourne Tigers and become unknowns (who cares)in that big city and not such a good supporter group? I have lived in Melbourne for many years, where no one cares about anyone else.

Thought itd be Crocs players Melbourne would sign - I did read correctly it'd be Gleeson coaching them, not Fearne?

Walker isnt a Centre, for the record!!!

Noname, that is my point if this is there going to be there team they will be small and I doubt that will be there line up, I was just showing how small it will look

Need another big but might be a bit short of points. Vanderjagt or Behrendorff?

If Burston stays fit they have no hassles, he and Trahardh will cover centre, Walker and Dorsey can cover leftover minutes at PF. An injury to either of the two big guys could create hassles, but really, a team on the floor of Walker, Dorsey, Rush, Greer and Dillon/Ubaka can cover the boards and has great flexibility defensively while the starting centre is resting.

Of course, if both big guys got injured that would be a worry.

not true

So last year, the Tiges were collecting centres, this year it appears they're building a SF collection?

Massive signings for Melbourne and a big blow for Cairns. The Tigers definitely need another big, because Burston ALWAYS has injury troubles, but on paper they have a very nice starting lineup with some good players off the bench too.

Haven't counted myself but if Big Sexy is right and they only have 10 points remaining before adding Rush, there aren't many points left for a backup centre. Will probably have to be a pretty average journeyman at best with 3-4 points available.

why would Melb not want to keep one of the most athletic young players around in Walker Anon?

I think the Tigers and Walker have always been quite keen to re-up, and the club in fact issued a media release saying they are in contract negotiations with him.

just as i thought....dillon and ubaka teaming up for the southern leg of the "party/panty" circuit.
i didn't see the doresy thing coming though,i suspected he would go for more money but not there....looks like seamus has been saving up the brown paper bags again!!

reasons for exiting cairns - 1/it's a professional sport and cairns doesn't have any money. 2/the players have to work harder in the cairns community(poor things) 3/they were treated like rockstars in cairns.....except at the negotiating table and i'm sure that didn't sit well.4/something up with fearne?yep....but he almost performed a miracle last season so go figure!!

maybe in the future the nbl should set up trades between clubs!! i would have lewis, walker and corletto any day.

while i'm at it,i would take hill and herbet as well.

I think its purely a money thing. Fearne's proven himself as a decent coach but prob lacks a bit of charisma - similar to Wayne Bennet but we all know how good he is. Dorsey, Ubaka & Dillon would have been saying 'show me the money' - & Cairns cant. It's a shame but money is money. Clever of Gleeson to swoop - Tigers looking ok!