Good numbers in the d league, average on defense though.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2017/08/01/melo-trimble-is-discovering-that-life-in-the-nba-after-maryland-wont-be-easy/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.20d442fe7178

Carmelo, Melo - what is it with all of these Caramelo Koalas?

Carrick Felix would round out this squad quite nicely!

My mind connected Melo Trimble with Fab Melo, which seemed like an odd signing until I googled...

I feel almost every import who has played under Fearne's systen at Cairn's has never done very well. Might be a change now that he's gone.

The damage with Scoochie was done early in the season IMO. Much better player than he was given a chance to show, but when he was reduced to spot minutes off the bench it just exaggerated his aggressiveness which was more often than not a negative.

I'm a Fearne fan overall but no question he was a bit too rigid/restrictive with his gameplan, especially re: his imports. Should make a great college coach though.

Wilbekin did well. Apart from that others seeemed stifled.

Torrey Craig went on to dominate with Brisbane after he left Cairns.

Fearne deserves some credit for what Craig became with his tough love, but doesn't work out well at the pro level where guys can just leave for greener pastures. That's why I think he'll be a great college coach - got 4 years to develop the kids, and tough love in seasons 1-2 will lead to some good results in years 3-4.

It also helps taht earne already has one-third of an American accent.

It also helps that Fearne already has one-third of an American accent.

He was very good for Maryland in college

Yeah, Wilbekin is an interesting comparison because Wilbekin was the more accomplished college player but Trimble was generally higher on NBA radars throughout his college career.

I like the signing, I think it's about the mark NBL teams should be looking for imports. Old enough to contribute at their pay grade but young enough that they can go on to the NBA and enhance the NBL's reputation as a breeding ground for talent.

Fearne played Trice off the bench at the end of that season too, then Trice had a fantastic year with Brisbane. Still better than Lemanis. :P

No idea where you got that one from Manu - Torrey was signed for his all round game and defence got better under Fearne and playing with Wilbekin. If he had stayed another year with Cairns and had full minutes would it be different ? Yes I think he would have had a similar season being top pick.

Let's be honest and say he was a diamond on a pretty shit bullets team. Same with Trice as Lemanis sets plays for his players strengths and not Fearne’s open opportunity offence which sucks when not everyone is a gun scorer. Last year with glizzo and McCarron getting bulk minutes the team tanked- if your getting a lot of minutes omyou need to oroduce and fact is both under performed for the time on court and the rest of the team suffered - if fearne actually ran an offence that set these 2 up consistently it could have been different. New coach new mantra and definitely a new offensive mindset with players that can light it up or support the runs with rebounds and hard cuts.

Remember Fearne took 2 rookie imports with half decent locals and made the GF that year. A Hail Mary last second shot cost them game 2 and a few missed easy layups before - to bag Fearne over that is petty and quite dumb. Analyse him on his inability to adapt to a faster game and play to his players strengths and favour players etc yes go for it but he is a better record then many much more celebrated coaches.

Import 3 needs to be a stud because Kuany won't be much help off the bench. Announcement from the Taipans tomorrow at 9am, could this be our final import?