
Gordie McLeod joins the Cairns Taipans
For someone who watches a lot of basketball, you sure don't seem to comprehend it....


That would be combined scores. Anon obviously has no knowledge of Euroleague games where the averages are even smaller.
Stats show defensive efficiency of both teams - low total indicates a defensive focused team. High total shows an offensive blast away focused team.
Personally a game with no defence is no better than watching under 5's lob 50 shots per game at point blank range.
Wilbekin was a long shot coming back - Fearne was working with him to send him to the NBA thus why he came here (Baynes/Jawai/Edwards all got nba gigs working/playing with Fearne). Having Wilbekin come to Cairns and be successful means more talent will see the nbl and the cairns program as legit nba pathways - even though Wilbekin signed up, Fearne knew he had buckleys of holding him as he is over in the US watching the summer league and coaching the WWI. He has players of the same ilk as Wilbekin - young, undrafted, hungry and flat out ballers wanting to learn to be a pro and play nba/euro.
The quality of candidates now seeking Fearne out makes his job simpler - pick who will compliment the improved local squad being preseasoned by mcleod and pearlman. Hearing the new pg candidates are top shelf and want Wilbekins success - maybe even a young cedric jackson in the making (lets be honest, injury cruelled his nba ambitions, man is all class)


"More like they just went from 2nd to 1st........"
they got swept in the finals & lost their best player by a fair bit to the NBA and you think signing a very very good assistant Coach is going to win it all?
puff puff pass.......


Gordie is a great signing as an assistant coach.
But a terrible signing if he's going to start at Point Guard - he's more of a back up these days.
