June 1st, 2010 by Dusty Rychart

Signing Ubaka will give us something that we really didn’t have last season and that is someone that can get into the lane, suck in the defence and kick out to the shooters/finishers. Kerry has been working hard and looking to improve where he left off and has a ton of potential. His shot needs to improve and be more consistent and be more of a pass first kind of guy when he gets to the lane and suck the D and then be able to finish when the D has sucked in. The addition of both these guys gives us the youth and ability to run and compete at a high level with all the teams in the NBL.

I think this pretty much fills up our roster for the year. I know we still have an import spot to fill and a back up big and some development players to add. Things are looking promising with the new players and the returning players that have a year under our belts with Fearn’s system. Shouldn’t be as hard to grasp the offence as it was last season with so many new guys trying to learn the shuffle.

Pre-season starts around mid July which will get us ready for the season. It’s a little interesting this year with the new schedule and no on playing week day games. oneHD will be tested as well and we will get a chance to see if Free to Air is the way of the future for the NBL and basketball in Australia.

Note: Taipans Member’s Dinner tonight 6:30pm @ Villa Ramana’s on the esplanade. See you there.