Melton Basketball
Years ago
Thoroughbreds Sign 6"5 Forward Anthony Kimble
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The Melton Thoroughbred's march into Big V Division 1 continues with the addition of high-scoring swingman Anthony Kimble.
Kimble joins the Thoroughbreds after playing with the Geelong Supercats in 2013 where he averaged 24 points (44%), 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game.
The 196cm forward brings with him a proven resume, being last season’s second leading scorer in Division One Men, and is driven to help Melton be successful in 2014.
"I’m extremely excited with my opportunity to play with the Thoroughbreds this year." Said Kimble.
“Having played in Division One last season, I know what I’m up against. I know the teams and I know the players. I’m confident that I can help make this team better and we have the players to be a legitimate threat this season.”
Kimble said that while he may be labelled as a scorer, he prides himself on playing defence and winning his match-up every night. “I want to be the best on both ends of the court. Last season I got to play on a lot of the top players in the league and was able to contain them and limit their influence on the game.”
Kimble got in touch with the Thoroughbreds through Supercats teammate Watene, who also made the move to Melton in the off-season. “I played with Boppa (Watene) at Geelong and when he told me he was moving to Melton this year I was immediately interested in following him. I had heard plenty of good things about Melton and how they have been on the rise the past couple years. I’m excited to play here.”
After winning the Division Two Championship in 2013 and being granted promotion to Division One, the Thoroughbreds have been far from content in just making up the numbers, adding multiple players to last year’s roster. Kimble joins a number of other additions including Joel Bellman (Diamond Valley), Matt Hedger (Hume City), Jarryd Watene (Geelong), Matt Jukes (Keilor) and Daniel Kraljevic (Eltham).
First year Head Coach Mick Downie said he was excited about how the team has come together and beleives the 'Breds can be a legitimate contender in 2014. “We’ve recruited quite successfully and got ourselves some good experience and some really good young talent that has experienced playing basketball at a higher level,” Downie said.
“Quite honestly, I’ve put a bit of pressure on myself with the recruiting that I’ve done but I’m relishing that and I would definitely expect us to be in the play-offs, if not being a realistic chance of winning the whole lot. I don’t think that’s beyond expectations. That’s a minimum of what we should be looking at with the squad that we’ve got.”
The Thoroughbreds will be playing in the BigV Pre-Season Tournament on Labour Day Weekend in Frankston (March 8-10) before tipping off their season on March 15 when they host the Sunbury Jets.
2013 Highlights- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqa-supXSQY
