Love this signing! NBL is so stacked

Nnanna Egwu (EGG-woo)

I'm more concerned with how to pronounce the first name of their second import signing!

Easy chant when he fouls out!

@Zodiac - FOO-kwon. Or just plain Foo.

Connor Henry keeps popping up. Done well to stay active in coaching. Thought he was average at best as a HC!!

Pretty obvious how to pronounce the first name.

Thanks Kobe, needed a reply to that.

Thanks for your detailed explanations on everything Koberulz

Fun = clown

Make sure to always get the last word in koberulz, your becoming quite spam worthy.

That aside, the obvious pronunciations that occur to me, as an English speaker, are the one paul alluded to above and the one English speakers would use for 'Nanna'.

KR,

Perhaps you should change your username to Sheldon Cooper :-)

No on second thoughts BBT should introduce a character called Kobe Ruulz. :-)

Noticeable at the pre-season game yesterday (neither were playing) - Nnanna is taller than Jawai. Gonna be hard to get around them.

So how are they looking?

Jawai
Wortho
Edwin
Gliddon
Trice

Egwu
Weigh

The imports they've signed look as though they'll be good fits for Fearne- Egwu and Edwin are noted as strong defenders and Trice will hopefully bring the class that runs this offense ala Wilson and Wilbekin before him. Starks was solid too, so you'd say Fearne has a strong track record here.

For a team widely tipped to finish bottom 2, they look very strong!

Bruce has gone to Bris, Burston and Tragardh released. Heihr?

Who am I missing?

Oh- Loughton, of course.

Who are the backups in the back court?

Weeks and McCarron.

Ah cheers.

They'll be competitive.

Jawai and Trice are the keys here. If Trice is a star and Jawai can stay out of foul trouble enough to play 28-30 minutes a game, then this team will get a few upsets along the way. If Trice doesn't turn out so great and Jawai keeps struggling with foul trouble then they will struggle.

Interesting thing is Fearne has gone for players who are true to type.

It appears that Edwin is in the 3 and D mold, like a Ron Dorsey or a Torrey Craig.

Fearne needs Trice to be the new Scottie Wilbekin if this team is to make top 4.

Jawai has some similarities to Tragardh- offensively at least- does his best work in the low block. Egwu sounds like a defensive Centre in the Matt Burston mold.

Anon, so what you're saying is that the Taipans' chances rely on the form of 80% of their starting 5?.... you know you've just described the chances of every team ever.


LV - Egwu has sweet mid range jumper and good touch around the rim, as well being a genuine shot blocker. He'll space the floor for Jawai and he'll spend some time at 5 when Jawai's off.

Koberulz and Dazz appear to be medically retarded.

In 4 seasons of college Egwu never averaged more than 6.9ppg. Based on that, it seems doubtful he'll be a scorer of any kind at NBL level?

LV - he's never been a top option as a scorer, but his mid range is very very handy.

You wouldn't want to base your offense on it, but if he's a handy option. Highlight reels only so so much, but his mechanics look pretty good and he was shooting it at a high clip in the D League.

Yeah 9.2ppg in D League isn't horrible

Based on some of the highlights here, he has a nice post game- turnaround jumper, baby hook- and will need to be respected in the NBL.

When comparing him to Burston though, I was meaning that he's a guy who is more known for his D than his offense. He's clearly an athletic rim protector type, and the combination of him and Jawai could be fearsome. But of course, there's plenty of big men combos that look fearsome! (Khazzouh/Maric, Ogilvy/Holyfield being a couple of others)

This is the link

http://dleague-dev.nba.com/player/nnanna-egwu/

Guy was close to making Orlando roster few years ago, love his game!