Probably best to ask Melbourne United on Facebook

Will probably make a announcement on Facebook, looks like they are going to stream on the NBL website.

So many people at Melbourne's pre-season games, geez

Thanks to the anonymous live link poster.

Where did you find stats?

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/62171/16/71/34/29bLCJ83ToSM

Uniteds D was sensational, Taipans imports looked real bad. Going to be a rough year for the Taipans!

Rough start for the Cairns imports. Trice, Egwu and Edwin combined for 2/15 FG and 8 points total.

Cairns were missing Jawai and Worthington. United missing Goulding and Andersen.

It was a pretty high standard game considering the Taipans were missing Jawai and Worthington, and Melbourne were missing Anderson and Goulding.

I think Barlow is going to continue his form and be a bit of a surprise contributor in the league. He still has his jump shot, and he will always be long and pretty athletic. He is going to be an impact player and not relegated to the bench like I first thought.

Devin Williams is a beast. Melbourne are so strong inside right now that it is hard to imagine teams competing with them there.

As for Taipans, I like the look of Mitch McCarron. I think he is going to continue to contribute and may end up being a surprise star on the team.

What's your point?

You know you're in trouble when Weigh and Loughton are two of your three biggest contributors.

Be interesting to see whether the imports lift their game after Fearney gives them a gentle talking to.

Re Tevin Jackson-

Thats correct brah.
Went to McNeese State and is expected to be signed as a DP

So there was no stream? I assume no stream for Saturdays game in Ballarat either?

The two things I take from that box score

- Williams 15 pts, 11 rebounds in 20 minutes. Love it.

- Taipans imports- not much impact.

More specifically- 6 O boards for Williams. Hopefully we'll get more second chances this year than last year.

Wow - Points in the paint, 48-40

Rebounds- 40-25

United gave Cairns an absolute beating inside. Granted, Jawai and Wortho absent but nonetheless, that will warm the cockles of the hearts of United fans after the last couple of seasons.

Obviously we've still got stacks of outside shooting (Goulding, Moore, Barlow, Blanchfield, all strong outside shooters with Jackson, Andersen decent, and Tomlinson, Wesley can hit the occasional wide open look). But it's the addition of Jackson and Moore's penetration and the new frontcourt crew that makes this squad look dangerously well balanced.

Sorry that was meant to say Points in the paint 48-18

So there was no stream? I assume no stream for Saturdays game in Ballarat either?

I hope that if they stream again for Saturday night, the commentators learn that the microphone has to stay at a fixed distance from their mouths. Commentary was good - but wildly unpredictable for volume, depending on who was talking :)

Don't read too much into teams' form in pre-season matches. Fearne will be trying to get the new guys into his system, rather than focusing on getting the W.

The biggest concern is being beaten on the boards 40-25. Jawai and Wortho will make a difference there, and Tevin Jackson was used as a 4, with Weigh playing 5 for stretches of time, so again, I'm not reading into it too much there, either.

McCarron and Weeks both looked pretty good, and I think Jackson could develop, too. I'd love to fix his free throw shot, though. It's awful, and no wonder he had a .645 average at the stripe in college.

I'm happy to wait until the season proper, and even 3-4 games in, depending on how soon Nate gets back on the floor and the team gets used to working around him, before I start to worry about whether we'll make the finals or not.

Watched the stream via Melbourne United's Facebook page and thought it was quite good, especially for the pre-season. Really loving the NBLs push through digital media, seems like it could be a real front runner between all sporting codes.

Watching Tevin Jackson in warmups super athletic player!

Tevin Jackson got a lot of court time at the pre-season games in Cairns a few weeks ago too. Seems to have a lot of potential.

^^ @CT, Tevin Jackson is very athletic, but he has a dreadful shooting action. I'd love to spend some time with him, even just to work on his shooting action from the stripe.