Great for Melbourne. Boone looked cooked.
Hoping Perth have a big name in mind for centre position.

United have to play a lot of zone next season.

Yeah, if nothing else United are going to put a ton of points on the board.

Bloody hell Long & Melo makes they're whinging about not being able to re-sign Casper look even more pathetic than it already did.

Who are they going to sneak into their cheapy third import spot, Prather?

It's just a stupid anonymous guess.
Seriously doubt any of us know the actual amounts.

Great signing.

United looking good.

Wow

I have no idea of the figures but I highly doubt Trimble was able to ask for and get $500K. He played his first pro season in the G-League which would've paid around $30K and would've come to Cairns last season relatively cheap probably less than $100K.

I would be surprised if he was able to get more than $400K out of United, that was the money Randle was on at the Kings and he was an established star in the NBL then.

Long though has played in the NBA big men always command a lot more dollars everywhere especially the very good ones it wouldn't shock me if he signed in the $500K area after the season he just had with NZ. He and Bogut are the #1 and #1a big men in the league.

It will be really interesting to see how much they might be taking the piss with whoever they sign as their third import though.

Really no point speculating on exact dollars. We know they're getting extremely good coin, lets just leave it at that.

How versatile is Long? Can he play the 4 with Pledge at the 5?

Barlowe is well past his prime, and his drop-off as the season wore on was a big problem last year. They'll need to manage him better, which means somebody else playing quality minutes at PF.

Interesting to see so many imports moving teams. I was expecting a few more new faces.

I wonder if anyone has been sniffing around Terrico White?

Dazz, Long is a 5 man Pledger is a back up centre now.

ive seen korean basketball pay imports up to 700,000 dollars and that's korea a second basketball country

I guess the question is who's the third import, and how much cash can Melbourne use to sign him? Apologies if this has already been discussed, but is Goulding on a marquee? And you can only have three max marquee slots? (Separate to import slots)

And yes, Long/Pledger can't play in the same front court - Long isn't the type you want taking multiple 3s a game.

There was a thread earlier on that MU were re-signing Pledge and Barlowe, but I don't know if that became official.

Yes, Pledge is a backup, and he fit well with Boone, as both are aging and good for reduced minutes. With Long, you'd expect to see his time further reduced.
Which might be ok if they weren't so thin at PF.

NB: Clearly the idea of Marquees replacing imports has gone out the window. Bogut would have been the only player categorised as Marquee for Sydney.

The third import signing (if Melbourne get one) might give us an idea how much they intend to spend to go one step further this season.

Big combo at United now, hate to admit it, but United are going to be fun to watch, whether they can click in their first year is another thing though.

Bit of a blow for my Cats if indeed they were in the Long sweeps, I guess United had more money since Ware didn't re-sign. I guess it means we can move on and flesh out the rest of our roster.

There are plenty of directions United could go with their last import spot, depending which Aussies they sign first.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a 3 and D athletic wing, think Ron Dorsey or Torrey Craig. With Moller’s departure that is a glaring weakness in the current roster. United might end up with:

Long/Pledger/Smith Milner?
Barlow/Jois?
Torrey Craig style import/?
McCarron/Goulding
Trimble/Hooley?

Yep, that's another option.

Depends to a large extent on which other Aussies they can sign.

Jois putting up great numbers in NZ, so clearly he can ball. His team is struggling though.

The NBL really doesnt give a toss about Cairns & Illawarra.

Why can't we all just get a Long?