TROPICS (basketball team)

The Tropics is a division 4 basketball team, controversial placed into division 5 in the Warrnmabool Basketball Association. The members of the Tropics include Justin Crane ( Dru Joyce III )Dru Joyce III , Bryce Hanson ( White Chocolate ) , Nathan Stockton ( Silky ) , Liam Hunter ( Sticks ), David Penn ( The Dr. ) , Chris Grisenti ( Who's He? ) and, most notably, two top 10 picks: Nathan Danckert ( The Warrior ) (at #4) and Cliff Young ( Leigh "It's raining 3's" Winter ) (#10). The team is set to begin the their 2010 championship campaign on April 14, 2010. After three rounds they were currently sitting on 3rd position a game clear for 4th with a 5-3 record going into their round 9 clash with Blue Ballers. They went on to win by 13points bring the record to 6-3 with a 3 game winning streak heading into the game against the new look Simply Byron.

[edit] Draft and the controversial trades
In March of 2010, the Warrnmabool held their trade with the Tropics holding 4 of the top 10 draft picks, however due to being "unwell" David and Justin traded away picks #5 and #9 for Chris Grisenti and Liam Hunter respectively. Upon return to the homebase of Deakin Uni it was found out that fans were unhappy with the choice to trade away the picks, at least without knowledge of knowing who else was up for option. This controversy was however quickly excorcised from the team's fans once the first training session took place and the media dubbed Hunter as " the new Shaq". To finish off the team David and Justin picked up free agent Nathan Stockton on a three-year deal, which would see him also do promotion tours in southwest of Victoria.