as a host dont they get an auto entry into the tournament as well?

Yep - they will be playing in London 2012.

did you get tto that website accidentally when you meant to be looking for www.gays.com? ;-) hehe

Now that's funny

lol, oldie but a goodie b4eva.

Surely the competition for spots would not be that hard..Deng and Gordan are ring ins ala Chris Kaman at Beijing. Any other Pommy 'ballers you can think of?

who was tha queer pom who played in the NBA?

Ameachi? (sp?)

I think you will find that the Men and the women from England must qualify for the olympics in London as FIBA are worried they are not good enough for olympic competition.

Joel Freeland was drafted by the Blazers a few seasons back, apart from him I dont think they have any other ballers of note

Ameachi speaks very well, too well for an average NBA player. He sounds like he should be a speech therapist and speech writer. That scottish guy archibald played at memphis until a few years ago, then there's pops Mensah-Bonsu at toronto i think, luol deng, michael olowakandi (dunno what hes doin now), azubuke at GSW and ben gordon - man this team is better than the boomers at full strength.

wasnt there also one named Robert Archibald?

or something like that?

The poms could put together a nice starting 5.

Deng
Gordon
Azubuike
Mensah-Bonsu
Olowokandi

Bench:
Freeland
Andrew Betts (2nd rounder in the 98 draft)
Archibald

Deng and Gordan are ring ins ala Chris Kaman at Beijing

Yeh azabuke and gordon were born there but theoretically have few ties, Gordon's mum is jamaican, not english. Dominique Wilkins was born in France, you don't hear him being considered one of the great french players. Ben Gordon would go to london 2012 as a publicity stunt more than anything IMO.

Sorry for bein so cynical.

Have to agree with Marvin there, and didn't Dominique play for the US, same as Olajuwon and Ewing. All players that grew up in the States, and then naturalized.

Anyway, that is getting off topic. TR, you named that 5 and a couple of benchies, have you seen this team play at all?

And will Corletto even make it?

PG 5 UK ÿ Midgley, Richard - ÿ6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)  Everton Tigers

F 6 UK ÿ George, Nick - ÿ6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)  BCM Gravelines

ÿF 7 UK ÿ Mensah-Bonsu, Pops - ÿ6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)  Toronto Raptors

SF 8 UK ÿ Sullivan, Andrew (C) - ÿ6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)  CSK VVS Samara
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SF 9 UK ÿ Deng, Luol - ÿ6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)  Chicago Bulls

F 10 UK ÿ Larkal, Dzarflo - ÿ6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)  CB L'Hospitalet

ÿF 11 UK ÿ Freeland, Joel - ÿ6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)  CB Gran Canaria

PG 12 UK ÿ Reinking, Nate - ÿ6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)  Dexia Mons-Hainaut

F 13 UK ÿ Leven, Steven - ÿ6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)  Free Agent

G 14 UK ÿ Boyd, Flinder - ÿ5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)  CB Rosalía de Castro

ÿPF 15 UK ÿ Boateng, Eric - ÿ6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)  Arizona State Sun Devils

PF -- UK ÿ Achara, Kieron - ÿ6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)  Fortitudo Bologna

C -- UK ÿ Betts, Andrew - ÿ7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)  Aris BC

ÿC -- UK ÿ Archibald, Robert - ÿ6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)  Unicaja Malaga

G -- UK ÿ Gordon, Ben - ÿ6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)  Chicago Bulls

This is the lineup for 2012 on wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_national_basketball_team

Nah DB, just throwing some names into the wind. They could totally suck as a squad.

lol.

I could see the look on the Boomers face if they had to play the UK and Corletto and Leven walked out for the Poms.

Is Olowokandi still alive?

Hahahaha

Steven Leven