Wade Helliwell... Massively agree.. was gonna say Luke Kendall too but atleast he could sometimes get something going. Russle hinder is definitely up there... hes not bad in the NBL but he has no place in the international game. i didnt realise paul rees was ever a finals MVP... but all I remember of him was Unco, Slow... there mustve been something I missed! Might want to add.. that for the most part the first 2 boomers teams of this year that took on china were pretty crummy too.. couple of thoes guys would probably fit comfurtably in that catergory if only i could remmeber there names!..... Oh, also Daniel Kickert.... Seems to always get call ups but has never ever ever done anything for the boomers... Never,,,,

wouldve put aaron baynes in this catergory, but he really got his move on in that game vs spain and from then on was a quality role player for the boomers, but his first games were junk

Hinder for sure...how he was in the Kings oops i mean boomers team of that era is beyond me... oh yea he played for BG!

If you look at the recent China team most of them don't belong at that level..I love Trig & Martin but really they are just good NBL players and that is all!

Kickert, Helliwell, Kendall, Hinder there have been some shockers.

It might not officially count but Brett Wheeler & Chris Blakemore playing for the Boomers in the mid-90's against the Magic Johnson all-stars was a particular lowpoint.

Wheeler going 0/8 on FT's in that game also didn't help his cause and the father of a friend I was there with said he thought he was the worst basketball player he had ever seen.

scott mcgregor is no way the worst player to play for australia
for a kid who started playing bball at 17 he did well to do what he did
u guys sit on here bagging ppl out, but what have u done, wheres ur aussie jersey from that time u played???no where!

Keeping Carlos Delfino to seven points is no feat. Dude will shoot his way into and out of games irrespective of the D thrown at him...

Fact is, Gibson as the starting SHOOTING GUARD (???) for the boomers is not a good idea.

Got to say, their are some truly spineless "anons" out there - Tonny Jensen, 20 years past his prime, and probably 15 years after a serious disease forcibly retired him , should still kick the butt of "anon" if that august personage could stop using their little finger to fiddle with their own genitals long enough to find their way to a basketball court.



Hell , most of the players mentioned here were quite well respected by their peers, including Nash and Rees

Both Simon Cottrell and Simon Dwight looked goofy most games but most preferred to play with rather than against them.

If I mentioned Ric Hodges as looking quite Unco , then those few of you who knew who I was talking about would probably say - But NO He's a local !!


But to be honest Ric was a less unco a player than Paul Kuiper or Peter "grasshopper" Walsh, he was probably on a par with Les Riddle.

Marty Clarke as Assistant Coach.

Hey Anon "spinless"

--- if I put up a topic for the most off-topic, self-obsessed and blissfully up-himself ex-boomer - will you either un-anon yourself or at least choose a plausible actual boomer to impersonate ?

Tonny surely must be a real "Mate" of yours

Back on the topic of either unco or just plain "bad" - I'd go with "Wade" - whose parents must have had a glimpse into the future athletic gait of their offspring before birth.

ah yes, Mark Nash... how in the world! and most of phil smythes boomers team... lets have like 20 forwards and 1 guard yay.....

on the flipside the best boomers player to not get enough time was brett maher! easily couldve been the scoring threat to compensate for the loss of gaze.. or even on the gaze teams couldve been that second scorer.

Definitely true about Tonny Jenson's illness, it is well known by a lot of people. Are we allowed to say who did it?

haha

Hammer!!!!!

and hows tonny jenson nowadays then? i didnt realise u could get a disease from someone who wasnt already diseased shit or not? lol wtf.

and I actually made the thread and I dont think its the worst boomers thread ever... some people are goody goodys and only wanna pat the back of mediocrity... im only interested in telling it how it i and in regards to the boomers theres been some subpar headscratching descisions made in regards to what players to pick. I also find boomers squads include everyone whos ever shot a ball!, russ hinder should never have been a boomer.. he was kinda skinny and useless in everything he did against decent opposition

Lol getting a littkle touchy about it all arent U, its almost as if your one of the guys who was mentioned.

how any of you could critisise anyone who has played for the boomers is a joke , they all get picked on merit and most of you you would not make the all spectators team

The team that lost to NZ in 2001 seems to have been wiped from the internet.

Phil Smyth was the worst Boomer ever (in his coaching role).