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More Boomers News
Found this article on a NBA news site. Good to see that the US is slightly interested in the Boomers and Bogut. Sounds like Maher and Catt are destined for bench duties, although both could still get decent minutes.
BOOMERS coach Brian Goorjian has virtually settled on his starting line-up for the Olympics and has earmarked guard Jason Smith for a key defensive role.
Most of the 12-man squad left Sydney today for pre-Olympic tournaments in Belgrade and Italy where its opposition will include China, Serbia and Montenegro, Angola, Brazil and Italy.
Goorjian said he would use the tournaments to experiment with his rotations, but intended going with the same starting line up which finished the recent three-Test series against New Zealand.
Smith and captain Shane Heal will start in the backcourt with Glen Saville and Matthew Nielsen as the forwards and teenager Andrew Bogut at centre.
"I don't see any movement there unless there's an injury or somebody's performances are really poor in the lead-up games and I'm certainly not counting on that," Goorjian said today at Sydney Airport.
With prolific points scoring guard Andrew Gaze retired from international competition Heal said other players including Bogut, who he rated a potential "superstar" would have to contribute offensively.
