Keefy
Years ago
Maher's stats from the boomers loss to Serbia and Montenegro
13 points in 15 minutes, shot at 100% including 3 from 3 outside the arc and throw in a couple of assists for good measure. Nielsen and Heal were held to a combined total of 9 points
wak
Years ago
Yeah, great to see... even though only got 15 mins. But what a legend.
Compared to Heal who missed all but one three @ %20.
Now is it my observation that Heal only jacks threes? Shouldn't the guard be trying to penerate to collapse the key, maybe dish to score high percentage shots?
Where's that in Heal's game?
Wake up Goorjian!
charmaine
Years ago
come on wak,
heal has been there and done just about everything..give the man some credit..are you actually suggesting maher should get more minutes than heal...if so, you ae absolutely dreaming...do you know who was the second top scorer for the 2000 olympics....shane heal (behind andrew gaze)...the man is a big time player, and should defintely get every opportunity to play big minutes in athens...
yogee
Years ago
Heal was always going to, and quite correctly, lead the team, and lead in game time.
I dont think even Maher himself would say he deserves more minutes than Heal.
wak
Years ago
Dreamin'? C'mon Charmaine, an opinion is an opinion.
Compare the two players' stats.
Heal may light up but relies too heavily on jacking threes - he lives or dies by them.
Since when does hogging the ball, not leading, controlling, and setting up plays for a team win constitute a point guard's duties?
Maybe the fact Aust continues to fall is that it relies too heavily on whether Heal is top scoring or not.
Heal second top scorer for Sydney 2000 - yet still the team under-achieves.
Maybe there's a lesson in that.
In my opinion, Heal should come off the bench as an impact player - SG, Maher maybe in the same role. Maher edges out Heal in point performance, but maybe Aust needs a pure point to start winning.
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