A real kick in the nuts for the Boomer program

why would he regret that? lmfao. hes chasing nba if anything he'll regret not trying

Good for Chris, does this mean more court time for Madgen or Gliddon.

I could see Gliddon only improve with his involvement in a Boomers squad.

I hope Bubbles gets his NBA dream

^ There have been far more Australian players drafted out of the NBL than College

^ players that you missed.

Bruton
Pepper
Rogers

Also

Brunson
Overton
Jackson

This doesnt count Ingles or Dwight who both have turned down NBA contracts.

And actually Longley played for the Wildcats before the NBA too

So as I correctly stated more players have been drafted or played NBA post NBL than any other route.

Neither of you have factored in the importance of Boomers/junior nat team appearances. Mills, Delly and perhaps Baynes had their stocks rise because of Boomers appearances, and Brett Browns involvement. And of course, you could argue that Baynes and Anderson were scouted out of Europe.

You cannot just tick a box and say College is the best pathway and that guys do themselves a disservice not going there. Remember a lot of the talk was the risk for Exum of going to College and his draft rating dropping as a result. It works for some, not for others. It appears to have been good for Bairstow.

Gaze of course went to College...

Goulding wont regret it. It is not going to close the door on his world cup bid if anything it will strengthen it.

Worst comes to worst he gets some NBA training.

Duly noted that you dont know what you are talking about nor know how to read.

I been emailing David Pick a lot lately, and he has been saying the interest in Chris is extremely strong, however he would not tell me what teams. Ridiculously good sign!!

Also agree @GWD How much did that summer league do to Chris' confidence, had a phenomenal season.

Not really a "kick in the nuts" for the Boomers program at all.

It's a win/win for the Boomers and Chris. If he goes he gets to test himself and learn/hone against much better talent than what he will find in a fourth-rate Sino-Australia challenge Boomers camp squad and pointless exhibition series.

Which means he will be better off as a prospect for the Boomers come time for a serious tournament.

If he does well he makes the NBA which will accelerate his development tenfold.

If he doesn't make an NBA team all that happens is he misses a pointless exhibition series playing alongside none of the guys who would be in a full-strength WC or Olympics team, while learning invaluable lessons going up against top flight NBA calibre talent.

No one loses.

The different avenues are not mutually exclusive: I dare say Baynes, Mill and Dellevadova's impressive showings as Boomers all played a big part in paving their road to the NBA, to name 3 recent examples...

Anon Brunson ended up playing around 10 years in the nba after the 36ers for about 7 dif teams aswell lol

Technically Bradtke, Gaze, Dellavedova and Baynes weren't DRAFTED to the NBA.

Joe Ingles and Brad Newley were both DRAFTED by NBA teams but haven't played there/been contracted.

as was already stated , Gaze went to NCAA, of course that was post Olympics , always interesting the number of "anon" posts who don't read others posts.

Just mote - a couple of the 'non-NCAA" boomers/euro/NBL people never got the academic scores to be eligible for NCAA.

Crazy to think that last NBL season Goulding only made it into the NBL All-Star game due to other players pulling out and people on here were bashing him saying he should have never been picked and it was cheapening the event. A lot can change in 18 months I guess..

VC fan, before he signed in Melbourne post-Blaze, there was a mention that Adelaide might be considering him as a cheap guard off the bench and I hated the idea. Thought he was a volume shooter and little more.

Seems to be a very effective volume shooter now!

It is seriously amazing how much he improved.

He must have worked extremely hard.

He used to be just a shooter and ok at every thing else.

But now, his handle is unbelievable, he is much quicker and agile.

I was with Isaac re Goulding before he signed with the Tigers, also didnt want him off the bench in the spot that went to CJ/SC, wow what an improvement Goulding would of been.

I am a little shocked how much he has improved, i remember the snickers when he was added to the all star game a couple of years ago and then won the MVP and has gone from strength to strength since then,

He still has his flaws but he has improved hugely which is a credit to him and id say some extremely hard work on his part.

I think Goulding has a chance of a spot in the NBA and I would say he is going to be more important then people realise at the World Cup.

Goulding has never actually shot the ball at what I would call a decent clip until this year. His percentages from the field and from deep have all been below average until this past season.

Forgot to use Name in post above, sorry.
Pretty sure that Madgen wedding would have made him unavailable, but not so, it was last weekend.
Heard he would be back in time for the camp.
Surely he will accept the offer?

over hyped & not strong enough to play 82 games a season