Thanks again for the link to the stream LC, it was perfect for me last night other than the language barrier!

Hoping for a boxscore tonight and another big one from Brockus Motumus!

fstos,

Despite being a big believer for his inclusion in the team it was the worst game I've seen him play for the Boomers.

Like I said in the other thread - let Maker play!!Simmons should be in there too!

Simmons, Maker, Exum, Humphries, Bairstow and Motum have the potential to be household names in a couple of years - especially Simmons, Exum and Maker (potential future all stars). Lets get that ball rolling now and do what we did with Patty Mills and lock them in young and build build build. These guys are going to be huge for basketball in Australia. Think about what Patty alone has done for basketball in Australia and he is a sixth man!

Or we could keep rolling with Jawai, Anderson and Gibson (with all due respect - they have been great players) and watch our old guys have a good run but a likely early exit from WC.

I remember people saying patty mills was too young and underdeveloped at 17 playing for boomers and he was great.

LC,,, thanks for the links etc,, good work

plus commentary is better then steve caffino

Ukraine look like an NBL team.. Good start by the Boomers!

Goulding 3 fouls in 20 seconds lol

Baynes is such a liability offensively.

Boomers up 49-21 at the half.

Exum playing well but damn, dude needs to learn how to dribble with his left hand and how to go left. He's so right hand reliant it's ridiculous. Teams have exploited it and it'll only be worse in the NBA.

monster screen by jawaii!

So many bad passes resulting in turnovers. And for a 'shooter' Broekhoff doesn't seem to be too good at shooting.

Damn it, can't get past the bunny add again......

Horrible 4th quarter! :O

Yeah this quarter has been terrible. We can't have quarters like this.

Man, we look so much better when Exum is on the floor. I hope the 'Exum shouldn't be on the team' people are watching this game. I wonder if they still think that Gibson is a better player than Exum currently? LOOOOL.

I've had enough, terrible game of basketball.

I think this is the worst quarter of basketball i've ever seen any team play in my life...jesus.

"Man, we look so much better when Exum is on the floor. I hope the 'Exum shouldn't be on the team' people are watching this game. I wonder if they still think that Gibson is a better player than Exum currently? LOOOOL."

Judging players based on one game? LOOOOOOOOL.

"Judging players based on one game? LOOOOOOOOL."

We looked better with him on the floor. So many great passes and drive/dishes. The Exum isn't ready group are wrong.

Top class first quarter (32-7)!

Ukraine outscored us the next 3 quarters 53-43.

"The Boomers played a top class first half and it's crickets and tumbleweeds from most of you but when it goes bad (and yes, that last quarter was real ugly) out we come with the scapegoating and finger-pointing."

It's almost a representation of Australian basketball. How many times have we been beating by an average team that we should of taken care of easily and then beaten a powerhouse that should of taken care of us easily? Inconsistency is the Boomers thing lol.

But seriously great job in the first half. That's the team we need to be. Even the third quarter wasn't bad. The last quarter was the worst i've ever seen a Boomers team play though. If we play a quarter that bad against a Lithuania or Slovenia then we won't win.

"Exum playing well but damn, dude needs to learn how to dribble with his left hand and how to go left. He's so right hand reliant it's ridiculous. Teams have exploited it and it'll only be worse in the NBA."

Totally agree with you. Makes you wonder what the AIS coaches were doing with him for all the time he was there. I get that he was able to dominate his competition without a left hand, but surely that's something you would work on for the next level.

Fair to say he's still pretty damn good ... but with a competent left hand dribble he'd be almost unguardable.

lol! the best part of the game was when ingles tryed to balance the ball on the referees head in the final 1/4...

"Totally agree with you. Makes you wonder what the AIS coaches were doing with him for all the time he was there. I get that he was able to dominate his competition without a left hand, but surely that's something you would work on for the next level.

Fair to say he's still pretty damn good ... but with a competent left hand dribble he'd be almost unguardable."

He's a left hand dribble and consistent jump shot away from being a genuine superstar. He fixes those two things and he'll be damn near unstoppable.

People are extremely judgemental considering this is the 2nd game the teams ever played together and we have found a way to win both. We have 7 games left, PLENTY of time to work things out, and our winning margin with Ukraine is comparable with Lithuania. I think we will probably end up being very good come the Worlds."

Lithuania are ranked 4th in the world and Ukraine are ranked 45th. It's nor really comparable.

"Lithuania are ranked 4th in the world and Ukraine are ranked 45th. It's nor really comparable."

He's saying the margin Australia beat Ukraine by is similar to the margin Lithuania beat them by.

"He's saying the margin Australia beat Ukraine by is similar to the margin Lithuania beat them by."

Ah, i see. Silly me. Thought he meant that Ukraine and Lithuania were comparable in terms of how good they are.

"We beat Ukraine by 15, Lithuania beat them by 16. We should by all rights have beaten them by more too, This doesn't mean I think we are definitely as strong as Lithuania is at the very second, it just means that our results aren't bad at all and it is very early days at this point."

If we play like we can continuously play like we did in the first half of the Ukraine game then we can definitely beat Lithuania and we'll go far in the actual WC. If we play like the last quarter then i see a whooping coming. I see a pretty close knit game with us and Lithuania coming up though. This will be a great test for us. Will the Lithuanian team be full strength for the game?

Doesn't help when the screen moves almost 1m every time - the refs were very average

Might also add, I dont see why the hate for Gibson.. he was servicable in game 1.

I haven't seen game 2, is there a link up for it yet?

try pick and roll website for a link

"Exum has a very high ceiling. But from what I have seen, whilst a great passer, cannot yet floor general a team. Adam Gibson is by far the better player in that regard, at this early stage in Exum's career."

In terms of pure playmaking ability, Exum is better.

"Exum is better at straight up penetration and dish, but that is only a small part of being a PG at this level."

He's not quite ready to fully take charge of the offense but his passing and play making is excellent. I'd rather see the ball in his hands than Gibson's.