Without Cambage, we would be terrible.
I think you'll see a few changes before Olympics.

At least one new pg + Wallace, Blicavs and Tolo coming in.



This WC, I would ditch Mitchell for Whitcomb.

Ebzery, Whitcomb, Ohea, George, Cambage as starting 5.
Mansfield, Blicavs, Talbot/Allen, smith, Bunton second unit.
Maybe seekamp as the spare or magbegor for development.


Mitchell, Lavey, Tupaea, Madgen, Kunek, Griffin, Garbin missing out.
1 of seekamp or magbegor too.

Next gen...

Most of the current players won't be there after the Olympics. Only about a1/2 on the list of 20 will remain. Some will be too old and some will get pushed out by quality youth.

After 2020 olympics...
Allen(28), Talbot(26) Smith(24), Magbegor(21), Bunton(27) from this group only.
Cambage(29) a maybe if she chooses to go around again.
Ebzery(30) and Cumming(Blicavs)(30) will be the leadership/veterans.
Mansfield(31), Kunek(29), Seekamp(28) I See getting overtaken by youth.
Add currently injured Wallace(24) and Blicavs(27).

10 places filled, only 2 guard spots open after 2020.

G
Wallace, Ebzery, Cumming(Blicavs), ?, ?
F
Talbot, Allen, Blicavs
P
Cambage, Bunton, Smith, Magbegor

When will this team be announced officially?

We really are going to struggle if Liz doesn't perform well. Mitchell will not bring points.
We need Liz surrounded by shooters.

Whitcomb for me. Ohea at sf, ebzery at pg, George at pf.

Had plenty of other options at pg over Lavey. It's BS..

I think Mitchell was either our highest scorer or 2nd highest at the Olympics??

11.3 pts, 3rbds, 4.5asts last Olympics for Mitchell.

In 29 mins a game...

I'm pretty sure ebzery would do the same in 30 mins.

Cambage averaged 23.5 and 10.3, penny averaged 13.2, 4.7 and 5.5.

No one else contributed much except Tolo in limited minutes.

The thing that screwed us at the Olympics wasn't the talent of our players. It was Joyce. He had ineffective offensive and defensive sets. His rotations sucked. But worst of all he massively alienated 3 or 4 of our top level players to the extent that they refused to play (hence the strange squad selections).

We now have arguably the best coach Australia has produced who the players want to play for even when she isn't actually coaching the games/tournaments.

Wallace, Blicavs and Tolo would have made this team a whole lot better.
Alot of women that should not be in the 20 and a lot were left out.

Donnelly averaged
16.5 pts, 6.8 rbds, 8.3 asts in the qbl

Hurst averaged
24.2 pts, 6 rbds, 6.7 asts in the qbl

Both couldn't get a look in the 20 player squad?

World Cup team announced...

http://basketball.net.au/chemist-warehouse-australian-opals-announced-for-2018-fiba-world-cup/


5'5 Mitchell
5'7 Mansfield
5'10 Ebzery
5'11 Madgen
6'1 Ohea
6'2 Allen
6'2 Talbot
6'4 Smith
6'4 Magbegor
6'4 George
6'5 Bunton
6'8 Cambage

Wow, no Blicavs...

No Lavey, hooray, we just got a whole bunch better. I like the look of this team, good balance

Not sure about madgen for me, didn't look great in warm up games or seabl.

Nah, they took Mitchell instead.

4th, 5th or 6th place finish.

Im happy with that team, i think they got it right. Thank god they finally cut lavey,

Frontcourt is great even without Tolo as Cambages backup. bunton is a great player and will hold her own.

Small Forwards Ohea, Allen and Talbot are versatile and have great size for that position. Will be tough for Sara Blicavs to get back in. Hard to see who she'll push out.

Backcourt is terrible imo. Ebzery the only one I see holding her position come Olympics.

http://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2018/team/Australia#|tab=roster

apart from Mitchell that guard rotation is scary

A lot of 'just lob it into cambage'...

Donnelly and Wallace will come into the backcourt next year guaranteed.

Jarry has gone down hill. Still young though.. maybe she can get back to her best.

And with no Whitcomb or Wallace, our 3 pt shooting will be up to Ebzery, Ohea and Allen.

Think George would start over smith.

With lyttle out of the Spain team, they are left with Ndour at centre who doesn't get many minutes.
If we can slow there guards and torrens down, we have a chance.

France is on par with us. Canada maybe a slight step below.
Japan's a tough one. The ball is going to move so fast. Will we be able to slow them down?

Belgium and turkey have a few good players.
Nigeria may surprise.

No one else really looks a threat.

This tourney should be played in China 2019 as a curtain raiser to the men's WC.

Canadian team stronger than ours?

http://basketball.ca/en/news-article/senior-womens-national-team-phase-3-training-camp-roster-announc

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