Anonymous
Years ago

U17 Oceania squads

https://australia.basketball/blog/2019/05/15/squads-announced-for-fiba-under-17-oceania-championships/

No King for boys?

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Anonymous
Years ago

Lol, they put up a picture with someone who is not even in the squad. BA for you....

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phobos42
Years ago

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phobos42
Years ago

potter and melbourne overrated

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Anonymous
Years ago

im guessing you are not Victorian.
Potter will be in the starting 5.

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Anonymous
Years ago

From the list, I'd go with

Wigness/Armstrong/Bayles
Hunt/Smith
Giddey/Griffin
Adebayo/Jones/Bird
Tsapatolis/Simons

Hanafin/Henderson/Deeble
Swain/Melbourne
Price/Cotton
Potter/Dunn/Pollerd
Rees/Prior

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An
Years ago

Seriously who picks this crap! I am so over this, as a coach for over 15 years trying to develop some of these kids to just watch talent be over looked.

How can a player who had the second lowest points and second lowest rebounds (as a big) makes the squad while the top scorer in the team who has also finishes with more rebounds more fouls against doesnt.

Connections over talent again

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Anonymous
Years ago

What state team?

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Anonymous
Years ago

'Connections over talent again'

Please don't act surprised

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An
Years ago

Victoria

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Anonymous
Years ago

No bottom age men will make it?

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anonymous
Years ago

Same in boys... kid been at CoE/NBA Academy for years and averages 1.7 a game, but can play for Australia???

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Anonymous
Years ago

If king gets an Aussie passport, the team is pretty much set in stone. A clear standout 12 Imo.

The girls team will be difficult to choose, maybe not this camp, but the following one for Asia.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Odd that the top scorer for vic women didn't make it.

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anonymous
Years ago

Might not qualify as an Aussie citizen???

Otherwise should easily crack an invite to the squad at least.

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Anonymous
Years ago

If King doesn't have an Aussie passport why is he at the COE?

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Anonymous
Years ago

Born in nz, been here since before primary school.

http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/meet-mojave-king-australian-basketballs-next-big-thing

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Anonymous
Years ago

From the article

'Mojave currently possesses both New Zealand and US citizenship but, having grown up in Australia, he considers himself an Aussie and intends to don the green and gold.

"He is going to play for Australia," Leonard stated emphatically.

“He was pretty much raised in Australia but he just doesn't have that passport just yet. We’re working hard to try and get him his Australian passport so he can play for Australia but at the moment he doesn’t have it so he probably won’t be a part of the Australian junior team until we can obtain the Australian passport.”

It’s a decision that will come as a blow to Kiwi hoops, especially considering Leonard’s role as Basketball New Zealand's General Manager of High Performance.'

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An
Years ago

Reply #744301 "Odd that the top scorer for vic women didn't make it."
I am with you! Worse is the bottom scorer did make it.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Really is time we expanded the pool. You have 150 usa players turn up to the first camp. Canada brings in 40.

We should at minimum be bringing in 5 players per position.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Like the u16 Asia team, how an you pick teams when nationals u16 champs haven't been played yet which is full of bottom agers.

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Anon
Years ago

Who's the top scorer for Vic women

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Anonymous
Years ago

An Maybe attitude,! Lots of good players get overlooked and don't get a chance to prove themselves in tryouts! Talls win every time hopeless or not!

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Anonymous
Years ago

AN,
Our selection process is really poor and often good players get overlooked, or don't get a chance!
Coe players are automatic! They are not challenged.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Butler and perry choosing these squads?

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ANON
Years ago

How is Butler still getting these positions, honestly track record is terrible, selection is even worse

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Anonymous
Years ago

Butler continued appointments = sunk cost fallacy by BA

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Anonymous
Years ago

Perry wasn't involved in squad selection and won’t be at camp.

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Red84
Years ago

Concerning non-selection of highest scoring VicM woman - she is a wonderful player, very quick - bottom age I think. She can look forward to representative duties next year I'd expect.

IMO punters can get overly focused on points scored by a guard, when many of the points scored reflect their capitalizing on outlet passes arising from a dominant rebounding outfit. This particular player is excellent in transition, but - for mine - shows an excessively ISO mindset when facing a settled defense. Quality opposition teams will pick up on this.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Not bottom age, 02 born.

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An
Years ago

Red84 - We have to be speaking about different "highest scoring VicM woman" player as looking at her stats - 3rd in AST, 1st in scoring, 1st in 3 point shooting, 2 rebounding, 2 in FT and 1st in being fouled against. While only averaging 2 fouls a game.

I am really not sure where the down side here is.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Red84 probably looking at ajc u16s???
She was on the u18 metro team recently.

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Red84
Years ago

Apologies - I am seriously off track with the player ID here. No more posts from me until I get a brain.

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