Out goes Simmons. In comes Cadee. We lose very little with that swap.

Cadee for Simmons, seems fair

If Ben Simmons played for the Bullets there is no way he wouldn't be playing for the Boomers

That phone call Lemanis made to Simmons all makes sense now...

This will increase the already healthy sales of the JC Five clothing range.

Get yours now at https://jasoncadee.com/collections/all before they are sold out!

To make up numbers in the 18 and nothing more , hopefully.

Almost as funny as the Poms getting Boris as PM

Personally I'd take McCarron over Goulding, Gliddon and Sobey regardless of Cadee.

This selection is absolute wank.

Well said Jick.

Have to appease Cadee somehow, I guess. I'm sure he was promised a starting gig in Brisbane, now he's probably looking at 15 minutes a game off the bench.

From FoxSports, Lemanis on his selection process for role players:
"Shooting always helps, in terms of being able to put the ball in the basket, be able to stretch the floor,"

“Then, guys who are prepared to play defence, and there's always a role for someone who can just go on and take on a defensive assignment, and shut somebody down. The thing is, there’s no secret behind it, there are guys who are gonna make the team. Then it’s a case of, alright, understanding their skillset, and trying to find some pieces that complement that, and perhaps aren’t present in the skillsets of the guys who are locks for the team.

“A defensive-mindset role, someone who can just flat-out shoot it and put the ball in the basket, and then, you guys know the way that we play as well — you’ve seen this in the past — offensively, the ball moves and hums, and all that sort of stuff, so good decision-makers, good basketball IQ guys.

“(Also) guys who are prepared to be disruptive defensively. That’s another part of our trademark, being a little bit different defensively; we’re a bit more, we’re a bit more up the floor than’s usual for international competition. The guys who are able to help us execute that.”



So Cadee will make the selection for role players easier because he doesn't fit any of these roles.

Makes sense.

Is this a joke? 8ppg on 38% shooting in the NBL. How does that allow him to compete at a higher level. There must be 200 more deserving players to join this squad.

All jokes aside, at least the Boomers have now picked a guy from their national competition that has similar stats to guys on Team USA from their national competition.

Have to appease Cadee somehow, I guess. I'm sure he was promised a starting gig in Brisbane, now he's probably looking at 15 minutes a game off the bench.

Should be academic. I can't see how Cadee makes the final 12. The only thing he offers that is remotely elite is his speed in transition and Sobey is better than him in that anyway, so there is literally no reason for him to make the final team.

Dellavedova/Mccarron or Cadee
Mills/Sobey/Goulding
Ingles/Creek/1 of Adel or Gliddon
Bolden/2 of Kay, Motum or Landale
Baynes/Bogut

I think McCarron should miss based on there are already so many hustle guys on that team, Delly, Sobey, Gliddon, Creek, Ingles. Love money making Mitch, but don't think he adds anything that those guys already bring. Hate Goulding, but his shooting is something we need out there. With the lack of PG's I'd say Cadee will likely play too. Does Kay beat out Motum and Landale? I'm a Cats fan and prob don't think he makes it either.

Wow wee Jason Cadee, not a name I can imagine seeing in the roster of arguably Australia's strongest line up at an international competition. It won't surprise me seeing him siting on the Boomers bench at the World Cup.

I understand Will McDowell-White is yet to decided if he will pull out of the squad.....oh wait, deciding to pull out of the squad if he is invited to join the squad.

Wow wee Jason Cadee. Hard work pays off!

Delly/Sobey
Mills/Goulding
Ingles/Creek/Adel
Bolden/Motum
Baynes/Bogut/Landale

Nope. No room for Cadee if they have any sense.

It's disturbing that the coach feels our National team is his personal toy

I've never rated Lemanis but back in the day due to a strong Blackwell-led Breakers organisation clouded everyone's opinion of him, including BA's.

So the Bullets go out and recruit in tandem Andrej and the ex-Breakers CEO and they've both ended up being garbage. LK if you want to sell the team get better personnel.

https://www.change.org/p/ticketmaster-refund-the-boomers-vs-usa-basketball-matches

Let's not judge Lemanis too quickly here. A late addition like this was always extremely unlikely to make the squad. Other factors may have led to the decision to invite Cadee. Where is the training camp being held? Perhaps it is down the road from Cadee's house. BA is always looking for ways to cut costs. Has anyone studied Cadee's towel waving technique? He might need some hints from towel-waving extraordinaire, Patty Mills, as Cadee's minutes should decline next NBL season. Perhaps Cadee might be a good choice as the designated driver. He has an accident-free driving record, right? There are also a lot of pissed off fans that wanted to see Simmons play. The Cadee selection might be an ingenious way to redirect anger away from Simmons.

*extremely unlikely to make the *final team*

Quality response. Two thumbs up.

ME I think you've got it that’s my 12 too. Although this isn’t what Sobey is known for I think he will be used at times to guard 94 feet and try to speed teams up. My only difference is I think Baynes and Bogut will start together.

Haha that JC5 merch is fire

"Best outcome here is a poor showing and early exit at the WC. "

Best outcome for who? New Zealand?

Lemanis headed a Boomers team with the best chemistry ever and equal-best major international tournament result. It's a bit premature to call for some fanciful coaching replacements.

would have been much better if josh green was picked. Stupid basketball Australia

green is already a better player than cadee.
No harm picking green as a 11th, 12th player for the team. Rui Hachimura was more than ready at 18 year old, green is also ready.

"Failed to medal at two major tournaments.
Bit early to change coaches ??? How many chances we prepared to give with our 'golden generation' window ?? Oh hang on sorry Big Ben will deliver us to the golden land regardless of the coach, that's right .... he dat good

Wake up people"

First off, in 2014 no one expected us to medal. We didn't have Patty Mills or Andrew Bogut. We were very lucky to make it to the round of 16, and just a little unlucky to fall against Turkey. We were a quarter away from a top 8 finish, and for the team we had, that would have been an achievement.

Then in 2016 he follows up a "solid" showing at the cup with the best Boomers performance of all time. We nearly swept pool play (which has never happened before), only fell to the USA by 10, beat eventual silver medallists Serbia, and only lost the bronze by a single point on a referee's decision.

And then you have the qualifiers and Asia Cup, all of which have been virtually without blemish. The loss to Japan, unexpected, but understandable given he was throwing a new team together, and with Japan bringing in Hachuimura and that American guy. And then the loss to Iran, when we were running a team full of kids. A big "so what?" to that result.

So basically, Lemanis has been, by a wide margin, Australia's most successful Boomers coach. He's taken us closer to medals than any other coach. He's qualified us for major tournaments in every chance. He's had quality results even when losing big pieces, and he's built a Boomers culture that has ensured that even when a player of note falls, there are numerous guys with enough International experience to come in and take their place.

You're a fucking idiot, basically. Changing Lemanis as coach would be a suicide mission for the team at this point.

Hachimura played for the national team since age 17 I think.

"tanking scandal in 2014 v Angola"
You really disagree? The rationale was sound and often practiced by Euro teams.

"the Phillipines court decal and brawl debacle"
How was Lemanis responsible for this? When it happened, he did the smart thing to ensure that no players left the bench.

"two x failed end of game plays to be eliminated in 2014 and bronze game 2016"
That's possibly a fair criticism, but in the context of a team's overall performance, it could just as well be due to random chance.


"the deplorable semi final performance against Serbia in Rio."
After beating Serbia convincingly in their encounter a few days prior. Quality teams like Serbia will make adjustments.

You don't show your hand a few days earlier to a team capable of adjusting though. A naive mistake just like the attempt at tanking.

Serbia 2016. From 15 point win in group to 26 point loss in semi. More than an 'adjustment'. It was a deplorable miss, Has to be on the coach.

"You don't show your hand a few days earlier to a team capable of adjusting though."
A crossover to play Serbia again was just one of many, many permutations. You have to make sure you qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament, so of course the team should play to its full potential.

"A naive mistake just like the attempt at tanking."
Unless you have access to an alternate universe, I find this claim very difficult to support. The Boomers were playing the odds for a medal. Avoiding USA was the sensible choice for this. They rolled the dice and lost. If they didn't tank, it may have improved their chances of advancing to the final 8, but reduced their chances of a medal significantly. These kinds of tournaments always depend on some degree of luck.

I would love to hear your argument if you really are arguing that Lemanis's decision was not correct based on the odds at the time.

If you want to argue against the tanking based on going against the spirit of competition, then I'd support that stance.

"the build up of physicality v Phillipines preemptions the brawl couldn't have been better managed by The Coach ??"

So there was failure of the refs to manage the game, leading to their lengthy suspensions, and the absolutely unexpected outrageous response of most of the Philippines team, but it ultimately came down to Lemanis's mismanagement? Clutching at straws.

A crossover to play Serbia again was just one of many, many permutations.

I'm sure I'm missing something but if you need a culture guy that would be great at training and knows the plays then why wouldn't you pick Damien Martin?

I wouldn't expect either to be in the World Cup but I feel like Martin would help put his Boomers team mates over as he's fair and amazing defensive and when Patty makes shots over him then he will feel much better about himself than against the defence of Cadee.

I'd also like to see Lisch being a training squad member too as he has so many attributes that make him a perfect squad member

Wow Cadee added....are they trying to put out the worst product possible!

Or while you take an Aus-centric point of view and believe the hype around the talent in the Boomers teams without understanding the actual quality of talent in all the competing national teams.

In all seriousness, if we're going to medal, we'll need Mills, Ingles and Delly to adjust their games to being the go to guys instead of the role players. If any of them can't take over a game when it matters, or sink those big shots in close games then we don't really stand a chance. I don't even think Ben Simmons changes that result, he was a liability for the 76ers in crunch time this season. X-factor for us could be Mitch Creek though if he has upped his game immensely from G-league experience.

"Which is why we need a proven, successful international ball coach."

^ This

Some people will argue that Lemanis is... :/

Let's make this simple:
Whomever is responsible for Spuddee being called up, should be sacked.
if that is Lemanis, so be it.

Do we trust any of our assistant coaches to help run clutch plays as Lemanis in late game situations does scare me

Death, taxes and Cadee being named to Lemanis' Boomers squads.