Aussie
Years ago
https://australia.basketball/blog/2021/02/11/australias-leading-emerging-talent-to-light-up-cairns-in-2021-asia-cup-qualifiers/
Does anyone know whether this game will be broadcast? Or maybe not because it will compete with the NBL?
2hard2guard
Years ago
Ya joking. This team shouldn't be called the Boomers.
They are all that is available so Boomers they are.
Aussie
Years ago
Fox, Kayo
Do you know this for certain or are you just guessing?
Aussie
Years ago
Fox, Kayo
Apologies you are right.
Is this game on at the same time as any NBL games on this date?
KET
Years ago
Haven't heard of a single player there.... what kind of kiwi team they taking on?
Tbh wouldn’t pay $20 to see that
Another Anon
Years ago
Kiwi team will be even weaker as they have to already be in Australia to play and none of the NBL guys are available.
Matt Kenyon keeps popping up as an option for NBL rosters.
He was pretty average during his year with the Bullets. Has he improved?
How about the rest of the guys on this roster?
Any future NBA or NBL talent there?
Daniels n Okwera n proctor are junior n.t players. Armstrong, goodrick nbl, The rest are nbl1 level..
Anon
Years ago
Doesn't clash with NBL Cup games as they are earlier during the afternoon
Aussie
Years ago
Doesn't clash with NBL Cup games as they are earlier during the afternoon
Thanks
Curtley
Years ago
So are the kiwis getting any kiwi passport holder who can spell basketball?
"So are the kiwis getting any kiwi passport holder who can spell basketball?"
Close, any NBL1 players and NBL development players in Australia with a New Zealand passport they can find.
Trying to think of any kiwi DPs
Taylor Britt
Taine Murray.....
Struggling to think of others.
Smith Milner
Pledger
Available and in Australia??
Britt/Leafa
Murray/
Davidson/
Hunt/
Karena/
Few nz in nbl1
Great opportunity for these kids but agree that calling this team the Boomers seems stupid. By all means let them play with "Australia" on their singlets, but if the outcome of the game mattered, we would have figured out how to get some NBL guys available.
This could be the worst Boomers v Tall Blacks game in history!
Really poor by ba, we need a win and we put young kids against experienced semi pros.
What's was wrong with putting a nbl1 roster team in?
"What's was wrong with putting a nbl1 roster team in?" Nothing except most of them don't even get paid. Are you really serious?
I'm simply saying we have better talent than the kids we are sending. Why not send nbl1 players like robateau, mcdowell white, kahler, Williams and the plethora of other nbl1 guys to face nz.
Another loss puts us in a bad situation in the group. Guam is no walkover at full strength. 1 loss to them and we have to through a second stage process.
Are we going to see a depleted Aussie side for Asia cup in late august?
NBL/Asia players
Dellavedova-Mccarron
Sobey-Goulding-Dech
Creek-Broekhoff
Kay-Cooks
Humphries-Reath-Hunter
Reserves potentially
Norton
Wmw
Blanchfield
Travers
Mcveigh
Magnay
Froling
Etc
Likely unavailable
Cotton - injured
Mills - nba
Vasljevic - injured
Exum - nba
Thybulle - nba
Green - nba
Daniels - g league
Ingles - nba
White - injured
Simmons - nba
Motum - europe
Baynes - nba?
Landale - nba/europe?
Maker - nba/europe?
Kiwi potential side...
T.Webster-Ili-Leafa
C.Webster-ngatai
Abercrombie-terangi
Delany-fotu or Vodanovich
Wetzell-Loe-Harrison
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