Madgen just looks so slow at this level.
Magbegor the standout with Allen.
Still would have had Sami over lei, even as the pg.
Ohea good off the bench.

Magbegor with George at Melbourne helps.
Good to see no more 'into Liz' lobs

Everyone said we wouldn't medal without Liz. Now what do you think

I doubt we will medal tbh.

USA will wake up
Serbia imo

Battle for 3rd maybe.

Uniforms were good, should have kept them...

The ball movement was so much better without Liz.
Very doubtful that we will medal. Old bodies by the end I think will be overrun by usa, Serbia,
Maybe France, Canada, Japan.

What helps is every team missing key players.

Need some more defensive minded guards before next year, Nicholson, wallace maybe.

Bird, taurasi etc ain't stickin around. It’ll be ogbumawale etc, the new crop.

Why does Alana Smith only get 4 minutes

Because she contributes nothing at either end and plays like she doesn't care

Tier 1
USA

Tier 2
SERBIA

Tier 3
SPAIN-FRANCE-AUSTRALIA-BELGIUM-CANADA-CHINA-JAPAN

Tier 4
NIGERIA

Tier 5
KOREA-PUERTO RICO

Madgen need to go, smith has become complacent and does not try, she needs to be cut and work her way back.

Not a fan of cuttin lucas for sandys husband again.

Why is Olaf there?? I thought he was with Russia??

Olaf can coach. That's the difference

Olaf is chicagomskybassitant. He got booted from Russia a year ago after they lost 80% of games.

We should beat Puerto Rico
Belgium n China 50/50 chance

2022
Mitchell - cut (Whitcomb in)
Lavey - cut (Heal or Rocci in)
Ebzery
Madgen - cut - (Nicholson in)
Ohea - vet captain
Talbot
Allen
Smith - cut - (Blicavs or Kunek in)
Magbegor
George
Tolo
Cambage - cut - (Aokuso in)

Lavey and Madgen just don't suite this level of basketball.
Heal n Nicholson would have come in handy.

Just observing the weak links,

We beat usa in an exhibition. When we win in a actual tournament, I'll give them as much praise as you.

Beat the USA, people here still want wholesale changes made to the roster.
It seems a lot of people here think it's best to send a development team to the Olympics every 4 years.

241, come back after the olympics and tell me we don't need changes going forward.

How would it be a development squad when the suggested players were in the larger pool for Tokyo selection? It's a matter of opinion, mnost people think Sami should be on the team over Mitchell, that’s crystal clear.

"Just observing the weak links"

and you want to make them weaker? Lavey has a proven track record at this level. Heal's most recent attempts against WNBA opposition ended embarrassingly. She needs at least another year of intense development.

Lavey never made the wnba and she's never done anything at fiba level. She averages 3 mins for Aus over several years.

Heal can shoot, heal can drive. Lavey may be the better defender, that's it.

Lavey had a good wnbl season, her best in a few years but she is a wasted roster spot. Sandys got Mitchell, her favourite pg. Ebzery, the starting pg at the WC and madgen, backup pg at the WC.

Lavey or Madgen, doesn't matter. 1 should not be there, especially when you have a great defender in nicholson or a streaky shooter like heal.

Look at the minutes, smith, Madgen and Lavey around 4-5 mins each. Everyone else 5-7 times more gametime.

George where she should be, at centre.

Against smaller teams, quicker teams like Japan or Korea, Allen should play the 4, Talbot 3.
We have lost to japann4 straight times because of ball movement and speed.

Couldface themin crossover.

Taurasi didn't even play. Get a grip people

We were second in odds, now without Liz, we are fifth.

Betting site I saw had us 4th

USA
Serbia
Spain
Aus

Imo, usa will end beating every team by 15+.

Beating them now will wake them up. If we lost today, they would remain complacent.

Huge problem with big teams and using past due by date players. Swan songs for bird, taurasi etcetc over players like ogunbowale doesn't seem right.

Spain has palau who has been crap for Atleast 3 years, she’s almost 42. They have salvadores and Romero sitting.
USA has bird 41,vtaurasi who can barely play with constant injuries 39. A bunch of players can fill in and do more.
Aus has Mitchell, now 36 when we have Whitcomb
Belgium has wauters 41 when they have geldof
Canada has gaucher at 37 when they have konig