Haven't had any problems with 9Now for the rugby and football. Worked fine

Honestly if the basketball gods allow us to finally beat Spain and exact some sort of revenge for 2019 & 2014, I think it was, I would be okay with us losing the rest of our games, not that I think we will.

Exum expected to miss the first two games.
But that's why we got Delly

Excited and scared for this one. I think its a game we should win but anything can happen on any given day and if we serve up a stinker from behind the arc it could be lights out for the tournament. I expect Australia to win by about 8 points.

Not that anyone could've predicted Exum's injury, but Boomers coaching staff looking like geniuses for selecting Delly and Joe now. In an unrelated development, Thybulle doomers have really been quiet.

I believe boomers got this, big loss Exum is though. Thybulle doomers will come out of the woodwork with a loss though. Hopefully the officiating is fair, had some nasty calls against Spain in the past. Good luck boomers.

I think the Thybulle concern made sense on face value but they way people have stuck to it even despite great performances is a bit ridiculous. Its like, who cares whether the team plays well, I wanna see my favourite player there because it justifies my worldview. I think any reasonable fan can look at the team as it is and say Thybulle doesn't really fit. Other players on this squad bring a more complete game in his position while also being elite defenders. And I dont think anyone can say that Daniels isnt more impactful than Thybulle would've been. It was the right decision to cut him. People need to stop living in the past. Yes he was a big piece in Tokyo but that doesn't mean he works for this team.

Do we have confidence that the refs will be totally independent and objective? Have we had experience with any of today's ones before?

For what it's worth I just googled where headquarters of f***ing FIBA is, and it hasn't changed location, so ...

The exum dislocated but no fractures seems to have changed to a compound fracture. Doublful he plays at all, really should have been replaced.

"The exum dislocated but no fractures seems to have changed to a compound fracture. Doublful he plays at all, really should have been replaced."

Changed? Pretty sure it was always a compound dislocation not compound fracture. if it were a fracture theyd have sent him home

Who do you bring in this late without controversy, the squad is deep enough and hopefully Exum is a chance.

"Do we have confidence that the refs will be totally independent and objective?"

No.
Wish I could say yes, but there's an unspoken influence that the Spanish have over the refs, that, combined with their propensity for theatrical flopping means we'd need some refs from Greenland, South Africa and Fiji if we have any hope of neutrality

Carn boys, let's give it to Spain and get some revenge for our past players.

We play our best ball and they don't have the horses to go with us. Keen.

Oh, dear. The refs are from Latvia, Mexico and Argentina. The last two refs would be well-acquainted with theatrics and flopping, from countries which allow it to be commonplace.

Exum's been ruled out for at least the first two games with some now speculating he might not play at all. Why on Earth did we not replace him when we had the chance? I know you can't bring anyone in once the Olympics starts like why we couldn't replace Baynes during the last Olympics.

Playing a man down especially a key rotation player for at least the first couple of games is not a good idea.

Hindsight is always 20/20. People are like "why didnt they replace him" and you have to choose between the possibility of suiting him up later in the tournament or replacing him with a player that just doesn't bring the same intangibles. The guys who weren't chosen weren't chosen for a reason. They still obviously are betting on Exum coming back at some point.

I get nervous when the bookies have us short ($1.50) in important games like this.
On paper it makes sense but I don't like being such favourites.

When you're in a group of death and you know a major piece is missing at least 2 games and therefore your tournament could very easily be over by the time he can play again, it has to be tempting to get someone else in there ASAP.

On the other hand, when the player in question is such a difference-maker to your team, and whoever you bring in to replace them is not, I can see the argument for gambling on hanging in there without them.

There might not be a "later in the tournament" if we lose the first two games. That's the point.

What source has ruled him out of the first 2 games? Kane Pittman yesterday reported no decision has yet been made about Exum playing the 2nd game against Canada.

IF they brought in a replacement it would be very unlikely that they would play in the first few games anyway I would think unless there are futher injuries. Neither CG or Matisse can provide similar playmaking. Time for Delly and Ingles to show why they were selected.

Really hope Dante can get back for at least the Greece game. With a compound dislocation it's mostly a wait for the wound to heal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/exum-expected-to-miss-multiple-games

Even if the wound heals by the Greece game, will he even be able to shoot? The subtlties of mechanical ease of motion are critical to shooting accuracy
....and how committed would he be defensively with the natural instinct to protect the finger?

Let's hope hes getting some advanced therapeutics and will recover adequately in time....

Think they're gonna jab him, probably will be completely numb when playing

went from :
Exum, 29, was taken to the hospital after the match, where it was revealed that he had suffered a compound dislocation to his right index finger but there was no fracture.

to
News Corp revealed Exum opted against surgery on a compound fracture in his right index finger.

So the fracture, plus the wound having to heal on his shooting hand.

Drinking game: Drink every time a Spanish player gets hit by a sniper.

"there may not be a later in the tournament". Well.. no. But there is no guarantee of anything in life. In the end you either bring in a lesser player and ditch Exum and have a similar chance of advancing, or you wait on Exum and have a better chance if you do happen to make it further.

Despite what people think and say, Thybulle was always going to be fourth string to the other guys in his position and Chris Goulding's defense would render him borderline unplayable.

"Drinking game: Drink every time a Spanish player gets hit by a sniper."

Hahah.
Gold AP

The latest update has me convinced me won't see Exum until knockouts - if we get there.

Ah well, nothing we can do now. The boys will be revved up without him.

Delly and Dyson gonna be giving Lorenzo Brown hell.

Big jobs for Kay, Landale and Magnay on Aldama/W. Hernangomez.

Feel like Duop/McVeigh could have big games picking and popping against the slow-footed Spanish bigs.

Boomers are 5.5 point favourites.

Starting lineups happening on 9Gem.

Andrew Gaze and Brenton Speed commentating on 9Gem (before the play apparently), Stan taking the world feed

C'mon boys let's get this done!

That court is fugly!

9Now feed is great though.

Is audio ahead of video for everyone or just me?

My feed is miles out of sync between audio & video

Brenton Speed can see the future.

My 9Now world feed has audio/video synced.

My coverage is fantastic, nice start by all.

Lazy guarding from Kay.

Landale beasting so far.

We're playing so well nothing crazy just simple execution. To be fair Spain don't look very good at all.

channel 9 had one job

Daniel's playing like fantastic, Neilson having a lot to say. Go boomers.

Geeze thanks Aussie Pride, I'm hammered already.

I can't get on to watch can you lot update or send a link that has the scores

please

Worst Boomers jersey ever for an Olympics?

Aus up 26-14 3:47 left Q1.

Geez Giddey got range now!

These soft fouls are worrying, ffs refs

Looks like Reath and Ingles odd men out.

spain with the free time out = tempo reset

Gotta be a tech on that big guy.

Aus up 28-17

Fight, fight, fight. Keep calm boomers, we on fire.

Box score:

https://nbl.com.au/pages/australian-boomers-v-spain-live-scores-olympics-july-27-2024

Boomers up 10 at Qtr time.

I'll take that

Need more from Magnay.

Great start still worried about refs.

Still worried about the likelihood of refereeing bias.

Wait .. Delly gets sent into the crowd and it's Spain ball?? What did I miss there?
Solid start anyway.

WTF is Magnay still doing out there?

I didn't understand how Spain got the ball back on that either.

Now Spain are starting to play like they always do.

How old is Rudy Fernandez now 100? Guy has been around forever.

Ingles and Patty out there together is terrible for defense

Shame we can't get the best of both worlds. Stan Sport picture and Drewey/Speedy commentary.

Nothing wrong with the 9Gem picture in HD shown the whole game so far too.

Now Spain are starting to play like they always do.

I hate Luuuullll!!!!

Dirty play from Fernandez

This is a damn fiery game. Hating this Soain team even more now. Haha

Giddey is so much better when he's the focal point on offense. His off-ball role with the Thunder didn't suit him at all.

What channel/stream has the Gaze commentary?

How hard is it to just shut ya mouth, we are weak mentally.... Just walk away. They want to slow the game down.

The commentator I think is fantastic, it should been unsportsmanlike when Kay got flattened.

We have to go hard on the glass

9 Gem.

Never lived in Spain.
Never played in Spain.

Giddey looking totally different this campaign. Like.

Off Magnay's head lol

Reath surely, Magnay liability this first half.

Here we go

Spanish coach going mad, applying so much pressure on refs.

We're not going to beat them at their flopping game, rookie stuff by Magnay.

These refs are unbelievable bad

Refsnow obliging, great three McVeigh, oh my crowd now jeering refs

Love the crowd, the French being anti-Spain.

Yeah I'm not really digging Magnay's usage so far. Reath's versatility on offence would be a better go to rn.

magnay's becoming a liability now.

The refs have lost control of this one. Call the flops on both sides!

Enjoying this commentator, doesn't talk too much and pretty unbiased, anyone get his name?

Magnay omg, get him off.

Landale well done

You don't always have to defend your god son gaze, that was a crappy charge by giddey

Geez we-re playing some dumb basketball this quarter.
Read the room guys.

49-40 9.8 until H/T.

word14, that is Jeff Taylor doing the commentary on the world feed

49-42 that will do.

HT AUS 49-42 ESP

I think I missed what's wrong with Reath?

Great half. Magnus is a worry though

Feels like we should be leading by 12-15 going in to the half.

Gave up 8 O boards & 9 turnovers

Giddey been unbelievable. Boomers by 7 at the half. Spain working refs. I'm loving this single man commentary, no bias, just calling it nicely. No adds, fantastic.

The Spanish coach should've had 2 techs by now.

Disappointing Players

Delly, Ingles, Magnay

Definitely feels like we should be up double digits. Momentum changed after that incident with Green. Offense not nearly as smooth.

Spain with 40 FGAs compared with 30 FGAs for Australia. Turnovers and O boards need to be addressed.

Green played good defense, but his offense was disappointing.

Cheers Luuuc

Good crowd and cracking stadium.

Just need it to stay standing for another 2 weeks

Sweet looks like the whole game will be on 9Gem then.

Gotta play Duop, all the bigs 2+ fouls, Magnay 3, surprised they didn't finish the quarter with Duop.

don't like the look of this

McVeigh's stupid foul

Agreed dunkman, great stadium

Magnay and Kay the early weak links.

McVeigh with some stupid fouls.

3 fouls on Landale now. Needs to give Duop some minutes, could be very handy down the stretch.

Spain milking every touch and refs rewarding them. Boomers got be smarter.

It's getting ugly out there now.

Duop and Joe need to eat some of these big minutes

fuck magnay

Good crowd and cracking stadium.

Just need it to stay standing for another 2 weeks

Spain in front

In the second half, Patty has been making the worst plays in a row.

Reath was very solid for Portland this year, I don't know how he went in the camp to put him out of favour

Gotta wonder how many open 3s are we going to give them.

Patty playing average, got go back to team work. Chucking up rubbish.

Jack's got a green light

I thought Joe Biden might have called a time out but what would I know.

I love Green.

This little run after Spain took the lead is the sort we haven't been able to put together in most tournaments. Not pretty but getting results.

McVeigh's stupid foul

Loving the pro Oz/anti Espania crowd reactions

Hernangomez has never developed his touch or skills, really thought he was going to be a solid nba player once

Mcveigh, cmon man!
Think furphy replaces him pretty quickly.

Any chance Reath has some injury they've kept quiet?

Landale is so solid.

Kay and magnay are crap. Australia deserve to lose by picking mediocre players. Should have picked Thybulle and Thon Maker

Kay and magnay are crap. Australia deserve to lose by picking mediocre players. Should have picked Thybulle and Thon Maker

McVeigh been excellent and yes two dumb fouls, Brought lots energy when needed.

Kay and Magnay are our Blend 43.

Keep feeding Landale in the post.
If he's doubled, kick out 3

At least the Jackjumpers would be happy with how Magnay is playing.

Danielsssss.

You are drinking to much coffee man, have a rest, Thybulle and Maker lmao.

Nescafé is correct, maker should have never been let go.

We're on 69 points, not a bad number unlike that nasty Blend 43 brew.

AUs 69-60 up at 3 Qtr time

Reath not playing at all. Wtf is the Aussie coach thinking

Nice work to steady after giving up the lead

Points difference should matter, so it'd be huge to win this quarter.

This has been tough, Maker has never made it in any quality league, to many blinkers on by some.
Bulls should get on the phone and get Landale to bulls with Giddey, been great together.

Already Magnay, Kay and Mcveigh look like they should have been reserves.
Hopefully first game nerves.

Need Exum..., Delly been on the bench longer than expected with him out.

Kay is just rock solid and safe

Kay with a little bit of flair to rep that instant coffee can still do the job for you.

Kay is just rock solid and safe

Magnay has been shocking. Don't know why Reath isn't getting a burn.

You don't see many Spanish rangas

You don't see many Spanish rangas

You don't see many Spanish rangas

Some lazy bball being played.

You don't see many Spanish rangas

but we're seeing many posts about them.

Wow, that was quite the stutter post

Win or lose, ugly!

Landale baby.

Jock probably our most consistent performer.

McVeigh!

Love mcveighs energy

I don't recall an NBL wildcard selection being as good as McVeigh against a decent opponent.

84-71, we got this now. Update: 84-73.

McVeigh shows the way! Love it

In a major tournament.

Don't like this Giddey slowing it down.

Mcveigh deserves his spot.

86-73.

Sucked in Spain.

Best game I've seen Landale play

Fuck you Spain. Eat a dick.

Landale was money.

Exactly why we need him in this team.
No fear. No hesitation.
Get buckets.
Love it from McVeigh.

Lost the lead and got it all back. Outstanding effort.

Rangas are rare everywhere and getting rarer.

If you're gonna foul, make it count

McVeigh is just having fun!

Gingers are from Mars.

Too casual and now 86-80.

Patty!

Wow, Giddey nearly fucked us there but Mills delivered.

In China ae present. Trying to watch on 9 NOW. Even with a VPN I haven't been able to watch. Been following along on livestats and here. Great result.

This some terrible game management.

Patty"TheGOAT"Mills

Onya Boomers.

Suck it, Spain.

FT AUS 92-80 ESP.

Great feeling to beat Spain, but still a long way from getting enough retribution

Canada on Tuesday.

FO Patty "TheGOAT"Mills

In China ae present. Trying to watch on 9 NOW. Even with a VPN I haven't been able to watch. Been following along on livestats and here. Great result.

Well done to the boys!

Finally!

Well done Landale

Yeah boys!!

Landale +30 when he is off Magnay -18 (12 mins).
incredible numbers.

Well done, a win over Spain is nice.
The end of an era for the Spanish though, going forward we will see all the new guys.

Defensively Daniel's, Green superb, Landale and Magnay good inside as well. Giddey great Landale fantastic, McVeigh, Kay, just get it done.. Mills a bit shaky but got it done, rest did what they had to. Cracking game great commentary by one and no fuc ing adds. How good is it.

PW. Can watch Olympics on BBC but no basketball.

Not sure which other gree broadcasters will have Boomers games. I assumed my VPN set to AU would allow me to watch on 9.

That ultra stagnant iso at the end was ugly.

Defended and switched well in the last few minutes.

Daniels great on the boards.
If he cant develop a pull up off the dribble, he'll be hard to guard.

Landale excellent in the post.

Goorjian was screaming "slow it down, slow it down" and giddey jacks up a random 3. It takes Patty to rescue us from the jaws of death. This is why we need Exum out there ASAP. He's less prone to idiotic rushes of blood.

All in all, pretty good game. We looked like we were going to blow them off the floor but Spain made it a game, as you'd expect. Moving forward I think we're a good shot at taking Greece and making the second round but I have concerns about how we'll deal with teams with size ie, Germany, Serbia (at full strength), so on and so fort in a proper game.

^can develop

fstos I'm sure CCTV has a streaming service?

Each Olympic Games broadcaster gets direct access to all feeds from the IOC.

I've seen suggestions to VPN to Canada for CBC before, seem to have everything for free.

No use trying European broadcasters because Eurosport has taken all the rights except for a stream or 2 to each of the public broadcasters.

Canada will be very tough.
Play good d on giannis and make it hard for calathes and we beat Greece.

Wow. Some really ordinary comments here about specific players. Someone throws a turnover and you throw them off a bridge. Magnay got some very important stops and blocks yet reading this, you would think he was horrible. Likewise McVeigh fouled a few three pointers but on the reverse, he was very comfortable at the offensive end. Not a brilliant performance from the Boomers but certainly should shut a few of the nufties up that really wouldn't know a basketball if they ate one.

I didn't see Goulding on the bench. Was there any news I missed?

Been living under a rock?

^^ignore me, I'm drunk!! ;)

The Duop Reath mystery remains...

If he doesn't play, real possibility he does a Thon.

Thanks JCK98. Managed to watch the replay on Canada CBC. Should be fine for the next games now.

Daniels is really growing into a great all round player.

Possibly Weedy, but after this tournament there'll be a new coach who might give him much more minutes.

His lack (abscence) of court time is becoming baffling.
Yeah, he might not move super well off the ball and not crash the glass hard, but he can defend and score, and if specifically told to - could rebound.
Hopefully he gets good minutes next game.

Great win, Daniels is improving every game, offers so much on defence and is showing much more of on fence now, can hit the three ball consistently! Giddey was excellent, just needs to tighten up the tour overs but great to see him hit the long threes and we look much better when he's in attack mode looking to get downhill. Landale is now our most important player, aggressive and dominant performance.
Thought Magnay did a great job apart from picking up a few too many cheap fouls. We need his physicality inside and rebounding when Landale is sitting - Duop just doesn't provide this.

Reath doesn't play because he’s a traffic cone on defence, especially when it comes to guarding the pick and roll. Even with his performances in the NBA, he’s rated amongst the very worst defenders in the league. It’s really that simple.

"His lack (abscence) of court time is becoming baffling."

It is all related to his defence. It's not a secret.

Also - if we lose, by all means complain about rotations, but a 12 point win against a very good side? Just focus on the positives lol or things to work on

"It is all related to his defence. It's not a secret."

Thanks. At least for him, it's something that can be improved with effort

Anywhere I can watch the full replay? 9now just got a 10min highlight package.

Stan.

Wait .. Delly gets sent into the crowd and it's Spain ball?? What did I miss there?

Good win. Great team effort but Giddey and Landale are the two biggest keys in this group.

The percentage might be helpful too.

If Giddey keeps shooting like he did Q1, and like he did against France, or even just develops a consistent 3 ball threat, he'll be a perennial All-Star

He stepped on the sideline before the contact.

Anywhere I can watch the full replay? 9now just got a 10min highlight package.

Whole game is up on 9Now now. I'm watching it on replay and for me the sound is well before the play. But in 1st quarter I can improve the experience by muting the sound and playing Pink Floyd each time Spain Jack it up from 3 point range:

"all in all they’re all just bricks in the wall."

How can you be someone who has watched basketball for more than 6 months, and not know that sometimes players fall out of the rotation for reasons that are not damning to the player or coach? I like Reath, it is clear that he is able to play at this level and these games, but he is not getting minutes because not everyone is going to get minutes. (That's before you get to the other dozen players who didn't even make the team that could be effective players for this team at this level). He'll get his shot, and because he's a professional (particularly within this culture) he knows this, and will be ready.

UseTaHoop, loved this, " playing Pink Floyd each time Spain Jack it up from 3 point range:

"all in all they're all just bricks in the wall."

Are you sure it's "Bricks"?

There are some questionable comments here that make me wonder what people think the goal of a coach is. if it's to win basketball games, Goorjian as of right now is doing a good job. If it's to play your favourite player or play to the whims of an arm chair critic who wants to see their own vision for the team realized, he's failing miserably.

I will generally defer to the wisdom of experts unless I see a clear reason not to. Brian Goorjian, for his flaws, has forgotten more about basketball than I will ever know. Duop Reath not playing is not a "clear reason" not to defer to Goorjians superior basketball mind while our team is actually winning and beating very good competition. Sorry. If that weren't the case I'd happily entertain more Thybulle and Reath rants.

I just watched the Canada vs. Greece game. Greece is not very good at all. They've got Giannis, sure. But the rest of the team would be weaker than Spain. Giannis will always give a team some chance of winning but I'm calling Australia a favourite for that game on the eye test right now. I also don't think Canada are untouchable at all. They're certainly a league above Greece and a great fight for us but I am not scared of them and chalking it up as an automatic L either.

Bogut is also a very clever, smart basketball brain, he clearly explains why Reath isn't getting a run at present on gold standard. As you say ME, we are allowed our opinions but I’ll go with people who know a lot more than me. Goorj has been a winner everywhere, doesn’t mean we are going to win a medal but us punters just got sit back and enjoy the ride. I’ll add Daniel’s has been excellent at both ends, lots of punters were not taking him.

Yeah I'll be the first to admit I didn't have Daniels in my team; absolutely has proved us wrong, one of our most important players now given the defensive jobs he's going to have moving forward.

Need a big game out of Landale against Canada; their bigs in Powell/Olynyk/Lyles are all very average defensively and not great rebounders. All about guard play for Canada.

Will Giddey or Mills get the "Dorture Chamber" treatment from Lu Dort?

On almost every basketball post or forum there is still a multitude of posts about Matisse, Reath, Cooks, Delly, Ingles, Magnay etc.

Most of the Matisse, Reath V Kay, Magnay type posts when challenged come back to "cause NBA".

We certainly look much more well drilled team than we did at the WC's.

No one who conflates international ball with the NBA are to be taken seriously. Two different animals

I think the coaching staff had a long hard look in the mirror after the Cup. Before the Olympics Goorjian said he was going to have to make tough decisions and no one was a lock. Even Joe Ingles was a bees dick away from being cut. That's what had to be done if we wanted to do anything in this tournament, and on current evidence, we should progress from this group and look world's better than we were last year. Mattisse Thybulle was ineffective at the cup. We couldn't afford another non-shooter and his defense has been more than replaced with Dyson Daniels. Deal with it and move on now. Duop Reath may not be playing but who cares? We are winning. We have a team with identity and structure that is playing hard and doing everything they can and should be doing. And compare that to what was served up at the world cup, the differences are chalk and cheese. We looked downright lazy at times at the cup. Almost as though we just expected to win. I am not feeling any of that from this current team. There is an urgency and grit there that undoubtedly has something to do with the guys who've been subbed in, and the return of Jock Landale and Delly. Anyone who'd want to make this team more like the world cup team for any reason has to be delusional. We are in a much better place now. if that means Thybule isn't a part of it - so be it. Work on your three point shot buddy or the NBA may do the same to you.

Goorj showed he meant business when Cooks wasn't selected, kings coach not selecting kings star. Boomers are guaranteed nothing but the coaches have put what they believe is the best team together, it’s now time to get behind them.

Yeah Canada is noticeably thin inside, Greece bigs kept it close. Canada is beatable!

Patty is the heart of this team. Never doubt Patty. No Patty no boomers.

I believe Delly's selection is warranted. If you are still not sure about this go organise yourself a spot on the couch, open iView and watch the Rose Gold. Then watch the FIBA cup 2022 and tell me what was missing. Hint, it wasn't talent.

I'd rather the team lose with hustle and heart then go down like they did in the last FIBA again. It is the reason we love the Boomers (or at least I). They are the perennial underdog who never goes down without a fight with the mateship and culture to support each other.

In regards to the other lineup complaints. Duop is a professional and he would understand his role. Right now they can't trade defense for offense. The tanking Portland Trailblazers in the (defence-less) NBA can. There will be a time he is called upon. That is basketball. If you don't understand this then you are either not a professional basketballer or your name is Bolden.

I'll admit I'm still getting my head around the Thybulle situation. But I trust the selection team didn't take it lightly. Who knows- maybe it was his choice, maybe there is a risk of a nagging injury he didn't want out, maybe he tried to Draymond Green Ingles in a practice match. What we do know is that we lacked offence, shooting and chemistry in the last campaign. The current roster seems to be more balanced in those areas.

Sit back and enjoy the show. Canada will be the real test.

Darren Lucas posted the following:

"So educated basketball community what do you think of this hypothetical scenario ?
Matisse Thybulle is originally chosen in the Paris Olympics Team on the Thursday , and a celebrated quality individual and veteran was not chosen ...… After numerous phone calls and threats by a senior team member that if the veteran originally not chosen in the team of 12 is not reinstated this team leader will not play in Paris ??????
Don't get me wrong I’m loving how the team is playing and fingers crossed we get a medal again and more importantly I love Goorjian and we could not have chosen a better Olympic coach .
But you take out this veteran who was not originally chosen and put Matisee defensive skills and athleticism into the mix and were a better DEEPER team.
If this scenario is true Shame on you the leader of the boomers for putting friendship above team and country goals.
After being cut like Matisse in two Olympic Squads I feel for Matisse .
GO BOOMERS"


Feels like poor time to be spreading such rumours even if there is truth to them.

lol, what load of hog wash. Anyone would think we left out lebron, move on why even bring up this up.

Im just wondering why Darren Lucas of all people would post it, true or not. And yeah... thybulle was always on the bubble for me and I cant see how people cant figure out why

I was way wrong about Daniels leading up to the warm up games, and based on what we've seen the Thybulle omission is not surprising at all in hindsight if this is what Daniels was doing in camp.

Yeah, wonder whether Lucas has been watching the games. Love Thybulle, one of those rare players worth focusing on when they play D. I initially had him in my team, but now I question it. Let's actually just look at this team as assembled.

Where would Thybulle fit in?

He's not any sort of upgrade over Daniels. Sorry, no minutes there.

He's also not taking Green's spot. Not splitting minutes with him either.

So maybe Thybulle at the 4? Intriguing, because he played some 4 in Tokyo, but is he really taking Kay's spot? Thybulle is an incredible off-the-ball defender, anticipating the passing lanes, but is that what we need at the 4? Or should we have a reliable big, while unathletic, can match up with solid post D, and at the other end acts as a glue guy, finding cutters, hitting the 3, and making others better?

How about taking McVeigh's spot? This team needs a McVeigh, providing exactly what Thybulle doesn't provide: microwave for the bench unit. Plus, McVeigh removed the need for a 3-point specialist like Goulding.

Delly? A guard going down -- which is exactly what has happened -- is exactly why he is there ahead of Thybulle.

Reath? No minutes anyway. Wrong position. Reath is required as bigs insurance at this stage.

Then we are left with Ingles. I presume Lucas is referring to him. 2 minutes a game. That's it. When Ingles provides versatility, acts as a potential steadying option, can be that locker room presence, hits the 3 on a team that lacks knockdown shooters. Does there need to be a conspiracy theory to select Ingles over Thybulle for that last spot? Or is it simply the sensible choice?

Matissa is an amazing defender. I hope he doesn't abandon the idea of representing Australia over this. Bad luck to him, but when you are a niche kind of player, there are times when your niche skillset simply isn't needed.

After the Olympics, when Delly and Jingles retire and Goorjian hands over the reins, I'd expect that Matisse and probably Johnny Furphy will be the first ones brought into the squad.

As you say, hopefully Matisse doesn’t spit the dummy Bolden-style and refuse to play.

Worst Boomers jersey ever for an Olympics?