russell hinder over schenscher... please!

Good to see Harvey in there, when everyone here though boy goorj would not pick him..Him and Ryan look like the only shooters there though..

Isaac, do you know if/when the squad is cut down again?

I think everyone feels sorry for Hinder after the article in the paper, I know I had tears I was ready to get another mortgage on my house to help him out.

DB5:

Twenty athletes now remain in the squad for 12 Olympic berths, with the final team to be named by July 2nd.

As if the Schenscher is cut! We could do with his height.

hinder is a centre with no post game, cant create his own shot and he shoots 3 pointers... also he doesnt get many boards lol
lets but an nbl role player in the team over an nba player! good thinking goorjian!

as if luke kendall is on the squad still. he is garbage, and hinder over Schenscher is a joke. saville is past his prime as well, same as jason smith was years ago. ive got nothing against sydeny kings players but i dont consider anyone on the sydeny roster of last season to be in the elite of australian basketball. except for worthington.

Why are we surprised ... this is the man that started Jason Smith ahead of Brett Maher FFS

Hinder being in the Australian team is a joke!

Cheers Isaac..

Glue guy or not, Hinder over a 7 foot CENTRE is a joke.

What do you mean bias? There are only 4 Sydney Kings on the team (I am sure Smith would have made it if he wasn't injured).

Add to that former Kings, Nielsen, Bruton and Barlow. I am surprised as I thought BJ Carter was just primed for a run.

Obviously the NBL champion Tigers (2 - one of whom is Barlow) and semi finalists Perth (1) and (stacked) Brisbane (1 - Bruton) are massively overrepresented. We could squeeze one or two more Kings into this line-up easily!

Honestly, and to lay off the sarcasm for a second, I think Goorj's coaching is so one-dimensional that the only players that can play in his patented systems are the ones that have years of experience under him. I just think that, without months and months of lead time, he can get the best (or possibly anything) out of guys who don't know his system inside out (aka Maher, Cattalini etc). Even then, Goorj on past experience cannot pull a team together for international ball as he does domestically.

I am fearing another dismal performance for this team at Beijing, notwithstanding the apparent depth in the squad. I am not looking forward to it, but can't really see it going any other way at this stage.

Sorry - '*can't* get the best'

Mmm... Hinder, Kendall and Helliwell.

Can anyone realistically making it to the final twelve when all the international players become available - what a joke!

I agree with most of you about Kendall and Hinder. Can't see that they are worth keeping around other than training fodder!

Surprised Darnell Mee is still in the mix. Great player, but he just seemed plagued by injuries this year and is not the future.

I'd prefer Mills starts against Iran and is given every chance to win the starting role for the Olympics. If he proves he is not ready then fall back to CJ.

Is Matty Nielsen really 209cm? I thought he was a bit shorter than that.

Has David Andersen made himself unavailable for the Iran series? Or is he trialling in the US for an NBA spot still? I would hope he makes the final Olympics team with his success in Europe.

When we get to the Olympics are people in favour of playing Bogut and Anstey together at C/PF ? I think it would be a decent combo, running our offence thru Bogut in the post and using Anstey as a spot up shooter or for weak side put backs.

Surround those two with Newley, Wortho and Ingles at the wing spots and we will have plenty of height and will spread the floor fairly well. (Nielsen too if he can hit the 3 - does he shoot this well enough?)

I'd use Nielsen, Andersen and Jawai as my bench bigs, and take Saville and Redhage for some experienced insurance at the wings. Could perhaps dump Sav if Ogilvy is really showing that he is a future core Boomer.

Kendall is crap, and Ryan and Harvey should miss out because they are no longer the future.

If we can get all our players to the Olympics and Goorj sets up a decent offence, I reckon we can have a pretty good tournament.

Certainties IMO:

Bogut
Andersen
Anstey
Nielson
Newley
CJ Bruton
Mills
Wortho
Barlow

Fighting for last spots:

Redhage
Harvey
Ryan
Jawai
Ogilvy
Ingles

"hinder is a centre with no post game, cant create his own shot and he shoots 3 pointers... also he doesnt get many boards "

I think you will find that Schenscher is also a centre without much of a post game and not being able to create his own shot. Hopefully he is a better rebounder than Hinder.

barlow is definately no certainty, they are:
anstey
bogut
anderson
nielson
CJ Bruton

the rest are fighting for the spots

Goorj has cut the Boomers squad down to 20...

http://linky.com.au/w75p8

Articles quotes:

"Goorjian decided to release Schenscher, Peter Crawford (Perth), Adam Gibson (Brisbane), Jacob Holmes (Dragons), Matthew Knight (Razorbacks) and Alex Loughton (Perth)."

IMO, no real surprises there.

I Like Kendall, steped up last season, showed he was a good combo guard that led a team well. That said dont think he will make the final team but he's much better than gibson.

Yeah its a bit of a joke Hinder is in there.

Smith's defense at the 2-spot will be the real loss from his injury. His offense on the international scene always dissapointed. But no one can defend at the 2 like him. Hope Newly learnt to defend in Greece because if we come up against the US with Kobe at the 2-spot he may just throw down a record or 2 on us.

Anstey is going to get smashed by international bigs. The guy looks great in the nbl coz he has no competition. Internationally he will be chewed up. Watch.

I'd like to see a 12 man team of

PG : Mills/Bruton
SG : Newley/Ingles
SF : Neilsen/Worthington
PF : Andersen/Jawai
C : Bogut/Anstey

with 2 of Mee, Ryan, Redhage or Oglivy taking spots 11 and 12.

I'll be interested to see if Anstey can have an impact at the Olympics. I think he can, but we have to use him the right way - as a perimeter shooter who can stretch the defence to give Bogut some room to operate.

#189060 I'm just wondering why you think Ingles won't make it? IMO Goorjian should be doing everything he can to get Ingles as much intl experience as possible.

I'd actually like to see a 3 man rotation at the wing, with Worthington and Newley starting and Ingles spotting both of them.

I think those 3 guys, along with Bogut and Mills, need to get enough experience together, because they will give us our best chance at a medal sometime in the next 6 years or so.

i mean anstey ain't that bad, detroit is close to offering him a spot in the nba this year (not sure how that's going but)

I seriously dont rate jason smith!
Bad squad, wont matter tho its Iran, just wish we had a bit more firepower for the olympics

How much more firepower do we need?

We have 7 current/former Sydney Kings out there, should be enough. ; )

I think basketball has had enough Firepower for the forseeable future!