Wortho All NBL 1st Team.That would be top 5 right?

It seems being named in the 1st team would imply top 5 in the NBL?

Love rehashing an old argument.....

Kobe24
Years ago

Haha and that can is about to open up! Crazy to see his name there, I guess its as much to do with lack of depth to pick from at that position, because lets face it, if you were handed the keys to a team, would he be one of your main recruiting targets!? I wouldnt touch him at this point of his career...

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Skud
Years ago

Main recruiting target doesnt mean that he isnt in the top 5 it means in coming seasons is he going to keep producing.
I would have to say Worthington as much as I hate him can score almost at will in this league which would have to put him in the top 10 in the league atleast.

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Isaac
Years ago

Each All-NBL team submitted by the voters must feature three outside players and two inside players.

Doesn't necessarily imply top five in the league. Positions come into play a little.

The other factor is that MVP voting is done during the season, after each game. I think the All-NBL team voting is done at the end of the season.

So Mills may have polled a bit in MVP voting, but not so much in the All-NBL teams.

Worth would've been up against other bigs - Tragardh, Johnson, Nevill, Schenscher and so on. Pretty easy to look at those guys and think "Well, stats were better than Schensch. Far better defender than Trigger or DJ."

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Anonymous
Years ago

why doesnt he consistantly score then?

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Average OKKA
Years ago

All NBL first team. Regardless of calling Adelaide a hole or not, the facts remain......

Team is in playoffs.

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Anonymous
Years ago

15 points @ 43% is not scoring at will. Great role player, nothing more.

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Big Ads
Years ago

Perhaps he just doesn't get drunk enough Anon

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Anonymous
Years ago

Whilst Wortho deserves to be judged on his on court output I think most accept he's a better player than 15ppg @ 43%.

If he had the work ethic with his skill set he could be a pretty decent player in the top leagues in Europe, he's certainly got more talent than guys like Newley & Ingles but seems to prefer the relaxed lifestyle here along with being a big fish in a small pond.

Supposedly he refuses to do any sort of weights in training too. I always think of him as the NBL's Antoine Walker.

If he ever got serious he could destroy the NBL but he won't.

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Average OKKA
Years ago

Agree with the last comment! BUT in saying so he is still top 5 hahaha!

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rjd
Years ago

According to the stats on the NBL website, Wortho is having a career season. By that, I mean a career *average* season.

2011/12: 14.8ppg (2pt% 47%, 3pt% 35%) 6.2rpg 1.6apg in 29mpg

Career: 15.5ppg (2pt% 47%, 3pt% 34%) 6.3rpg 2.2apg in 31mpg

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greg
Years ago

Wortho does less pre season work than any other team mate. At least he did at the Dragons and does at the Blaze, apparently. He makes a real art of it. Won't be as easy this year with so much to do for Boomers' camps etc. Hope someone pushes him hard for that Olympic spot.

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paul
Years ago

That's the thing with Wortho, you think he should be better than 15p @ 43% but he hasnt been. The other thing is under Goorjian he contributed a lot more than his stats but he he went the other way in 2009 and 2010, being a black hole who would shoot his team out of games and pout at times.

I am glad he has found his old form in the second half of this season, mixed in with a couple of petulant weeks to remind us of his 'dark side'.

I think this series against Perth will tell a lot about whether Wortho is the superstar some people think he can be, or just another of the good players that are in bountiful supply in the NBL.

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Mystro
Years ago

He was the only player i really disagreed with in this years All NBL First Team.

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greg
Years ago

IMO, Goorjian got the best out of Wortho who believed he was an important assett to BG. That happens with some coach-player relationships. Wright will only get it from time to time.

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Wortho All NBL 1st Team.That would be top 5 right?

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