Anonymous
Years ago

Australian U19 Emus Squad Named

Available here:

http://www.basketball.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/U19-Mens-Squad-2014.pdf

Few odd selections and omissions for mine. Tad Dufelmeier definitely deserves a spot. Anyone know who Jordan Hunter is? Can't find much info on him.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Has Thon Maker committed to Australia or Canada?

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LC  
Years ago

He has stated he would represent Australia at U19 WC's next year.

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KingJames  
Years ago

Awesome!

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LC  
Years ago

Very strong squad even though some cannot attend the 1st camp.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

There isn't another camp this is selection for Oceania, which they need to win to get to worlds . The next camp will not be till next year right before worlds where they will choose the team to go to Greece

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Anonymous  
Years ago

What 12 do you guys think will go to worlds?

White/Wearne?
Adel/Wilson/valjevic
Simmons/McVeigh
Maker/bolden/barker or blagojevic?
Humphries/froling

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Hopefully Tad jr attitude has finally caught up with him!

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They should include Tad Jr in the final team.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Some, I would say quite a few are not available for the camp? The camp is obviously not important for the qualification games.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Sorry but the qualifications are done at Oceania, it's the only way to get to worlds they MUST win, so THIS Oceania team is very important, arrogant to think there will be nothing to challenge at Oceania as many seem to think, these other teams want to win and have been training hard nz included

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Good squad, although looks like 6 out to the top 7 players can't make the first camp and it looks like being in America has hurt Kai Healy, Geremy McKay and Tad Dufelmeier as I would expect these pliers to be in the main squad had they been in Australia.

Looking at the potential team, I think it would have been interesting to see Matt Owies as a reserve as he is a pass first PG and would distribute to the others. If all players are available, I think the main concern will be the PG sot as the team looks loaded elsewhere. I think Dufelmeier might have been a good selection.

Based on the squad picked I think the team would be:

PG - McDowell-White (6'4) / DJ (6'2) / Tom WIlson (6'3)
SG - Adel (6'7) / Krebs (6'5)
SF - McVeigh (6'7) / Blagojevic (6'7)
PF - Simmons (6'9) / Bolden (6'9)
C - Maker (7'1) / Humphries (6'11) / Froling (6'9)

Also, I don't know much about Jordan Hunter, but he potentially could replace Froling as the 3rd C.

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LC  
Years ago

Olgun Uluc of Aus Bball Prospects take a look at the Basketball Australia U19 men's squad named this week.

Australian U19 Men's Squad | Training Camp Roster


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Anonymous  
Years ago

For me the starting 5 is locked in...

Pg: White / Wilson
Sg: Adel / McVeigh / vasljevic / krebs ( first 2 can play the 3 also, 2nd 2, the 3rd point )
Sf: simmons / bolden / blagojevic ( first 2 capable of playing the 4 )
Pf: maker ( can also play the 5 with simmons at 3 and bolden at 4 )
C: Humphries / froling ( both very strong, great rebounders )

Having simmons at pf and maker at centre as starters takes a big a chunk out of there game.

Imagine a mobile front court of 6'10 235lbs, 7'0 215lbs and 6'11 250 lbs, ( all good rebounders, shot blockers, good around the rim and all have a mid range shot.)

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Froling is better than Hunter

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FalconsTV  
Years ago

Good to see that BA can get Deng Adel's home club almost right! He is a Longhorns domestic player and a Waverley Junior....

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Darryl  
Years ago

I do hope that Adel, Maker, Bolden and Simmons are available for worlds. Makes a huge difference to our medal prospects.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Their won't be a worlds if they don't win Oceania

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Disagree, as have seen both of them and Hunter is better in the paint than Froling who likes it outside more. So if you are picking them for under the basket play I would choose Hunter to see how he goes at this level, Froling has had plenty of opportunities and is younger than Hunter. Hunter is taller and more athletic but Froling has had the experience at National and International level. Both are going to be very good.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Does anyone understand how tricky qualification will be? One game and done. Very little prep, green head coach, full strength squad not available....very tricky indeed.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Sorry but Hunter (who was only a reserve for U18 NSW Metro Team this year) should not be selected over Humphries, Froling, Maker etc. Not saying he doesn't deserve a shot at the camp as he obviously has talent, but there are better kids there.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

It might be worth pointing out that a number of potential squad/team members are already at College or High School in the USA and wouldn't be available to attend this camp.

Agree, lets not be arrogant, the winner of Oceania earns the right to go to the worlds. There is no greater rivalry between Australia & New Zealand, especially from NZ's perspective. They'd be working overtime in an effort to beat Australia and go to the worlds.

Lets not get too far ahead of ourselves, Australia needs to win in Fiji first. Lose and forget going to the worlds, it's that simple.

As for players that would be in the team:

Agree on Simmons & Bolden.

Do not agree on McKay, Dufelmeier, Healy. Hard to see any of them making Oceania, let alone Worlds.

And, sorry to open up old wounds as it has been discussed before in several blogs, but in my opinion Deng Adel will not play in any Australian under age team. I am told he has two passports that show two different DOB's. Australia would be silly to risk selecting him.

As for Owies, great competitor, always give 110% & I'd rather him on my team than the oppositions, but he is the polar opposite to a pass first guard.

Dufelmeier is not a pass first guard either, probably closest thing to it is Woodfall in this age group, but he lacks in other areas of his all round game.

Wearne won't make it, couldn't crack a spot in the Vic Metro U20 team this year and came off the bench the year before for Vic Metro U18, where both Vasiljevic & Wilson as bottom agers were preferred and performed better.

Vasiljevic, Wilson & Krebs all shared PG duties for the CoE team in SEABL and all three are extremely capable 3 point shooters. Looked like Wilson did a fantastic job relieving Owies in the U17 worlds, especially at the business end of the tourny and at the business end of those important games.

Very surprised Noi is not in the main squad and only named as a reserve. Looked like he had an exceptional U17 Worlds.

Don't be surprised if big Jock Perry makes the team. Perhaps not for Oceania, but the Worlds if they get there.

If the powers at be know what's good for them, Will McDowell-White will make the U19 team. Same as Perry maybe not Oceania, but the Worlds.

Injuries aside, my 10 for Oceania from those listed as available with the exception of Krebs:

Humphries, Froling, Vague, McCarthy, Blagojevic, McVeigh, Krebs, Vasiljevic, Wilson, Krebs. Maybe White & Clarke for either Vague or McCarthy.

Because of limited preparation time the CoE players have a huge head start as Caporn has easy access to them.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Kai Woodfall ?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

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re: Australian U19 Emus Squad Names
Does anyone understand how tricky qualification will be? One game and done. Very little prep, green head coach, full strength squad not available....very tricky indeed.


Exactly think everyone is missing the point here, the QUALIFYERS are just that if we do NOT win we won't be going to worlds so the imaginary WORLDS team will be just that.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

If we have a full strength team you'd have to think we'd have a good chance at gold i mean a starting line up of

White (6'4)
Adel (6'7)
Simmons (6'10)
Maker (7'1)
Humphries (7'0)

is just going to be too big and athletic for teams. Not to mention with guys like Mcveigh, Bolden etc coming off the bench.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Again ^ talk about the worlds team AFTER they have won Oceania, as without a decent line up for that which is what is being selected for from this camp they will not be going to worlds talk about putting the cart before the horse!!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

This is taken just now from the official BA release on the women's gems team and the same rule applies to the men also

"Traditionally a two-team best-of-three series between the Jayco Gems and the New Zealand Tall Ferns - the 2014 edition of the tournament has been expanded to include the surrounding Pacific nations as part of a 10-team competition.

The Jayco Gems will travel to Suva in Fiji for the tournament from 1-6 December, where they will face the likes of Fiji, Samoa, Guam, Tahiti and the Kiwis in a six-day competition, with the winner securing the region's sole place at the 2015 FIBA Under 19 World Championship for Women."

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Anonymous  
Years ago

This is true and anon ^^^ if I was talking best starting line up and potential team for Oceania I would not go past:

Tom Wilson waxing with Dejan Vasiljevic and Tanner Krebs at point guard.

George Blagojevic with Will McDowell-White and Jack White off bench at shooting guard.

Ben Simmons (if available) or Jonah Boldan, Jack McViegh or Kyle Clark as small forwards.

Thon Maker (if available) to play power forward backed up by Jordan Hunter or Harry Froling.

Isaac Humphries with Jock Perry if fit to back him up at centre.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

For oceanias...

White/Owies
Dj/Wilson
McVeigh/Clark/blagojevic
Simmons/Noi/barker
Humphries/froling

If only taking 10, no blagojevic, no barker.
If no simmons, add either krebs to sg or hunter to pf.

Also, interesting no mading or mini maker on the list.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

^Owies is not even named in the squad & Noi is named as a reserve? So why are you naming them for Oceania?

Agree with others, have to win Oceania first and this won't be easy.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Just saying they should be in the squad.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Blagojevic before Clarke every day of the week. Better athlete, better shooter and older.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Who would you put at point behind white?
Wilson, dj, wearne, krebs or Woodfall.

I like owies too. Gives it everything.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

woodfall, krebs, dj, wilson then wearne

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Alpha  
Years ago

Those unavailable for the camp appear also unavailable for the Oceania tournament so no point discussing any of them, even Krebs is a big question mark that after 4 months of sitting on the sideline he would be included in the team.

As someone has already pointed out, the core of the team will likely be composed of the CoE players so Wilson, Vasiljevic, Blagojevic, McVeigh, Humphries and Froling are likely locks with Clark, J. White, Barker, McCarthy, Hunter and Vague all in contention for other four spots. Woodfall may be picked if Krebs does not recover in time, which would see Vasiljevic playing SG. Not sure what Smith would play - played SF for the U18 Vic Metro last year, very athletic and fast but struggles with consistency. Wearne has improved in the past year, but so have others.

The tournament will certainly be tough - 10 teams likely in 2 pools which would mean 4 round robin games with the knock out phase that would involve likely top 4 teams - all played in 6 days. Not really the best time of the year, early December with every important competition (SEABL, BigV) finished while ago which means some players may be off their best - this is again another reason why Caporn would stick with the CoE players, I hope they will play some practice games during this time. Regardless I believe the team that will be picked will get the job done.


Also hope McD-White is unavailable due to his move to the North and is ready to join the program later. I miss that kid.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

@Alpha, do you know the status of Jock Perry, the team could use some more big bodies?

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Alpha  
Years ago

^Agree, the team needs another real big, I don't think there is another real 5 in the squad.

Many are probably unaware that Jock had a major surgery in May and started practicing with the CoE squad in July. He is still on the road to recovery but has been practicing with this U19 squad. The word is he's been doing great competing with others.

Nice kid, I thought he was far better than Humphries during the ECC tournament early this year and was carrying the Vic Metro team during the preparation for the Nationals. Just bad luck I guess, hope he recovers fast and wish him all the best.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Thanks Alpha, yeah great kid and players 6' 11" to 7' plus in this age group don't grow on trees either, so if we come up against some legitimate size in the tournament it could pose a problem.

Having said that, I would imagine only NZ will possess any quality at this size, I don't believe the island nations will have size to worry us at Oceania.

When we progress, then it will be something for consideration, at Worlds!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

@Alpha.. Sorry but I don't think there was ever a point where Perry was better than Humphries. At ECC, Humphries was by far the best player in the tournament - even D'Agostino was more impressive than Perry.

His injury is unfortunate and it seems to be an ongoing problem so I feel bad for the kid, but saying he was 'far better than Humphries' is just absurd.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Anon^ I have seen them both play and I believe Alpha was only referring to once tournament, maybe only a small sample of games, agree Humphries is the more talented of the two at the moment.

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Alpha  
Years ago

^Correct

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Is Molloy Leigh any good?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

I thought Jack White was a shooting guard, not a point guard?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

^ They're referring to Will McDowell-White. He can play 1-3

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Unfortunatley, have to agree with Alpha and another. At ECC earlier this year Perry perfomed better than Humphries. I know that's only one tournament. Humphries may have been carrying an injury, was ill who knows. But Humphries didn't exactly carry NSW Metro in the U18 Nationals this year either.

However, Humphries has just gone from strength to strength since then and he has to be congratulated for that. Just goes to show that all these kid's confidence levels are wafer thin and they need coaches who will re-inforce positve thoughts and empower these kids to believe in themsleves and to take the game on and just go out and play.

When will coaches understand that? As good as the U17 World Championship result was it was delivered largely on the back of 6 or 7 players. All 12 of those kids can play, but I don't know if the coaches gave the other 5 or 6 any confidence to go out and contribute. Look at Akintola & J. White. Both killed it at U18 Nationals this year, yet hardly get any court time at the Worlds. I know it's a different level, but for me it's just confidence and self belief.

You'd have to ask the kids or their parents to find out?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

@#346 Tim Molloy-Leigh is a legit 7' with bulk and strength in the post, he has a decent free throw too, but lacks athleticism at the elite level. Not sure why he wasn't considered for this squad though? Country Vic rode on the back of their bigs and Jack White's shooting at 18 Nationals this year. Nearly got them into the gold medal game.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Anon #373 you are correct about one thing, confidence is a very big factor in how kids perform on a basketball court, not just kids mind you!

Worlds was an interesting tournament, coaches are under such pressure to perform and are judged on results more than development at that level I believe.

Hard to give all kids a fair run if you as a coach are too worried about losing and don't have the confidence in your whole team.

Team USA had no problems with it though, that's why they won gold I guess??

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Tanner is not a point guard. And to the comment way above:
"Do not agree on McKay, Dufelmeier, Healy. Hard to see any of them making Oceania, let alone Worlds."
That has to be a joke. McKay and Healy are playing D1 college basketball at the moment, and Tad is on his way there. The three of them are three of the top 10 players that are eligible for this team

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Bear  
Years ago

Anon^ I tend to agree, if McKay, Dufelmeier, Healy are available they would be almost locks for the team going to worlds considering their maturity.

All good picking talent, but too many too young doesn't put much faith in those at the perfect age now...

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Anonymous  
Years ago

I don't disagree that McKay, Healy & Dufelmeier are good players but, the debate is academic really as all three are not available for Oceania.

However, what position do they play & who do they displace?

Kai Healy, on the world stage would be more of a 2 than a 3, at the U18 Champs 2 years ago he averaged 11.5pts, was 4 from 24 from 3pt range & 30 from 75 overall.

I can't see him ahead of any of the following, his performances just don't stack up:
W McDowell White, Krebs, Vasilijevic, Wilson all of whom have superior stats % and especially from the 3 pt range, and I guess I'm not the only one who thinks that as 3 of the 4 above are at the CoE & McDowell White was offered a spot but didn't go.

Mckay - don't deny his competitiveness, but where does he play? He's only ever played as a 5, at 6'7" he's extremely undersized even if he was picked as a 4. As a 3, he's not athletic enough, hasn't got good enough handles or perimeter shooting to be a 3. As an example, Froling, who will be a 4 or 5 swingman is bigger and shoots mid 30% from the 3.

Dufelmeier is not at NCAA Div 1, he's at NJCAA Div 1 Salt Lake City Community College. Quite possibly as he doesn't meet the academic requirement for NCAA Div 1 or 2? However, again, who does he replace? He's a PG, McDowell White, Wilson & Krebs all possess superior 3 pt shooting %, are all bigger and Vasiljevic is a better shooter as well if they play him as a PG. Krebs has waxed PG responsibilities with Vasiljevic & Wilson in the CoE SEABL team. Dufelmeier plays is a weaker team, so gets more court time so has the chan ce to score more heavily that Vasiljevic or Wilson, but a comparison of top age 18 stats doesn't support you opinions of him being a better player. Krebs was superior also.

Personally I wouldn't pick Krebs as a PG, he's more of a SG. For me McDowell White & Wilson as PG, But McDowell White is not at the camp, so that opens the door maybe for Woodfall. For me Vasiljevic & Krebs are the SG's.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

^ Agree. Take a breath of air you guys. You only have to look at the last U17 & U19 teams & the make up of the teams.

There was a high %age of the 2012 U17 Silver Medal winning team in the 2013 U19 team.

The 2014 U17 team, equaled the result of the 2012 U17 team and arguably had a better result as they only lost by 7 points, whereas the 2012 team lost to the USA by over 30 pts. The 2014 U17 team also had two All Tournament selections, the 2012 team had one.

Therefore barring injuries, I would think the 2014/15 U19 team will have a higher number of the 2014 U17 team members in it.

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anon  
Years ago

re: Australian U19 Emus Squad Named


@#346 Tim Molloy-Leigh is a legit 7' with bulk and strength in the post, he has a decent free throw too, but lacks athleticism at the elite level. Not sure why he wasn't considered for this squad though? Country Vic rode on the back of their bigs and Jack White's shooting at 18 Nationals this year. Nearly got them into the gold medal game.


Molloy-Leigh lacks motivation too Id say that's why he's not an addition to the team

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Bear  
Years ago

There in lies the issue with trying to be objective when discussing potentials for worlds, we have quite a few whom will more than likely not be available.

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anon  
Years ago

seriously don't know why anyone is even talking worlds till they win at Oceania, then and only then should speculation begin for worlds, and guarantee the worlds team will be very different from the one sent to Oceania if all those 'unavailable' suddenly become 'available' which no doubt they will

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Geremy McKay can fit as an undersized 4. He will defend bigger guys and compete on the glass.

He will run through a brick wall for his team and will accept a role. The added bonus is he is not a dickhead who thinks he is better than he is. Mcveigh on the other hand...

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Anonymous  
Years ago

^Wow, McVeigh rubbed someone up the wrong way?

Firstly, I agree we have to win Oceania first otherwise the rest is speculation.

Agree McKay will play a role for the team, will run through a brick wall and all of that, but!

McVeigh led the CoE in scoring in SEABL this past year. Obviously impressed Lemanis to a gig on the boomers squad earlier in he year.

He also won MVP of the U20 Nationals earlier this year. He is in some illustrious company of past winners of that award.

I think Lemanis might be a little better judge than you.

Having said that, McKay and McVeigh are totally different players.

As I said above, McKay has played a 5, could play a 4, but does not have the game to play as a 3.

McVeigh will play as a 3 or a 2.

It's not a competition between McKay & McVeigh for a spot. McKay would be vying for a spot as a 5, which on the world stage he is JUST TOO SMALL. He is even TOO SMALL as a 4. McVeigh will be either a 3 or a 2.

Kyle Clarke is 6'7" and even he was too small in the U17 worlds. BUT have to win Oceania FIRST!

Please get a grip of what it takes to compete at the next level.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

I don't think many will travel from overseas to play oceanias. maybe bolden who is ineligible for college this coming season, white who is here in Aus and simmons maybe is a slim chance. No adel or maker.

So...
White/Wilson
Dj/krebs
Simmons/McVeigh ( no simmons, Clark comes in. )
Bolden/blagojevic ( no bolden, barker comes in. )
Humphries/froling

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Worlds team.. Probably looking something like this. If we make it...

White/Wilson
Adel/dj
Simmons/McVeigh
Maker/bolden
Humphries/froling

Add another 2, maybe another sg krebs? a combo sf/pf McKay?

froling might play a 4-5 opening up a spot for perry or Molloy Leigh at centre.
Or Keeping froling at centre and adding a pf in mading or matur maker.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

To the anon who said that Healy is inferior solely due to his average u18 STATS on a good team, you then went on to say dufelmeier is inferior because his stats were great on an average team... Make up your mind please. Healy was captain of that nsw team and acted as the glue guy at u18s, not having to dominate with Jonah Bolden playing so well. But I think that he's more than capable of not only make the team but be one of the key players. Seriously has anyone actually watched this kid play? And then Tad, he's one of the most athletic kids in the age group and has range to nearly half court. These two are obvious selections in my mind, but well have to wait and see. I expect them to be in final squad at camp before worlds

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Anonymous  
Years ago

^You're reading and interpreting what you want to.

I have said I don't deny Healey & Dufelmeier (& McKay) are good players, but what position do they play and who are they ahead of? Vasiljevic & Wilson are ahead of both as they have a history of good stats as bottom & top age in Nationals and at the U17 Worlds. IMO W McDowell White also has superior stats at the same age in National Championships & if he had gone to the Worlds, I have no doubt he would have performed extremely well also. he also killed it at the recent Adidas Nations.

So, who do they push out of the team? You haven't said? I'm sorry, but I don't see them being ahead of any of the above 3.

IMO, whilst being good, they're not good enough as there are others ahead of them.

As unfortunate as it is, the kids who play in the U17's (2010, 2012 & 2014) World's team have a head start on the U19's in the next year, especially if they perform well. They get the chance to show what they can do against the World's best the year before. The history of the make-up of the last 3 Oz U19 teams shows you that.

Not saying they & others wouldn't have performed well if they had their chance, just that they were probably born in the wrong year.

At the end of the day, you might want to ponder:

1. Where are the 2010 U17 Players now?
2. How many players, that have gone to the AIS (now CoE), 'have really made it', in a meaningful way in elite basketball.

By making it, I mean playing professionally in the NBA, Europe, or a 10+ season player in the NBL & probably represented the Boomers at some stage.

There aren't a lot of them. Junior teams are just that, they're Junior teams. Many players will make it at the senior level, that didn't make any Junior teams (State or National).

I think it's fantastic that these kids get the opportunity to live the dream and go to College in the US, and that in itself is a fantastic achievement, it's not the be all and end all to make under age teams.

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Bear  
Years ago

I think it's a good thing that we can debate a number of kids with the talent and ability to be considered good enough at the elite or international level.

If nothing else, it is healthy for basketball here in Australia that we are speaking highly about more kids coming through than I can remember for quite some time.

The final team for Oceania and then hopefully worlds will no doubt be full of great kids... Young adults!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

I think what is generating the discussion is why did they name the "reserves" in the first place. They name 3 reserves who people think could be on the bubble of the team who can't make it because of College commitments and then they name a few U17 players as training players as reserves.

If they just named one large squad I think it would of been simpler.

Also, I agree with many of the points above, although I think McKay still would have made the team. IMO he is a PF ahead of McCarthy, Barker and Vague. I agree that he has predominately played C and is moving the PF spot, but at 6'7 in U19 competition he still can compete. He kinda plays like Kenneth Faried and will do anything to win and I would take that player over say an average 6'9 player just because they are taller.

I don't think Dufelmeier or Healy would of made it, although would have been interesting to see Dufelmeier there as IMO the 4 best guards haven't played that much time as a full time PG's.

Oceania team would look something like this.

McDowell-White / DJ
Wilson / Krebs
McVeigh / Blagojevic
McCarthy / Barker
Humphries / Fooling

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Anonymous  
Years ago

^Agree with most of your choices.

Krebs may not go to Oceania as he is recovering from and injury & may not be ready in time, but he'd be in my team.

Vague will go ahead of Barker. Vague was offered a CoE Scholarship and has had superior results in Nationals.

McCarthy is a good selection, would've made the the Vic Metro U18 team two years ago but had surgery/was recovering from injury.

Smith will more than likely make the team, maybe for Krebs if he's unavailable.

PG will be shared amongst Vasiljevic, Wilson, Krebs, Smith, McDowell White (whoever makes it from the last 3 due to injuries).

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Anonymous  
Years ago

^^ 3 of the 4 best guards haven't played a lot as PG's because they've always had to play bigger because they have some height. Krebs is 6'5"-6'6", Mcdowell White is 6'5"-6'4" and Wilson is 6'3"-6'4".

This has been a real shame for the development of their game as at NBA/Euro league they're gonna be PG's for them to make it. Look at Dellavedova, he's 6'4".

If anyone has really watched a lot of McDowell White & Wilson they possess that X Factor and have unbelievable poise and vision when they've got the ball. They make the game look easy. And despite what anyone on here says Lemanis thinks the same.

The problem has been not enough good bigs or bigger players which has forced (against their development) their state coaches to play them out of position to which they will be best suited in open age men's. That's one of the reason's Dave Simmons coached his boy early as he didn't know how tall he was going to be, but he knew he had to be able to make it as a PG/SG first.

The same could be said about a lot of players.

McVeigh has largely had it easy in his own age group as he is extremely athletic at 6'7"/6'8", and gets most of his baskets under the ring and out rebounding others. The problem for him is he will have to play as a 3 or a 2 in open age men's. He doesn't currently have the game for that. So the challenge for him will be to work hard on the skills to allow him to play as a 3 or a 2.


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Yeah, don't know why they named 21 and 7 reserves, bizarre. Should've just been a squad of 28.

I'm as puzzled as anyone why Noi isn't in the 21. He had a great U17 World's.

As for Woodfall & Wearne? I can't see them making the Vic U20 team ahead of Owies and I think BA have shown their hand with Wilson with both the CoE SEABL team & the recent U17 Worlds. They see him as a PG. So, unfortunately, doesn't look good for either of them.

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