I'm sure he's a great player but I doubt he 'earned' a spot in the camp

Bogut Academy gets supported by the NBA. Same as last year where they had a spot to the Asia Camp in Taipei

Calm down Luke Sunderland :') ^

Calm down Luke Sunderland :') ^

I agree with Smeta, there is so much negativity in the basketball community. a kid makes a NBPA Camp and it is mainly negative. on other topics it is not how good players are, it is about who is going to get sacked. Never seen Max play or know him but congratulations.

Would love to be positive but not on this occasion.

The kid is pathetically pushed by his parents who run his club. There are better players at McKinnon and way way way better players out there than Max Cody.

Nobody at McKinnon has the balls to say so unless Mummy dearest comes running and sacks their butts from the club.

The McKinnon love in at BV and BIG V is sickening and the Max Cody love in at McKinnon is even worse.

The pushing of this kid simply demonstrates what is wrong in basketball where parents have way too much influence some times.

Shows what doors influence and $$$ can open. Pity kids with far more merit than this one miss out.

Must admit I watched every game at the national schools in Canberra - not very impressive, much better talent out there!

Good to see the kid get a great opportunity.

Takes a group of support people to get the kid to this point. Well done to all involved

Correct. The invite was for a player out of the Bogut Academy. Simple as that. Nevertheless it will be a invaluable experience for the young fella. Best of luck.

So if you have the resources ($$$) to get into the Bogut Academy and the ability to transport yourself to those sessions, you can hurdle over kids who cant and in fact the entire BV coaching systems such as State and NITP programs.

What sort of system is developing in this country when invitations to these sort of things is based on $$$ and influence and not on merit.

Wonder if the Cody clan who dominate the admin and governance at McKinnon used their influence to finance a deserving kid towards the Bogut Academy? instead like so many parents they just abuse this by just pushing their own kids barrow.

Hope for the kids sake he does do well and gets a college gig, as the best thing for his development would be to get away from the apron strings at home so he can learn to stand on his own two feet.

Once again some fwits are happy to personally attack people on this forum...

To the Cougar Young Gun, I say well done on your selection and enjoy the experience.

This achievement should be praised and not ridiculed...

Life is full of haters unfortunately...

Yeah let the stats speak, such a strong game changeing type of player led his U20 team straight into Met 1 after getting beat by Sunbury to make VC

Was he not the MVP of the league and a championship winning side last year?

Not sure if his parents got him that award as well. Clearly they bribed all the other coaches and captains into voting for him I guess.

HOW DARE THEY!!!!!! I am outraged.

Good luck kid, enjoy the experience.

State Teams, SPP, NITP are not elite player development pathways anymore, they are far to political and end up having negative effects on kids. The private academies like BOGUT and AUSA are doing much better work developing players.

Good luck to Cody.