Right now, he seems to be a lot like David Barlow pre Europe. Strong spot up shooter, takes the right shots and is happy to be the 2nd or 3rd banana on offense, athletic and active on the defensive end.

If he could improve his ball handling, play making and one on one scoring ability a little bit, this would add an extra dimension to his game and then he'd be a better chance at the NBA or top Euro leagues.

Although- if he can get his 3 point shot and defense at an elite enough level then he’s still a chance at NBA anyway- there’s room for players like that, ala Bruce Bowen who was playing abroad before making a name for himself in San Antonio, and who only really did two things- played great D and hit occasional 3’s from the corner!

The refs should focus on calling the soft fouls that encourage the defensive to remain honest, while also not calling soft fouls because "let the players play." Then fans would have to think of something else to incessantly whinge about.

Yes, well this is embarrassing.

"If he could improve his ball handling, play making and one on one scoring ability a little bit"

That was his strength last year in Townsville. Really worked hard to improve it, did a great job playing SG getting to the rim and helping with ballhandling against presses. Had his three-ball been dropping he would have been unstoppable last year.

Of course, not many people pay attention to Townsville so it largely went unnoticed! He has put himself in an interesting situation this year - not sure if better or worse for him - could have been a dominant force with the Crocs, but now will have a different role.

That's interesting paul. Just going off the stats, He did score 40% of his points from 3 pointers last season (155 points of 408 total in 28 games). And he averaged a career high 1.7 assists a game. But even for a wing player, that's not high.

In terms of his career development, he’s hoping it’ll work for him like it did for Ingles and Barlow before him- being a part of a successful program with elite players around him, leading to better opportunities and improvements in his game.

But, it can go both ways. Like Goulding in 2012/13 and 2013/14 who had the opportunity to be "The man" and made big steps in each season, which culminated in a scoring title and an NBA try out, and a gig in Spanish first division.

Yeah exactly. Would have been forced to be an all-around offensive player again at Townsville. At Melbourne, will he improve in that environment or go back within his comfort zone as he did previous to last season with the Crocs? Will be interesting to monitor.

He's fine with managing the rock, as in he doesn't turn it over from a sloppy handle, but he can't create too much off the dribble one on one, and I don't think he ever will be able to. He isn't a great creator for others either, but with how pure his stroke is from deep it doesn't matter. He's a better shooter than every other Australian player right now not named Mills or Broekhoff.

His comparison for me is like a lower-level Trevor Ariza, and the NBA should be a realistic possibility for him if he pushes himself. He has the size to play his position at that level.

He just has that weird running style with tiny steps where he never looks like he's really sprinting or exploding or trying hard. I think that might also be a function of the poor ballhandling: it's tough to run hard and fast with the ball if your handle isn't great.

Unfortunately Australia continues to produce elite players with really bad ballhandling and shooting skills. At least Todd has the latter.

No. I think his biggest weakness is his defense.

I don't know how many times he made a play last night only to come down defensively and completely switch off and watch Steindl bang 3 after 3.

His lateral quickness and defensive intensity looks average. In saying that I think he has that kind of smoothness and casual feel to his game that makes him look a tad more disinterested defensively than what he actually is?