Excuse my ignorance but what's the difference between Global Academy and CoE? And whoever is pushing the WA barrow you are doing a great job of getting your kids in.

ABOUT THE NBA GLOBAL ACADEMY
The NBA and Basketball Australia (BA) have announced their plan to launch The NBA Global Academy, an elite basketball training center at BA's Centre of Excellence at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra. The NBA Global Academy will serve as the NBA’s global hub for top international male and female prospects from around the world. Up to twelve elite student-athletes will attend The NBA Global Academy each year. They will train under the supervision of NBA-trained coaches and in collaboration with BA’s internationally recognized coaches and Centre of Excellence teams.

4 Australians in the boys among the 12 (Wigness, Ducas, Buluk, Garang)
The women's team hasn't been selected yet

Sorry 5 Aussies (Clarke)

The CoE obviously play in the SEABL, but does anyone know what sort of competition the Global Academy will be playing against?

Also what are the advantages/disadvantages of an elite prospect playing most of their basketball for a team full of elite talent, versus playing for a regular club/school team where that same player is the star? Is there a risk that in an elite squad you may have less playing time and opportunity and develop more of a role-player skill-set, rather than becoming a more well-rounded player?

So NBA piggy back off Australian government funded BA & BA CoE? Hmmm. You would hope NBA aren't getting a free ride off of taxpayers.

Wish they were all like that! Yes the WA kids seem to be getting good looks from BA and CoE.

Who were the other 2 females selected for COE?

Heard Simmons has left

Maybe to the Flames before starting college in 2018.

Is Mole still there?

Still broken

And they've used a spot on a kid who is sworn to
play for NZ

Something like this maybe..

COE women from July 2017
PG 99 A.Cubillo 5'3 nt
PG 01 S.Heal 5'6 nsw
CG 00 J.Shelley 5'9 vic
SG 01 I.Palmer 5'9 nsw
SG/SF 00 K.King-Hawea 5'10 vic
SF 99 T.Mole 6'0 tas
SG/SF 00 S.Simons 6'1 sa
SF 00 E.Clarke 6'1 wa
PF 00 I.Bourne 6'2 act
PF/C 01 E.Hollingsworth 6'2 vic
+2


Left 2017...
CG 98 M.Rocci 5'6 vic - Canberra Capitals
SG/SF 99 J.Simmons 5'11 nsw - ?
SF 99 K.Rowe 6'0 vic - Dandenong Rangers
PF 99 R.Pizzey 6'3 vic - Dandenong Rangers
PF/C 98 Z.Aokuso 6'4 qld - Townsville Fire
PF/C 99 E.Magbegor 6'4 vic - Canberra Capitals
PF/C 00 L.Cochrane 6'5 vic - ?

Is that her brother playing for nz national team?

If she was going to play for nz, you would think she would have started in Guam(oceanias)

The girl we are talking about is in the new intake and not in
Guam

I know but she could have played oceanias u17s

Not good enough but that is another discussion

Can't make the Vic Metro team probably not going to play at Oceania

Seems odd that you would take in a 00 born player when the next u19(2019) team is already 95 % set in stone.. Only 3 01 players to develop at coe with the Asian u16s in 3 months and 2018 worlds in 1 years time.

Should be 6-7 01 players on that roster.

She would start for nz.

Need some bigs in the COE squad.

Shame about Simmons, a very sad story. She would make the Gems a whole lot better.

And a new pg... and horvat... and a new coach... and...