Don't think we will win this tournament based on what I've seen.
Could very well drop out in the 1/4s.

Hopefully we will see Anderson and Newley soon.

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Isaac
Years ago

Boomers scoring:

Blanchfield 18 (4/9 3P)
Creek 15
Gliddon 12 (4/8 3P)
Kickert, Norton 11
McCarron 10

Creek with 9 boards, Brandt 6.
Cadee with 5 assists, McCarron and Kickert 4.

No Boomer played more than 23 minutes.

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#1 Anon Poster
Years ago

Who you kidding Anon? The only team in the cup that can potentially challenge us is New Zealand.

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Wookiee
Years ago

Good to see Blanchfield get his eye in... With his previous games and before this tournament he's seemed a bit out of sorts and was very underwhelming and had me hoping that the Kings didn't pay too much for him...

Cadee with another good bunch of dimes ad looking more to facilitate as well, maybe he's turned the corner on just being a scorer but I've seen this in pre-season before and then back to just scoring during the regular season...

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Anonymous
Years ago

Don't think we will win this tournament based on what I've seen.
Could very well drop out in the 1/4s.

You clearly have not watched the other teams who are comical.

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AngusH
Years ago

Only way we lose to a team that is not NZ IMO is if a team catches stupidly on fire from outside and we can't buy a 3 against a zone defense.

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paul
Years ago

Tournament basketball can do funny things. We only beat Jordan by a point in the opening game of the 2010 WC and were very lucky to do that.

We have a team that has played a total of two games together, with only two guys with any real international experience.

The Philippines has gone very close to a number of teams with a lot more cohesion and talent than this Boomers team - China, Iran, NZ and Lebanon are also danger teams if we have a bad night.

With so many unproven players, we will do well to win the whole thing, although we are aided by so many of the best Asian players of recent years not being at the tournament.

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leungtl
Years ago

Don't sleep on Lebanon on their home court either.

I'd love to see us play Iran at some stage and see how Hodgson & Brandt fare against Hadadi.

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Anonymous
Years ago

NZ C team beats Lebanon. So there you go even the home team don't seem that good.

Are any teams that are contenders full strength apart from Lebanon? From what I can see no.

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Anonymous
Years ago

What did they take Anderson in the first place?

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