Regarding Simmons nickname, 'Simba' is the best I got.

Just can't wait to be King

A lot of multiple position players in possible 2019 Boomers team.
I see Simmons starting at 4 spot but sharing point guard duties with Dellavedova and Exum.
Mills and Ingles might play a bit there too.
Dellavedova
Mills
Ingles
Simmons
Baynes

With Broekhoff, Bolden and Exum playing key minutes off the bench.

Yeah it's a great "problem" for the Boomers to have, given that the front court isn't really our strength right now. His ability to play defence against a big while still doing his thing with the ball fits in really well with the other international-calibre personnel we have. As does Ingles' new outside shooting ability. Great weapons to be adding.

What's the deal with dual-citizens in BBL?
Can they change their mind about which country they want to represent?

Give Simmions the ball, run the lanes, cut, screen and spot up.

Also, Simmions plays the 1 on offense and defends the 3/4. Mills can play the 2 on offense and defends the 1. The rest is matches up on their number.

Dellavedova
Mills
Ingles
Simmons
Baynes

Exum
Lisch?
Broekhoff
Creek
Bolden
Maker
Bogut (if fit) or Mathiang.

Extended squad could include,
McCarron
Goulding
Adel
Landale
Motum
LualAcil

Why are people preferring Bolden over Maker?
Maker is in the NBA and Bolden is Europe.

Not sure how anyone has Creek in this team?

If Boomers are going to medal, all players will need to 'specialise' in something....

I think a "Small" ball lineup of

PG: Dellevadova
SG: Mills
SF: Simmons
PF: Ingles
C: Baynes

Bench:
Exum
Bolden
Thon Maker
Broekoff
Newley
Goulding
Bogut or Mathiang


This could work i believe, Obviously those positions are Fluid and Simmons would be a PG for most Possessions, but with that amount of shooting around Simmons, the Offense could really put some pressure on a lot of teams.

Bringing Exum and Bolden as first two off bench could give us a few different looks depending on match up.

Ingles has turned out to be a great perimeter defender. You don't want him guarding big men

I can't wait to see Simmons on the Boomers. We have plenty of good shooters to surround him with and enough rebounding, defence and size to compete with every team now. After Simmons, I think Baynes, Ingles and Mills have all earned starting spots. With Simmons running the poInt, I don’t think there’s any need to have Delly out there as a starter. Broekhoff continues to shoot the 3 and rebound well in Europe, so he’d be my final starter.

I’m hoping Bogut can still give us solid minutes as Baynes backup and I think a combination of Bolden and Maker can soak up the rest of the minutes.

Watching the way Exum is playing since he returned for the Jazz, I think he can be a real X factor for us in 2019. He can be brought off the bench to attack second string guards with his speed and length but against teams with wings that are too athletic for Broekhoff, he is tall enough to give us another option. This allows us to keep Ingles at the two and also avoids Simmons having to do it.

The last two spots probably won’t get much time, but I actually think Creek would be good insurance as a third athletic wing if Broekhoff and Exum get in foul trouble. Goulding would be a good option as 12th man because of his shooting.

Just behind Creek you could look at McCarron and if Maker doesn’t perform in camp, it’s not out of the question that Motum could nick his spot.

Yeah I'm watching the game. Goulding isn’t perfect, but we need one more shooting guard and I can’t think of a better one. Who would you put in instead?

It's a pity the Kyrie boat has sailed!

I’d definitely take Goulding over those other three. He’s got a lot of experience now and that showed in the grand final series. Gliddon is too slow, Sobey too volatile and McCarron needs experience.

What's the likelihood that Harry Froling is in the conversation for 2020 Olympics?

In two years time Tamuri Wigness will be 18yo and ready to be in the Boomers team....

Anon, you have 2 x Broekoff listed.

I haven't seen anyone mention Cam Bairstow on these lists, it would be great if he could get back on court and his extra Olympics experience could be valuable during training camp.

I'd also love to see McCarron at training camp, as mentioned above the man needs experience and it's a shame that he isn't in commonwealth game getting extra international experience (moreso with Lemanis play calling than with the competition).

I'd like to see Simmons play as more of a 4, at the Sixers he lets TJ McConnell have more ball handling responsibility and I could see Delly having that role. Simmons being main playmaker is a terrific Plan B and if it's not as tiring for Simmons doing it that way then he should be fresher to take over games in the 4th

I'm with you '998. Seems a no-brainer to use Simmons in the exact way the 76ers are now. You know, the 14-0 streak, getting results against NBA teams, 76ers.

He's a generational talent. At PG, he has as much influence on the game as he can get, so play him there, regardless of potentially being short a big. Two three point specialists in Ingles and Broekhoff are perfect alongside him - one's a top-shelf shooter in the NBA and the other in Europe. Mills or Delly beside Simmons and the other on the bench.

Bogut still an starter for any team. His experience and confidence. Lets hope his health is good comes Olympics

I'd expect it comes down to chemistry in warmups and practice, but I see sense to have elite shooters, such as Ingles and Broekhoff, combining with Simmons. The question is whether we add a stretch 4 or another guard to this lineup.

Mills has always been an impactful sub, so there is no imperative for him to start. The impact and influence of Delly and Bogut shouldn't be forgotten, as their influence were the keys to the Rio success, but if they happen to anchor our second unit, we should really be able to spread minutes out.

If Simmons primarily runs point, Delly must take those responsibilities when Simmons is resting.

I think Philly has shown that the key to success with Simmons is to let him run point, penetrate at will, and surround him with as many shooters as possible.

Jonah Bolden is a terrific defender and can hit the three-ball. Brock Motum is a flat out scorer who can stretch D's with his three-point shooting, but is not a great defender.

Both would thrive playing alongside Simmons.

The 4 spot is the biggest question mark for me. With Baynes and Bogut at 5, there are no absolute standouts to me at the 4.
Bolden seems like the prototype nba stretch 4 is likely the 3rd big, with Motum, maker or even like Nick Kay could get a look.
If they take 5 bigs Kay is super efficient, stretches the floor and is always in the right spot. Comfortably our best performer at the com games imo.

O dear only twice did any poster mentioned defensive ability as a must. It's all about shooting. Big time Bball wins come from exceptional defensive skills and commitment and an occasional Steph Curry with the ball in hand

Defense? That's the exciting thing about this Boomers team. Nearly all of the core are excellent defenders.

Simmons has gone from being a somewhat lazy defender in college to an elite defender in the NBA; Ingles has been one of the best defenders on a strong defensive Utah team; Baynes actually leads the NBA in defensive rating; Bogut is being underrated in this thread now because he is homeless, but I expect that he will remain an excellent rim protector; Mills can be a defensive pest; Delly is no slouch at the defensive end; Broekhoff could arguably have strong enough defense to be a 3 and D guy in the NBA; and while Exum's emergence offensively has been recent, his D has been strong since his rookie year. All backcourt players mentioned are good to excellent 3-point shooters (except arguably Exum) while being good to excellent defenders.

I forgot to mention that the reason why there was so much talk about shooters is that the topic was about how Simmons would be used. Simmons will function better on a lineup with several perimeter threats.