Good list. I don't see Froling at that same level yet. A lot of mentions of Cook playing well in Europe. Maybe Goulding in there for Kay as we're pretty top heavy.

Is Green cleared to play (shoulder)?

Yes Green is ready to go by the time camp starts

Can only assume that Exum is still injured.

My 18:

Guards;
Simmons
Mills
Dellavedova
Sobey
Green
Goulding

Wings;
Ingles
Creek
Cooks
Adel
Gliddon

Bigs;
Bogut
Baynes
T Maker
Bolden
Landale
Humphries
Motum.

Missing the cut McCarron, Kay, H Froling and Cadee although it wouldn't surprise me I Cadee or even Hodgson get in seeing as Lemanis is coach.

*if

Not sure Green is up to this level yet? A big jump from playing high school against 17/18 year olds to playing against 25+
He may be invited for the longer term development

^^^
answered your own question

I'd say Hogwash's list is pretty close but with perhaps Kay in for Humphries and McCarron in for Green

Green is more than ready to picked. People who said he is too young are just full of crap.
Look at Japan and Slovenia picking both Doncic and Hachimura at 18 year of age. Australia can't be too conversative in picking youngsters. Ben Simmons should have been picked for the world cup squad when he was 18. But Simmons did not make that squad and it was a mistake.

I feel Makur Maker should be picked for the boomers as soon as possible. The kid is going to be a star.
He is now rank No. 3 in the 247Sports rankings for 2020.
He is our answer for japan' s Hachimura.

Too many nbl players, anon.
Mathiang, landale and Reath should be considered as well.

Boomers depth chart:

Boomers talent pool runs deep for shot at Rio redemption

Since I wrote this, Exum is now ruled out of my squad of 24, as is Ryan Broekhoff.

Josh Green has many question marks for mine, not because of his talent, but because he is inexperienced (been playing just agaisnt HS kids) and he has been out injured with his shoulder that has required surgery - he would have missed 2 months at least. While reports are he should eb fully fit by August, we need battle hardened players for the WC.

Why in gods name are people mentioning Moller. Is this a joke i'm missing?

Barlow?? Umm

Why not? 6'9 can hit the 3 and is a great defender.

Could come in handy for short bursts

"Why in gods name are people mentioning Moller. Is this a joke i'm missing?"

+1

Also +1 for Moller.
Reath in the final 12 has to be a joke also.

Lemanis gets the last laugh.

Yeah I am going to need an explanation for Moller here. What precisely is he good at on a basketball court? Kinda just a longer and more athletic Brendan Teys at this point.

I'd like to see Moller in the squad, not the team to get up the afl publicity machine a bit, he has a lot to offer.

LOL

"No exum and no broekhoff = not a chance in hell we are winning a medal."

Are you actually serious? What is so special about Exum that losing him is some sort of blow? And Broekhoff? Look, Broekhoff's shooting is going to be hard to replace but if you put a few guys in there who are adequate three point shooters you can make up for the 2 or 3 he was going to hit in his 10-15 minutes per game.

Bloody hyperbole to the max. The Boomers were a point away from a medal with a team that wasn't nearly as good on paper as this one will be. And if you take a look at a lot of the teams heading to the cup, most are going to be undermanned by a few players.

You can't lose something that you haven't had in 5 years. Want to know who is in the team? Ben Simmons.

Exum hasn't done anything of note in his entire NBA career and gets injured every time he takes a piss. Don't sit here and tell me he's the difference between us and a medal.

The AFL publicity machine won't even bat an eyelid over Moller.

Exum and Broekhoff while handy players are easily replaceable particularly Exum who is yet to have any real impact in the NBA.

At this point you can replace Dante Exum with Bran Stark. As for Broekhoff, yes he's a great shooter. I like his game. He makes a difference on a team. But the team can adjust to that. There are going to be teams missing bigger pieces than us. Spain is without Gasol. Serbia is expected to be without Jokic and Marajanovic. Who knows who will turn up for Canada. A lot of Lithuanian players haven't confirmed yet. Most of the top teams will be equally disadvantaged.

...and if I may add, only the USA will have more depth. Over a tournament-style season, that will be a big factor.

Announcement at 11am AEST

Goulding and Kay are in

Thon Maker has had to pull out due to his team. That sucks a bit and he wasn't likely to be a big piece but we need to have everyone else on board or we could end up having some problems.

If Maker is ruled out we still have plenty of depth with Bolden, Kay, Motum etc.

FIBA basketball is definitely not as suited to Simmons' game as the NBA game is, so it will be an adjustment. He's still going to be one of the most talented players on the floor at almost all times though, so assuming Lemanis can put in a half decent system I would still expect him to play a big part of our success (or otherwise)

I would be interested to know if the posters calling for Green, Cooks, Adel etc have watched many full games on them.

Not just highlights with break away dunks.

They are definitely talented players but guys like Goulding and Barlow have the experience in these tournaments and are used to playing against grown men.

Yeah there's a lot of "he looks more athletic and 'cool', so he is a better player than the gangly white guy" that happens when people assess the options for the team. I trust the coaching staff to have a clue when they make their decisions, the 18 man squad dropping in 15 minutes.

Squad is in

Simmons
Delly
Mills
Sobey
Goulding
Ingles
Creek
Bolden
Motum
Bogut
Baynes
McCarron
Gliddon
Adel
Blanchfield
Kay
Landale

Only 17. Guessing the 18th was Thon before he pulled out.

For the record, from those available I'm going with

Simmons/Delly
Mills/Sobey/Goulding
Ingles/Creek
Bolden/Motum
Baynes/Bogut

The last position I can't decide. Kay or Landale if we need another big. Perhaps another wing with Adel? Another shooter?

I think it's time we got rid of Goulding frankly. He's a great offensive player to have but he's a volume shooter and piss poor defender. Not all too sure about Sobey either.

I think Deng Adel makes the team because he can help on the break, is a decent three point shooter, and has NBA athleticism. We are short at the wing positions so I think that's where any extra players should go.

Ben Simmons/Matthew Delly
Patty Mills/Cam Gliddon
Joe Ingles/Mitch Creek/Deng Adel
Jonah Bolden/Brock Motum
Aron Baynes/Andrew Bogut/

And I'm split between Jock Landale and Nick Kay. I also feel like no matter what team we have we're going to be short on three point shooting off the bench.

I would take Landale over Kay but can understand if it happens the other way. The depth looks great on this team even though Exum, Maker and Rowdy aren't available.

Against every team not named America, Simmons will be the best player on the court so I'm sure he'll find a way to contribute even without a jump shot.

edit above "not named America *or Greece"

Australia needs to take chances, Lemanis not up to it really, where does he rank internationally. Could he get a good college gig, assistant in nba, top euro position? Atm wouldn't call him a great nbl coach, will players respect him? What style is going to upset higher ranked teams, not what he's producing now.

I feel sorry for Perthworld.
More to life than this forum pal.

Gees, still a load of crap in that 17.

Goulding isn't even an NBL starter any more, too inconsistent. Might as well name Steindl.

Sobey is just getting his reward for signing with Brisbane.

Going by Goulding's performance against Perth in the GF series, forget about him being the great white hope. McCarron stepped up because CG43 certainly didn’t.

I’d include McCarron, even though we already have Delly and Simmons at the 1, because he’s a good all-round impact player: defense, speed, passing, effort and shooting.

Lol at anon above. You forgot Drmic and Teys.