I would have select Adam Ballinger in that squad. However he's not a naturalised Aussie citizen yet and rules out this request.

Pretty happy with that squad LC.

I orginally wanted Mee to be included purely for his defense and size in the back court, but with Sammy going down I have to include Redhage instead of Mee.

Bruton/Mills
Barlow/Newley
Worthington/Harvey
Neilson/Andersen/Redhage
Bogut/Anstey

This could also open the door for Saville...

Ingles over Barlow? You have got to be joking. Ingles may be working hard on his game, but over the past 12 months Barlow has performed way above the level of Ingles.
IF Ingles does make it (and he is still a good chance), he will only be player 11 or 12 at best.

Jawai will be in the team. Goorjian is a massive fan of his and will give the team some exposure.

Gotta agree on that one LC, Barlow has stepped it up and was very consistent last year, admittedly with an awesome team around him, whereas the same can't be said for Ingles' team.

I think the guard spots will be the most contentious in selection and is potentially our weak link when comparing with some of the other Olympic power house teams.

aaron bruce???

Bruton/Mills
Barlow/Newley
Wortho/Redhage/Ingles
Neilsen/Andersen/Jawai
Bogut/Anstey

ftw

(It's probable that we'd take another guard instead of Jawai, with Redhage becoming the 5th "tall". The question would then be, which guard?)

Jawai must Play are you kidding me anstey is a small forward power forward at imternational level i wish he would stop shooting 3's weel get much more of a low post presence with jawai.

Mee must make the squad size and quik hands will absoloutely be more worth to us than damien ryan fo sho.

i like brad robbins but he wont make it.

Nope I'd have A.J in there, Anyone who is picked to go around 17 in the first round of the draft had to be put higher over Jawai. I agree Jawai is a tallent, but did anyone watch anything besides his DUNKS!. Got a lot to work on. AJ has experiance already with leading the EMUs with Mills. Plus I think he is a more polished player than Jawai atm. He his still just as big as Jawai.

Bogut/A.J/Jawai
Anderson/Anstey
Neilson/Wortho
Newley/Borlow
Mills/Bruton
Leaving a spot of Ingles or Harey I reckon.

My squad

Bruton/Mills
Newley/Ingles/Harvey
Neilsen/Worthington
Andersen/Jawai/Redhage
Bogut/Anstey

Agree with you Flip, Jawai doesn't have the post skils to mix it with the worlds best. In the NBL, sheer athleticism and size can get you your buckets, but in international competetion, you need developed post moves and polished footwork to score. AJ has all that. Jawai doesn't.

AJ has had some great experience too as you said been an intergral part of the Emus and a real standout. He has had international experience. Not too sure that Jawai is ready. But in the 2010 World Champs, watch out for Jawai, because he will dominate, as he would have developed his post moves, face to basket moves and a nice soldi mid-range jumper.

AJ is ahead of Jawai for sure in regards to their development. Ogilvy is a far more complete and polished player at this point in time.
I actually would love to see one of them make the team, and Goorj will probably opt for one of them even though I don't think he should in this instance.
Ingles is only an outside shot at best to make the team...Barlow is ahead of him in the pecking order.
Harvey will provide some "fire in the belly" kind of attitude the team, needs, even though he may well spend considerable time warming the bench. Deserves a shot.

All time greatest Boomers team? Something worth pondering...

* Andrew Gaze
* Shane Heal
* Andrew Vlahov
* Luc Longley
* Mark Bradtke
* Sam Mackinnon
* Eddie Palubinskas
* Andrew Bogut
* Larry Sengstock
* Tony Ronaldson
* Voldemort
* Ray Borner

Change Anderson for Worthington and the above team would probably be the best we have ever sent!

Andersen is way better than Wortho, but they are also different types of players. Andersen is a centre/forward. Keep in mind Andersen is one of the best big men in Europe - and on one of the top teams at that! Both men will make the team.

Schenscher has potential - unrealised at that. He will not make the Boomers team for Beijing as he is clearly behind Bogut and Andersen. Anstey will play off the bench. Bogut, Andersen, Nielson and Anstey provide variety as they are all different types of players THAT CAN AND DO SCORE in many different ways. Options galore. Schenscher is limited in scoring ability and is a solid role player at best.

Mee's height the only thing I see going for him. We can only take one naturalised player and hence it is either Mee or Redhage. I would take Redhage.

Starting lineup will look like this IMO:

C Bogut
F Andersen
F Worthington
G Newley
G Bruton

Nielson, Anstey and Mills off the bench will play big minutes.

i have 1 question about the final boomers 12.
who is going to be the 12th player picked ?
coach will have to have to carry a safety spot for injuries etc !
options - schensher a big 5 for bogut's safety
- ryan a great pinch shooter off bench in case newley doesnt fire,or drops his bottom lip !!
- jawai potential @ 4 spot to keep pressure on own team mates performances.

I wonder why we can only take one naturalised player.
I'd be curious to know how that works?

FIBA rule that only 1 naturalised player can play for any one country.

Aw. Ballinger may never play for Australia?