The team will be announced on June 24, pretty sure a squad will be anounced before then, as they have a camp in Perth leading up to the first game.

BTW - Maric and Bruton will still be involved in club finals until at least mid June so I doubt they will be involved in this series (although Bruton may given he had two months off at the end of the NBL season).

There is a list of invotes to the camp out there somewhere as the players who have been invited know who they are. So for mine, the squad is already decided and known, just not released perhaps? Another missed PR and marketing opportunity by BA?

Mills, Bose and a few others have already come out to publicly state they will be in camp next week.

Maybe it will announced when Brett Brown gets back in the country. I think that was any day now from memory...

Aleks Maric is a centre not a forward, and by international standards, David Andersen is a forward.

Luke Nevill does not have an "e" on the end of his surname either.

Totally agree on the fact that we lack a pure shooting guard or two in contention for selection. In past years we had the likes of Gaze, Heal, Maher etc etc. I would argue the closest we have to someone like that is Bruton.

Those squads would look so much better with a 'Bogut' in there somewhere. (wipes away tear......)

Boomers Vie for World Challenge Spot
June 08, 2010, 12:05 PM AEST
By: Kimberley Lewis

Basketball Australia is pleased to announce the 13 athletes invited to a Golden Star Boomers Workout at the AIS next week.

The Workout, from June 12-14 at the AIS, is a crucial part of the selection process for the Boomers World Challenge against Argentina on June 25, 27 and 29 in Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide respectively.

The best performers from the Workout will join several overseas-based Boomers at Boomers training camp from June 20-24 in Perth ahead of the series opener.

Featuring in the list of invitees are 2009 Stankovic Cup winners Matthew Dellavedova and Damian Martin, and 2009 FIBA Oceania Championship Boomer Adam Gibson.

Stephen Weigh was awarded with selection after showing some great form in a championship-winning National Basketball League season alongside Martin at the Perth Wildcats and Anthony Petrie and Chris Goulding return to the Boomers after helping the Gold Coast Blaze to the finals; Goulding posted career best numbers in 2009/10.

Getting their first call-up to the Boomers are 2009 Australian University Representatives Ben Allen and Anatoly Bose. The pair had spectacular seasons in college in the USA; Allen, alongside Boomers teammate Dellavedova, advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament with St Mary's University while Bose averaged a career best 21.1 points in 2009-10 for Nicholls State.

Basketball Australia CEO Larry Sengstock said the wealth of talent in the group was a sign of the strength of the NBL with nine of the 13 players contracted to NBL teams.

"This is a great opportunity for these players to build on from a fantastic season in the NBL into the senior national team and use this Workout to push for a spot in the Argentina Series, and the World Championship to follow."

While Olympian Patrick Mills yesterday declared his availability for the Argentina Series and will take part in the Perth camp, the full squad to attend the camp will be named at the conclusion of the Workout on June 15.

The team to contest the Boomers World Challenge against world number one Argentina will be announced on June 24.

Boomers Workout Invitees
Name/Height/Age/Position/Club

Ben ALLEN / 211cm / 23 / Centre / Townsville Crocodiles
Anatoly BOSE / 200cm / 21 / Guard / Nicholls State University (US)
Jason CADEE / 185cm / 19 / Guard / Gold Coast Blaze
Matthew DELLAVEDOVA / 190cm / 19 / Guard / St Mary’s University (US)
Adam GIBSON / 188cm / 23 / Guard / Gold Coast Blaze
Chris GOULDING / 191cm / 21 / Guard / Gold Coast Blaze
Alex LOUGHTON / 205cm / 27 / Forward / Cairns Taipans
Ater MAJOK / 208cm / 22 / Forward / University of Connecticut (US)
Steven MARKOVIC / 190cm / 25 / Guard / KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd (Serbia)
Damian MARTIN / 188cm / 25 / Guard / Perth Wildcats
Luke NEVILL / 216cm / 24 / Centre / Melbourne Tigers
Anthony PETRIE / 203cm / 27 / Forward / Gold Coast Blaze
Stephen WEIGH / 198cm / 21 / Guard / Perth Wildcats

Anon, you want the team to go young but you also want CJ to start over Patty??? Your not making much sense. I am of firm belief that you put your best side out for international games.

Also, how can you not rate Andersen? The guy has more than proved himself in Europe and he just had a rookie year in the NBA where he actually received minutes...I agree that he is a soft type player but he is certainly a lock for the Boomers squad.

Neilsen just had probably his best year overseas, so there is no way you leave him out to go young.

I'd like to see something like this:

Mills/Bruton/Gibson
Newley/Ingles
Worthington/Barlow
Neilsen/Jawai
Andersen/Maric/Nevill

Most would have Jawai in the team and a lot rate Ballinger. - Brown might be a little disillusioned.

Bit simplistic anon. Jawai has a lot of potential, but you have to recognise his flaws too. Against NZ it was obvious that he was too slow to guard the pick and roll, or get away from the rim to guard anyone. He also doesn't block shots or play good defence. Hopefully that will change, but last year he was certainly a liability on the defensive end.

Mills, Bruton
Newley, Bose
Barlow, Ingles
Jawai, Ogilvy
Andersen, Maric, Nevill

The final player is either worthington or Gibson, Man has anyone watched Bose play, far out that guy is andrew gaze with more athletisism. The guy can shoot, put the ball on the floor, rebound, assist. 1 good year and he could get drafted.

One thing im pleased with this forum is everyone agrees that the majority of the squad needs to be overseas based players and not nbl players. We need our best players, like the socceroos they bring their best players in from all over the world and we should do the same for the boomers.

ps. Ogilvy should have declared for the 2008 NBA draft he could have been a lottery pick, now i dont think he will get drafted at all.

Anon, you have to understand WHY Brown 'ripped Jawai out'. As I said above, it was because his lack of mobility was being exploited by NZ defensively. They were scoring at will by running a high pick and roll that forced our big man out to the top of the key to provide help D. Neither Jawai, nor Ogilvy (though he was the better of the two) could show at the top of the key and then recover to defend the rim in time. As a result, NZ were scoring on back cuts, layups for the big men and offensive putbacks. Not surprisingly the Boomers got hammered as a result.

So I don't think you can say Brown doesn't like Jawai. In fact, I'm pretty sure he would understand that Jawai could be a great offensive weapon for us down the track. The issue right now, is how much has Jawai learned over the past year? Can he play good enough defence that he won't be a liability for the Boomers at the Worlds? Also, has he improved his footwork in the post? Is his conditioning up to scratch? Hopefully the answer to all these things is yes, because then we would have a real low post threat to replace Bogut at the Worlds.

I think it was bad coaching Beantown. Jawai should have been matching up on PLedger. Ogilvy was completely outmatched by him, but Brown allowed NZ to exploit Pledge on AJ and BJ Anthony's speed against Jawai.

The Boomers were so disorganised that NZ could double once Jawai started to make his move and there werent players in position to receive.

I dont think Jawai is an international star just yet, but he certainly wasnt used well in that series, which was the case for a number of players.