Gibbo
Martin
Bruce

Thats my order for London Games,noone else in the guard Department has shown in this NBL

I reckon Martin deserves it but after the NZ series I don't think he is favoured by the coaches

Martin's defensive abilities don't mean squat in international play as he is too slow/short/can't jump high enough to guard the opposition. He's such a liability that he doesn't get on the floor against NZ let alone decent competition, both on defense where he can't guard anyone, and offense where his ballhandling makes him a liability.

That's not a knock on Martin as he's a great NBL player and a great guy to have on your team, but internationally he can't get it done.

In the NBL i'd rather Gibbo or Martin, but for international play I'd give the nod to Bruce because he's the best passer out of all three, and that's what the Boomers lack.

That said, I wouldn't take any of these guys if I was selecting for the Boomers...

Bruce... Easy... He can do what we need from him on offense, and on defense he can get the job done when he focuses... He has proven in limited minutes before he can be a threat off the bench for Aus, so I can only imagine he would be more so now!

Agreed re: Markovic. He is the forgotten man in these discussions, but I doubt Brett Brown has forgotten about him.

Markovic - 10.3ppg/8.9apg/3.2rpg/3.1tpg/36% 3pt

I don't argee with the premise that Bruce is the best passer. His passes are WILD. Occasionally, they will come off and he looks like a hero, but more often they sail out of bounds through a players hands or bouncing off their head. He has the poorest assist to turnover ratio of all the players listed in this thread thus far.

It could be argued that if he were playing with better players, they would catch his passes more often, but I believe it is a PG's job to make his team better, not for the team to make their PG better.

Well , that's the way it goes. 20 or 30 wild passes a game and only 3 good ones. No wonder Clarke didn't consider him here.

lol. I remember watching Bruce in NCAA and his "wild" passes were picked up more often than not.

He's a brilliant passer, but people need to play alongside a guy like that for extended periods to get used to how the PG plays.

I don't recall James Worthy walking over to Magic and saying "Earvin, cut that S**t out; enough of these wild passes". Players need to adapt as much as the PG.

Had Bruce been given 2-3 Seasons at the starting PG spot for the Sixers, the Turnover ratio and Pass % would be through the roof. I'd bring him off the bench behind Patty.

Two to three seasons to improve his assist to turnover ratio? He won't even get two to three months to prepare with the Boomers.

You'd bring him off the bench behind Patty? I respect that. Personally, I would not. At least not in 2012.

Big Marty,

Magic had a very high assist to t/o ratio, and his passes rearly missed the target.

Bruce often hits people in the 3rd row.

I wondered why all these people were avoiding the third row . It seems that they often get hit.

Going by stats alone, Markovic would have to be considered the best distributor. His assist numbers have been insane this season.

Although I haven't seen him play in a few years, I'd still choose him ahead of a Bruce. While Bruce has improved this season, I agree that Bruce is too careless with the ball, especially for international ball, and shoots at a poor clip. I'd choose an efficient-shooting distributor as a backup, a role that Markovic has over Bruce IMO.

I'm not saying he'll make it but Hugh Greenwood is an outside chance. He looks really good running the Point at New Mexico. As a freshman playing so well he is one of Australia's better prospects.

Wow you did a quick stats check good for you!!!

I don't actually believe he'll make it just throwing his name out there in case he explodes towards the end of the season. You never know.

Having pumped up Greenwood enough. I reckon Markovic would be pretty unlucky not to get another look

Mills
Dellavedova
Markovic

Doesn't look so bad all offer something different
Gibbo would probably be the next in line due to consistency over the last few years.

Behind Mills, I would argue that Markovic is aguably our next best PG at the moment.

He has been the stand out player on his team in Europe, and his primary aim is to set up the score and hence his great assists stats and assist to turnover ratio. But he can also light it up when the team requires it.

Mills / Markovic / 3rd spot wide open

3rd spot from: Delly, Martin, Bruce & Gibson

Greenwood is behind these guys at this point in time in the pecking order.

Does anybody think that with Clarke as a Boomers A/C that Bruce's chances are limited?

If Gibson or Martin are on this squad, there is no point in going to London.