Damn, thought it was tonight so I had something to watch!

Reasonably weak side, but should still get the job doe comfortably.

Is this game on nbl tv by any chance?

Only Fox.

See, this is the shit we need to get on FTA.
Aussies kicking some Ayatollah Arse

Nah, we don't need this game on FTA. It's going to be an ugly mess, and as ugly as it gets, Australia will win by about 40. Iran is apparently resting their best players, so bloody good luck to them keeping it competitive by any stretch.

Won't be worth watching.
Would rather watch Horn smash Mundine.

Once Australia qualify officially they should blood more youngsters during February window.

Horn-Mundine lol. The quality of boxing in this country is shocking. Wilder-Fury this Sunday on the other hand...

Sigh...

So FTA should be reserved for what you want to watch?
Because that's what's going to grow Basketball Popularity in the is country.

Yeah, I'm torn about whether being on FTA would help or hurt basketball. I'm all for getting basketball in front of as many eyes as possible and lifting the profile of the Boomers, but I don't expect this to be much of a spectacle.

Why on earth is Cameron Bairstow not in this Boomers team??

He hasn't played nearly well enough. This isn't 2016.

The newer bigs to the team, DJ and Jawai, doing well.

McCarron is impressive. Does a bit of everything and is quite versatile.

Bairstow is a must for this going forward. His superb screening opens up so many clean looks for our shooters.

Did anybody know that Moller played AFL? They should mention it more.

This Iran team is wank.

I really don't like shooting guards who won't shoot. If your team creates a shot for you, you're obliged to shoot.

Can't complain about Moller's game at all. Came in and contributed a lot, albeit against a garbage team.

The score was probably kind to Iran. If Australia were actually dropping shots from outside it would have been a 50 point loss for them.

Jawai was pretty handy for some minutes there.

Either way, we're off the the World Cup now and I guess it doesn't matter who you throw into these qualifying rounds now.

While watching it, I didn't really notice Cadee's influence, but I noticed that Cadee was playing on some more potent lineups that I liked the look of. I recall a lineup of Johnson, Barlow, Sobey, McCarron and Cadee going on a run in the 1st half, and a lineup of Jawai, Barlow, Blanchfield, McCarron and Cadee making a run in the 2nd half. I thought the Boomers looked good with either Johnson or Jawai at the 5, not Hodgson.

Also Barlow at the 4. Bringing his United form there.

Great, Cadee looked good but let's face it Iran rested starters to be fresh for their next game against our best friends over in the Philippines.

I know it's very early in their carreers but as these games apparantly don't matter, why not include the likes of Frolling, Naar, Grida, and, if avail, Langdale and others too young to consider for 2019+20, but by the next round, they will be be the core, or at least the bench in future.

Just like the AIS would invite based on potential, here's a chance to apply the same principle, maybe? And no, I don't mean the team, just some inclusions.

I'd like to see Josh Green, Harry Frolling, Jock Landale, William McDowell-White, Deng Adel and Isaac Humphries make the next round. These are guys who actually have legitimate Boomers futures in major tournaments post 2020. You could also argue for Jack White and Dejan Vasilevij. At this point if you mix these young guys with some vets, they still probably won't lose to these Iran or Kazakhstan.


Nathan Sobey
Chris Goulding
Mitch Creek
Nick Kay
Jock Landale

Mitch Norton
William McDowell-White
Deng Adel
Josh Green
Isaac Humphries
Harry Frolling
David Barlow/Brad Newley/Blanchfield/whoever else.

Exactly. Since we've qualified now use youth who may make it to the main squad for the remaining games. Cadee for example is just a waste of time.

Ok, well that was just fucking pathetic.
Were our guys just not trying? Were we deliberately sandbagging to keep the scores closer?

FIBA needs to sort this shit out. There needs to be some kind of penalty in place for teams like Iran that refuse to even put in the effort. If they don't want to field a competitive team, then they should simply forfeit.

Realistically, if they want to persist with the geographical zones, then FIBA should just suck it up and make Australia a default entry. It's not our fucking fault that nobody else in our region can compete.
Either that, or put us in the (South) Americas.

That said, whilst existing basketball fans would be appalled by that exhibition, I still think that international beat-downs are the way to attract AFL & NRL fans. When the Socceroos are playing, suddenly every man and his dog is a soccer fan. We need to do the same thing with the Boomers