Olematey
Years ago

Boomers Final Cut

With the final team being name din coming days what's everyones thoughts on the final side


I think id go like this with positional number

Mills 1/2
Thybulle 1/2/3
Ingles 3/2/1 / at times 4
Landale 4/5
Baynes 5/4

Delly 1
Exum 1/2
Green 2/3
Kay 4/5
Reath 4/5
Goulding 2/3
Creek 3/4/5

Reserves
Giddey 1
Motum 4/5
Sobey 2/3

Cut
Cooks

rate cooks highly however I just don't think he makes the side

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Thybulle 1?
Creek 5?

Cmon...

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Mills ain't running point ft, it’ll completely gas him by the end.


Dellavedova 1
Mills 2-1
Ingles 3-1-2
Landale 4-5
Baynes 5

Exum 1-2-3
Goulding 2
Thybulle 2-3
Kay 4-5
Reath 5-4

Green 3-2
Cooks 4-3-5

Options
4x1 pg
6x2 sg
5x3 sf
4x4 pf
5x5 c

Giddey reserve pg/sf
Sobey reserve sg
Motum reserve pf/c
Creek cut sf

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Looks like

Nigeria
Serbia
Brazil, Croatia or Germany

All big teams at 4-5 spots
Nigeria, Brazil, Croatia, Germany, similar size at 1-2-3 To us
Serbia bigger at 2-3-4-5


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ME (he/kangaroo)  
Years ago

"Dellavedova 1
Mills 2-1
Ingles 3-1-2
Landale 4-5
Baynes 5

Exum 1-2-3
Goulding 2
Thybulle 2-3
Kay 4-5
Reath 5-4

Green 3-2
Cooks 4-3-5"

If we go this team, we have 5 players over 6'10. I don't think we can count out Brock Motum, though, who might be one of our few scoring threats.

We shouldn be "too" small with a line up like this

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Senator11  
Years ago

How many posts are we going to have on this?!? Lets just wait till it's announced...

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Anonymous  
Years ago

ME we wouldn't have 5 players over 6’10, cooks is like 6’8 and Kay is like 6’9

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Most people agree except for which 2 of Kay, cooks, Motum should go.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

We did lose 3 big guys

Simmons 6'10-6’11
Humphries 6’11-7’0
Maker 7’0-7’1

2 outs because 'work on my game’ bs
1 out with ankle injury.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Pretty sure it was only 1 work on my game^

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Both Simmons n maker..

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ME (he/kangaroo)  
Years ago

It's hard because Kay, Cooks and Motum bring completely different skill sets and it probably will be the hardest pick.

Motum is a scorer. Kay is a bit of a big-bodied do-it-all with a knack for being in the right place at the right time. Cooks is a lengthy athlete who can defend multiple positions, can score a little.

I'd probably trend towards Cooks and Motum but if you watch the Spain v Australia semi from the Cup, you see Kay just appearing whereever you need a quick cut to the bucket.

Whoever misses out will be doing so by the smallest of margins.

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Captain Jack  
Years ago

To me the final cut is Sobey or Creek

I want 5 bigs, 2 swingmen, 5 guards

my team is

Baynes
Reath
Motum
Landale
Kay

Ingles
Thybulle

Mills
Green
Delly
Exum
Giddey

Reserves
Cooks
Goulding
Creek or Sobey

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Royba  
Years ago

Agree with Capt Jack.
Exum and Giddey could play 1-3

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Senator11  
Years ago

Seen a bit of word on twitter than someone has been omitted from the squad and it's not a great decision. Won't say who, wants BA to announce it. :/

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Anonymous  
Years ago

I'll guess, Deladova or Reath, unless injury, Exum, now that would be horrible.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Exum probably, pushed too early perhaps.

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D2.0  
Years ago

I haven't seen a lot of Giddey, but from what I have he's a versatile pass-first PG, with exceptional length, and is not short on confidence. Obviously he has tremendous upside potential.
Sobey is the exact opposite in every respect.
Sure, "playing youth" is not normally the done thing, but if it's a choice between those two I'd rather see Giddey get a crack.

For mine, there are two critical questions:
1) Who does Goorj pick as his Starting SG; and
2) Where does he play Landale?

Obviously we presume Goorj won't repeat Lemanis' mistakes with Mills, and yes I know he could play as a 2, but he's still also our best PG.

With B1 & B2, Lemanis started Jock at the 4. Will Goorj do the same without Bogut? If not, who starts at PF? I assume that only 2 out of Reath,Kay, and Motum will make the final cut, but which 2?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Mills has never been a primary pg at international level.

St marys he was the pg.


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Anonymous  
Years ago

Pretty sure it was Goulding told before he left the country

Landale will head over and that will be the 15 that goes to Tokyo

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Karl Beston has said he's shocked and disappointed at the roster news:

https://twitter.com/karlbeston/status/1410875657626689540

Wonder what he's referring to?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Goulding, geez. No one else can shoot.

Maybe green or Sobey have been on fire.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

I've heard goukding, creek, Exum, Delly, Reath, Giddey, Kay so far cut. Lol who is it?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Yep I heard goukding was out, though was he ever there. :::)))))

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Looks almost like a defense only side. I can't see us scoring much.

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rjd  
Years ago

That link above on Twitter suggests it might be someone young. Giddey? If it's Goulding, I would be shocked too. We are quite weak with shooting at the guard positions, with the exception of Mills and Ingles, the latter having struggled with shooting in more than one major tournament. Defensively we are strong, but we still need to put points on the scoreboard.

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ME (he/kangaroo)  
Years ago

If Goulding has been cut it would be because Goorj can see enough scoring on this team. Guys who dont score in the NBA may score in the Olympics as long as they have the skills to do so, and Thybulle and Exum likely do.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Dellavedova-Exum
Mills-Goulding-(Sobey)
Ingles-Thybulle-(Green-Creek)
Landale-(Cooks-Kay-Motum)
Baynes-Reath

Players in brackets appear to be the ones fighting for spots in the final 12

Giddey has been cut reported by several journalists.

The 15 that remain will go on to next stage, Friendly matches.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Sorry,

Dellavedova-Exum
Mills-(Goulding-Sobey)
Ingles-Thybulle-(Green-Creek)
Landale-(Cooks-Kay-Motum)
Baynes-Reath

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RobT  
Years ago

I like "Sorry's" version too but Sobey before Goulding.

I agree that Goulding, WHEN ON FIRE, might be everyone's choice, but when he's not, I'm waiting for the next game, not this one, for CG to get hot.

Sobey, not as much punch, but will keep fighting until he gets the job done. And will ultimately give you what you'd want from either, every night. I understand that he (Sobey) may not get the minutes to do that but he'll fight all the way.

I also think that Sobey will be just that bit tougher which most, on here, would agree is a feature of the Euoro's game!

Skills wise, a toss-up!

Capt Jack, Like the way you offered your inclusions. Play them as you see fit. We do seem to have players with flexibility. Your 5 bigs will be fairly anchored in the paint with a couple of them hitting 3's now and then. All the others can play 1 to 3 and even a couple of 4 there.

Do we have the shooters we will need? At least, with Simmons out, a valuable shooter's spot would have gone to him.

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rjd  
Years ago

Sobey didn't get many minutes to prove himself in 2019, but he looked out of his depth when he did. Contrast that with Goulding who came on with an immediate impact and was 2nd on the team for 3PMs. We need a lights out shooter, especially with Broekhoff's absence, and Goulding is that.

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rjd  
Years ago

Sorry, 3rd on 3PMs. Behind obviously Mills, then daylight then Delly, then Goulding 3rd.

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robt  
Years ago

Pity it can't be both, lucky that we have that sort of choice to make!

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GordonG  
Years ago

Here you go... Final 12

https://australia.basketball/blog/2021/07/03/boomers-bound-for-olympic-destiny-in-tokyo/

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