Mystro
Last week
Mojave King has been selected to play for NZ at the Fiba Asia Cup and will make his debut alongside Dontae Russo-Nance & Luca Yates.
Complete Squad is:
Jack Andrew
Taylor Britt
Flynn Cameron
Max Darling
Carlin Davidson
Ben Gold
Mojave King
Taine Murray
Jordan Ngatai
Dontae Russo- Nance
Tohi Smith-Milner
Jordan Hunt
Hayden Jones
Luca Yates
Coach: Judd Flavell
word14
Last week
Good to see Yates get some recognition.
Super talented young man, hope to see him get some more minutes in Illawarra this year
Kolzee
Last week
Why are so many players out. I thought the results from this decide qualification for the world Champs and Olympics??
PyroCross
Last week
Can confirm Asia Cup does not determine World Cup qualification.
Have been curious about whether Mojave King would play for NZ, and whether he would qualify as a single naturalised player on the roster (the spot usually held by an American, which was the spot Isaac Fotu held for the TB's due to some visa issues that occurred for him early in life).
Mojave fills two gaps in NZ's current roster - speed/athleticism in the wing (ala Abercrombie) and isolation scoring (ala Corey Webster). NZ has had to over-rely on Reuben Te Rangi and Jordan Ngatai on the wings, where Mojave King has the peak talent level to pair up with the young guards and bigs that are coming through NCAA.
Based on the current roster, I would expect:
Smith-Milner / Gold / Andrew
Darling / Davison
King / Ngatai (6th man)
Cameron / Murray
Britt / Russo-Nance / Jones (wildcard)
Very curious to see how Murray and Russo-Nance's performances - given both have taken very different paths since COVID/high school. Both will be integral to the TB's future. While Hunt, Yates and Jones are gearing for one spot, we would be best served with another multi-positional guard, and Jones can shift between 1-3 easily.
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