2010 Boomers season

[Gozu]

The 3 game series here against Argentina starts later this month (June 25 in Perth, June 27 in Melbourne and June 29 here in Adelaide at the Dome) ahead of the FIBA World Championships in Turkey in August. Basketball Australia have announced the workout invitees who will compete for a spot at the first training camp with the main squad (yet to be named):

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

Also Portland Trailblazer and Olympic star Patrick Mills has made himself available for the Argentina series and will be a guest on Thursday Night Live tonight on One HD from 7:30pm.

[NFC]

The 3 game series here against Argentina starts later this month (June 25 in Perth, June 27 in Melbourne and June 29 here in Adelaide at the Dome) ahead of the FIBA World Championships in Turkey in August. Basketball Australia have announced the workout invitees who will compete for a spot at the first training camp with the main squad (yet to be named):

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

Also Portland Trailblazer and Olympic star Patrick Mills has made himself available for the Argentina series and will be a guest on Thursday Night Live tonight on One HD from 7:30pm.

Dellavedova, where have I seen him before? I remember seeing him play (for Australia?) and being really, really impressed.

And Markovic!! I’ve been pumping him up for like 5 years, saying he should be in the Australian squad, nice to see he’s still around the scene.

[the big bang]

yeah, Matty Dell played in the (disapointing) series loss the NZ last year. not sure what his stats were though.

[Gozu]

Dellavedova, where have I seen him before? I remember seeing him play (for Australia?) and being really, really impressed.

And Markovic!! I’ve been pumping him up for like 5 years, saying he should be in the Australian squad, nice to see he’s still around the scene.

Yeah Della was impressive in the 2 games against NZ and the Stankovic Cup in China (which we won) last year. I agree good to see Markovic in this squad he should've only improved too after a few years playing in Serbia.

[Gozu]

The Boomers squad has been announced ahead of the camp in Perth:

Patrick MILLS / 183cm / 21 / Guard / Portland Trail Blazers (US)
Adam GIBSON / 188cm / 23 / Guard / Gold Coast Blaze
Damian MARTIN / 188cm / 25 / Guard / Perth Wildcats
Jason CADEE / 185cm / 19 / Guard / Gold Coast Blaze
Steven MARKOVIC / 190cm / 25 / Guard / KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd Serbia)
Joe INGLES / 203cm / 22 / Forward / CB Granada (Spain)
Matthew DELLAVEDOVA / 190cm / 19 / Guard / St Mary’s University (US)
Hugh GREENWOOD / 187cm / 18 / Guard / AIS
Brad NEWLEY / 198cm / 25 / Guard / Lietuvos Rytas Lithuania)
Stephen WEIGH / 198cm / 21 / Guard / Perth Wildcats
Mark WORTHINGTON / 202cm / 27 / Forward / Brose Baskets Germany
Ater MAJOK / 208cm / 22 / Forward / University of Connecticut (US)
Alex LOUGHTON / 205cm / 27 / Forward / Cairns Taipans
Aron BAYNES / 207cm / 23 / Centre / Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
Luke NEVILL / 216cm / 24 / Centre / Melbourne Tigers


Head Coach: Brett Brown
Assistant Coach: Shane Heal
Assistant Coach: Andrej Lemanis
Physiotherapist: Steven Evans
Doctor: Peter Harcourt
Massage Therapist: Diana Glazer
Manager: Nic Mercer

and the series will be on One HD and their commentators will be Steve Carfino, Andrew Gaze, Andrew Bogut, Mark Bradtke & Brett Maher.

[Gozu]

Some good news in that the Minnesota Timberwolves Nathan Jawai has made himself available for the series and will be joining the squad in Perth on Sunday and Ben Allen has also joined the squad as a temporary (?) replacement for Mark Worthington due to his playing commitments in Germany.

[Brucetiki]

and the series will be on One HD and their commentators will be Steve Carfino, Andrew Gaze, Andrew Bogut, Mark Bradtke & Brett Maher.

Sounds like a good commentary team - better than Brian Taylor, Dwayne Russell and Shane Heal we had to put up with on Fox Sports last season.

[Gozu]

and the series will be on One HD and their commentators will be Steve Carfino, Andrew Gaze, Andrew Bogut, Mark Bradtke & Brett Maher.

Sounds like a good commentary team - better than Brian Taylor, Dwayne Russell and Shane Heal we had to put up with on Fox Sports last season.

Totally agree. I think Fox went down that route last season to a) plug their AFL coverage via their AFL commentators and b) to save money on a couple of proper basketball commentators. Gaze was good but Heal was rubbish.

[Johno6]

you have to admit it ws amusing last season tho listening to heal and gaze explain the rukes every game to BT. he had no idea

[Gozu]

The Perth Wildcats Jesse Wagstaff has been called into the squad to replace the injured Aron Baynes.

[Gozu]

Game 1 from Perth will be live on One HD Friday night from 8:30pm.

The teams for the series have been announced:

Australia

Ben ALLEN / 211cm / 23 / Centre / Townsville Crocodiles
Jason CADEE / 185cm / 19 / Guard / Gold Coast Blaze
Adam GIBSON / 188cm / 23 / Guard / Gold Coast Blaze
Hugh GREENWOOD/ 187cm / 18 / Guard / AIS
Joe INGLES/ 203cm / 22 / Forward / CB Granada (Spain)
Nathan JAWAI / 204cm / 23 / Centre/Forward / Minnesota Timberwolves (US)
Alex LOUGHTON/ 205cm / 27 / Forward / Cairns Taipans
Steven MARKOVIC/ 190cm / 25 / Guard / KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd (Serbia)
Damian MARTIN/ 188cm / 25 / Guard / Perth Wildcats
Patrick MILLS/ 183cm / 21 / Guard / Portland Trail Blazers (US)
Luke NEVILL/ 216cm / 24 / Centre / Melbourne Tigers
Brad NEWLEY/ 198cm / 25 / Guard / Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)

Head Coach: Brett Brown
Assistant Coach: Andrej Lemanis
Assistant Coach: Shane Heal
Doctor: Peter Harcourt
Physio: Steven Evans
Manager: Nic Mercer
Massage Therapist: Diana Glazer


Argentina

Nicolás AGUIRRE / 189cm / 22 / Point Guard / Firmat FC
Jonatan TREISE / 182cm / 25 / Guard / Quimsa
Nicolás DE LOS SANTOS / 186cm / 22 / Shooting Guard / Gimnasia
Matías NOCEDAL / 190cm / 20 / Shooting Guard / Oursense (Spain)
Carlos Leonel SCHATTMANN / 192cm / 23 / Small Forward / Union de Sunchales
Sebastián VEGA / 200cm / 21 / Small Forward / Penarol
Federico AGUERRE / 202cm / 21 / Centre / Club Basque Prat Joventut (Spain)
Nicolás ROMANO / 200cm / 22 / Forward / Quilmes
Pablo ESPINOZA / 200cm / 23 / Forward / Club Argentino de Junin
Alejandro ALLOATTI / 203cm / 25 / Centre / Obras Sanitarias
Pablo ORLIETTI / 204cm / 20 / Centre / Atenas de Cordoba
Diego ROMERO / 204cm / 27 / Centre / Gimnasia

Head Coach: Sergio Hernandez
Assistant Coaches: Gonzalo Garcia
Physiotherapist: Jorge Paez, Diego DiMartino
Manager: Robert Vantanian

[NFC]

Cheers, will certainly IQ it and watch it after the Cats/Saints.

Pumped to see Markovic, hope he does well.

[brod]

The ages of the Aussie players are encouraging for the next few years

[Magpiespower]

That 'Reservoir Dogs' promo has almost put me off tuning in...

[Drop Bear]

That 'Reservoir Dogs' promo has almost put me off tuning in...

and Bogut's "Amish" beard.

[Gozu]

One HD's schedule for the series:

Game 1 (in Perth)-Friday 8:30pm, replay Saturday 12:30pm

Game 2 (in Melbourne)-Sunday 5:30pm, replays Monday 5:30am & Monday 2:30pm

Game 3 (in Adelaide)-Tuesday 7pm replays Wednesday 5:30am & Wednesday 11:15pm

[brod]

Australia smashed Argentina tonight (so much for the number 1---you send a crap team, they will get smashed)

Australia 97 ---Newley 15, Mills 13, Loughton 11, Nevill 10, Jawai 10
Argentina 58 --- Romano 18

[Gozu]

Excellent win for the Boomers and even though the Agentinian team is young I couldn't believe how structure-less they looked. I thought both Newley and Loughton were very impressive. Looks like Loughton has improved with the year in Europe and figures to be a great pick up for Cairns in the NBL.

Game 2 tomorrow at 5:30pm.

[NFC]

Really impressed! Obviously Argentina are basically playing their second team, but we looked awesome. Our current squad has been coming together for a few years now and it'll only get stronger. We have HUGE potential in this current group.

Mills looked excellent, as did Gibson, extremely impressed with Loughton who looks to have a huge future for Austarlia. And really pleased to see Markovic back in the Green and Gold, he looked good I thought. From memory had 5 points, one three and the other a lovely left handed finger roll. Played really good defence too, a few steals as well as a few assist, a good start.

Nevill was good, I hope Jawai gets fitter as he's a big asset to the Boomers.

Ingles and Newley get stronger and more complete players each time I see them which is encouraging.

We played strong defence, had lots of different looks, overall a good start. Will be fun to support the Boomers over the next 5+ years.

[NFC]

http://www.bigpondsport.com/brown-pleased-with-performance/tabid/91/newsid/55194/default.aspx

Brown has made it clear to guards Damian Martin, Adam Gibson and Steven Markovic that the shooting guard spot is what is up for grabs in the team to play in Turkey with Mills and Bruton the standout point guards, and he was impressed with the output from all three on Friday.

'I thought they (Martin, Gibson, Markovic) got after it and embraced the role that we put to them. Patty and CJ are our point guards, so people that used to be point guards aren't going to be so they have to find a way to make this team,' Brown said.

'Defensive roles as two guards is what they need to be and our group is more balanced once they stamp off on their roles. They know that's the only way they will make this team and I'm not looking for third point guards, I'm looking for two guards who can crawl into people and those guys did that.'

Seems like 2 of the 3 will make the squad and who does everyone think it'll be? I'm hoping for Markovic, I am biased, but I think he's the best of the trio, and Gibson. Martin did impress me last night though.

In the article it mentions the additions to the team come Turkey: Worthington, CJ Bruton, Nielsen, Andersen and Barlow.

Barlow is one of my favourites, good to see his name mentioned.

Squad size of 16 is mentioned, great competition for spots which is always good.