Dante Exum
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Hi Dante,
if you are reading this I'd like to wish you all the best for the 2014 draft in a few months time.
Regards
your friend
Pete
if you are reading this I'd like to wish you all the best for the 2014 draft in a few months time.
Regards
your friend
Pete
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Noice.
Hopefully Ben Simmons can develop at LSU too.
Exum, Simmons and Irving would have been decent for 2020 Olympic Games
That Early 90's NBL importation showing fruit...those were good times. If only Leroy Loggins pumped a few more out
Simmons has the potential to be our greatest baller ever imo. Hes a modern, prototypical, athletic, aggressive no.3 that can hit threes as easily as he can dunk. His type tend to dominate college, and he's a better prospect than Arizonas Aaron Gordon as an example, and comparable to someone like Antony Davis with his inside outside game, but is slightly smaller.
Exum is a little more raw, but obviously similar potential.
I'm just glad we've got a few different kids in a few different positions for future Olympic sides, Rio looms as a super exciting team, baby boomers, but a heap of potential superstars.
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Ease up there fella.
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I'm just getting the vibe coming out of the states, he's surging up the 2015 class ATM, he's probably the #1 performed HS player in the US for his age playing for the #1 ranked HS side in the country.
He was considered a top 5 pick 12 months ago for his age, and he's improved that standing markedly playing for Monteverde. Most US scribes rate him better than Exum in terms of the Australian connection.
I was only comparing his style to Davis.
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Latest 2016 Top 25 from ESPN released.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/b...ass/2016/view/terrific25/sort/rank/order/true
So are we saying hes an Aussie or is he unlikely to be a Boomer??
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/b...ass/2016/view/terrific25/sort/rank/order/true
So are we saying hes an Aussie or is he unlikely to be a Boomer??
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He didn't play for Australia at a recent tournament, he played for a USA blue team.
that had nothing to do with where he came from if i recall was just how they arranged sides.
would not be eligible to play for usa for a while down the track unless he has american heritage i dont know about. cant move to a country and play for that country a couple of years later and if he had an offer to play for aus in the next four years then he would likely take it rather than wait to become an american and wait to see if he made a squad deep in tall talent.
would not be eligible to play for usa for a while down the track unless he has american heritage i dont know about. cant move to a country and play for that country a couple of years later and if he had an offer to play for aus in the next four years then he would likely take it rather than wait to become an american and wait to see if he made a squad deep in tall talent.
as for simmons i read he is now 6'9'' and the doctors tell him his growth plates are still open so he is expected to hit 6'10
i dont know whether that is a good thing or not really. super talented sf with athleticism i dont think shooting is his strongest suit so being a very athletic quick pf could be good for him.
i dont know whether that is a good thing or not really. super talented sf with athleticism i dont think shooting is his strongest suit so being a very athletic quick pf could be good for him.
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The Australian team was there, and he didn't play for them, there's plenty of Americans to arrange sides with.
He's also never been involved in any underage Australian side.
IIRC there's an issue with his minder.........
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He plays both the 3 and the 4 so it's definitely a positive.
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Simmons looks a bit more unassured than Exum from what I've seen.
Maybe he will really pull it all together. It's awesome for the boomers if they all come through with the current crop
Maybe he will really pull it all together. It's awesome for the boomers if they all come through with the current crop
And weird to think that Simmons played footy (played against him) and was freakish at that.
Could be amongst the world's elite in a few years.
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Prretty much his whole life up until about 12 months ago mate, hes an Aussie theres little doubt there.
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Were talking about Thon Maker.
Lived in Australia from age 7-14, with foster parents, his parents still live in Sth Sudan.
Has lived from 14-current in the US, and is likely to be the top pick in 2016, he's 7"1 and he's in year 10......
Pretty obvious that he's lost to Australian basketball though, by the time he is drafted he will have spent just as long in the US as he had Australia, with most of his basketball coming in that country.
If he's knocking back Australian advances now, he's no chance in another 5 years.......
Lived in Australia from age 7-14, with foster parents, his parents still live in Sth Sudan.
Has lived from 14-current in the US, and is likely to be the top pick in 2016, he's 7"1 and he's in year 10......
Pretty obvious that he's lost to Australian basketball though, by the time he is drafted he will have spent just as long in the US as he had Australia, with most of his basketball coming in that country.
If he's knocking back Australian advances now, he's no chance in another 5 years.......
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yep he's ours.
Shame we couldn't get the likes of Irving and Maker. Would have been nice
yep he's ours.
Shame we couldn't get the likes of Irving and Maker. Would have been nice
We'd at least have a starting line-up that would go ok against the US until the benches come on.
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We'd at least have a starting line-up that would go ok against the US until the benches come on.
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Simmons
Baynes
Bogut
Mills
Ingles
Newley
Drimic
Bolden
Thats a pretty competitive team in my book, in 2-3 years time anyway. Even the bench will have some solid contributors.
I reckon Bairstow will be a pretty handy international player
Keep an eye on Purchase.
