USA to take on Australia at Etihad in 2019

[peternorth]

Credit to the OP for referring to the USA national team as something not called the dream team.

Theres only been one dream team

 

[nahnah]

I am 100% going to this, dream team or no dream team.

 

[peternorth]

I am 100% going to this, dream team or no dream team.

Not sure how laettner, barkley, ewing and others like MJ would go in a match these days

 

[flaps]

I'd like to go, but it will be harder to see (no matter where you sit) than ants crawling through mud. Gonna be a lot of angry people in a year and half's time when they never really expected Etihad to produce any goods.

 

[PVF]

Not sure how laettner, barkley, ewing and others like MJ would go in a match these days

Probably still beat us.

 

[Goodo73]

The Etihad choice though. Ridiculous.

 

[Goodo73]

If that link doesn't work -

https://pickandroll.com.au/australias-boomers-host-usa-dream-team-etihad-stadium-2019/

Their response to questions on Twitter about using 'Dream Team' was #headline. No excuse in my book, especially if you're supposed to be a credible hoops source.

 

[FRUMPY]

Whats the odds the big-name players don't make the trip or are here just for press and don't play.

Also, tickets will be expensive and those than can afford them will still be watching the big screen rather than the court as they will be like ants

 

[Bulldog1954]

6 out of 8 VIP packages are already sold out.

All other tickets are on sale in July.

Get on now. More packages released, just got 9 MVP packages (3 x 3)

https://www.vipnow.com.au/collections/usab

 

[PP34]

Want to go but really don’t know if it will be worth the dosh.

Honestly think I’m better off forking out big coin for a seat at an NBA game when I go to the US

 

[Goodo73]

Want to go but really don’t know if it will be worth the dosh.

Honestly think I’m better off forking out big coin for a seat at an NBA game when I go to the US

You can get decent NBA tix for a reasonable price, depending on which team you're looking to see of course. I'd go that path rather than pay for exhibition match tickets at Etihad and have to watch a big screen the entire time.

 

[Goodo73]

Whats the odds the big-name players don't make the trip or are here just for press and don't play.

If it was a pre-Olympics lead-in, instead of pre-World Cup, you'd expect a better US squad. Having said that, I highly doubt it will be filled with chumps, and I expect their play will be 'willing' (if history tells us anything, the Boomers will play aggressively and quickly put US noses out of joint).

*Guaranteed the advertising will heavily feature US players who aren't coming. See past events featuring Euro football teams for evidence of that.

 

[mickelboy182]

Stuff the US, I'm excited to see the Boomers tbh

 

[JT_the_Man]

Stuff the US, I'm excited to see the Boomers tbh

As long as Simmons plays, I'm happy.

 

[Royces Hart]

Stuff the US, I'm excited to see the Boomers tbh

Same. But if I pay good money and Cam Gliddon opts not to play, I'll storm the court.

 

[PP34]

You can get decent NBA tix for a reasonable price, depending on which team you're looking to see of course. I'd go that path rather than pay for exhibition match tickets at Etihad and have to watch a big screen the entire time.

Yeah for the price some of these people have paid for VIP tickets you could basically sit behind a bench at an NBA game.

 

[mickelboy182]

Yeah for the price some of these people have paid for VIP tickets you could basically sit behind a bench at an NBA game.

To be fair there are eleventy billion NBA games a year, these international games against some of the worlds best are once every 20 years. Scarcity and all that.

 

[Goodo73]

To be fair there are eleventy billion NBA games a year, these international games against some of the worlds best are once every 20 years. Scarcity and all that.

The folks who've coughed up in advance for the VIP packages are definitely rolling the dice. Low likelihood of the James, Currys, Durants, etc. appearing.

 

[PP34]

To be fair there are eleventy billion NBA games a year, these international games against some of the worlds best are once every 20 years. Scarcity and all that.

But you don’t even know if the world’s best will be out here.

 

[mickelboy182]

But you don’t even know if the world’s best will be out here.

I said some of. You'll still get top 20 players.

Besides that, vast majority is going to well off corporates. Only a small fraction to the sort of person who will feel the sting.

 

[LB#16]

I don’t know what’s more ridiculous; the fact that it’s at Docklands or that you have to buy tickets 13 months out from the event.

 

[Goodo73]

I don’t know what’s more ridiculous; the fact that it’s at Docklands or that you have to buy tickets 13 months out from the event.

Definitely Docklands

 

[LB#16]

Definitely Docklands

It's close. I don't even know what I'll be doing this August let alone next August. This gives me the vibes that they may cancel the event and refund the tickets before then...

 

[peternorth]

I am 100% going to this, dream team or no dream team.

Got my ticket! Courtside was sold out in minutes!!!!
Level 1 it is

 

[nahnah]

Got my ticket! Courtside was sold out in minutes!!!!
Level 1 it is

I’m going to the Thursday one