Hoops

Getting into the AIS

But 36ers might have done better to sign him rather than Clarke :)

yes I know this is years ago but -

Just curious re IMNO

Does anyone know who this was and did his boy go ??

BTW - don't know that stacker made a big difference

ok my 15 1/2 y.o. son just got back from 2nd trip to USA
Not looked at for AIS because state coaches do the selections and they only send their "favorites"
Yes he was a state player last year and they asked/invited him back to NITC (national intensive training camp) but declined as it clashed with his USA trip.
The US scouts know very little about AIS and dont want to know !!

Funny thing is - He has been offered a scholarship to complete his last 2 to 3 years of high school at an Arizona HS because he doesn't play the Australian way - he plays hard - the American way.

Also noticed by 2 Colleges who inquired about him and where stunned to find out his age.

His preference is to play there and get noticed rather than play here un-noticed !! just like Mills and Bogut.

Australian junior teams have generally been a great "team" and not a bunch of individuals. It is disturbing that Oz hasn't produced a Ginobili type player especially after the success of the 1997 under-22 team at the worlds in Melbourne. What is happening with Australia's elite shooting guards..alot of good ones came through but few were able to be a constant, solid player in Europe or NBA.
Could it be a lack of height for our SG's? Or could it be that in Europe players are able to develop more because their athleticism and body types suit that brand of basketball? I think players at the AIS go to college and play the US brand of ball and their potential is limited. Look at Manu..he wasn't overly special at the 97 worlds but he went to Europe excelled and 3 years later he Was a spur. IMO Drmic and Hadziomerovich should have signed for Euro clubs. I know they were considering it

Damn, things have changed.

About 12 years ago, high schools could submit applications to AIS by running students through AIS standard fitness exams. They just submitted the forms with the results and the students "desired sports of choice".

Had one kid at School trying to get an AIS Basketball Scholarship and ended up getting a Scholarship for Track n' Field.

NSWIS = new sth wales institute of sport
ITC = identified talent program run in most states

Then Stacker better do a better job of developing talent then what Clarke did. Because there hasn't even been any AIS players coming out and having all that much success in Europe unless they went onto College first. Which is where they got the bulk of their improvement.

If they do so well and it's better then college, where's the results in the international games? Where are they going into the NBA? Where is the massive success into Europe? the NBL standard is no where near of that of Europe's top leagues, so don't say they performed good straight away in the NBL, it's not a very good standard.

AIS better then going to college? i don't think so. AIS is massively overrated, all those people from the AIS, are they doing anything at college in their FIRST year? Or is the colleges improvement? Patty Mills, Bogut? Or got the bulk of their improvement from their respective colleges. The amount of players who actually came out of the AIS and done anything immediately as been absolutely tiny.

Look at every single one of those names you stated, they were either at least 5-6 years ago/ there for only 1 year. What does that say about the AIS?

AIS is overrated anyway