Hoops

Boomers squad for second camp

Ballinger chatted urbanely about the Boomers camp
he went to.
" Things are tough , out there. "
I noticed he was signed to play NZBL at the time, also.
Did pretty good , in that League.
But now is injured.

Beantown. Khazzouh is certainly a mystery. I would love to see him perform against better opposition and he may well be a better option than some in the squad. Would love to know why he as well as Davidson never got a look. He is also a better player than Davidson, but my point is about team balance and getting different looks from players. He is a guy who is at his best close to the basket and although he can step out his only option from there is a slow release set shot type three and at best he is still not a good shooter from range. So similar in lots of ways to the 2 other bigs in the team already. So again I would be looking for someone who can play at the same time as Maric or Ogilvy and also defend the 4 man of the other team. Khazzouh is very slow laterally and cant defend anyone with some speed or range.

Hurley and Old Snakepit, I think you have the most likely final team between you there. My final two would be Wagstaff and Dellavedova. Although I'm not really a fan of either Crawford or Gibson, I think I'd also go with Crawford as the backup at SG for his experience and three point shooting.

Old Snakepit, I rate Larry Davidson too and would also go for him over Kickert given the choice. However there is an even better option! What about Khazzouh if he was available? Wouldn't you go for him ahead of Davidson?

Hurley. I agree with your team and would add to your 10, Crawford for reasons previously stated and Wagstaff for a few spot minutes here or there if you need to try to get under someones skin by putting a few body shots on them. He always puts the effort in and fills a bit of a stoppers role on the opposition 3 or 4 man.
As for Kickert, who is that underwhelming I can't even be bothered to spell his name properly at times, I have to agree...enough chances. Brown needed to get a look at some stage at Larry Davidson to give us a big with some perimeter range.This must be the role that they see Kickert filling but he fails miserably. I would say Davidson is stronger, a better rebounder, shoots the ball better, has at least some interior game and is a far better defender than Kickert. On top of this he is also disruptive. He is the only big we have who can give us a different look in an Anstey type role.

and wing defenders.

Good to see a near final squad is going into camp rather than the 2 months that has been spent on culling fringe players.