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Boomers next games

I'm with LC too.

The draw makes us look bad because we're winless but all 3 teams we're yet to play are FIBA ranked below us (yes, China and Russia are IMMEDIATELY below us so it's not like we're huge favourites...and GB play well above their ranking but...wait a minute, who's side am I on here?)

Anyway, if we had Russia's draw we'd likely be unbeaten (as they are) but they're probably going to get their arses handed to them by Spain and Brazil in the next 2 games and will come into the final game against us on a 2 game skid.

Anyway, we CAN win all 3 games and finish 3rd in our Group. If we put a run of form like that togehter we CAN give 2nd place in Group A a hell of a fight in the crossover.

Well said, LC - "We do not need 5 star players on court, we need a team out there".

The only team-work on offense I see out there is the Delly and Baynes tandem. For a bunch of guys who have played together a bit, the boomers have been disappointing. I don't see much sign of players making four or five passes to get someone free for the shot they want and will make.

Are there any stats anywhere on how many passes happened before someone jacked up a shot? I think we'd be pretty low.

Spain had the individual skills and the size to go 1 on 1 all the time, but still had 21 assists. We on the other hand are a team which needs to rely a lot more on working together to get people free for a good shot, and we only had 14. Against Brazil we also had 14.
That says to me that there's too much isolation play and not enough team-work, and that's not going to work against bigger or better or smarter teams.

We have lost 2 from 2 games so far, but they were against teams that were expected to be in medal contention. Brazil are good, and yet if we shot better and/or turned it over less - we win that game.

Spain are ranked #2 in the world are have been slated by all punters and experts alike as the only team that could be able to challenge the USA for gold.

We had a tough start to the competition, but we still have a chance to win the games that everyone would have expected us to be able to win - against China and GB. Russia is a 50/50 chance.

We are still well in contention to finish top 4 of our group, and still a chance at 3rd spot.

Pre-Olympics I was hopeful of a top 2 spot within our group, but realistically 3rd or 4th were more likely. We arenlt there yet, but we are still well in contention. Way too early to write the Boomers off just yet. Having said that, we need to beat China.

IF we won our next 3 games to finish 3rd, how many people on this forum would change their tune?

As for Nielsen, I agree he has not done a whole lot offensively, but I would argue he has done well defensively. We do not need 5 star players on court, we need a team out there and everyone to play their role. Nielsen I believe is doing just that, but whether someone else could have done that role better is the question that could be asked.

Agree Woody!

Stuff footy its Basketball time