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Boomers 12-man roster named for Euro/Oceania games

I think we are all overreacting to the input Mills has had the last few years. He has been forced to be that scorer because we have not had anyone else to do it.

Adding Bogut, a more experienced Exum and Bairstow to me is an upgrade then just patty. Lets not forget Bogut is NBA defensive team big which is someone we have not had in the middle ever. I remember it wasn't long ago when Alex Pledger was killing the boomers inside.

More scorers, more spacing and better defense is surely a better situation then what we had the last couple years.

Gaze, Bradke, Longley, and Heal all played for the boomers at an early age. For me, leave the 12th spot for a junior ie Maker.

I'm not calling for the coach's head btw, Cram, or making a big deal out of this.
To me, Martin + Gibson in the same team seems a bit redundant. I would have thought that evaluating them both on the tour and then keeping just one once they're back here for the NZ series would actually be an ideal situation for Lemanis & co.

Normally I'm all for chemistry and cohesiveness too. It's important for sure. But it's a case by case basis, and in this case I think that the gain you get from adding Patty, far outweighs the potential loss of chemistry from such a move.
Finally, from the players' POV, would Damo or Gibbo feel robbed if they were replaced by Mills? I very much doubt it.

Is it such a stretch to take a different 12 over to Europe, and then replace one of the guards with Patty once they're back here? Personally I would have thought that qualifying against NZ is the most important thing here, and that it's not a massive stretch to say that replacing Martin/Gibbo with Patty improves our chances in that series.

Yep - Bose switched allegiances.

This team is not bad.

(I'm referring just to the Melbourne Opals & Boomers games btw!)

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet but I just saw a John Casey tweet that the games are being broadcast live on Channel 9

Glad i didn't buy a ticket now with all the outs, and also see its being shown live on channel 9 as well, makes it a even better decision.

I'd expect a rotation of something along the lines of:

C Bogut (35)/Jawai (5)
PF Andersen (15)/ Motum (15)/Bairstow (10)
SF Broekhoff (20)/Newley (20)
SG Exum (20)/Goulding (10)/Gibson (5)/Broekhoff (5)
PG Dellavedova (30)/Martin (5)/Exum (5)

I don't mind the selections, I think Blanchfield for Gibson/Martin would be a bit so, so. Probably wouldn't make much difference.

Bogut, Bairstow, Jawai and Anderson, this will be interesting to see...

Just a couple of changes from the 2014 World Cup team.

Mills was left out because there is still concerns with his shoulder. I understand it was a mutual agreement not AUS refusing to pick him.

Mills has played every year for the AUS team. I think he deserves the rest before Olympics

What's with the boomer coaches?

Not including Mills in the NZ series is maddest.