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Bogut set to play in Rio!

That seems more like 3 questions to me

"Anyone think bogut is overrated at this stage of his career? Baynes might actually be the better all around player. Bogut only plays one end of the floor and in a selective manner"

Lol. Wash your hands after writing that shit. But with all seriousness, Baynes is the one dimensional player. He offers no defensive upside. He is only baseline level of athleticism but his lateral movement is sometimes Aleks Maricesque. Baynes can score in bunches when he is on his game, or he can miss a bunch of sitters, make stupid decisions, and make you wish he was never born. He was always better suited to being Bogut's serviceable back up on this team. The only thing Baynes can do more than Bogut is score.

"Spot on.

His ability to make precise passes out of the post, set intelligent screens and rebound make him valuable offensively, and as he showed against NZ he can still make some big plays around the basket.

Defensively he is exactly what this team needs in order for the guards to be aggressive. The perfect guy to anchor the D."

Yep. Bogut is the anchor to this team. My only question is how will he be used, for how many minutes, and how fit is he?

Spot on.

His ability to make precise passes out of the post, set intelligent screens and rebound make him valuable offensively, and as he showed against NZ he can still make some big plays around the basket.

Defensively he is exactly what this team needs in order for the guards to be aggressive. The perfect guy to anchor the D.

He's a nice inclusion either way. (Whether he's "overrated" really comes down to whose current day rating of him you are referring to).
His offence has never been the same since his elbow injury and his general durability is obviously limited these days, but he's still capable of having an impact at the highest level.

Anyone think bogut is overrated at this stage of his career? Baynes might actually be the better all around player. Bogut only plays one end of the floor and in a selective manner

^ your mum must be proud

He might have been indicating he has a small penis.

This is massive news! Bogut being ready, turns out team from probably around 7th - 9th to a legitimate medal chance. Defensively, he will anchor us. With this team, anything less then 4th isn't good enough.

Watching the game against Brazil afterwards when shaking hands Bogut talked to Nene and made a hand motion with his finger and thumb slightly apart to indicate almost or close so being a flogging thought that might've been him telling Nene he's close to beign ready to play.

I hope so anyway as it gives us our best chance and he'll probably retire from international basketball after Rio anyway.

^^^ Better late than never

smh

YAYAYAY

Day 3 had been run and is now done...and the Boomers did us all proud by steam-rolling a stunned Germany.

However there were other games in action, including Brazil's near win against the USA. and Slovenia's triumph over Croatia.

Group A
- Australia defeated Germany, 78-43
AUS: Mills 16, Maric 15, Ingles 10
GER: Benzing 11, Ohlbrecht 10
Australia's stifling defence coupled with great ball movement was a mix that the Germans could not handle.

- Serbia defeated Jordan, 112-69
SRB: Savanovic & Keselj 21, Perovic 20, Bjelica 12
JOR: Daghles 19, Abbaas 15
Serbia used their scoring artillery to overpower a clearly outgunned Jordan side. Rasic and Teodosic had 8 and 7 assists respectively in the scoring spree.

- Argentina defeated Angola, 91-70
ARG: Scola 32, Delfino 22
ANG: Gomes 16, Cipriano 15, Morais 11
Argentina's dynamic duo in Scola and Delfino were just too much for Angola to handle despite the absence of Oberto. Argentina took the opportunity to share the minutes with their bench players in this game.

Group B
- Slovenia defeated Croatia, 91-84
SLO: Slokar & Lakovic 15, Dragic 14, Nachbar 11
CRO: Ukic 20, Popovic & Tomas 17
Slovenia continues their rise up through the European ranks by outlasting rivals Croatia. When big man Luka Zoric went down with injury for the Croats, it was never going to be.

- Iran defeated Tunisia, 71-58
IRN: Haddadi 23, Kamrani 15, Kazemi 14
TUN: Ben Romdhane & Mejri 10
Iran ensured they will not finish last in their group with a solid win over the a struggling Tunisian team, once again led by NBA big man Haddadi.

- USA defeated Brazil, 70-68
USA: Durant 27, Billups 15, Rose 11
BRA: Vinicius 16, Barbosa 14, Splitter 13
USA used a get out of jail card today in overcoming Brazil. Brazil throughout the first half and at half time, but Barbosa's game tying lay-up attempt at the buzzer just would not drop, ensuring the USA escaped with just a 2-point win, proving that the USA is vulnerable.