Hoops

Tamuri Wigness joins the Centre of Excellence

He is an insane player with amazing skills and yeah, obsession with the height of a 15 year old.. He should reach 5'11 which will be fine at a top level with his speed and skill.

he is from the Torres Straight.

Cairns Taipans star Jamar Wilson isn't ashamed to say 11-year-old Tamuri Wigness "crossed him up".

Wow

just another example of the basketball development hotbed that is FNQ :)

(story from 4 years ago about him: http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2013/05/29/3770051.htm )

So where is the accountability re: poor development by CoE? Everyone says fundamentals are not polished yet keeps happening. Excellence,..lol

A lot of players tend to come out of the CoE with under-developed individual skills (handle, pull-up etc.), so I guess it's lucky that Tamuri already has a head-start in that area.

That name is real, folks!

Great highlight reel. Looking forward to seeing her career develop.

If anything I can't stand young players being criticised for their perceived lack of height in this game, it really crushed my hopes as a kid and those comments all came from the wrong people.

I hope he continues to love and pursue the game.

Has a very nice pull-up and step-back jumpshot for his age. Impressive indeed!

Thomas, Lowry, Paul, mills.

All 6ft under and thriving in NBA.

Aussie, he is better than mills at the same age. Right now he has a better handle than mills, much quicker as well.

He has got all the skills, but he has a lot of physical growing to do if he wants to make the nba.

too short, would not get into the nba with this height

He ain't staying 5'9 at only 15.

He has one Wigness.

We are all Wignesses

His handle, shooting and quickness, reminds me of Patty Mills at the same age

No.

only 5'9. can he dunk ?

Gonna be a lot more 01 and 02 athletes join coe over next year as some kids go to college.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z13jqrGlOoA Him at 14, crazy!

Thanks very much mate

Qld nth(Cairns)
5'9-5'10
26/03/2002

Australias Asian champ u16 starting pg for sure.

Hi All,

Today I have read several things about the changes Basketball SA seem to have decided without letting anyone know or comment about until now, for the new season or the 11/12 season. Apparently for all umpires who do any work for Basketball SA Social or District, now have to apparently pay BSA even more money to be able to ref for them. They have decided to try and force all refs, who are not currently apart of a panel to pay $15 a year (ok an extra one of fee) and force us to attend 90% of all annual meetings for panel? There are 5 meetings a year, hence to complete this we have to be go to all the panel meetings. Traditionally to get onto a panel in the first place, you had to;


A) It was optional not forced

B) Submit a form

C) It was then considered if you were worthy to be part of the panel, fair enough raising the stanards of those who join I agree with this system and like this system.

D) By getting accepted in, by (OPTIONALLY) submitting a form you AGREED To a COMMITMENT, however not it is forced to join, and do this.

Also by these new rules you have to be available 3 nights a week to ref? I'm sorry but some of us either have other things to do or have work/study to do. Also forcing another exam onto people, ref at pity much at any stadium even when you can't get there because of location. Also my personal favourite, which is also at the top of the list. ""Be a Financial member of Basketball Referees SA.""

Am I the only one to think that Basketball SA has lost it even more then before? Before I was ok with some of the changes they decided to make, fair enough I could live with them, now I'm not sure whether they are doing it to be retarded, or to be even bigger morons then they are currently.

Also introducing this stupid Level 1C, 1B, 1A levels, for people who had already completed the course and had been waiting for over 2 years for a chance, flute to get the level ones, because someone happened to be out at a stadium I happened to be at and people had to ask for me? I'm sorry but that’s BS, they can't decide what the hell they are doing, they don't even ease the new changes in its a sudden definite date, basically telling people who had completed the requirements for level 1 before this thing came in to sit more exams and course, hence paying BSA more money to shove its head up its A**, seriously am I the only one that thinks they are stuffing things up even more with these two specific things?

Basketball SA have enough trouble so far keeping their refs for Friday nights, at least one or two stadiums each Friday have to run solos because they don't know how to keep their refs. Seriously, this is BS.

Can BSA really afford to lose more refs, which I’m quite sure they are bound to with these new changes.

Thanks for the rant and putting up with it, post what you think below and how is BSA screwing up in new levels of moronship, that most people thought impossible.