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FIBA WC Qualifers: Boomers V Philippines GT

Here here FM! Also, their quickest player on the night played 3minutes

DJ scores at will in the NBL and can’t make the team. Scoring is not appreciated by the coach. Hence why Brisbane came bottom

Underwhelming and uninspired game all round tonight. I never expected them to be a well oiled machine after having such a long time off but it just seemed to me that everyone was too scared to shoot and too unsure of their rotations to score or defend properly. Having said that, Philippines got lucky to lose to Australia by less than 20. If our guys had more than a few days together and could train against more than just themselves I think this could have been a 40-60 point blow out. They were never going to have the talent to stick with Australia but we did leave the door wide open to them way longer than should be acceptable.

awful troll by the "casual racism" poster. either that or just plain old vanilla stupid.

Yeah, I wasn't implying he's a moron, just that it's a joke that he plays for their national team with zero ties to the Philippines.

Not the Manila/vanilla part, but its a common joke when someone that has barely set foot in a country suddenly claims he is a citizen when it suits. Pretty sure earnest Ross had the same things said about it. Its got nothing to do with his perceived intelligence.

....Ira,I think his name is Iva.....Iva Whopper!!

it seemed unnecessary to me. anyway nevermind. off topic.

Are you from there? You seem to know what Manila is. I know what Manila is. Everyone knows what Manila is. So why the cheap insult to his intelligence?

... Yeah, my point is, he's not from there, his parents are not from there, he's never played there, and he's never lived there.

Because he’s not from there.

You know what Manila is but he doesn't because?

Casual racism? Care to explain?

No need for the casual racism

Yes I do. Has played in Australia for years and is married to an Australian. Not even close to as ridiculous as Blatche's situation.

You know Lisch plays for Australia...

Ira Brown has been playing in Japan for years as well, at least. Blatche on the other hand probably thinks Manila is an ice cream flavour.

Ira Brown is also playing for Japan

Who are the coaches?, only know two of them.

I was asking! Who TF are you?

Who was asking why tosser Sobey didn't get on court?

Gliddon and Lisch are the best players tonight

Norton is still young I guess, but I agree. Right now I'd rate him as a steady backup PG in the NBL, but probably not a national team player until he can at least knock down the 3 reliably.

With Finals on, why take Sobey away from the 36ers if you’re not going to use him!?

Odd omission i agree. And im still wondering what Norton brings to the team

It's a shame DJ can't beat out the guy that backs him up in Adelaide for a spot in this squad, because he'd eat this level of competition alive IMO and give us a much more balanced scoring attack.

Flopstaff sucking in international refs too

Definitely the latter since Brandt was moving

I don't know what's worse, the illegal screen call on Brandt, or Boomers' inability to finish from inside the paint.

very biased refereeing.

Is Sobey hurt? His game would suit playing against the Philippines team with his speed! He persists with Cadee

Creek has been blocked more times tonight than I remember seeing him blocked all season in the NBL.

boomers playing so bad.
what do you expect when we use crappy players
and a clueless coach ?

Blatche has never played or lived in the Philippines (outside of national team duties).

Boomers playing like they're on holidays in Boracay. Missing sitters, kicking it out behind the arc on penetration... just ugly.

Crowd and refs you'd think this was in the Philippines

Good question re: Blatche. I wonder if he could've found the Philippines on a map before 2014.

How come Andray Blatche qualifies for the Philippines?

Boomers blew some real easy looks that Q.

Good crowd, good game so far

And the reason for that is, because:

Chinese Taipei.

Yeah - the tickets sold for Sunday's game vs Chinese Taipei have been slow.

Just open the roof, that will bring in a couple of thousand :-)

Game is at Margaret Court Arena and by all reports is sold out. I think there is some concern for the crowd numbers for Sunday's game though.

Netball is but not basketball? Wow, that is unbelievable. I hate corrupt officials and how they do everything to try to preserve their quaint little non-global sports in the spotlight. Disgusting.

What happened to basketball being excluded from the anti syphoning laws. Netball gets in but not basketball.

If it's not on free to air it doesn't really happen for the vast majority of Australians!!

Whoever is responsible for selling out to Foxtel. A low act and f**! you. Disgraceful!

Are you serious? The Filippinos and Filippinas will be out in force.

The game after that sure but not this one.

In Melbourne, with Goulding out no Melbourne players, could be very poor crowd.

Not even streamed on NBL TV either I don't think.

Pretty sure Boomers games was a separate TV deal with Fox and nothing to do with the NBL deal.

Damn, no commercial tv broadcast?