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Anonymous

Years ago

AAU junior tournament in Melbourne next week

Free country!!! Bring back guns and legalise drugs!!!
(before the idiots comment, that was sarcasm)

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C. Montgomery Burns

Years ago

I'd hope AAU doesnt take off in Australia. It ruined American basketball and is a breeding ground for bad habits.

I'm not saying every player has to be elite at everything, but with AAU you fast get guards just playing isolation all game, shooting 15 threes and not even trying on D. Nobody plays any D, people score 50+ points on cherry pick passes and its bullcrap. Kobe Bryant, Gilbert Arenas and many others have voiced concerns with the fact that Europeans are better players (skillwise) because theyre raised playing structured team ball from the jump. American kids are put in systems where they fight with their team and the opposition to stand out.

Team play, open shots, intangibles and hustling for loose balls (literally the staple of all Aussie players not named Ben Simmons) are exactly why were getting more and more guys into the NBA and our local NBL guys are improving.

I'd hate to see it all go down the drain due to a culture change and some cash grabbing being done

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Anonymous

Years ago

In his career as a coach:

Steve Nash (2 MVP's)
Amare Stoudemire
Shawn Marion
Joe Johnson
Grant Hill
Shaquille O'Neal
Carmelo Anthony
Jason Kidd
Tyson Chandler
Kobe Bryant
Dwight Howard
Pau Gasol
Antawn Jamison

And has never reached a single finals with this selection of all stars (some MVP's and/or National team members). Most underachieving coach of all time?

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