Summer Tokyo 2021 Basketball Thread - August 7 When We Got Bronze

[Neese]

Which is why this thread is awesome. Some people ITT probably haven't seen a Boomers game prior to Tokyo. Others were watching when Andrew Gaze didn't have a grey hair on his massive scone.

I don't follow much NBA but I still watch plenty of NBL

 

[Westy Bogan]

Apollo Stadium. So dingy. I saw U2 there as well on Unforgettable Fire tour in 1984

Chairman of the Boards had massive arms... Al Green did not have a basketball body but he was good.... and of course Bradke had the massive mullet

I remember I went to a game to see Kings Vs Newcastle in Newcastle... someone broke the backboard... Of course they did not have a spare perspex backboard so after a 30 minute wait they wheel in this old White wood backboard to play the rest of the game...

Basketball in Australia has come far.

 

[Bostonian]

Dante was pretty big in the last quarter.

Hopefully that lands him a decent contract somewhere.

 

[Bostonian]

Also, I hate to admit this, but I have a bit of respect for KD. Other top 5 guys couldn't be bothered, his superstar teammates were at best inconsistent (Lillard cough cough) yet he carried that team to a gold that wasn't exactly a cakewalk. Maybe FIBA is where he belongs?

The US team is always the guys who don't smoke pot or who can handle not smoking pot for a while.

 

[JT_the_Man]

History made. Now, what could the Boomers look like in 2024?

The dust has barely settled on the Boomers' historic bronze medal triumph at the Tokyo Olympic Games. But ESPN's Olgun Uluc has taken a look ahead to what Australia could look like at Paris 2024.

www.espn.com.au

 

[Richard Cranium]

Mark Davis, Phil Smyth, Apollo... feel like I have to mention Brett Maher and the Powerhouse.

Nostalgia.

 

[Neese]

Yep loved Maher too

 

[Scotland]

Also, I hate to admit this, but I have a bit of respect for KD. Other top 5 guys couldn't be bothered, his superstar teammates were at best inconsistent (Lillard cough cough) yet he carried that team to a gold that wasn't exactly a cakewalk. Maybe FIBA is where he belongs?

Doesn't sook and whinge every possession. Just goes out and scores in your face. Well a foot above your face in most cases.

 

[Royces Hart]

I always think Canberra Cannons and the Palace, when I think of Smyth

 

[Marcel Proust]

Doesn't sook and whinge every possession. Just goes out and scores in your face. Well a foot above your face in most cases.

Then quietly runs back on defence.

Savage.

 

[Westy Bogan]

I wonder what Larry Sengstock and Ray Borner would make of the athleticism of Dante and Thybulle in a boomers jersey?

 

[Westy Bogan]

I always think Canberra Cannons and the Palace, when I think of Smyth

Me too... Tad Dufulmier and the guy that played backcourt with Smyth had a lego hat hair-do

 

[Richard Cranium]

I actually once played Maher one-on-one when I was 11 or 12 at a camp somewhere. I was too nervous to actually try, so would've looked shit, but he drained one of his patented mid range pull ups over me, which oddly made me feel pretty cool.

Shit I'm drunk.

 

[Westy Bogan]

My NBL hero was Steve Carfino... he came to my school when I was a kid...

He actually coaches at a private school in Hornsby now...

Very good commentator as well.

 

[Royces Hart]

Hope Baynes is ok, he must be pretty ****ed up

 

[Neese]

Also love the thread piccie

 

[Bostonian]

I wonder what Larry Sengstock and Ray Borner would make of the athleticism of Dante and Thybulle in a boomers jersey?

I dunno, back in that time there were some athletic beasts.

I remember watching James Crawford when he was with the Supercats and he was a bit of an athletic freak.

 

[Scotland]

The only Wildcats player I ever met was Tiny Pinder. Choose your heroes wisely kids.

 

[Luuuc]

The OG

 

[Westy Bogan]

I dunno, back in that time there were some athletic beasts.

I remember watching James Crawford when he was with the Supercats and he was a bit of an athletic freak.

the Alabama slammer...

 

[JT_the_Man]

Slight mood dampener… I’m still buzzing but this sucks.

 

[JP Sauce]

This Olympics has taken my respect of KD’s game to a whole new level. He was the only US player that was a genuine threat every single possession.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Perfect FA pick at Nets, Lakers or Warriors. Low cost player.

Nets is a good call. Just quietly exum is a bit of a gun. Only 26 hope he has some luck with his body.

You can see why he was a top pick

 

[Neese]

The only Wildcats player I ever met was Tiny Pinder. Choose your heroes wisely kids.

Damn good player though. Al Green was busted as a peeping Tom too.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Slight mood dampener… I’m still buzzing but this sucks.

Not good when given he is a free agent iirc...