[South01]

Boomers will open the Stankovic Continental Cup with a clash against host nation and Asian powerhouse China (ranked number nine in the world) on Wednesday 28 July at 7:30pm local time

In Game Two, the Boomers will face off against powerful European team Slovenia, who are ranked 20th in the world, on Thursday 29 July at 4:00PM local time.

Australia will then take on Iran (ranked 21st globally) in their last preliminary game on Friday 30 July at 4:00PM local. All three of the Boomers’ opponents in the event have qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Championships.


games will be played at the Liugang Gymnasium in Liuzhou, China.


The Boomers are the defending champions of the tournament, after having defeated Turkey in the final last year to claim the title.


This cup is preparation for the Worlds in Turkey from 28 August to 12 September.

Golden Star Boomers – 2010 Stankovic Cup Team

Name / Height / Age / Position / Most Recent College or Pro Team

David ANDERSEN / 212cm / 30 / Centre / Houston Rockets (US)

David BARLOW / 205cm / 26 / Forward / CAI Zaragoza (Spain)

Aron BAYNES / 207cm / 23 / Centre / EWE Baskets Oldenburg (Germany)

Adam GIBSON / 188cm / 23 / Guard / Gold Coast Blaze

Joe INGLES / 203cm / 22 / Forward / CB Granada (Spain)

Steven MARKOVIC / 190cm / 25 / Guard / KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd (Serbia)

Damian MARTIN / 188cm / 25 / Guard / Perth Wildcats

Patrick MILLS / 183cm / 21 / Guard / Portland Trail Blazers (US)

Brad NEWLEY / 198cm / 25 / Guard / Besiktas (Turkey)

Matthew NIELSEN / 209cm / 32 / Forward / Olympiacos (Greece)

AJ OGILVY / 211cm / 22 / Centre / Besiktas (Turkey)

Mark WORTHINGTON / 202cm / 27 / Forward / Brose Baskets (Germany)


full details here.

http://app.streamsen...nbl.com.au%252F

[onecooldude]

How I would like them to line up:
Mills/Gibson/Markovic
Newley/Martin
Barlow/Ingles
Nielsen/Worthington
Andersen/Baynes/Ogilvy

What do you guys want?

[darcyrobinson]

onecooldude, on 25 July 2010 - 02:59 PM, said:

How I would like them to line up:
Mills/Gibson/Markovic
Newley/Martin
Barlow/Ingles
Nielsen/Worthington
Andersen/Baynes/Ogilvy

What do you guys want?

Your starters have no rebounding. We'll suck without Maric or Baynes on court IMO.

[onecooldude]

darcyrobinson, on 25 July 2010 - 08:53 PM, said:

onecooldude, on 25 July 2010 - 02:59 PM, said:

How I would like them to line up:
Mills/Gibson/Markovic
Newley/Martin
Barlow/Ingles
Nielsen/Worthington
Andersen/Baynes/Ogilvy

What do you guys want?

Your starters have no rebounding. We'll suck without Maric or Baynes on court IMO.

Maric isn't playing in this series...

[darcyrobinson]

onecooldude, on 25 July 2010 - 10:07 PM, said:

darcyrobinson, on 25 July 2010 - 08:53 PM, said:

onecooldude, on 25 July 2010 - 02:59 PM, said:

How I would like them to line up:
Mills/Gibson/Markovic
Newley/Martin
Barlow/Ingles
Nielsen/Worthington
Andersen/Baynes/Ogilvy

What do you guys want?

Your starters have no rebounding. We'll suck without Maric or Baynes on court IMO.

Maric isn't playing in this series...

my point exactly.

[nomisg]

Looking at the 3 teams we are playing, rebounding might not be a big issue :-). Aleks Maric would certainly round this side out and allow Andersen to play a much more natural role for himself. Maric is a banger who does his best work inside the key, Andersen can be seen 15 feet from the ring on offense due to his good shooting range for a big man.

I have not seen/heard of Aron Baynes in such a long time so not sure how he has been going?

All in all I think we will be ok, but Maric would make a serious difference and would a create a front court that will be a defensive nightmare for lots of teams at the Worlds.

I have heard no final word on whether Maric is pulling out or not, but its not looking good :-(

[marriard]

onecooldude, on 25 July 2010 - 02:59 PM, said:

How I would like them to line up:
Mills/Gibson/Markovic
Newley/Martin
Barlow/Ingles
Nielsen/Worthington
Andersen/Baynes/Ogilvy

What do you guys want?

Mills/Markovic/(Martin)/Gibson
Newley/Inges/Martin/(Barlow)
Neilsen/Barlow/(Worthington)/(Andersen)
Andersen/ (Baynes)/(Worthington)/(Neilsen)
Baynes/Ogilvy/ (Andersen)

Hoping players like Nevill, Jawai, et al are not available for whatever reason (i.e trying to get a contact somewhere else) as this squad lacks all the size we should have available. Markovic is coming off an injury and needs all the court time he can get. I don't like Gibson as a player.

I put in depth subs (i.e. players who can play either position when needed)

You do not want to start Andersen as center although we might anyway. If you do, then Baynes must start at PF and play the post while you allow Andersen to wander when needed.

Looking at the squads, Australia should really go into this tournament expecting to win it. China without Yao is not overly threatening, Iran can barely put out a NBL level squad and Slovenia don't look to be at full strength (and we should be beating them even if they were).

Official site... http://bscup.tom.com...lish/index.html Goran Dragic (Slovenia, Suns) will be shocked that he is listed at 212cm and as a center unless he magically grew 9 inches over the summer.

[onecooldude]

nomisg, on 25 July 2010 - 11:54 PM, said:

I have heard no final word on whether Maric is pulling out or not, but its not looking good :-(

There have been numerous reports in Serbian papers that he will play, even with quotes from Maric explaining his decision...

[nomisg]

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There have been numerous reports in Serbian papers that he will play, even with quotes from Maric explaining his decision...
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Got a source for this?

[onecooldude]

[quote name='nomisg' date='26 July 2010 - 10:05 AM' timestamp='1280108106' post='61152']
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There have been numerous reports in Serbian papers that he will play, even with quotes from Maric explaining his decision...
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Got a source for this?
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[url="http://www.talkbasket.net/news/maric-will-play-for-australia-afterall-3493.html"]http://www.talkbasket.net/news/maric-will-play-for-australia-afterall-3493.html[/url]
[url="http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2010&mm=07&dd=20&nav_id=446810"]http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2010&mm=07&dd=20&nav_id=446810[/url]
[url="http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2010&mm=07&dd=21&nav_id=447050"]http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2010&mm=07&dd=21&nav_id=447050[/url]

[South01]

Boomers are playing China tonight, 730pm

The official tournament website of the Stankovic Continental Cup can be found at http://bscup.tom.com...ish/index.html.

Media can download the Stankovic Continental Cup official logo by clicking here.



Golden Star Boomers – 2010 Stankovic Cup Team

Name / Height / Age / Position / Most Recent College or Pro Team

David ANDERSEN / 212cm / 30 / Centre / Houston Rockets (US)

David BARLOW / 205cm / 26 / Forward / CAI Zaragoza (Spain)

Aron BAYNES / 207cm / 23 / Centre / EWE Baskets Oldenburg (Germany)

Adam GIBSON / 188cm / 23 / Guard / Gold Coast Blaze

Joe INGLES / 203cm / 22 / Forward / CB Granada (Spain)

Steven MARKOVIC / 190cm / 25 / Guard / KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd (Serbia)

Damian MARTIN / 188cm / 25 / Guard / Perth Wildcats

Patrick MILLS / 183cm / 21 / Guard / Portland Trail Blazers (US)

Brad NEWLEY / 198cm / 25 / Guard / Besiktas (Turkey)

Matthew NIELSEN / 209cm / 32 / Forward / Olympiacos (Greece)

AJ OGILVY / 211cm / 22 / Centre / Besiktas (Turkey)

Mark WORTHINGTON / 202cm / 27 / Forward / Brose Baskets (Germany)





China – 2010 Stankovic Cup Squad

Name / Height / Position

Wei Liu / 191cm / Guard

Yu Chenglong / 185cm / Guard

Li Xiaoxu / 210cm / Forward

Dong Hanlin / 210cm / Forward

Su Wei / 213cm / Center

Zhou Peng / 206cm / Forward

Tang Zhengdong / 213cm / Center

Yi Li / 206cm / Forward

Wang Zhizhi / 214cm / Center

Zhang Zhaoxu / 221cm / Center

Zhu Fangyu / 201cm / Forward

Wang Shipeng / 198cm / Guard

Yi Jianlian / 213cm / Forward

Sun Yue / 206cm / Guard

Ding Jinhui / 204cm / Forward

[nomisg]

Anyone know if there is a way we can watch these games? the offical stie does not mention a great deal : http://bscup.tom.com...lish/index.html

[South01]

Maybe a stream from China, they have on court CCTV so idk?

[nomisg]

http://bugu.cntv.cn/...tv5/index.shtml

[South01]

http://watchlivestre...-stankovic.html

Boomers stream, good quality.

[benfti]

nomisg, on 28 July 2010 - 08:55 PM, said:

http://bugu.cntv.cn/...tv5/index.shtml

this is some of the worst reffing i have ever seen. EVER, not helped by no one being able to hit a shot.

Set some screens for Mills FFS

[nomisg]

60 vs 60 with a little over 2 minutes to go, (great play by Ingles to bring it to all even)

[nomisg]

Great win by the Boomers, not sure what the deal was some of the fouls calls late in the game but they came away with a 1 point victory none the less.

[koogs]

I understand several guys were making their season debuts but then it's a Yao-less China.

Far too many Tos from everyone. Boomers need to find a starting PG from somewhere.

Markovic had a disappointing game. I could see him being the one dropped when Maric comes in.

What was the fuss near the end when China had a throw in where Yi eventually got FTs and the lead for China? Both coaches went up to speak to the refs.

[darcyrobinson]

would love to see a box score when there is one ... missed the streaming.