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Good Missoulian profile on 2020 Aussie recruits

fanofzoo said:
grizzlyjournal said:
[media]https://twitter.com/khansen406/status/1140797576922435584[/media]

"and the beat goes on"

Yeah, we have a great Aussie pipeline, but so what? I am actually shocked Travis signed on for 2! Aussies. The only 2 good Aussie-born NBA-ers went to hs in America-Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving. Andrew Bogut is the best born-and-raised Aussie NBA-er ever and the drop-off after him is monumental. Basketball is a niche/fringe sport in Australia-a small country (by population) with half the population of California alone. Kryslovic and Ben Carter were on their Nat teams too, and both showed up in Missoula light-years behind their team-mates. I find it hard to believe Travis couldn't find better talent in his normal recruiting grounds.
 
If our goal is to recruit NBA talent, it looks like we’ve failed miserably in the last 40 years. :roll:
 
Zirg said:
fanofzoo said:
grizzlyjournal said:
[media]https://twitter.com/khansen406/status/1140797576922435584[/media]

"and the beat goes on"

Yeah, we have a great Aussie pipeline, but so what? I am actually shocked Travis signed on for 2! Aussies. The only 2 good Aussie-born NBA-ers went to hs in America-Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving. Andrew Bogut is the best born-and-raised Aussie NBA-er ever and the drop-off after him is monumental. Basketball is a niche/fringe sport in Australia-a small country (by population) with half the population of California alone. Kryslovic and Ben Carter were on their Nat teams too, and both showed up in Missoula light-years behind their team-mates. I find it hard to believe Travis couldn't find better talent in his normal recruiting grounds.
And somehow Kryslovic didn't work out?? :roll: You should also know that Hunter Clarke was very successful in California high school hoops.
 
GrizWhiz said:
Zirg said:
fanofzoo said:
grizzlyjournal said:
[media]https://twitter.com/khansen406/status/1140797576922435584[/media]

"and the beat goes on"

Yeah, we have a great Aussie pipeline, but so what? I am actually shocked Travis signed on for 2! Aussies. The only 2 good Aussie-born NBA-ers went to hs in America-Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving. Andrew Bogut is the best born-and-raised Aussie NBA-er ever and the drop-off after him is monumental. Basketball is a niche/fringe sport in Australia-a small country (by population) with half the population of California alone. Kryslovic and Ben Carter were on their Nat teams too, and both showed up in Missoula light-years behind their team-mates. I find it hard to believe Travis couldn't find better talent in his normal recruiting grounds.
And somehow Kryslovic didn't work out?? :roll: You should also know that Hunter Clarke was very successful in California high school hoops.

And don't forget Lopez!
 
AllWeatherFan said:
If our goal is to recruit NBA talent, it looks like we’ve failed miserably in the last 40 years. :roll:

Jeez, seems we can always count on Zirg to miss the point.

St. Mary's has built a powerhouse on Aussie talent: Patty Mills, Matthew Dellavedova and lately Jock Landale:
https://pickandroll.com.au/jock-landale-sizzles-deep-summer-league-debut-milwaukee-bucks/

Or how about Aaron Baynes at Washington State, just now traded from Boston to Phoenix.

Or Joe Ingles and Dante Exum from Utah. Ingles always kills the Warriors from deep.

If our staff likes the talent, I'll take an Aussie any day.
 
citay said:
AllWeatherFan said:
If our goal is to recruit NBA talent, it looks like we’ve failed miserably in the last 40 years. :roll:

Jeez, seems we can always count on Zirg to miss the point.

St. Mary's has built a powerhouse on Aussie talent: Patty Mills, Matthew Dellavedova and lately Jock Landale:
https://pickandroll.com.au/jock-landale-sizzles-deep-summer-league-debut-milwaukee-bucks/

Or how about Aaron Baynes at Washington State, just now traded from Boston to Phoenix.

Or Joe Ingles and Dante Exum from Utah. Ingles always kills the Warriors from deep.

If our staff likes the talent, I'll take an Aussie any day.

Kind of wondering when Bobby will tap into that talent.
 
I have an Aussie friend who was telling me how doggedly aggressive Aussies like Dellavedova are on the basketball court. He said they never back down and they never quit, and people HATE playing against them. I’ll take a few of those guys on our team any day. :thumb:
 
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