2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

[Freo HeaveHo]

Maybe I might be being a bit harsh on the lad but I have seen very little as to why Motum is worthy of an NBA contract

[Gozu]

Maybe I might be being a bit harsh on the lad but I have seen very little as to why Motum is worthy of an NBA contract

I agree I mean he does have range and he's great at getting open under the basket for his little dinky lay ups but I'd be surprised if he's on the Jazz's roster come the start of the regular season.

[Gozu]

Overnight's Round of 16 results:

USA 86 def Mexico 63

France 69 def Croatia 64

Slovenia 71 def Dominican Republic 61

Spain 89 def Senegal 56

Boomers vs Turkey 3:25am Monday morning on ABC

[whufc]

Maybe I might be being a bit harsh on the lad but I have seen very little as to why Motum is worthy of an NBA contract

I agree I mean he does have range and he's great at getting open under the basket for his little dinky lay ups but I'd be surprised if he's on the Jazz's roster come the start of the regular season.

I'm not the most knowledgable basketball can but it feels like the nba clubs don't get it to wrong to often and that the top 3 draft picks tend to end up being pretty special. With the millions of dollars they put in to combines, recruting etc they wouldn't want to he it to wrong to often

[Gozu]

Maybe I might be being a bit harsh on the lad but I have seen very little as to why Motum is worthy of an NBA contract

I agree I mean he does have range and he's great at getting open under the basket for his little dinky lay ups but I'd be surprised if he's on the Jazz's roster come the start of the regular season.

I'm not the most knowledgable basketball can but it feels like the nba clubs don't get it to wrong to often and that the top 3 draft picks tend to end up being pretty special. With the millions of dollars they put in to combines, recruting etc they wouldn't want to he it to wrong to often

Are you thinking of Dante Exum mate? He was a Top 5 pick by the Jazz where as Brock Motum went undrafted but did alright on Utah's summer league team so they gave him an invite to training camp and signed him to a non-guaranteed contract.

The jury is still out on Exum though and NBA teams do made mistakes sometimes big ones like Hasheem Thabeet who was just traded to Philadelphia and immediately waived would struggle as an import in the NBL and he was a former #2 pick overall.

[Johno6]

WOW, very tough loss for Australia.

that hurts

[Gozu]

Tournament over for the Boomers, Preldzic hit a 3 with 5 seconds to go to give them the 1 point win.

Turkey 65 (Guler 16, Preldzic 16, Arslan 11) def Australia 64 (Baynes 15, Dellavedova 13, Bairstow 10, Ingles 10)

Other Round of 16 results:

Lithuania 76 def New Zealand 71

Serbia 90 def Greece 72

Brazil 85 def Argentina 65

Quarter-Final matchups:

Lithuania vs Turkey
USA vs Slovenia

Serbia vs Brazil
France vs Spain

[woodublieve12]

Boomers being investigated for tanking

[Pup]

Maybe I might be being a bit harsh on the lad but I have seen very little as to why Motum is worthy of an NBA contract

I agree I mean he does have range and he's great at getting open under the basket for his little dinky lay ups but I'd be surprised if he's on the Jazz's roster come the start of the regular season.

I'm not the most knowledgable basketball can but it feels like the nba clubs don't get it to wrong to often and that the top 3 draft picks tend to end up being pretty special. With the millions of dollars they put in to combines, recruting etc they wouldn't want to he it to wrong to often

Are you thinking of Dante Exum mate? He was a Top 5 pick by the Jazz where as Brock Motum went undrafted but did alright on Utah's summer league team so they gave him an invite to training camp and signed him to a non-guaranteed contract.

The jury is still out on Exum though and NBA teams do made mistakes sometimes big ones like Hasheem Thabeet who was just traded to Philadelphia and immediately waived would struggle as an import in the NBL and he was a former #2 pick overall.

I think people are just being slightly impatient with Dante. He is a project player, a future combo guard who at this stage is very very inexperienced and young (only just 19) and with no college ball experience expect a lot of development time.

[Johno6]

IMO Exum went to the nba a year or two too early.

I have seen nothing from him that says top 5 draft pick, was very surprised he went that high.

I hope he comes out and does well, but wouldn't be surprised if he just ends up as a back up PG

[Grahaml]

IMO Exum went to the nba a year or two too early.

I have seen nothing from him that says top 5 draft pick, was very surprised he went that high.

I hope he comes out and does well, but wouldn't be surprised if he just ends up as a back up PG

Play college for a year or two for peanuts instead of the millions the NBA pays? His rookie contract will expire at a younger age too and then he'll earn what he deserves which should be higher if he turns out to be the player they expect him to be. Plus the fact his improvement will be greater spending that year or two in the NBA.

[bennymacca]

yeah, even if he doesnt get game time for a couple of years it is still probably worth it.

do they do loan deals in the NBA?

[Johno6]

IMO Exum went to the nba a year or two too early.

I have seen nothing from him that says top 5 draft pick, was very surprised he went that high.

I hope he comes out and does well, but wouldn't be surprised if he just ends up as a back up PG

Play college for a year or two for peanuts instead of the millions the NBA pays? His rookie contract will expire at a younger age too and then he'll earn what he deserves which should be higher if he turns out to be the player they expect him to be. Plus the fact his improvement will be greater spending that year or two in the NBA.

OBVIOUSLY if he had the option of nba or college he takes nba for OBVIOUS reasons

all im saying is to be a star in the nba I think he needed a year or two in college first to get better

[Johno6]

I apologise for being un-Australian but I just think exum is over rated

I really really really hope he proves me wrong and dominates,
would be very happy to be proven wrong.

[jakovasaurus]

lol

[Gozu]

Even though I don't think Exum is anywhere near ready I think he did the right thing in taking the money. If an NBA team is willing to throw millions at you you take it and worry about 'developing' later. There was always the risk if Exum had have gone to college he might've gotten injured or not come on like people had thought and might've ended up only being a late 1st Rd pick or possibly even a second round pick.

[Gozu]

Quarter-Final results from overnight:

Lithuania 73 def Turkey 61

USA 119 def Slovenia 76

[Johno6]

couple of upsets last night
crazy results.

needs to be an investigation!!!

[Pup]

You can't stop Boris! haha

Huge upset for Spain with a full squad at home.

[Gozu]

Yeah crazy QF results!

Serbia 84 def Brazil 56

France 65 def Spain 52

Semi-Finals matchups:

USA vs Lithuania

France vs Serbia