Future Aussie stars

[ceagle]

http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2014/1108/CanadavAustralia [URL="http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2014/1108/CanadavAustralia"]Isaac Humphries broke the FIBA U17 record with 41 points (plus 19 rebounds and 5 blocks)
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[Noa]

Had 20+ & 16r today against Greece's highly rated center.

Bodes well for the under 19's where Simmons, Maker and Adel will all be playing and Mcdowell-white will be back in the fold by then

 

[cb4]

He used to play out at Sutherland, very very good player.

He left them and went to Manly and just flat out dominated the local rep scene. Glad he is going on to bigger and better things.
The kid has just got it.

 

[Noa]

So the us high school season is about 5-6 weeks old and Ben Simmons is averaging about 30/12/8

Had a triple double the other day against the former #1 ranked player in the States Ivan Rabb and today had 37/18 in a close game at the city of palms tournament. Oh and he also did this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjjccjNUbIU#

Isaac Humphries makes his debut for La Lumiere in the same tournament tomorrow

 

[God-King Dean]

Do we know if Simmons will be in the 2015 draft? Or is he going to play college first?

 

[Big Mick]

Do we know if Simmons will be in the 2015 draft? Or is he going to play college first?

He committed to LSU. He'll be one and done

 

[andrew057]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjjccjNUbIU

!!!

 

[Noa]

Simmons the first Australian to make the prestigious McDonalds all-American game.

It's held on 1st of April at Chicago's united center.

 

[shiznit]

There's a kid from NZ I thought would have been great if he had gone.

Tai Wynyard... 16yrs old... 6"8.

The last I heard... He couldn't attend any of the invitational camps because he got called in to the senior national squad for the world champs in Spain.

I was of the opinion he should have turned the NZ squad down and attended the camps... That's what Steven Adams did...

Just an update on this kid...

This week he committed to the University of Kentucky and obviously John Calipari's program.

http://m.espn.go.com/ncb/story?storyId=12226385&src=desktop

 

[andrew057]

I know hes young, I know its his first season and I know hes on a terrible team. But man Exum has been disappointing.

 

[betcats]

I know hes young, I know its his first season and I know hes on a terrible team. But man Exum has been disappointing.

Who was Exum playing against last year? He was never going to put up impressive stats this season, he was always a project.

What i have noticed is his shooting is better than advertised. His first step and court vision are elite. He can be a very good defender with that length. Struggles massively with finishing through contact, and has no left hand.

In 2 or 3 season once he has adjusted to this level of competition and gotten stronger he will be quite good.

 

[God-King Dean]

He's in bad form, no doubt, especially his shooting.

But he's shown enough glimpses to convince me he'll be successful. There was a period where he was nailing consecutive 3 pointers.

Good vision & passing. Great off the mark.

He doesn't back himself at times when he should, & just looks to offload it to someone else. But the confidence will come.

As betcats said, he is all right handed, which is his biggest weakness.

 

[andrew057]

Who was Exum playing against last year? He was never going to put up impressive stats this season, he was always a project.

What i have noticed is his shooting is better than advertised. His first step and court vision are elite. He can be a very good defender with that length. Struggles massively with finishing through contact, and has no left hand.

In 2 or 3 season once he has adjusted to this level of competition and gotten stronger he will be quite good.

lol huh? Hes shooting 37% for the season and has been beyond terrible since being inserted into the starting line up. In his last 5 games he has made only 2 of his 21 shots.

I know hes a project and I know hes young, but he has been very disappointing. I wish I shared your optimism.

 

[betcats]

His shot was supposed to be completely broken, so even with the recent poor shooting its better than advertised. He sucks off the dribble but spotting up he is servicable.

His physical gifts are brilliant along with elite court vision and passing and a high bball IQ, he will be fine.

Do you know what they mean when they call him a project? Means he is a couple seasons away from being ready. Judging him now is waaay to early.

 

[andrew057]

His shot was supposed to be completely broken, so even with the recent poor shooting its better than advertised. He sucks off the dribble but spotting up he is servicable.

His physical gifts are brilliant along with elite court vision and passing and a high bball IQ, he will be fine.

Do you know what they mean when they call him a project? Means he is a couple seasons away from being ready. Judging him now is waaay to early.

Yeah and a project just doesnt go from a terrible, not even NBA standard player to being "ready" overnight. He needs to show improvement no matter how slowly it comes.

At the moment he doesnt belong in the NBA, he should be in the D League, working on his game against other players at his level.

 

[Special K]

As a philly fan I'd trade MCW for Exum in a second. Doubt the Jazz would do it though

 

[andrew057]

Would fit well with Phillys philosophy, they get even worse as a team and get the extra season of Exums rookie deal.

 

[God-King Dean]

These are gonna be some very bumpable posts in the future, either way lol.

 

[Noa]

Exum was always going to come in and look timid his first year. Personally I think it was a mistake not to do a year of college.

I think he'll end up a very good player but he's certainly not at Simmons level.

 

[God-King Dean]

Not the same style of player, but it will be very interesting to compare the two when Simmons decides to join the NBA.
College experience v NBA experience.