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I pinged Niko last night when I saw the posts. Not sure if he fixed it or the host sorted itself out.

offsite forum hasnt been working all day for me...

You've probably been blocked.

It is working fine for me. I have just posted a few pages of ideas and opinions and would love any feedback.

Except from you Matt1986 I can do it for you right away.

"Yoda you are a moron and all your ideas are rubbish."

See now you don't need to respond.

I second Matt's notion :p

Hard to argue with it really.

Australia U21 vs New Zealand U21 tonight. First game of the Asian Championships.

Tactics Discussion: http://forum.buzzerbeaterstats.com/viewtopic.php?f=68&...

Prospect have now been assigned now to mentors. Thread here: http://forum.buzzerbeaterstats.com/viewforum.php?f=121

Great work. Looking forward to being a part of this team.

Great start, Iwen. Solid tactics.

Geez, Querido had an impressive debut. I would love to have seen what numbers he'd put up if he'd been able to play 48! lol and that FG%...damn he played well.

I found it interesting that NZ would start each quarter strong before we'd reel them in. That was a deadly 3rd term which sank them. Bench came on and did their job.

Some good signs for future games.

Claus did do well. I was happy with Harry as his back up also with =2nd top scorer, 2nd top rebounds and 2nd top rating with only Claus Querido beating him in all 3 stats. but then I looked at their side and they had one PF with a salary of about 5k who played 48mins. So don't think we should be reading too much into that game.

Yeah, good call. Didn't check his opponent. Explains his dominance. I didn't think to check at any stage during the game as zi assumed they wouldn't be playing in U21 if they were half decent...but $5k in Mediocre GS! haha Querido shouldn't have missed those 2 shots! 12/14 FG isn't good enough. lol

Last edited by Mr J at 12/10/2012 8:26:35 AM

Great win despite the funny NZ tactics.

New Zealand vs. Australia 75 - 107 (22342)

This was our depth chart and tactics.

Look inside / M2M

PG Euan Bole (strong)/ Lang Ryles (proficient)
SG Brendon Okon (strong) / Royce Radcliffe (respectable)
SF Jakša Škalec (respectable)/ Lin Mingkun (strong)
PF Claus Querido (strong) / Harry McNicholas (strong)
C Moisis Iliakis (respectable) / Zhen Quanfeng (respectable)
Bench: Lawrie Farruggia, Amitabha Aslam

Here are my notes on the game:

Claus Querido was a beast as expected. The defence by all our bigs was great. NZ played LI but their bigs couldn't get going against ours.
Moisis Iliakis shot well but bad rebounding only 6 and took just 7 shots.
Harry McNicholas was awesome probably our 2nd best player, great shooting and rebounding (but apparently against a scrub).
Zhen Quanfeng backed up well. Are his stats up somewhere yet?
Excellent PG play from both Euan Bole and "Mr Controversial" Lang Ryles who did exactly what I hoped and took no 3s just good driving shots.
Royce Radcliffe and Brendon Okon SG was bad for us with them taking 12 shots and making just 3, however they did make up for that a bit by combining for 14 assists which is great for the SG spot. The other bad was the NZ SG was their best offensive player despite being a $15k guy, in respectable GS in a LI offence. This may be more fluke than worry.
Even though he got a +/- of +20 I was very disappointed with Lin Mingkun taking so many shots (17 the most on the team) while making just 5 and forgetting that a SF needs to rebound, having just 2. He was also playing against a scrub he should have dominated. I would still like to see Harry as the starting SF when the right match occurs.
Jakša Škalec had 4 fouls in just 15 minutes, that sort of play can be costly. He seems a bit foul prone so we need to consider his possible opponents.