Opals and Boomers at the Paris Olympics

[ElwoodBlues1]

Its funny, Goorj's comments re selection seemed to indicate some of the selections were based on chemistry than anything.  Usually at the olympics, 10, 11 & 12 rarely play, and it can be tough on the locker-room, if they dont realise this and want to play.  So, often the last 3 spots are taken up by vets or by a young guy brought along for experience.  i reckon Delly was bought along as the 12th man  and Magnay is probably the ultimate team guy, that knows he is at the end of the bench (break glass in case of injury or foul trouble).  reading between the lines, i reckon Thybulle was probably not keen on limited playing time, so they chose not to pick him instead. 

Goulding's spot was definitely taken by McVeigh, who apparently was unstoppable at training camp, and then in one of the china games

Group of death will be tough.  We lack offensive firepower (if Mills is rusty), outside shooting and rim-protection.  Giddey is yet to prove he can be the focal point of offense.

But, you never know!

The China games were a bit misleading as the Chinese brought a inexperienced U21 team with none of their stars, McVeigh will be an interesting player to watch as he will be undersized and hoping the refs are as forgiving as they are in Australia and call everything but I doubt it...
Magnay might get a few more minutes than expected imo as he will be needed as a rim protector vs the athletic bigs that most of the other teams have. Agree on the firepower, Giddey isnt a great outside shooter and the two old blokes in Mills and Ingles might have to step up and play more minutes if we cant get points out of the starters.