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basketballjones

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I've coached two kids from Australia. Fun dudes with some unique skills. Even after all that training they go through, they still usually have a tough time getting used to the American game.

I asked one of my former players for his opinion on McVeigh (he's back in Australia working for Kylsythe Basketball Academy), he said, "I saw him late in 2014, he's about 6'7", very long, and a good athlete. Can handle it pretty well but he wasn't terribly smart at times, should be pretty good though!" Keep in mind, Australian dudes can be notoriously brutal on one another... So that's pretty good praise.

Edit: I should probably add that I just copied and pasted what he said, didn't edit anything. But, this particular player telling me someone else wasn't "terribly smart at times," gave me a really good laugh, haha.

Norm Peterson

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I've coached two kids from Australia. Fun dudes with some unique skills. Even after all that training they go through, they still usually have a tough time getting used to the American game.

I asked one of my former players for his opinion on McVeigh (he's back in Australia working for Kylsythe Basketball Academy), he said, "I saw him late in 2014, he's about 6'7", very long, and a good athlete. Can handle it pretty well but he wasn't terribly smart at times, should be pretty good though!" Keep in mind, Australian dudes can be notoriously brutal on one another... So that's pretty good praise.

Edit: I should probably add that I just copied and pasted what he said, didn't edit anything. But, this particular player telling me someone else wasn't "terribly smart at times," gave me a really good laugh, haha.

Watching Australian high school kids in their national championship game was a bit like watching a re-run of a college basketball game from the 1970s.  Just with longer shorts and shorter socks.  Basketball players just looked a bit clumsier back in the day.  And that's a bit like what the Aussies look like today.  Australians have a little ways to go to catch up to the American game.

basketballjones

basketballjones

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I've coached two kids from Australia. Fun dudes with some unique skills. Even after all that training they go through, they still usually have a tough time getting used to the American game.

I asked one of my former players for his opinion on McVeigh (he's back in Australia working for Kylsythe Basketball Academy), he said, "I saw him late in 2014, he's about 6'7", very long, and a good athlete. Can handle it pretty well but he wasn't terribly smart at times, should be pretty good though!" Keep in mind, Australian dudes can be notoriously brutal on one another... So that's pretty good praise.

Edit: I should probably add that I just copied and pasted what he said, didn't edit anything. But, this particular player telling me someone else wasn't "terribly smart at times," gave me a really good laugh, haha.

Watching Australian high school kids in their national championship game was a bit like watching a re-run of a college basketball game from the 1970s. Just with longer shorts and shorter socks. Basketball players just looked a bit clumsier back in the day. And that's a bit like what the Aussies look like today. Australians have a little ways to go to catch up to the American game.
Have you ever extensively watched Danny Green of the Spurs play? Guy who went to UNC? Danny Green is basically an Australian basketball player. Good at all the skills, crafty, smart player, surprisingly athletic, smooth in certain ways - but there's just something off when you watch him play.

A lot of the Aussies I watch play struggle with a few things,

1. Changing speeds/going 0-60/explosiveness

2. Absorbing and creating contact on drives.

3. Knee bend/playing too high

4. Decisiveness driving, and handling it with contact

5. Weight room

Things they usually excel at,

1. Touch on their shots from all over

2. Set shooting

3. Craftiness

4. Reading screens and manipulating ball screens

5. Work ethic on their skills

Obviously I'm generalizing and stereotyping. But these are just my observations from coaching two, attempting to recruit a bunch, and watching film.

Huskerpapa

Huskerpapa

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Appreciate the input. Let"s just hope our new Aussie adapts as well as Patty Mills or even big Al Maric.

What I would be willing to wager is that we get, what we thought we were gonna get with Fuller, out of McVeigh

 

...and I am still hoping that we get out of Fuller what we expected to get out of Fuller ;)

HuskerFever

HuskerFever

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Appreciate the input. Let"s just hope our new Aussie adapts as well as Patty Mills or even big Al Maric.

What I would be willing to wager is that we get, what we thought we were gonna get with Fuller, out of McVeigh

 

...and I am still hoping that we get out of Fuller what we expected to get out of Fuller ;)

 

 

You must be a glass-half-Fuller kind of guy.

basketballjones

basketballjones

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Appreciate the input. Let"s just hope our new Aussie adapts as well as Patty Mills or even big Al Maric.

What I would be willing to wager is that we get, what we thought we were gonna get with Fuller, out of McVeigh

...and I am still hoping that we get out of Fuller what we expected to get out of Fuller ;)
Absolutely, me too.
Norm Peterson

Norm Peterson

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Appreciate the input. Let"s just hope our new Aussie adapts as well as Patty Mills or even big Al Maric.

What I would be willing to wager is that we get, what we thought we were gonna get with Fuller, out of McVeigh

...and I am still hoping that we get out of Fuller what we expected to get out of Fuller ;)
Absolutely, me too.
So is Fuller.

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