‘I got criticised quite strongly’: Vindication for Aussie coach as Boomers take ‘big hit’
August 18th, 2023 2:17 pm
The warm-up games give coach Brian Goorjian one final chance to figure out what his starting line-up could look like. Landale had already been sidelined for the first two warm-up games with a right ankle issue before landing awkwardly on his left foot while defending the rim. “Thank goodness he’s here. He’s played in all of this and we went down the road we went and he’s a very helpful piece. He’s multi-purpose and if we’re going to play that small-ball switch, he’s another really important piece.”Australia won two of its three warm-up games in Melbourne, going down 90-86 against a bigger Brazilian team in a glimpse of some of the challenges to come in the World Cup.
Goorjian described Green as like “Delly on steroids”, referring of course to veteran guard Matthew Dellavedova, who was one of the first names cut from the initial World Cup squad.
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