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223721.49 in reply to 223721.46
Date: 5/15/2013 5:14:44 AM
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Fantastic Koop well done.

Making a complete new list is a massive undertaking and the names in the original database were all real names gathered from some real database of Australains, it is just the ratios that are a bit wrong with there being more guys that sound like Akhandala Shrivastava than Joe Smith which isn't true in the population as a whole and in the professional basketball ranks in Australia is even more unbalanced. Sure Australia is a multi-cultural country and there are Eskimos, Mongolians and Pakistanis in Australia but how many of them become professional basketballers compared to people of Croation, British or Aboriginal background?

My (obscure) point is making it realistic is just way too hard, and the best thing I think we can achieve is just to make it a bit more diverse. On the other hand I would have no issue with Koop adding 100 more instances of Smith, Jones and Nguyen.

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223721.50 in reply to 223721.48
Date: 5/15/2013 6:00:06 AM
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to further prove a point i was on the train home today and we went past Nang & Nguyen and Associates. And i am guessing those associates are probably 5 more Nguyens.

Garrie Addison (18085302). The G-Adder striking blows since season 15
From: Mr J

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223721.51 in reply to 223721.50
Date: 5/15/2013 6:39:50 AM
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to further prove a point i was on the train home today and we went past Nang & Nguyen and Associates. And i am guessing those associates are probably 5 more Nguyens.



LOL

@Yoda...great list...would love to see a Matty in there somewhere...

Imagine the bidding that would take place if one season a draft was heavily composed of current Aussie BB managers? Hell, why not make it more fun for us by doing this; achievements aside, I't would be a nice acknowledgement of committed Aussie managers...

@I'd pay some money to buy a Bainsy...



















...so I could bench him until he turned 40, ignoring Bainsy's please to sell him at some ridicluous price! lol

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223721.52 in reply to 223721.51
Date: 6/3/2013 7:21:33 PM
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Yeh I agree with submitting a list of new names, or removing a bunch of the current doozy's we get in there.

I'm a fairly cultured chap, but I don't believe that so many white australian children are named after alphabet soup spillages.... it seems the ratio of long and unpronouncable "unaustralian" names has gotten out of hand.

Also, THIS!!!
@I'd pay some money to buy a Bainsy...
...so I could bench him until he turned 40, ignoring Bainsy's please to sell him at some ridicluous price! lol


lol the only problem is you run the risk of that player trying to digit all your other players.....

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Date: 6/4/2013 6:39:03 AM
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Yeh I agree with submitting a list of new names, or removing a bunch of the current doozy's we get in there.

I'm a fairly cultured chap, but I don't believe that so many white australian children are named after alphabet soup spillages.... it seems the ratio of long and unpronouncable "unaustralian" names has gotten out of hand.

Also, THIS!!!
@I'd pay some money to buy a Bainsy...
...so I could bench him until he turned 40, ignoring Bainsy's please to sell him at some ridicluous price! lol


lol the only problem is you run the risk of that player trying to digit all your other players.....


lol

Last edited by Mr J at 6/4/2013 6:39:49 AM

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Date: 6/4/2013 6:59:32 AM
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Bainsy 'hopoate' Bain

Garrie Addison (18085302). The G-Adder striking blows since season 15
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223721.55 in reply to 223721.8
Date: 6/11/2013 9:52:10 AM
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Just wondering if anyone in their drafts got any of the following names that were added in the last season.

Wolf
Zyler
Fanny
Leeroy
Coach
Bobby
Bevers
Bryce
Sid
Koop
Fishy
Cat
Matty
Rob
Brooksy
Johnno
Sundae
Niko
Iwen
Shoei
Yoda
Llama
Zviad

I drafted a Rob. There was a Niko in II.3. Both of these could have been pre-existing names.

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223721.56 in reply to 223721.55
Date: 6/11/2013 11:15:26 PM
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II.1 got some pearlers!

4. Tristiano Bichel
5. Jian Runxiang
6. Pier Giovanni Mercadante
7. Hector Votruba
8. Pier Ugo Genovesi
9. Liu Ersong
11. Vadish Taneja
14. Pierre Amone
19. Xie Jingli
22. Dien Phùng
30. Stjepan Dedić
34. Sun Renfa
35. Konar Todisco
36. Dhiren Zahra
37. Long Nguyên
40. Diarmid Bullock
41. Taufaahou Lappin
48. Marek Pisalski


and then some of my favourites...

16. Oswald Gal
17. Man Grand
21. Victor Nurse
24. John Cockshell
25. Jay Munyarryun
26. Maverick Lynch
42. Casper Seymour
45. Richard Ricketson
47. Chas John


Never fear though because we did get some aussie names in there.

1. Ewen Cartwright
2. David Pemberton
3. Jack Benjamin
10. Brad Dwight
12. Graham Kelly
13. Mel Hargrave
15. Dwight Stagg
18. Steven Young
20. Gary Piper
23. Cory Klim
27. Paul Matthews
28. Thomas Stephenson
29. Kevin Doyle (IRA member)
31. Luther Storer
32. Tommy Londou
33. Fabian Veart
38. Wade Tongue
39. Cristian Covic
43. Julian Meehan
44. Buddy Cottam
46. Elliot Cleal

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Date: 6/12/2013 12:55:12 AM
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announcer : zyler
bench warmer : ezlife :-P
role player : Naker Virus
6th man : monkeybiz
starter : coachnoodles
star : shoei (will always be a star for his Jump Range training)
allstar : Whitebeard (but on his way up)
perennial allstar : Iwen (until he tanked ;) )
superstar : C-Cat
MVP : Niko
hall of famer : Mllama
all-time great : Dire


how does the beard feel about this?

Garrie Addison (18085302). The G-Adder striking blows since season 15
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223721.58 in reply to 223721.57
Date: 6/12/2013 4:53:16 AM
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The aussie names are absolutely atrocious!

Can we please do something about it for season 25??

Id be happy to help put a list of appropriate names together, and im sure there would be alot more managers that would contribute. Who do we have to get to action on this?

FYI my draftees were Fred Johnson (love it, nickname is massive), Long Tingkang (nickname export) and Hunter Costigan (meh, ill fire him one day- let him put the ball in the basket first.) But the names ive been reading are painful!

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Date: 7/21/2013 3:27:19 AM
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Ozzie Aussie

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