With Brian Goorjian taking the reins of the national team, and seemingly throwing in every Sydney Kings player available to his squad, it shouldn't really come as a surprise to see that he has included his newest off season recruit Russell "9 & 9" Hinder, in the final team of 12 for the upcoming World Champs. In one sense his inclusion makes sense given the enormous amount of injury and other such things, forcing out the cream of the Aussie basketball crop. And of course no one is claiming that his "game MVP like Steve Nash!" But what is it? He has never been a stand out player, even on his own team - which invariably have been among the poorest in the competition for years, colminating with his last season with the 'Pirates'. Below is a thoery floating around that helps to explain, just how far behind the eight ball he is...
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The Jeremy Piven Phenomenon
When you're acting in the same movie with this many non-actors, the Jeremy Piven Phenomenon takes hold. You know how everyone keeps saying how brilliant Piven is on "Entourage?" Well, he's sharing screen time with the likes of Adrian Grenier and the bully from "Rocky V" -- he's good, but he's not that good. Those guys make him look like a young Pacino.
Hopefully you can see how this relates to our man Turtle... er Russell, and demonstrates just how far behind he is...
Now, if he can't even stand out amongst his teammates (or Entourage), which are consistently below playoff standard, HOW DOES HE MAKE THE SQUAD you may ask? Nothing against the guy personally, but clearly Goorj has just a bit too much power. I wonder what happens after the W.C...
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