On 12/19/2019 at 7:07 PM, kylie pereira said:

hi all, Deakin Pereira is my son. He stands around the 201 cm mark. He has just turned 17 in september. He takes a size 18 shoe. He has not touched a footy for nearly one and a half years. We were blessed to come to Train with Melbourne for 3 days and Deakin really enjoyed it. He is a basketballer and there have been numerous offers to play bball in the US. At present we are waiting on offers to go to a prep school in the USA. Deakin really enjoyed the challenge at Melbourne and time will tell if he sways back to AFL. the above photo is not him.

 Stick with the basketball.

This is Matthew Dellavedovas current NBA contract.  Using him as an example as hes Aussie, from country VIc, a below average player and now hes a millionaire 50 times over.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/matthew-dellavedova-13478/

 

On 12/19/2019 at 10:50 AM, Demonland said:

Bedford has potential but for mine is behind Pickett in X Factor.

I think you’re going to find that everyone else on the list is behind Pickett in X factor.

On what I saw at training, the closest to KP is probably Kade Chandler.

9 hours ago, JakovichScissorKick said:

 Stick with the basketball.

This is Matthew Dellavedovas current NBA contract.  Using him as an example as hes Aussie, from country VIc, a below average player and now hes a millionaire 50 times over.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/matthew-dellavedova-13478/

 

How about this for a sliding doors moment Scott Pendlebury was about to go to the Australian institute of sports  for basketball, and Patty Mills was preparing to try out for the AFL, Scott Pendlebury knocked back the scholarship, and decided on an AFL career, then it was offered to Patty Mills who took up the scholarship and the rest is history. who's better off?

12 hours ago, don't make me angry said:

How about this for a sliding doors moment Scott Pendlebury was about to go to the Australian institute of sports  for basketball, and Patty Mills was preparing to try out for the AFL, Scott Pendlebury knocked back the scholarship, and decided on an AFL career, then it was offered to Patty Mills who took up the scholarship and the rest is history. who's better off?

thanks all for the info,great feed back.

 

14 hours ago, don't make me angry said:

, Scott Pendlebury knocked back the scholarship, and decided on an AFL career, then it was offered to Patty Mills who took up the scholarship and the rest is history. who's better off?

Who’s better off’? Probably a question best answered by a Jesuit or philosopher. However I’m sure Pendlebury has few regrets about his career (other than not playing for his beloved Demons)!

14 hours ago, don't make me angry said:

How about this for a sliding doors moment Scott Pendlebury was about to go to the Australian institute of sports  for basketball, and Patty Mills was preparing to try out for the AFL, Scott Pendlebury knocked back the scholarship, and decided on an AFL career, then it was offered to Patty Mills who took up the scholarship and the rest is history. who's better off?

Im gonna go with the guy whos won an NBA title and earned 50 million USD and counting.

And I am not even into basketball.

17 minutes ago, JakovichScissorKick said:

Im gonna go with the guy whos won an NBA title and earned 50 million USD and counting.

And I am not even into basketball.

How about being a champion of something uniquely Australian with just a modest fortune.

I’ll take the $50 million (and counting) and a less battered and bruised body. 

26 minutes ago, JakovichScissorKick said:

Im gonna go with the guy whos won an NBA title and earned 50 million USD and counting.

And I am not even into basketball.

If your only metric is money then sure mills might be happier.

But it is unlikely pendles only metric is money or else he would have picked bball .

He's playing the game he loves. In front of massive crowds. Who love him.

He gets to live in Australia,  in his home town. And sleep most of the year in his own bed.

Occasional trips to Perth but otherwise short plane rides and max one night in a hotel.

Plays one game a week. 

On the money front would be a multi millionaire by the time his career finishes. Would have opportunities to go into media post career (unlike patty, probably).

And how much money do you need? Is there a sliding scale of happiness the more millions you have?

I reckon both would be equally happy with their choices.

 

Edited December 21, 20196 yr by binman

3 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I’ll take the $50 million (and counting) and a less battered and bruised body. 

And thats just his NBA salary earnings.

His endorsements would be likely bringing him in a couple of mil a year.

56 minutes ago, binman said:

If your only metric is money then sure mills might be happier.

But it is unlikely pendles only metric is money or else he would have picked bball .

He's playing the game he loves. In front of massive crowds. Who love him.

He gets to live in Australia,  in his home town. And sleep most of the year in his own bed.

Occasional trips to Perth but otherwise short plane rides and max one night in a hotel.

Plays one game a week. 

On the money front would be a multi millionaire by the time his career finishes. Would have opportunities to go into media post career (unlike patty, probably).

And how much money do you need? Is there a sliding scale of happiness the more millions you have?

I reckon both would be equally happy with their choices.

 

Interesting question binman. Having never been a professional sportsman I can only guess. If you seek international achievement then I guess basketball wins easily. However if you want to achieve the top in your desired sport then  being top of the heap in Aussie rules ain't a bad result. A small note on the two involved in this discussion. I would have thought Pendlebury is a bit short to make it at NBA level. 

Edited December 21, 20196 yr by old dee

I drove past Goshes yesterday morning (Sat) about 9.30 and some were out there doing running and what looked like match sim work. The tent was up and some of the coaches were directing play. 

Just read where Patty Mills is only 1.83, so I don’t think Pendle’s would be too short for NBA.And not sure where the $50m net worth came from, as also read his net worth is only $US8m. Based on that I don’t think Pendle’s would be too unhappy with his choice.

9 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

Just read where Patty Mills is only 1.83, so I don’t think Pendle’s would be too short for NBA.And not sure where the $50m net worth came from, as also read his net worth is only $US8m. Based on that I don’t think Pendle’s would be too unhappy with his choice.

 

Mills current contract is 4 years/48 million USD.

Hes making 12 million USD this season alone.

8 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

Just read where Patty Mills is only 1.83, so I don’t think Pendle’s would be too short for NBA.And not sure where the $50m net worth came from, as also read his net worth is only $US8m. Based on that I don’t think Pendle’s would be too unhappy with his choice.

The problem is NC that if you are short ( relative term in Basketball ) you have to be exceptional good to make it at top level basketball. Mills is a very good player probably more skilled than Dellavadova  but big Del will earn a lot more than Mills over their respective careers.

if you are short in AFL you have to be very good to make it, taller players can have good long careers with average ability but short guys with average ability do not. 

7 minutes ago, JakovichScissorKick said:

 

Mills current contract is 4 years/48 million USD.

Hes making 12 million USD this season alone.

I guess my info is way out of date JSK. Thanks for the clarification.

4 hours ago, old dee said:

Interesting question binman. Having never been a professional sportsman I can only guess. If you seek international achievement then I guess basketball wins easily. However if you want to achieve the top in your desired sport then  being top of the heap in Aussie rules ain't a bad result. A small note on the two involved in this discussion. I would have thought Pendlebury is a bit short to make it at NBA level. 

But probably the biggest factor is which game is more enjoyable to play, rather than wanting to play internationally (which basketballers rarely do in any case).

Our very own Luke Jackson was Australia's best player at the under 17 bball world cup and with his height, skill and athleticism would have 100% played college ball and had a real shot at playing NBA.

But he said he enjoyed playing footy more and chose to head down that path.

By the by Pendles would be the same height as Mills. Or perhaps a touch taller.

 

Edited December 22, 20196 yr by binman

Hi all, Deakin Pereira is invited back on the 10 January for some more training, looking forward to seeing you all there, Merry Christmas and have a blessed new year.

6 hours ago, kylie pereira said:

Hi all, Deakin Pereira is invited back on the 10 January for some more training, looking forward to seeing you all there, Merry Christmas and have a blessed new year.

That's great to hear mate! Must be doing something right!

How did he find the experience training with boys last week?

hi all, the experience was awesome, he really enjoyed the players and it gave him an insight on what is needed to be elite. The coaches were happy with what they saw.  Some of the questions that were asked of him was his height, and predicted height. We did a bone test on him about 3 years ago, and his predicted height will be around the 211 cm mark, fully grown. So we keep praying for that. Overall the Melbourne players really got around the academy boys, and made them feel part of the team and we couldn't be more thankful to be part of a great bunch of men.

56 minutes ago, kylie pereira said:

hi all, the experience was awesome, he really enjoyed the players and it gave him an insight on what is needed to be elite. The coaches were happy with what they saw.  Some of the questions that were asked of him was his height, and predicted height. We did a bone test on him about 3 years ago, and his predicted height will be around the 211 cm mark, fully grown. So we keep praying for that. Overall the Melbourne players really got around the academy boys, and made them feel part of the team and we couldn't be more thankful to be part of a great bunch of men.

That’s great Kylie, I wish Deakin all the best for the future. 

Edited December 23, 20196 yr by Ethan Tremblay

19 hours ago, kylie pereira said:

hi all, the experience was awesome, he really enjoyed the players and it gave him an insight on what is needed to be elite. The coaches were happy with what they saw.  Some of the questions that were asked of him was his height, and predicted height. We did a bone test on him about 3 years ago, and his predicted height will be around the 211 cm mark, fully grown. So we keep praying for that. Overall the Melbourne players really got around the academy boys, and made them feel part of the team and we couldn't be more thankful to be part of a great bunch of men.

Sounds like a very professional approach from everyone, club, players, and the Pereira family.

What a story it will be whatever the outcome.

Feel free to keep us up to date, you're part of the demonland family now.

Just as an addendum.. Thursday last session..closed.. here’s a whisper... Darren Burgess in charge... 100 x100’S..... then 20 x 400’s... then to the beach too cool off.. but hang on... 2 hours grappling wrestling first.. some murmurs I hear!!!!

15 minutes ago, grey wolf said:

Just as an addendum.. Thursday last session..closed.. here’s a whisper... Darren Burgess in charge... 100 x100’S..... then 20 x 400’s... then to the beach too cool off.. but hang on... 2 hours grappling wrestling first.. some murmurs I hear!!!!

The mary jane providing those murmurs?

12 minutes ago, binman said:

The mary jane providing those murmurs?

It is.raining here Bin so I could restart the cheroot!!... oh peter Green on the stereo.......