IT remains as the darkest day in Philippine basketball history.
The fallout from the brawl between Gilas Pilipinas and Australia in the 2019 Fiba World Cup Asian qualifiers is still felt today, exactly two years since the humiliating incident that left our basketball-loving nation in the news for the wrong reason.
But as painful as that was, the same could be said for protagonists from the Boomers' side. Four Australian players were ejected following the melee, and to some that game was also the last time they wore the gold-and-green.
Spin.ph takes a look at where those four are now.

Daniel Kickert
Kickert was responsible for the forearm that decked Roger Pogoy midway through the third quarter, sparking the free-for-all in what was already a heated affair between the two sides.
The 6-foot-10 center was consequently handed a five-game suspension following the brawl but was no longer called up by the Boomers for its succeeding games even after his ban was lifted.
He was also absent in the 2019 Fiba World Cup in China and has not been shortlisted since.
Currently, the 37-year-old Kickert is suiting up for the Sydney Kings in the Australian National Basketball League (NBL) where he averaged 7.8 points and 3.0 rebounds in 16.3 minutes of action last season.

Thon Maker
Maker, retaliating after he was sucker-punched by Terrence Romeo, was seen going after Calvin Abueva and Romeo with a flying kick at the height of the brawl.
The South Sudan-born naturalized player, then signed with the Milwaukee Bucks, was handed with a three-game ban for Australia.
Maker requested to be traded the following season, moving to the Detroit Pistons in a three-team swap which also involved the New Orleans Pelicans in February 2019. He, however, saw his minutes dwindle from there.
This past NBA season, the 7-foot center only logged 12.9 minutes and posted 4.7 points and 2.8 rebounds.
As for his international career, Maker has never wore the Australian thread since the infamous free-for-all, missing out on the opportunity to play in the World Cup with fellow NBA players Andrew Bogut, Joe Ingles, and Aron Baynes.

Chris Goulding
Goulding was already engaged in a heated battle with Pogoy in the leadup to the brawl and it wasn't long before he found himself mugged in the middle of the altercation.
It could've been worse had Gilas cadet Troy Rike not protected him from further injuries when Goulding found himself lying on the floor.
It's easy to forget that he was Australia's leading scorer with 20 points before the fracas.
The 6-foot-4 guard was slapped with a one-game suspension for his part in the brawl and eventually returned for the Boomers in the fourth window in September, coming off the bench and posting seven points, three assists, and two rebounds in Australia's 94-41 road win over Kazakhstan in Bendigo.

Goulding was not called up for the fifth window in November 2018, which were home games against Iran and Qatar in Melbourne.
He was also not in the roster in the sixth window in February 2019 as Basketball Australia opted to field younger players with the NBL Playoffs running at the same time.
Goulding, who was playing for Melbourne United, did return to the lineup for the World Cup and averaged 7.3 points and 1.1 rebounds in 18 minutes of play, but lost playing time to famed teammates Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova.
He remains a key producer in the Australian NBL, posting 17.0 points, 2.3 assists, and 2.1 rebounds last season.
Nathan Sobey
Sobey was on the receiving end of a punch from Jio Jalalon and even found himself ganged up upon in the middle of the skirmish.
Wounded as he was, the 6-foot-2 guard was spared from any penalties and was back on his feet when the second round of the Asian qualifers rolled on.
In his first game since the brawl, Sobey tallied six points, five assists, and three rebounds in Australia's 95-43 road win over Qatar in Doha, and followed it up with a superb line of 15 points, five rebounds, four assists, and three steals in the Boomers' 94-41 rout of Kazakhstan in Bendigo.

He was also a consistent producer in the home games against Iran and Qatar, but missed the sixth window due to his obligations with his French team SIG Strasbourg.
Sobey went back home to Australia and inked a deal with the Brisbane Bullets in April 2019 before he was called up anew for the World Cup team.
However, he only saw action in two games and scored two points, losing his starting job to Mills and Dellavedova.
Sobey remains a part of the Boomers, as seen in the first window of the 2021 Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers last February.
He tallied 13 points, four rebounds, three assists, and three steals in a 108-98 defeat to New Zealand, but helped Australia bounce back with an emphatic 115-52 trampling of Hong Kong, where he had 10 points, six assists, and three rebounds.
The 29-year-old court general has also been tearing it up in the NBL, racking up 16.5 points on a 33-percent clip from deep, to go with 4.0 rebounds, and 3.4 assists last season.
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Aside from Sobey and Goulding, there were three more Australian players who played during the fight-marred game here and made it to the World Cup in China. Those were Dellavedova, Nick Kay, and Cameron Gliddon.
Boomers coach Andrej Lemanis steered his side to the semifinals but lost to the eventual gold medalist Spain, 95-88 in double overtime.
Australia also bowed to France, 67-59, in the bronze medal match to finish in fourth place in the global hoops conclave.

Lemanis, also the head coach for the Brisbane Bullets, was replaced by Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown in the post last November, with Sydney Kings mentor Will Weaver working in an interim basis during the first window of the 2021 Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers.
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