Placed in Pool A of the Olympic tournament, with Canada and the future winners of the Spanish and Greek TQOs, Australia could find itself in a “group of death”. While waiting at the beginning of July to know her last two opponents, she revealed a pre-selection of 22 players.
Not Ben Simmons obviously, who had back surgery in March, but well-known NBA names: Joe Ingles, Dante Exum, Josh Giddey, Patty Mills or even Josh Green, Matisse Thybulle and Jock Landale. We also find the young Dyson Daniels of the Pelicans, Duop Reath of Portland, and the former player of the Cavaliers, Matthew Dellavedova.
Coach Brian Goorjian will have to part ways with ten players by the end of July, in order to take a squad of 12 to Lille and Paris. As a reminder, Australia won the bronze medal in Tokyo in 2021, beating Slovenia.
But it disappointed last year by being quickly eliminated from the World Cup, never finding its identity between the young talents who were arriving and the older executives still there.
Your Australian Boomers Olympic squad is here!
Ahead of #Paris2024this initial squad will be refined before training camp in July where the final 12 will be selected to take on the world's best.
Full details ➡️ https://t.co/IMMJUhDo2u
#WeAreBasketball pic.twitter.com/oTFIH0sust— Basketball Australia (@BasketballAus) April 10, 2024
