Basketball Tasmania is pleased to congratulate Adam Gibson and Hugh Greenwood on their selection into the 15-man Boomers squad from which will be selected the final team to contest a three-game series against the world number one ranked Argentina next week in Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide.

The squad was announced yesterday in a Basketball Australia media release which follows..........................

 

 

MEDIA RELEASE
16 June 2010
International Basketball

 

BOOMERS SQUAD NAMED FOR ARGENTINA SERIES

 

Basketball Australia is pleased to confirm the 15 athletes invited to attend the Golden Star Boomers Camp from June 20-24 at the new WA Basketball Centre in Perth in preparation for the Boomers three-game series against Argentina.

The team to contest the Boomers World Challenge against the world number one ranked Argentineans will be selected following the training camp.

Leading the squad is NBA point guard Patrick Mills alongside his Beijing teammates Brad Newley, Joe Ingles and Mark Worthington.

2009 FIBA Oceania Championship Boomers Matthew Dellavedova, Adam Gibson, Aron Baynes and Damian Martin will also be vying for a spot in the team for the Argentina Series.

Eight players from the Boomers Workout at the Australian Institute of Sport last week, including 2009/10 National Basketball League Champion Stephen Weigh and new Melbourne Tigers recruit Luke Nevill, impressed the Boomers coaching staff enough to receive a call up to the camp.

Basketball Australia CEO Larry Sengstock was please with the lineup that the Boomers would be able to put forward against Argentina.

“This is the start of the 2010 FIBA World Championship campaign for these players. With a number of our Beijing Olympians returning to the squad I’m excited about what the Boomers will be able to produce in the upcoming series,” Sengstock said.

“This is the best Boomers lineup to play in Australia in two years and it gives the Australian public the chance to witness some of our established Olympians play alongside our rising young stars.”

 

Australian Men’s Basketball Squad for Perth Camp
Name/Height/Age/Position/Club

Patrick MILLS / 183cm / 21 / Guard / Portland Trail Blazers (US)
Adam GIBSON / 188cm / 23 / Guard / Gold Coast Blaze
Damian MARTIN / 188cm / 25 / Guard / Perth Wildcats
Jason CADEE / 185cm / 19 / Guard / Gold Coast Blaze
Steven MARKOVIC / 190cm / 25 / Guard / KK Crvena Zvezda Beograd (Serbia)
Joe INGLES / 203cm / 22 / Forward / CB Granada (Spain)
Matthew DELLAVEDOVA / 190cm / 19 / Guard / St Mary’s University (US)
Hugh GREENWOOD / 187cm / 18 / Guard / AIS
Brad NEWLEY / 198cm / 25 / Guard / Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
Stephen WEIGH / 198cm / 21 / Guard / Perth Wildcats
Mark WORTHINGTON / 202cm / 27 / Forward / Brose Baskets (Germany)
Ater MAJOK / 208cm / 22 / Forward / University of Connecticut (US)
Alex LOUGHTON / 205cm / 27 / Forward / Cairns Taipans
Aron BAYNES / 207cm / 23 / Centre / Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
Luke NEVILL / 216cm / 24 / Centre / Melbourne Tigers

 

Head Coach: Brett Brown
Assistant Coach: Shane Heal
Assistant Coach: Andrej Lemanis
Physiotherapist: Steven Evans
Doctor: Peter Harcourt
Massage Therapist: Diana Glazer
Manager: Nic Mercer

 

 

Boomers World Challenge 2010

Game One          Friday 25 June                   Challenge Stadium, Perth
Tickets from www.ticketmaster.com.au or call 136 100

Game Two          Sunday 27 June                 State Netball Hockey Centre, Melbourne
Tickets from www.ticketmaster.com.au or call 136 100

Game Three       Tuesday 29 June               Brett Maher Court at The Dome, Adelaide
Tickets from www.proticket.com.au or call 1300 12 10 12

 

For more information please contact:
Kimberley Lewis
Basketball Australia
T: 02 9469 7236
M: 0419 448 375
E: kimberley.lewis@basketball.net.au 
W: www.basketball.net.au

 

 

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