Josh Giddey, the Oklahoma City Thunder star recently traded to the Chicago Bulls, is one of four Olympic debutants for the Boomers.
Basketball star Lauren Jackson will compete at her fifth Olympics after being selected in Australia’s 12-player squad on Sunday just four months after again coming out of retirement.The Opals, Boomers and the 3x3 teams were announced by Chef de Mission for the Australian Olympic Team in Paris, Anna Meares in Melbourne on Sunday, with Jackson widely expected to be named, alongside men's team veterans Patty Mills and Joe Ingles for a fifth Olympics appearance.
The Boomers team includes eight of the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists including Mills and Ingles, with former Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova, Dallas Mavericks pair Dante Exum and Josh Green, Jock Landale of the Houston Rockets, Portland Trailblazers' Duop Reath and Nick Kay."It’s an absolute honour to represent my country," the 21-year-old Giddey said. "To be part of the Boomers legacy, well it’s everything.
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