I think the Boomers playing Summer League does a lot for promoting our players and our national team.
We have a few guys who could benefit individually from the Boomers playing in this competition. How often do the Boomers normally play in any case? Just a 2-games series against New Zealand!
Grabed this from Australia Basket in relation to who is likely to play:
NBL Stalwarts David Barlow (205-F-83, college: Metro St.) and Mark Worthington (202-F-83, college: Metro St.) will finally get their chance to show their skills in front of NBA scouts this July when the Australian National team takes part in the prestigious NBA Summer League held in Las Vegas.
Andrew Bogut (212-F/C-84, college: Utah), Brad Newley (199-G-85) and Nathan Jawai (207-C-86, college: Midland CC) have NBA contracts and are not expected to suit up for the Boomers, however College stars Andrew Ogilvy, Patrick Mills (183-G-88) and Luke Nevill (218-C-86) may get an opportunity depending on their staus due to the NBA Draft. Matthew Nielsen, David Andersen and Joe Ingles (203-G/F-87, agency: Priority Sports) are almost all certain to have obligations in Europe and are not expected to suit up either.
Current NBL players Luke Schenscher (216-C-82, agency: Priority Sports, college: Georgia Tech), Aaron Bruce (191-G-84) and CJ Bruton have all had connections to NBA teams in some capacity in the past and may get second chances depending on their injury status and their levels of favouritism with new Boomers coach Brett Brown. From there Brown, 48, will steer his new team through tournaments in Argentina and Brazil before contesting the Ramsay Shield (Oceania series) against New Zealand from August 23-25. The Boomers will continue on to the Stankovic Cup, a four-nation tournament in China from August 28-31.
The Iranian national team competed in last years Las Vegas Summer League and as a result their centre Hamed Haddadi (218-C-85, agency: Agency No 10) was given a contract with the Memphis Grizzlies.
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