Aussie
Years ago
Ben Simmons: "I wouldn't play for the US anyway, I'm Australian"
Simmons commits to Australian Boomers
https://wwos.nine.com.au/2017/11/10/08/37/nba-australian-76ers-star-ben-simmons-commits-to-boomers
No, you missed the point of that sentence considering in the article it preceded by "the bottom line is, he can't [play for the USA]. Having already represented Australia"
AngusH
Years ago
Not now, no. If he was American though it would be a safe bet at this stage to have him on the US national team at some point in the future.
Regardless of what he or anyone says, he has already lined up for the Boomers and therefore cannot swap teams. The only way FIBA lets players change countries is that they move to a country worse than their own that they had previously represented. As laughable as this sounds now Roy Hibbert tried to swap from Jamaica to the US and was stone walled as a result.
http://www.espn.com.au/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/63111/roy-hibberts-team-usa-chances-bleak
Dione 74
Years ago
Can't he sit out of National representation for 3 years then go USA if he's been living there for 3 years?
I don't think he will but isn't that how it can be done?
ME
(he/kangaroo)
Years ago
I don't even see why anyone is questioning it. He played junior FIBA tournaments for Australia, he played an Oceania qualifiers for Australia, and he is Australian - who the F*** else was he going to play for?
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