Fans ‘Down Under’ have held long silent ambitions to see a Kyrie Irving Australia National Team -performance, and that pipe dream can soon become a reality if he is eligible for the Boomers.
Can we see a Kyrie Irving Australia National Team switch?
Sensational reports on Monday confirmed that Kyrie Irving Trouw of the national team could change.
Mavericks Guard, born in Australia, is in real conversations with Basketball Australia (BA) about representing the Boomers, and the man himself confirmed the reports this week.
“Man, there we are now in the process, just try to find out the best route for me to be eligible,” said Irving after replacing the injured Anthony Davis in the All Star game.
“There is a lot of paperwork involved. Of course the US still has a decision to make a decision, but for me I just try to do what is best.
“To be honest, if I can be an Aussie in my career at a certain moment and play for the Australian team, that would be great.”
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Irving was omitted from the USA selection team for the Olympic Games in Paris, which gave rise to comments made in October to the athletics that suggest that the Australian national team would be interesting.
Although the prospects of the American team always seemed heterotsters, he also drove the idea on a Twitch stream as a teenager, indicating that he wanted to represent Australia.
It was supposedly blocked by the coach of Duke College and the then American national coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Irving would need Team USA and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) to draw on the switch, but he and Basketball Australia have been dedicated to make it happen.
Is Kyrie Irving from Australia?
You may wonder, why was Kyrie Irving born in Australia?
Nine times NBA All Star was born from American Expatriates in Melbourne and lived there until he was two before he moved to the US.
Irving has spent the vast majority of his life in the States after growing up in New Jersey and has dual nationality.
