Don’t look now but Team Australia may soon be a world power in international hoops, that is if the dream of potential NBA top pick Kyrie Irving of Duke University comes into reality. Irving, who is a 6-2 guard and a native of New Jersey, is being groomed as the number one pick over-all of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the coming 2011 NBA rookie draft on Friday morning (Manila time). Irving could become the second over-all top pick of the Cavaliers in the last eight years and their first since the Dan Gilbert-owned franchise drafted a homestate kid named LeBron James. Irving played a year with the Blue Devils and posted norms of 17.5 ppg, 4.3 apg and 3.4 rpg in 11 total games. The former St. Patrick (NJ) HS star, who was born in the “Land Down Under”, says he wants to play for Australia in the near future, according to Fox Sports.
“You know, it would be great to play for my country, which is primarily Australia, so, I was born there and I want to represent Australia. I have dual citizenship with Australia and America. I want to be claimed by Australia.”
And we would love to have you nackers
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