He is, without question, one of the greatest
Australian basketball players ever.,After a remarkable 16-year run
with the national team, Gaze currently stands as the second highest
scorer in Olympic history and the third highest in World Cup
history.,SLAM caught up with him at the 2019 World Cup in China,
where he was calling games for FIBA, to discuss his journey, the
state of basketball in Australia, LaMelo Ball and RJ Hampton
joining the NBL and more.,Because when you start matching
extraordinarily elite athlete with extraordinarily elite athlete,
then the IQ of the game, the understanding of how you read and
react and how you work with your teammates to create
opportunities-I think that’s a little bit more prevalent in our
league.,I think that because of the rules, along with other things,
there’s attractiveness in coming to Australia, which might provide
a better example of what they might receive at the next
level.
