Australia coach Andrej Lemanis is reaching out to NBA star Patty Mills to replace injured point guard Dante Exum for their Rio Olympic basketball qualifying series against New Zealand.
Exum tore the ACL in his left knee during the Boomers' win over Slovenia in Ljubljana this week.
Mills missed the European tour as he continued his rehabilitation from a shoulder injury with the NBA club San Antonio but said he was available for the two-game series against the Tall Blacks.
Lemanis said he'd tried to contact Mills to come in for Exum in their opening match against New Zealand in Melbourne next Saturday.
"Patty is a logical fit for us given he knows the Boomers and he's obviously a very good player so we will work through that process," Lemanis said.
AFP