Patty Mills and five more NBA players are on the Olympic men’s basketball roster for Australia, which eyes its first medal in the event in Tokyo.
Mills, a 32-year-old guard going to his fourth consecutive Olympics, is joined by fellow NBAers Joe Ingles, Aron Baynes, Dante Exum, Matthew Dellavedova and Josh Green. The full roster is here.
Australia’s most well known players to American basketball followers are absent.
Philadelphia 76ers All-Star Ben Simmons announced Tuesday that he is skipping the Olympics to focus on “individual skill development” after his club lost in the Eastern Conference semifinals.