As we get closer and closer to the Rio 2016 Olympics, 2K and Basketball Australia have announced a neat little surprise for basketball fans looking forward to NBA 2K17. For the first time as a playable team, the Australian Boomers will be included in the game – becoming the first national team to appear in the NBA 2K franchise, apart from Team USA.

That means a host of Australia’s top talent will be available to play in the game, including David Andersen, Cameron Bairstow, Aron Baynes. Andrew Bogut, Ryan Broekhoff, Matthew Dellavedova, Dante Exum, Chris Goulding, Joe Ingles, Kevin Lisch, Damian Martin, Patrick Mills and Brock Motum.

Anthony Moore, CEO of Basketball Australia said, “We are absolutely thrilled to be part of NBA 2K17, the biggest NBA game in the world.  We jumped at the chance to have our Australian Boomers in the game and now Australian gamers can take on the world with Patty Mills, Matthew Dellavedova and Andrew Bogut together in the green and gold.”

NBA 2K17 is out on 16 September in Australia and New Zealand.