For most NBA players, All-Star weekend isn’t anything more than a quick vacation in the middle of the season. While some do find their way to the city hosting the All-Star festivities, most go somewhere else to spend time with their family or friends and relax for a few days in the middle of what is surely a grueling season.
This year, the NBA’s Australian players got together on a boat somewhere, as Patty Mills was excited to share.
🇦🇺We are the Aussie boys and so say all of us🇦🇺
— Patrick Mills (@Patty_Mills) February 14, 2016
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That is six of the seven player currently playing in the league from Australia, with either Aron Baynes or Cameron Bairstow missing. I couldn’t tell you what either of them looks like so I’m not sure which. For sure on the boat are Dante Exum, Matthew Dellavedova, Joe Ingles, Andrew Bogut and Mills, hanging out and enjoying their free time.
Considering how popular basketball seems to be getting down under, it is cool to see the NBA’s first real wave of Australian players hanging out and enjoying themselves. Except Andrew Bogut who seems to be permanently angry.