Australian NBA star Dante Exum has pencilled in next year's final stage of World Cup qualifiers to make his return in the green and gold.
Exum has yet to play for the Boomers since tearing his left ACL on a European tour in 2015 that cruelly robbed him of playing in last year's Olympics in Rio.
But after making a successful return to the hardwood last year, Exum is back home for the winter in what is his first major break since getting drafted No.5 by the Jazz three years ago.
"I needed this, big time," Exum told AAP during a Destiny 2 Beta event in Sydney this week.