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"Olympics? Yeah, 100%," he said in an interview
with the Andscape website.
"To me, I'm going to play when I'm ready. There hasn't really
been a time where I've been prepared and ready physically.
"But next year, my goal is to be on the Olympic team."
Melbourne-born Simmons said he had not yet informed Basketball
Australia of his intentions and fans Down Under might be
forgiven for not getting too excited.
The three-times NBA All Star has frequently committed to playing
for the land of his birth at the Olympics and World Cups over
the last nine years only to later withdraw.
Australia, bronze medallists at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, will
qualify for the Paris Olympics if they achieve a better finish
than New Zealand at the ongoing World Cup in the Philippines,
Japan and Indonesia.
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Robert Birsel)
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