Melbourne United forward Luke Travers don set im eye to return to NBA and earn spot for Australia Boomers roster, the Melbourne United NBL star tok. The 25-year-old bin pick 56th overall by Cleveland for the 2022 NBA Draft and develop with their G-League side, the Charge, before e rejoin United for the 2026 NBL season.
Travers dey average 10 points per game across the first four matches, logging heavy minutes as the 201cm forward anchor one reshuffled Melbourne side. United don open the season 1-3 afta say injury-hit pre-season stop the squad from building rhythm together.
Travers say say e wan play for Olympics, win NBL MVP award and earn another NBA chance, describe those expectations as "scary thing" while stressing say e dey focus on daily improvement. E point to new teammates Joe Ingles and Cole Anthony, plus coach Jacob Chance, as mentors for the early season.
"Obviously dem two don do am at the highest level, so the talent dey there, the basketball IQ as well and just to get those guys dey help us every day na great thing," Travers tok about the two NBA veterans. Ingles, 38, na one of the Boomers' all-time greats, while Anthony bin dey high-level scorer for Orlando during the 2020s.
Melbourne next chance to build momentum go come on Wednesday night against the 36ers for Adelaide.
