Of this squad, Britt, Davison, Mennenga, Murray, Ngatai, Smith-Milner, Te Rangi and Timmins will all return for the second consecutive FIBA World Cup Qualifying window.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to have the continuity. It\u2019s always been an important piece for any Tall Black team,\u201d Flavell said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of the reason these camps and windows are so important are because you get to work on that.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you also get to work your pieces in and see where this team could look further down the road. There\u2019s some great depth there across the board.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look at the roster we\u2019ve constructed, and you step back and look at it and you go\u2026 wow, we\u2019ve got a lot of guys that have worn the Tall Blacks singlet for a long time but a mix of enthusiasm with those younger guys too.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first of the Tall Blacks\u2019 fixtures during this window will be at Spark Arena on July 3 against the Philippines, before taking on Guam at Eventfinda Stadium on July 6.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirstly, full respect to these two nations,\u201d Flavell said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it comes to the Philippines, we seem to know a bit about each other now.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will be our fifth match-up with them in the last two years.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Tall Blacks currently sit in second in Pool A during qualifying, having two wins and two losses to their names.<\/p>\n
New Zealand Tall Blacks squad<\/p>\n
Taylor Britt
Carlin Davison
Shea Ili
Mojave King
Sam Mennenga
Taine Murray
Jordan Ngatai
Tohi Smith-Milner
Reuben Te Rangi
Sam Timmins
Sam Waardenburg
Tai Webster<\/p>\n
New Zealand Tall Blacks fixtures<\/p>\n
New Zealand v Phillipines
Friday, July 3
Spark Arena, Auckland<\/p>\n
New Zealand v Guam
Monday, July 6
Eventfinda Stadium, Auckland<\/p>\n
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