It appears USA Basketball can cross one All-Star’s name of its list for the 2028 Olympics. Mavericks star Kyrie Irving said he wants to play for Team Australia and hopes to gain eligibility in time for the Los Angeles games. Irving, who was born in Melbourne, Australia, was asked about making the switch during All-Star weekend.

The Mavericks guard, who won a gold medal with Team USA in 2016, is in the “process” of potentially switching his allegiance.

Irving, 32, was born in Melbourne and raised in the U.S. He's twice played for Team USA, winning a gold medal in Rio at the 2016 Olympics and winning gold at the 2014 World Cup. He didn't play for Team USA at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo or at Paris 2024.