Broekhoff has been a mainstay in the Boomers' squad, playing key roles in the 2016 Olympic campaign as well as in the 2014 FIBA World Cup.<\/p>\n
"For me to play at my best I need to be mentally and physically firing, and I'm not there right now," Broekhoff said in a Basketball Australia statement.<\/p>\n
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"My mental health is something I have struggled with for a long time and I think it's important for me to put my hand up and admit when things aren't ok and that it is time to seek help.<\/p>\n
"To play at this level, the team needs me to be 100 per cent, I can't in all good conscience say that I'm in a place to deliver that.<\/p>\n
"Everyone who knows me understands the gut-wrenching decision this is, as representing my country is the highest honour I have had in my career. I know that Goorj [coach Brian Goorjian] and the team can bring home the gold and I will be cheering on from home."<\/p>\n
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Broekhoff played for the Dallas Mavericks between 2018 and 2020, making 59 appearances and shooting 40.3 per cent from three-point range, before he was signed and subsequently waived by the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n
Broekhoff's absence is potentially a big blow to a Boomers squad that is already bracing to be without Ben Simmons<\/a> with the NBA All-Star opting to focus on developing his game<\/a> following a disappointing playoff campaign<\/a> with the 76ers.<\/p>\n Brian Goorjian's original 19-man squad has been trimmed down to 16 and will be further streamlined to a list of just 12 players who will travel to Tokyo.<\/p>\n If you or anyone you know needs immediate support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or via lifeline.org.au. In an emergency, call 000.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ryan Broekhoff has pulled out of Australia's Olympic basketball campaign citing mental health issues. The 30-year-old sharpshooter is one of two late withdrawals from Australia's […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90671"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90673,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90671\/revisions\/90673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}