There is still considerable experience in the squad in the likes of Mika Vukona, Alex Pledger, Casey Frank, Lindsay Tait and Corey Webster. But there is also a swagger of newcomers with nearly half the 19-man squad yet to play for the Tall Blacks.
Those newbies are guards Brad Anderson, Brooke Ruscoe and Marco Alexander and forwards Jordan Ngatai, Dion Prewster, Jack Salt, Reuben Te Rangi and Thomas Vodanovich and guard Marco Alexander.
Ngatai and Vodanovich are heading to US colleges this year.
New Zealand men's basketball squad to assemble in Auckland on Tuesday: Brad Anderson (Taranaki), BJ Anthony (Otago), Everard Bartlett (Bay Hawks), Josh Bloxham (Nelson), Casey Frank (Wellington), Nick Horvath (Manawatu), Jarrod Kenny (Bay Hawks), Jordan Ngatai (BYU Hawaii), Alex Pledger (Breakers), Dion Prewster (Bay Hawks), Brook Ruscoe (Nelson), Jack Salt (Super City), Lindsay Tait (Wellington), Reuben Te Rangi (Southland), Jeremiah Trueman (Manawatu), Thomas Vodanovich (James Madison University), Mika Vukona (Nelson), Corey Webster (Wellington), Marco Alexander (Waikato).