Adam Gurwitch is a BPL citizen journalist and US college basketball guru.

Some history will be created on June 23rd. For the second time in less than a decade, the No.1 NBA draft pick will be a player born in Melbourne, Australia. Following on from Andrew Bogut in 2005, Kyrie Irving is now seen as a consensus number one selection.

To put this into perspective, the only other two cities to have produced two No.1 picks in the last 30 years are Chicago and Lagos, Nigeria. Only the states of North Carolina and Virginia can lay claim to three No.1 selections.

Before elevating Victoria above the likes of Indiana and Kentucky, it is important to remember that Irving was taken back to the USA as a two year old, so he hardly learnt the game on the pick-up courts of Prahran. However, what is undeniable is that he does hold citizenship for both Australia and America.

While some recent reports will have you believe that Irving is ineligible to play for the Boomers this is in fact only partly true. FIBA rules do allow for players to represent a second country under certain circumstances. The language is unquestionably vague, but it does open doors.

Item 23 - A player who has played in a main official competition of FIBA (see article -1) after having reached his seventeenth (17) birthday may not play for a national team of another country. However, in exceptional circumstances the Secretary General may authorise such a player to play for the national team of his country of origin if he is ineligible to play for such country according to this article -23 and if this is in the interest of the development of basketball in this country.

There is even recent precedent to support Irving in changing allegiances should he choose. Charlie ViIlanueva, a lottery recruit out of UConn, represented the USA as a junior but later went through the process of becoming eligible to represent the Dominican Republic and has since represented them at international tournaments.

So this raises four important questions;

1. Does Irving want to represent the Boomers? While earlier this year he told Ed Wyatt that he was set on representing the USA, he has since gone on record saying he is "seriously considering" the Boomers.

2. Is this in the interest of developing basketball in Australia? It would be hard to argue against this being the case. At this point in time although Australia may have numerous players plying their trade overseas, arguably only Bogut and Aleks Maric command respect internationally. Having an elite level point guard representing the Boomers would be the next step in pushing the national team into medal contention.

3. Would the Americans consider releasing Irving in the same manner as Villanueva? This is the question which poses the most trouble for a potential switch. The Americans may be reluctant to release a player who possesses so much talent. However USA Basketball is blessed with an unprecedented depth of talented point guards. While he may be a lock to be the number one pick this year, respected scouts don't project Irving to be a player on the same level as Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo, Russell Westbrook or John Wall and in the best case scenario probably will be the equal of players of the calibre of Stephen Curry, Mike Conley and Jrue Holiday.

4. Have or are Basketball Australia going to explore this rule? Obviously they did some groundwork years ago to persuade Irving choose the Boomers, but are they even aware of this possibility? Those quotes from BA staff make it seem like an open and shut case, when it clearly appears not to be.

For the future of Australian basketball and the Boomers, I hope that someone on the BA staff knows the rules.