Australia coach Andrej Lemanis hinted at a po sible last-minute call-up for Patty Mills after Dante Exum's knee injury.The national team staff previously had balked at the idea of including Mills in the fold for Olympic qualification, with shoulder rehabilitation preventing Andrew Miller Jersey the Spurs guard from joining the team's European training camp.MORE: | The sudden nature of Exum's knee injury occurring on a non-contact play during the team's final warm-up game in Slovenia and the complications a sociated with travel, however, have left the coaching staff with scarce options on the replacement front.Lemanis would not entirely rule out the prospect of carrying the current crop of 11 players in the FIBA Oceania Championship opener against New Zealand on August 15."We just need to work through exactly what that looks like and again the caveat always is, 'Whats in the best interest of the team?' This group has certainly as weve all Jason Kipnis Jersey alluded to spent time together building a synergy, and a chemistry, and were really comfortable Danny Salazar Jersey with where were at as a group of 11," Lemanis said."Adding a piece to that needs to obviously add value as opposed to detract from the value, so well need to work through that."Mills status, familiarity with the systemand natural fit with the roster place him on a pedestal.But Lemanis paused when asked about the idea of him answering the call."The reality is at the moment, we have 11 guys, were allowed to play with 12, anyone that we bring in will not have participated in the European tour with us, so we just need to a se s if thats what in our best interests," he Cleveland Indians T-Shirts said.Weve reached out to Mills , but we havent been able to connect as yet. Its been a 30-hour flight, so its been difficult communicating. Once we finish up here well see what happens.Matthew Dellavedova looms as the heir apparent at the lead guard position, though it's unclearhow comfortable the coaching staff is with its backcourt depth after Exums withdrawal.Bringing somebody else in, Patty is a logical fit for us, given he knows the Boomers. Hes obviously a very good player, and so well just work through that Matt Belisle Jersey proce s, said Lemanis.I like to have just the group. Bringing somebody in who doesnt know the system is going to be more disruptive than anything else, and sometimes 12 bodies versus 11 bodies you make those decisions.