Ko tētahi o ngā ingoa rongonui o te ao poitūkohu ki Aotearoa a Pero Cameron kua tohua ki te Whare Amokura o FIBA. Nā tōna kapa Tall Blacks ia i whakanui i a rātou e noho ana ki Lebanon.
Ko te haka te tohu o te rangatira.
Ko Pero Cameron te tuatahi o Aotearoa kia tohua ki te Whare Amokura o FIBA ki te ao poitūkohu.
"Yeah, surprised. A lot of people to thank including family."
Hei tā te tumu whakarae o Fiba a Patrick Bauman nā Cameron te kaha me te mana ki te arataki i ngā reanga o roto mai o Aotearoa.
Kua tekau mā whitu tau ia e hāpai ana i ngā tauwhainga a-ao me te ārahi i ngā Tall Blacks mō te tekau tau ki ngā tukinga Orimipia e rua wā ki ngā Whakataetae o te Ao e toru ngā wā me ngā tukinga Hoawhenua.
Rua mano mā rua, koia te tuatahi o te ao ka karapine atu ki te kapa o te ao mō te kaitākaro kāre anō kia whai wāhi ki te NBA whai muri i ngā Whakataetae o te Ao.
Hei ki tā Cameron, e kore rawa tēnei ahuatanga e kitea mei kore te tautoko a tōna whānau.
"They will be having a little bit of a chuckle, say all the effort that they've put in, the finances, the time and effort and wherever they drove me."
Ka aratakitia a Cameron e ngā Tall Blacks ki ngā whiringa whānui mō te Asia Cup ki Beirut, he tohu taketake i runga anō i ngā tohu o te wā mō tēnei iho pūmanawa.