Tristar USA Tours Welcome

With over 30 years experience, Tristar USA Basketball Tours offers young athlete’s the opportunity to develop their skills, knowledge and passion for basketball. Playing against USA high schools and colleges, athletes will be challenged to get the most out of themselves together with the opportunity to learn from the best as they personally meet USA coaches, NBA players and other international stars.

Past tour members have benefited from meeting NBA players including Kevin Durant, Patty Mills, La Marcus Aldridge, College Hall of Fame coach Dale Brown and many more exceptional individuals.

If you are interested in going on a USA Basketball Tour then please contact us to see how we can .

Al Green Director / Head Coach Australian Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Al Green Director / Head Coach

Al Green has been a Camp Director for 22 years and has more than 30 years coaching experience from school ball to coaching Premier League Basketball.

Al started his playing career in the USA with Harlem Prep High School where he made “All American”, led the nation in scoring a 40 ppg average per game and made the McDonalds All American Team. He then went on to Arizona Western Junior College to make All American again. At Louisiana State University Al gained an All American Honourable Mention and Captained LSU to the Elite 8 NCA tournament where they lost to Michigan State playing against . He was then drafted to NBA and then to San Diego Chargers in the NFL the same year.

Al came to Australia in 1981 to play for West Adelaide and made All Star 5 in his 1st year. He led the NBL in shooting that year and the following year West Adelaide became NBL Champs. In 1982 Al was MVP of the NBL and in 84 he led the All Star Team with a 39.5 ppg average and held the “All Time Single Point Scorer” with 71 points. In 1985 Al Green went to play for the 36ers where he helped lead the team to 2 Championships and continued to play for 6 years as a respected member of our highly regarded 36ers. In the 90s Al played for 3yrs with the Newcastle Falcons and once again was awarded MVP and All Star.

Al was also a champion sprinter becoming only the 3rd back-to-back winner in Bay Sheffield history (winning off 4.75ms and 2.0ms).

Career Honour Role

1974 ~1975 Arizona Western Junior College 1974 High School All American 1975 ~1977 North Carolina State College 1975 Junior College All American 1978 ~1979 Louisiana State University 1979 LSU Honourable Mention All American 1979 NBA Round 3 / Pick 64th overall 1981 All NBL First Team Phoenix Suns 1982 NBL champion 1979 NRL Drafit - Pick #269 1982 NBL Most Valuable Player San Diego Chargers 1982 NBL AllStar Game 1981 Crispa Redmanizers Philipines 1982 Woollacott Medal 1981 ~ 1984 NBL – 1983 Bay Sheffield Winner 1985 ~ 1990 NBL – 1984 Bay Sheffield Winner 1991 ~ 1993 NBL – Newcastle Falcons 1984 Track Athlete of the Year Australia 1984 NBL Leading Scorer 1984 Most Points Scored in a Game 71 1984 NBL 39.9 ppg Season Average 1985 All NBL First Team 1985 NBL Champion 1985 First NBL Player to score 3,000 points 1985 Woollacott Medal 1988 NBL AllStar Game 1991 NBL AllStar Game 1999 Australian Basketball Hall of Fame 2008 Bay Sheffield Hall of Fame Welcome

With over 30 years experience, Tristar USA Basketball Tours offers young athlete’s the opportunity to develop their skills, knowledge and passion for basketball. Playing against USA high schools and colleges athletes will be challenged to get the most out of themselves together with the opportunity to learn from the best as they personally meet USA coaches, NBA players and other international stars.

Past tour members have benefited from meeting NBA players including Kevin Durant, Patty Mills, La Marcus Aldridge, College Hall of Fame coach Dale Brown and many more exceptional individuals.

If you have a team planning to undertake a Basketball Tour then please contact us to see how we can assist in planning, managing and operating your international Basketball Tour.

Al Green Director / Head Coach Australian Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Why go on a Tristar USA Basketball Tour?

Make lifelong friends Personal Development

Having the opportunity to travel with a team/ Traveling for 2 to 3 weeks or as part of a “Team” with group provides a memorable experience where a fast schedule of 10-12 games in the oppositions friendships are made and strengthened. Playing home court does wonders to assist your personal at tournaments and/or at schools/colleges you development and ability to work together with get to mix with players and teams from across your teammates in a hostile environment. A truly USA and develop potentially lifelong International life changing experience. friendships. Possibly pick up a College scholarship Discover what it’s like at American high Schools/Junior Colleges or By playing in tournaments and one off games there Colleges will be scouts from across America floating around. Following the trend of international players such as Tristar USA Tours provide the opportunity to spend Patty Mills, Matthew Delavadova and Kyrie Irving time ‘on campus’ and see what school/college life having an effect on the landscape of the NBA, is like in the States. Possibly even go to classes, College scouts are on the hunt for the ‘Next Big chat with students and eat at the school cafeteria. Thing’ from across the world.

Play against teams from America

From one off games to tournaments, Tristar USA Tours can recommend appropriate events to Tristar Tours can include: compete in where you can play against similarly skilled teams from across America. • International and domestic airfares • Airport transfers Attend College and/or NBA games • Domestic travel (flights, bus, train or ferry)

There is nothing more inspiring than seeing the top • Accommodation athletes competing at the highest level. Depending • Competition matches and tournaments on the international sports calendar you will get to • Training sessions see some of the best college players participating in NCAA games and/or see the world’s best players • Attending NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, NCAA Games battling it out in the NBA. • Meeting professional NBA players See the sights • High School and College Campus Tours • Meeting college players and coaches America has some great sights and tourist • Dinners and special events destinations that will get your camera clicking from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Statue of Liberty, • Sightseeing tours these will be great memories that you will never • Merchandise & uniforms forget. • Travel bags • Discounted theme park entry

* Inclusions are subject to change and depend on tour itinerary and pricing structure, which will be confirmed prior to each tour. www.tristarbasketball.com

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