Did you know these blokes have a basketball background?

With Tom Wilson, a former Australian Boomer, set to make his debut for Collingwood this weekend, the topic of basketball backgrounds has come up (yet again).

With that in mind, we thought we'd rank our top 10 current players (based on current form) with a basketball background.

Here's what we went with:

(To be eligible for this list, the player must have played a minimum of high level junior representative basketball)ย 

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10. Mitch Wallis

The Bulldogs vice-captain hasn't had the start to 2021 that he would have been hoping for, with the Doggies flying at 8-1 on the season so far and not playing since round 2.

As for his basketball background though, Wallis was quite the baller in his younger days, representing Keilor Thunder in the clubs under 12 and 14 Vic Championship sides before ultimately pursuing football as his career path.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 07: Mitch Wallis of the Bulldogs looks upfield during the round 16 AFL match between the Adelaide Crows and the Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval on July 7, 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
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