Gaze led the senior Australian national team , the Boomers , to five Summer Olympic Games – including as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics , and he was also the Australian Team Captain . He was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004 , and the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2005 , after becoming a member of the Order of Australia in 2002 . In 2013 , he joined his father , Lindsay , in the FIBA Hall of Fame , to become just the third Australian inductee . Two Australian basketball awards have been named in Gaze 's honour : the NBL MVP award is named the Andrew Gaze Trophy , and the Australian International Player of the Year award is named the Gaze Medal
opening ceremony
2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Andrew Gaze