Goulding must be in Boomers squad, says Melbourne Tigers coach Chris Anstey Melbourne Tigers MVP Chris Goulding should be in the Boomers squad for the game against China, says coach Chris Anstey. MELBOURNE Tigers coach Chris Anstey says the club's MVP, Chris Goulding, should be in the Boomers team to take on China next month with most of the squad's overseas players set to miss. New Boomers coach Andrej Lemanis will likely be without Australia's NBA trio for the four-match series in Perth and China, part of a four-year deal announced yesterday. Andrew Bogut's Golden State Warriors are down 1-0 in the NBA's Western Conference semi-finals clash with San Antonio Spurs, where fellow Aussies Patty Mills and Aron Baynes play. While one team will be eliminated from the playoffs by the end of next week, it's unlikely those players will play against China, while Olympic star Joe Ingles and Nathan Jawai will be involved with their club, European giant Barcelona. Basketball Australia general manager of high performance Steven Icke said Lemanis would use the series to blood some of the rising Aussie talent. "The squad will be a look into the exciting future of the Australian Boomers program, giving some of our rising stars from the NBL and the US college system the opportunity to team-up with established Boomers stars and impress new head coach Andrej Lemanis," Icke said. Anstey said Goulding, who also won the MVP in this year's NBL All-Stars game, had done enough for a national call-up. "Andrej has seen him up close over the past couple of years as coach of the Breakers and has seen Chris develop into an outstanding player," Anstey said. This would be the perfect opportunity to get him in to the national program and see what he can do. The squad will be named this weekend before the players attend a camp on June 2. The opening game is in Perth on June 7.