Basketball New Zealand has confirmed assistant coaches for their national senior teams hoping to qualify for the London Olympics. Former Tall Blacks captain Pero Cameron will be retained to back up head coach Nenad Vucinic, but he'll be joined by former international and Breakers point guard Paul Henare, currently steering the Bay Hawks towards the NBL playoffs. The Tall Blacks will contest a last-chance FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament at Caracas, Venezuela, from July 2-8, hoping to claim one of three spots still available in the London draw. Meanwhile, Tall Ferns coach Kennedy Hamilton-Kereama will have some familiar faces around him during the women's campaign. Aik Ho and Dean Kinsman assisted him last year at the FIBA Oceania Championships. Ho was video coach at the 2004 Athens Olympics and has assisted Hamilton-Kereama since 2010, while Kinsman has coached extensively within the Australian women's programme, including a stint as head coach at the Australian Institute of Sport. The New Zealand women, managed by Gail McLauchlan of Christchurch, face an Olympic qualifying tournament at Ankara, Turkey, from June 25-July 1, with five spots still available in the Games' draw. London 1908 Olympic Summer Games
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