Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Bourousis i runga i te kapa poitūkohu motu Kariki i riro i te mētara koura i EuroBasket 2005 i Serbia, a ka tākaro i te tūranga pūmanawa rite riro Kariki te mētara parahi i EuroBasket 2009. He mema hoki ia o ngā kapa ā-motu o Kariki i whakaoti i te tuawhā o ngā whakataetae o te ao.
EuroBasket 2007, me te tuarima i te 2008 Summer Olympics.