Australian basketball legend Andrew Gaze has given one of many stars of The Bachelor a cheeky sledge.
In a primary for the truth relationship present, there are three males seeking to discover love on the brand new season — 25-year-old drummer Jed McIntosh, 35-year-old restaurant supervisor Thomas Malucelli and 27-year-old basketballer Felix von Hofe.
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von Hofe performed US school basketball at Eastern Washington University earlier than signing a deal again in Australia with Melbourne United as a growth participant.
He performed one season with Melbourne United in Australia’s premier basketball league, the NBL, in 2017-18.
von Hofe averaged 0.5 factors, 1 rebounds, and 0.3 assists per sport.
United completed on high of the desk and went onto win the NBL championship within the 2017-18 season.
von Hofe now performs for the Melbourne Tigers within the south convention of the second tier NBL1 competitors.
Gaze is a Tigers legend, having received two NBL championships with the workforce throughout his glittering basketball profession that noticed him declare a report seven NBL MVPs.
The 57-year-old is the coach of the Tigers in NBL1 and he didn’t miss the possibility to want his cost von Hofe effectively on The Bachelor.
“Good luck to Tigers star and my good friend Felix Von Hofe on his debut on The Bachelor tonight,” Gaze wrote on Instagram
“May he find true love that calms his nocturnal activities and gets him fired up for the 2023 NBL1 South season!”
It’s just one week into the brand new season of The Bachelor and von Hofe has been coy when requested if he finds love on the present.
He beforehand dated Australian runner Liz Clay, who competed on the Tokyo Olympics within the 100m hurdles.