"I definitely want to play," he said. "My health will have a say, that has been the one black mark on my name the last couple of years, but I've committed for the next two years so I want to play the qualifying.

"I think New Zealand has become a lot better in the past few years and will be tough if [NBA forward Steven] Adams plays. That will be the big one, then if we win that it's on to the Olympics."

The Boomers hope to assemble one of the strongest teams in their history with young stars such as Dante Exum and Ben Simmons joining Bogut and mainstays such as Patty Mills, Joe Ingles and Matthew Dellavedova.

Bogut didn't hold back in condemning the qualification format for the FIBA Oceania series between the Boomers and New Zealand who play a two-game series which is decided on winning margin if it ends one win each.

"Apparently it will be a two-game series, which is absolutely ridiculous," he said. "To have it come down to points at the end of the series, whoever thought of that I don't know what they are smoking or drinking.