Timmins has made himself available during a break from his US College duties and joins Karl Noyer, Aaron Bailey-Nowell and Everard Bartlett. The tournament is being hosted in the Philippines and starts on Friday afternoon (NZ time).
Noyer, the number one FIBA ranked player in New Zealand, and Bailey-Nowell are back after finishing fourth at the FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup in China in May this year.
Bartlett joins the squad after suiting up for the Hawke’s Bay Hawks in the NBL. He is also a 3x3 player, having represented New Zealand in 2017 when he was part of the team that won silver at the 3x3 Asia Cup in Mongolia. Timmins is a former under-18 3x3 world champion.
New Zealand is in Pool A along with Romania, Kyrgyzstan, the Netherlands and defending champions Serbia. Head coach, Anthony Corban, described it has the "pool of death".
"We will be a team no-one will pay attention to, which is great. That’s the way I like it," he said.
"We have to focus on what we can control. Rebounding and defending the two-point line. Hopefully, we can contain dribble penetration a little better at this event."
The team’s opening game is against Romania on Saturday and it will also play back-to-back gold medallists Serbia later in the day.
The games are being live-streamed on the internet.
Fiba 3x3 World Cup
New Zealand’s schedule
June 9: Romania, 4.30pm; Serbia, 7.30pm
June 11: Kyrgyzstan, 4.30pm; Netherlands, 6pm
June 12: Finals
