Fresh from winning a silver medal with Victoria Country at the Basketball Australia Under-16 National Championships in July, the talented point guard is set for basketball duties of a different kind this Thursday night.

Eaton will be one of four junior volunteer ball kids/floor wipers for game one of the Australian Boomers versus United States series at Marvel Stadium this Thursday, after an invite from Basketball Australia.

The 15-year-old is excitedly counting down the hours until Thursday night.

"I've watched two NBA games (live) in America, but to see them down in Australia is amazing," he said.

"I think Australia has a good chance to roll them this time."

As a Los Angeles Lakers fan, Eaton is most looking forward to watching Kyle Kuzma in action for Team USA.

The emerging young star averaged 18.7 points and 5.5 rebounds for the Lakers last season, ranking second on the team in scoring behind their star and leader LeBron James.

"It would be Kuzma or (Houston's) P.J. Tucker - I love watching Tucker because he wears all different types of shoes every game, which is pretty cool," he said.

His invite was reward for his brilliant efforts as vice-captain of Victoria Country's silver-medal winning team at the nationals in Darwin.

The country boys recovered from an opening round loss, to win every game on the way to the grand final, including a semi-final win over ACT, which had upset big-guns New South Wales in its previous match.

Victoria Metro won the final, with Eaton one of the leaders for Country with 11 points.

Eaton, whose first Victoria Country experience came at under-14 level at the Southern Cross Challenge, said he was happy with his own form at the tournament.

"It was a bit hard to shoot, the conditions were way different to down here - 30-plus degrees every day from 9am in the morning to at night," he said.

"It took some getting used to be in the end it was alright."

Eaton is in his second year with Basketball Bendigo, after moving from Mildura with his parents Brad - a Golden Square footballer - and Shelley, who shifted south to further sporting and other opportunities for their five children.

A student in Bendigo South East College's Athlete Development Program, Eaton said the move to the region had been awesome for his basketball development, especially the chance to learn from two of the school program's coordinators, Braves stars Chris Hogan and NBL1 season 2019 MVP Kelly Wilson.

It has also given him a chance to reconnect with some other former Mildurians, who have made the move to Bendigo, including the association's director of coaching and development Joe Hurst.

"Joe has been amazing, he messages me when he wants me to come down and work on the new shooting machine - I might get 200 shots up in 30 minutes, which is awesome," he said.

"It's great to have someone like him down here from my Mildura days.

"I've definitely grown my basketball a lot since we moved."

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