Who are the key players on Canada’s roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup. How does this team compare to previous Canadian national teams. What are Canada’s chances of success at the tournament.
Canada Announces Powerhouse 18-Man Roster for FIBA World Cup
Canada Basketball has unveiled an impressive 18-man training camp roster for the upcoming 2023 FIBA World Cup, showcasing the nation’s rising basketball prowess. The roster features a blend of NBA stars, seasoned veterans, and emerging talents, positioning Canada as a formidable contender in the international basketball arena.
NBA Stars Headline the Roster
The Canadian roster is spearheaded by two of the NBA’s brightest young stars:
- Jamal Murray: Fresh off an NBA championship with the Denver Nuggets, the 26-year-old point guard brings scoring prowess and playoff experience to the team.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: The Oklahoma City Thunder guard has established himself as one of the league’s premier scorers and playmakers.
Other notable NBA players on the roster include:
- R.J. Barrett (New York Knicks)
- Dillon Brooks (Houston Rockets)
- Luguentz Dort (Oklahoma City Thunder)
- Kelly Olynyk (Utah Jazz)
- Dwight Powell (Dallas Mavericks)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Minnesota Timberwolves)
- Oshae Brissett (Boston Celtics)
- Cory Joseph (Golden State Warriors)
The Importance of Jamal Murray’s Commitment
Jamal Murray’s inclusion in the roster is particularly significant. Despite an extended playoff run with the Nuggets and a history of injuries, Murray has expressed excitement about the opportunity to represent Canada at the World Cup. His commitment to the national team program, even when he was unable to play last season, demonstrates the changing attitude towards international basketball among Canada’s top players.
How does Murray’s presence impact Canada’s chances at the World Cup? His playoff experience and ability to perform under pressure could prove invaluable in crucial tournament moments. Additionally, Murray’s established chemistry with new Canadian national team coach Jordi Fernández, who previously worked as an assistant coach for the Nuggets, could help smooth the team’s tactical transitions.
Canada’s Three-Year Commitment Strategy
Canada Basketball has implemented a unique approach to building its national team program, requiring three-year commitments from players. This strategy aims to:
- Build continuity within the team
- Ensure consistent representation of top NBA talent
- Create a culture of commitment to the national program
This approach mirrors the successful model previously used by Jerry Colangelo for Team USA. By securing long-term commitments, Canada hopes to avoid the frequent roster turnover that has plagued other national teams.
Has this commitment strategy been effective for Canada? Early signs are promising, with the current roster featuring a strong contingent of NBA players who have bought into the program’s vision. The true test will come in international competitions like the upcoming World Cup.
Rising Stars and College Talent
While NBA players dominate the roster, Canada has also included rising stars and college talent:
- Zach Edey: The 7’4″ center from Purdue University adds size and interior presence to the team.
- Kassius Robertson: The sharp-shooting guard brings international experience from his time playing in Europe.
- Phil Scrubb and Thomas Scrubb: The brothers have been mainstays in the Canadian national team program for years.
The inclusion of these players demonstrates Canada’s commitment to developing talent at all levels and creating a pipeline for future national team success.
Notable Absences from the Roster
Despite the star-studded lineup, several prominent Canadian NBA players are not part of the World Cup roster:
- Andrew Wiggins (Golden State Warriors)
- Bennedict Mathurin (Indiana Pacers)
- Shaedon Sharpe (Portland Trail Blazers)
- Andrew Nembhard (Indiana Pacers)
The absence of these players, particularly former first overall pick Andrew Wiggins, raises questions about their future involvement with the national team. Are there specific reasons for their non-participation? While individual circumstances may vary, factors such as injury concerns, contractual obligations, or personal decisions could play a role.
Canada’s World Cup Aspirations and Challenges
With this talented roster, Canada enters the FIBA World Cup with high expectations. The team’s first game against France on August 25th in Jakarta, Indonesia, will be a crucial test of their medal aspirations.
What are the key factors that could determine Canada’s success in the tournament?
- Team chemistry: With limited preparation time, quickly developing on-court synergy will be crucial.
- Defensive cohesion: Balancing the offensive firepower with strong team defense could set Canada apart.
- Depth utilization: Effectively managing minutes and leveraging the team’s deep roster throughout the tournament will be important.
- Coaching tactics: New head coach Jordi Fernández’s ability to implement effective strategies against diverse opponents will be tested.
Can Canada secure a medal at the FIBA World Cup? While the competition will be fierce, with traditional powerhouses like the United States, Spain, and Serbia in the mix, Canada’s combination of NBA talent and international experience gives them a legitimate shot at the podium.
The Impact on Olympic Qualification
Beyond the immediate goal of World Cup success, Canada’s performance in the tournament has significant implications for Olympic qualification. A strong showing at the World Cup could secure Canada’s place in the 2024 Paris Olympics, marking a return to the Olympic stage for the first time since 2000.
How does the World Cup affect Olympic qualification? The top two teams from the Americas region (excluding the United States, which has already qualified as the reigning Olympic champion) will earn direct qualification to the Olympics. This makes Canada’s performance against other teams from the Americas, such as Brazil and Argentina, particularly important.
Building a Basketball Legacy: Canada’s Long-Term Vision
The assembly of this star-studded roster represents more than just a push for World Cup success; it’s a statement of intent for Canadian basketball. By bringing together its top talents and implementing a long-term commitment strategy, Canada is positioning itself as a emerging power in international basketball.
What are the potential long-term impacts of this approach?
- Inspiring the next generation: Success on the international stage could motivate young Canadian athletes to pursue basketball.
- Attracting resources: Increased attention and success could lead to more investment in basketball infrastructure and development programs across Canada.
- Changing perceptions: Consistent strong performances could shift global perceptions of Canada as a basketball nation.
- Building a winning culture: Establishing a tradition of success could create a self-perpetuating cycle of excellence in the national team program.
As Canada embarks on this World Cup campaign, the basketball world will be watching closely. With a roster that combines NBA star power, emerging talents, and a renewed commitment to the national program, Canada has the potential to make a significant impact on the international stage and lay the foundation for sustained success in the years to come.
Jamal Murray headlines Team Canada FIBA roster alongside Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Dillon Brooks, R.J. Barrett
Jamal Murray affirmed his previous commitment to Team Canada, league sources told The Athletic, and is a headliner on the deep, 18-man unit the Canadians listed for their FIBA World Cup run this summer.
Teams can ultimately only take 12 players to the World Cup.
There was some question as to Murray’s availability for the World Cup because of his extended playoff run with the world-champion Denver Nuggets and his injury history, and though Canada creating an extended roster still leaves room for Murray to opt out, league sources said he has expressed to Team Canada his excitement for the opportunity of a deep run at the World Cup.
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On Canada’s extended list are Murray, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Dillon Brooks, R.J. Barrett, Luguentz Dort, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Kelly Olynyk, Oshae Brissett, Cory Joseph and Dwight Powell from the NBA, and Zach Edey from major college basketball.
Team Canada training camp roster for @FIBAWC:
Jamal Murray
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
RJ Barrett
Dillon Brooks
Lu Dort
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Kelly Olynyk
Dwight Powell
Zach Edey
Oshae Brissett
Cory Joseph
Kevin Pangos
Kassius Robertson
Phil Scrubb
Thomas Scrubb📸 @CanBball pic.twitter.com/E6xfGxciVs
— The Athletic NBA (@TheAthleticNBA) July 14, 2023
Notable NBA players not on Team Canada’s roster are Andrew Wiggins, Bennedict Mathurin, Shaedon Sharpe and Andrew Nembhard.
Murray, 26, born in Kitchener, Ontario, averaged 26.1 points and 7.1 assists during the playoffs for the Nuggets alongside Nikola Jokić, forming a one-two punch that was ultimately too much for the rest of the NBA to handle. He averaged 20.0 points in 65 games during the regular season — after missing a year and a half due to a torn knee ligament in the spring of 2021.
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Jamal Murray’s arduous path to an NBA title made the long-envisioned moment sweeter
Team Canada is in the midst of a cycle in which it requires three-year commitments from its players, in an attempt to build continuity and ensure the country is represented by as many NBA players as possible.
It’s a page out of the playbook used for years by the former managing director for Team USA, Jerry Colangelo, that the Americans have since gone away from, and a plan put together by Canadian general manager Rowan Barrett and then-coach Nick Nurse, who has since parted ways with Team Canada after being fired by the Toronto Raptors.
Murray, even though he didn’t play last season, made that commitment and attended the Canadians’ training camps last summer.
Additionally, Murray is close with new Canadian national team coach Jordi Fernández, who was an assistant in Denver under coach Michael Malone and worked with Murray for years.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jamal Murray headline Canada training camp roster
By HoopsHype |
July 13, 2023
Josh Lewenberg: Canada Basketball announces an 18-man training camp roster ahead of this summer’s FIBA World Cup. With the exception of Birch, the roster features the entire “summer core”, which includes SGA, Murray, Barrett, Brooks, Dort, Olynyk, Joseph, Powell, etc. Camp opens in Toronto Aug 1 pic.twitter.com/YtySxlZAAD
Source: Twitter @JLew1050
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Chris Dempsey @chrisadempsey
#Nuggets Jamal Murray on the Canada camp roster — obviously — for the upcoming FIBA World Cup.
pic.twitter.com/80fOr8jPkK – 10:51 PM
Joe Vardon @joevardon
So, Team Canada is pretty good. Jamal Murray, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headline dangerous, deep roster for FIBA World Cup, @TheAthleticNBA theathletic.com/4690388/2023/0… – 9:37 PM
Michael Grange @michaelgrange
Former Wildcat, current men’s national team star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at Mattamy Centre to take in UK vs. @CanBball at #GLOBLJAM – 8:14 PM
Michael Grange @michaelgrange
As expected @CanBball men’s roster for @FIBAWC training camp has everyone accounted for: 18 strong, 10 NBA players. Only missing name from ‘summer core’ is Khem Birch who has injury issues. Otherwise? Olynyk, Powell, Murray, SGA, RJ, Brooks, NAW, Dort etc. Elite group. – 8:11 PM
Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
Canada Basketball announces an 18-man training camp roster ahead of this summer’s FIBA World Cup. With the exception of Birch, the roster features the entire “summer core”, which includes SGA, Murray, Barrett, Brooks, Dort, Olynyk, Joseph, Powell, etc.:format(webp)/https/www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/hockey/2023/05/05/toffoli-fantilli-highlight-canada-roster-for-upcoming-world-hockey-championship/20230505120512-64552b182e202ba084a1baaejpeg.jpg)
Camp opens in Toronto Aug 1 pic.twitter.com/YtySxlZAAD – 7:52 PM
Michael Grange @michaelgrange
We will get word on @CanBball men’s training cap roster for @FIBAWC tonight on @Sportsnet broadcast of GLOBLJAM. (u23 women vs. USA starts 5:30; men vs. USA @ 8 pm). Expectation is ‘summer core’ of 14 will be intact – so SGA, Murray, Barrett, NAW, Brooks etc. – 10:39 AM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
SGA, Giddey and JDub are just gonna be able to close their eyes and lob the ball anywhere near the rim and Chet will dunk it. – 9:31 PM
Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
SGA — a man of the people as he spends part of his 25th birthday signing autographs for fans
pic.twitter.com/gvIvGQ22EP – 9:21 PM
Katy Winge @katywinge
Jamal Murray, Comeback Player of the Year pic.twitter.com/Yneat1RRLf – 8:43 PM
Ben Golliver @BenGolliver
Jerry West x Shai Gilgeous-Alexander pic.twitter.com/NxQI8T4PvS – 8:15 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Shai gonna turn 26 before this Thunder game starts… – 7:43 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Jaylin Williams on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s Instagram post “bro pushin 30”
Truly a great joke and one I made to my sister from the time she turned 22.
pic.twitter.com/IE7x0jKaxM – 3:51 PM
Joe Mussatto @joe_mussatto
Shai has showed up pic.twitter.com/Nkq4elMjAl – 6:39 PM
Jamal Murray @BeMore27
Ain’t no way my rating that low! How is that possible?? – 10:07 PM
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Jackson Gatlin: Asked Dillon Brooks how Memphis prepared him for this role in Houston: “I feel like it’s exactly the same team from 3-4 years ago. Jalen is like Ja Morant. Jabari is like Jaren. Young guys that can expand their games to be the best in the league.” -via Twitter / July 11, 2023
Do you agree with the notion VanVleet will be able to get you more efficient shots? Your 3-point percentage slipped last season, but how does playing with someone like VanVleet aid your effectiveness and efficiency? Dillon Brooks: Yeah, for sure. He finds ways to get guys open shots and I just gotta start knocking them down, that’s all. I can’t wait to play with Fred. He’s a crafty guard, loves to find his teammates, but ultimately can find a way to score, too.
I can’t wait to play him and our games mix well. -via The Athletic / July 9, 2023
This is a Rockets team with a ton of young talent but really struggled defensively over these last two, three seasons. Now, you’ve entered the picture fresh off a season where you earned All-Defense honors. What do you bring to the table? Dillon Brooks: Just a lot of grit. A lot of heart, a lot of knowledge, good defensive game as well. And I’m here to teach, you know what I’m saying? I can’t wait to work with Tari (Eason). I feel like he can be a great player in this NBA — especially a great defender — and grow his game, his athleticism and everything. But I can’t wait to work with him. And yeah, pretty much. And just, you know, that just that veteran savvy. -via The Athletic / July 9, 2023
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Football in Canada – more than football?.
Good afternoon, my dear Canadian blog readers.
I thought that if the previous post was about hockey, then this one should be about football, huh? And to sound loud, like in the title. “ Football in Canada is more than football!!!”. Yeah, I was dreaming 🙂
Football in Canada occupies a modest place in the gallery of popular sports. So at the end of the top ten, led by the previously mentioned hockey, followed by baseball, American football, golf, basketball, curling and other very worthy sports.
Football (referred to here as “soccer”) is not offended. Football fields with neatly trimmed grass – please. Children’s teams in full gear – easily. Toronto buzzing during the World Cup (because of the numerical advantage of immigrants) – also please. Don’t mind football. But not in favor either.
But before moving on to the Canadian teams, let’s mention the site Gismeteo.ua, where you can find out what the weather is like in Odessa and other cities around the world (including Halifax, by the way).
Canadian National Football Team
The Canadian National Football Team hasn’t played at the World Cup for a long time and there is no light in sight. How can she compete with the more or less powerful US team, at the very least playing Mexico and other Latin American countries playing in CONCACAF (this is the name of the local continental football federation, an analogue of the European UEFA).
Canadian national football team
And the team leaves a mediocre impression in terms of the game. The basis is made up of players from Norwegian clubs, she often plays games in the USA (there are probably more chances to gather spectators there?) And, if the Maple Leaves team plays in the Russian Premier League, it will be a solid middle peasant, between Krasnodar and Tom.
Canadian women’s national football team
But the Canadian women’s national football team is strong and is sixth in the world ranking. At the last World Cup, of course, they did not impress, 16th place out of 16.
But the class does not fail – after all, the champions of North America last year.
Canadian women’s national football team
Canadian professional football clubs
There are professional clubs, but I don’t know how and what they live with. There are Toronto FC , only its games can be watched on local TV, their league, like the NHL, consists of American and Canadian teams, they play on striped American football fields.
By the way, Toronto FC games are not broadcast in their entirety, amusingly called “an hour’s game”. Yes, that’s right – 60 minutes, including commercials.
In cable football, at least a couple of matches are shown in the Italian Serie A sometimes.
But, I repeat, there are more football fields than in Russia. And children’s teams play on them. And their shape is spot on. And adult uncles chase the ball in the evenings. So don’t complain – let hockey rule here, football is also good here. As my Muscovite wife always says on any occasion: “Well, of course, not Italy!” and here I must agree with her./cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/J7X3ZNEZPVPXXJKDW55OOA4CJE.jpg)
But in general – a sin to complain.
And I was inspired to post by the wonderful exit of CSKA from the group in the Champions League. Having passed the qualification, being in last place in the group, it was necessary to win in the final round at the San Siro against the second Inter team and pray for a draw between the Turks and the French. And when it happened, so that everything coincided so. And the decisive goal was scored three minutes before the end of the game, and the rivals parted in a draw. And Slutsky was so tense and then jumped and hugged the boys. Miracle.
I don’t mention Zenith – they played with dignity, losing only to the mighty Cypriot APOEL.
I would be grateful if you share this article with your friends using the social network buttons that you see on the left 😉 Subscribe to blog updates using the RSS button on the left or the email subscription form below, follow the news from Canada.
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Canada – Extended Team | Transfermarkt
team details by position
| Role | ø-age | Cost | ø-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | 27.17 | 7.00 million € | 1.17 million € | |
| Protector | 26.65 | 96.75 million € | 5.69 million € | Midfielder | 27.27 | 34.30 million € | 3.12 million € |
| Forward | 23.86 | 97.75 million € | 6.98 million € | |
| Total: | 26.04 | 235.80 million € | 4.91 million € | |
