The commitments have been made to Canada, and now it's about building the right identity.
The Canadian senior men's basketball team opened training camp Tuesday afternoon at the OVO Athletic Centre in preparation for the FIBA Men's Basketball World Cup. The tournament runs from Aug. 25 to Sept. 10, with a berth in the 2024 Olympics in Paris on the line.
Stars such as newly-minted champion and Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray and all-NBA first teamer and all-star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder were among the 10 NBA players — out of 18 on the training camp roster — in attendance Tuesday. The Canadian team made it into the World Cup having gone 9-0 in qualifying in 2022, with the likes of Gilgeous-Alexander, Powell and fellow NBAers Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Oshae Brissett, Cory Joseph and Kelly Olynyk playing a number of those games.
“Yeah, there's definitely a culture that we're starting to build, and I think that's the reason for the commitment," Gilgeous-Alexander said. "It's the same guys over and over again and playing together.
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