Weekly NBA Canada Roundup: Saturday, December 5-Friday, December 11 It was an action-packed week of action for your Canadian NBA players with many games loaded with Canadian talent. Not only did the Canadians have many opportunities to display their skills, but many did an outstanding job in doing so. Cory Joseph continued to impress for his hometown Toronto Raptors this
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Nobody questioned Masai Uriji going after a Canadian player this past summer in hopes of bringing some “home” talent to the Raptors, but signing a young and unproven guard to a 29.9 million USD contract over four years definitely raised some questions. Was Uriji overpaying purely for Canadian talent? With DeRozan and Lowry already lined-up in the backcourt would Joseph
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Weekly NBA Canada Roundup: Saturday, November 14-Friday, November 20 Three and a half weeks into the NBA season, teams are starting to settle in and for the Canadian players it is no different. After a couple weeks of ups and downs, the Canadians in the league are beginning to find their roles on their respective teams. For the most part,
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Dwight Powell played a total of 236 NBA minutes in his rookie year, spending a large amount of time either in the DLeague or shuffling through rosters after he was traded twice since his 2014 Draft Day. Now, following the DeAndre Jordan debacle that left the Dallas Mavericks frontcourt perished and looking for talent, Powell has capitalized on the opportunity
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Weekly NBA Canada Roundup: Saturday, November 7-Friday November 13 It was another successful week for the Canadians in the NBA. After a slow start, the kids from up North are starting to come around and make big contributions to their teams, and it is awesome to see. After two surprising weeks to start the season, Dwight Powell has continued to
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A combination of youth and depth has Canada looking very good at the FIBA Americas since their first and only loss against the strong Argentinians. Playing at high altitudes in Mexico looks to be an advantageous position for Canada and a great place to start their journey towards achieving their ultimate goal. That goal is an olympic medal sometime in
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Team Canada was able to improve to 4-1 in the FIBA Americas tournament with a win over Panama on Sunday. Canada put forth an outstanding effort in all facets of the game, and it showed on the scoreboard. The Canadians were able to put up 103 points while limiting Panama to a mere 66 points. The offensive star in this
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Canada looked to move to 3-1 against a guard heavy and much smaller Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico boasted a few NBA players, including JJ Barea and former Knick Ronaldo Balkmann, and were coached by the legend Rick Pitino. Canada had the same starting lineup of Joseph, Stauskas, Wiggins, Bennett and Nicholson. The key matchup would be the battle of the
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Team Canada earned their second straight win against Venezuela tonight giving them a 2-1 record in the tournament thus far. Canada battled through the aggression posed by Venezuela to overcome their opponents 82-62. Team Canada’s top point scorer was Nick Stauskas with 16 points, closely followed by Kelly Olynyk who showcased his stellar passing ability and offensive drive scoring 14
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In what was a great team effort, team Canada got their first win at the FIBA Americas. Beating Cuba 101-59 in the second preliminary game, team Canada dominated in what was a perfect recovery after Tuesday’s 94-87 loss to Argentina. Led by Canadian star Andrew Wiggins who had 15 Points and 6 Rebounds, team Canada showed an inner strength and ability to
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