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Joey wrote: View Post
I mean, I guess I see what you're saying, but what's the point in developing the youth of the nation in a sport if you're not going to have a National Team for them to represent?
Besides, we've spent 20 years developing elite "youth" and none of them want to show up and represent now? So what's to say the next generation will be any different from the previous generations.
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Joey wrote: View Post
That was SAS, no? But ya, basically the only 1st Round "Blemish" for Masai is slowly becoming not so embarrassing for him.
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DanH wrote: View Post
It was Fran Fraschilla, but he was quoting Masai (there is an Open Gym clip of the draft room when Fran is making those comments and Masai says "hey, he used my line").
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Deathswap wrote: View Post
I'd agree except that BBCanada doesn't have the same kind of resources as say USA BasketBall. We don't have millions of dollars to throw at teams to get blown out by 20 points in every game.
Deathswap wrote: View PostBesides, we've spent 20 years developing elite "youth" and none of them want to show up and represent now? So what's to say the next generation will be any different from the previous generations.
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007 wrote: View PostThe biggest thing stopping us from becoming a top-tier national team is apathy. And that fucking sucks
Keep giving kudos to the solid character guys who show up to play, plus the NBA die hards over the years like Joel Anthony, but in the end it's still an embarrassment. There are no bonus points for moral victories or feel good stories.
Wake me up when our best players start to take this seriously."We're playing in a building." -- Kawhi Leonard
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There really is no national pride in Canada.. most of the Canadian born kids go play in the US the first chance they can get. The dream is the NBA, and it goes through NCAA ball. They basically become Americanized, and don't feel a connection to Canada anymore.
Euro born players are different.. they get scouted in Europe and drafted in the NBA. Most guys are professionals and need buy outs before they can play. Like JV was.
Hockey is different because the guys go to school here for the most part. They feel Canadian even when they are in the NHL.
The day a player gets scouted from a Canadian University and gets drafted from there is the day to really celebrate.
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S.R. wrote: View Post
This is why I have such a hard time getting hyped for the national team. We always suck relative to the exoectations/how good the program should be. There's always some excuses, but in the end Canada's FIBA ranking is an ongoing embarrassment.
Keep giving kudos to the solid character guys who show up to play, plus the NBA die hards over the years like Joel Anthony, but in the end it's still an embarrassment. There are no bonus points for moral victories or feel good stories.
Wake me up when our best players start to take this seriously.
Nash is somehow revered, but his whole tenure as a player and exec is a mixed bag. He added as much to the reputation of dysfunction as he helped the program. Hard to blame Rowan Barrett, who just took over the program this year and made a terrific coaching hire as his first major move.
Somehow have to "sell" the program in a way that NBA players feel like it helps them in their careers as much as (or more) than off-season training. In theory, it could be sold as a way for some players to showcase & develop skills in roles they don't normally have in the NBA, as well as leadership capabilities. A guy like Wiggins could do a lot for his reputation by going out there and just winning........ something....... anything. That's what Lebron did.
Perhaps they need to recruit some high-end skills development coaches, as a perk, to train with the players during the downtimes when they're with the team.
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bertarapsfan wrote: View PostAnyone see Bruno with the game winning "goaltend" legal in Fiba. But still a pretty crazy rule that you can just knock a FT off the rim like that. Guess you just gotta swish it.
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bertarapsfan wrote: View PostAnyone see Bruno with the game winning "goaltend" legal in Fiba. But still a pretty crazy rule that you can just knock a FT off the rim like that. Guess you just gotta swish it.Mamba Mentality
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