Canada Basketball

[guyroch]

Reports say he could join the team on the 17th for the final 2 exhibition games, or just wait until the world cup starts on the 25th. So still a decent chance he plays.

This is the team as it stands now without Murray.

Canada goes into its exhibition series with a 13-man roster. There are seven NBAers on the trip — Gilgeous-Alexander, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, R.J. Barrett, Lu Dort, Dillon Brooks, Kelly Olynyk and Dwight Powell — augmented by Trae Bell-Haynes, Kyle Alexander, Melvin Ejim, Zach Edey and Phil and Tommy Scrubb.

That's still a pretty solid group. Don't think we're screed8without Murray but obviously would be much better if he plays.

He is the only player who played in the NBA finals and so to give him another 2 weeks rest maybe not a bad idea .. Although if he
doesn't make it should they call guys like Andrew Nembhard .. Cause that is 3 gaurds from camp not going

[The Great One]

These guys are elite athletes. These are some of the most well conditioned athletes in the world. So why can't he play? he's in his mid 20s. The NBA Finals ended 2 months ago. What would happen to him if he play tomorrow?

We as sports fans have accepted this and it just makes me smh. Like the second night of a back to back in the NBA. Most players today sit out the 2nd night of a b2b. Why? because they played 35 mins the night before? that's crazy. These guys are elite athletes who makes hundreds of millions of dollars a year and they can't give you 30 mins because they played the night before?

Dont get me started about the Spurs plan for Wemby this year. 40 year old Michael Jordan played all 82 games for the Wizards in his final year.

[Hotshot]

Reports say he could join the team on the 17th for the final 2 exhibition games, or just wait until the world cup starts on the 25th. So still a decent chance he plays.

This is the team as it stands now without Murray.

Canada goes into its exhibition series with a 13-man roster. There are seven NBAers on the trip — Gilgeous-Alexander, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, R.J. Barrett, Lu Dort, Dillon Brooks, Kelly Olynyk and Dwight Powell — augmented by Trae Bell-Haynes, Kyle Alexander, Melvin Ejim, Zach Edey and Phil and Tommy Scrubb.

That's still a pretty solid group. Don't think we're screed8without Murray but obviously would be much better if he plays.

As long as Murray plays against the difficult teams in round robin first (Spain & France) I don't mind him not playing against lesser teams to satisfy the so called Denver Nuggets organization medical experts (if we can't beat the lesser teams, we aren't worthy anyway). Murray could have easily said he was not playing this year and no one would blame him (long playoffs and previous injury). So if he gets the Kawhi treatment, im all for it.

[Hotshot]

Dont get me started about the Spurs plan for Wemby this year. 40 year old Michael Jordan played all 82 games for the Wizards in his final year.

Spurs know what they are doing more than anyone else in the league.

[Primer]

He is the only player who played in the NBA finals and so to give him another 2 weeks rest maybe not a bad idea .. Although if he
doesn't make it should they call guys like Andrew Nembhard .. Cause that is 3 gaurds from camp not going

We still have a ton of guards. The backup guys are Canadians that play in Europe so they can easily be called in if we need bodies.

Guards playing for sure: Shai, RJ, NAW, Dort, Brooks, Bell-Haynes, Scrubb brothers

I'm not sure why Nembhard isn't playing, but I can guarantee he'd be on the team if he was willing to play (same for Mathurin and Sharpe).

[guyroch]

As long as Murray plays against the difficult teams in round robin first (Spain & France) I don't mind him not playing against lesser teams to satisfy the so called Denver Nuggets organization medical experts (if we can't beat the lesser teams, we aren't worthy anyway). Murray could have easily said he was not playing this year and no one would blame him (long playoffs and previous injury). So if he gets the Kawhi treatment, im all for it.

I hope this is the case and they just want to give him an extened rest cause he was the only player on team Canada playing in the Finals
... He was 100 percent healthy in the Finals and so since he hasn't played since the finals I can't see them using the injury card .. I heard on a podcast a person describe how it feels to be a Canadian basketball fan and I totally agree . He said being a fan is like Charlie Brown kicking the football and lucy always taking the football away .. Those training camp roster are the football and they always get us excited but just as we are ready to go Murray is staying home and is questionable for the tournament .

It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown: The Football gag - YouTube

[guyroch]

We still have a ton of guards. The backup guys are Canadians that play in Europe so they can easily be called in if we need bodies.

Guards playing for sure: Shai, RJ, NAW, Dort, Brooks, Bell-Haynes, Scrubb brothers

I'm not sure why Nembhard isn't playing, but I can guarantee he'd be on the team if he was willing to play (same for Mathurin and Sharpe).

Yes we still have a lot of guards but Cory and Murray are Point Guards and if they are not going to play . I think Nembhard who has
played a lot of basketball for Canada would be a good injury replacement . I don't think OKC wants SGA playing tons of minutes ..

[Primer]

Yes we still have a lot of guards but Cory and Murray are Point Guards and if they are not going to play . I think Nembhard who has
played a lot of basketball for Canada would be a good injury replacement . I don't think OKC wants SGA playing tons of minutes ..

If Nembhard was remotely willing to play he'd be on the team easily. He's not missing from the roster for any reason other than he already chose not to participate.

[planetmars]

Canada is playing Germany in a warm up game.

Here is a link to a stream as I don't see it on TV anywhere:
https://cdn.sportcast.fun/webplayer....ask=1691605800

[MixxAOR]

Damn Canada is getting cooked.

[chris]

hopefully it's just jet-lag but yeah it still looks like a nick nurse offense in a bad way.

german fans booing brooks mercilessly. they seem pretty knowledgeable

[planetmars]

Just a warm up game.. but yeah Canada is playing like last years Raptors. Just bad basketball. Not great.

[chris]

quite a start to the second half!

[MixxAOR]

Now the comeback

[chris]

11-0 germany run as soon as i said that and down 14 again ha