After shedding the qualifying battle for the Tokyo Olympics, crew Canada are trying ahead to the problem of this 12 months’s FIBA World Cup with a stellar facet.

Canada welcome in new head coach Jordi Fernandez, who will likely be main probably the greatest squads to ever take the ground for the nation.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jamal Murray headline a robust backcourt and add R.J. Barrett, Dillon Brooks, Lu Dort and Kelly Olynyk to the combination and also you’ve acquired a really deep and aggressive facet.

“We’re for positive proficient sufficient,” Gilgeous-Alexander mentioned this week on the crew’s coaching camp. “It’s nearly us coming collectively, enjoying as a crew, constructing camaraderie on and off the court docket. We’ll be high-quality.”

The Canada males’s nationwide crew haven’t appeared in an Olympic video games since 2000 and sadly, have been lacking key gamers within the elimination qualifier to the Czech Republic a number of summers in the past.

However this 12 months, they’ve a strong squad with one of the crucial thrilling backcourts in your complete event and large man Olynyk needs to verify historical past doesn’t repeat.

“Particularly watching from a distance, realizing which you can’t be there and doubtless assist change the narrative in a roundabout way and assist in a roundabout way,” Olynyk mentioned. “It’s robust to take a seat again and watch it finish that manner and clearly you don’t need it to occur once more.”

With a view to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics, Canada will should be within the high two finishers from the Americas within the FIBA event.

Their Group stage is hard and contains France, Latvia and Lebanon – they might want to end within the high two right here to advance to the second spherical.

The present reigning champions are Spain, since they defeated Argentina within the ultimate of the 2019 event.

FIBA Basketball World Cup will start on August 25 and can happen in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.

Group Play Schedule

Aug. 25: Canada vs. France (9:30 a.m. ET)
Aug. 27: Canada vs. Lebanon (5:45 a.m. ET)
Aug 29: Canada vs. Latvia (9:30 a.m. ET)

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