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24 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Canada opens the U17 World Cup with a strong victory over Germany

Statistics here: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-u17-basketball-world-cup-2024/games/114357-GER-CAN#boxscore

 

Guard Quinten Ethier was MVP with 23 points, 8 reb.

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11 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

The Warriors head coach, Steve Kerr, just happens to be the US head coach :mumble:

Actually ? That’s shady af. To be fair Wiggins has declined multiple times over the years voluntarily.

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1 hour ago, Surlympics said:

Actually ? That’s shady af. To be fair Wiggins has declined multiple times over the years voluntarily.

He’s also represented Canada multiple times in international competition, including the Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Tokyo where he was one of the top scoring players  :dunno:

 

Its not just you, but I’m not sure I get the “he and the Warriors are thinking of excuses, he doesn’t want to participate” argument. Also, if you read the CBC Sports article, GM Rowan Barrett has actually said “this was a team decision, not an Andrew decision” and that he’s been training for weeks and weeks to get ready for training camp and eventually the Olympics. 

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3 minutes ago, Josh said:

He’s also represented Canada multiple times in international competition, including the Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Tokyo where he was one of the top scoring players  :dunno:

 

Its not just you, but I’m not sure I get the “he and the Warriors are thinking of excuses, he doesn’t want to participate” argument. Also, if you read the CBC Sports article, GM Rowan Barrett has actually said “this was a team decision, not an Andrew decision” and that he’s been training for weeks and weeks to get ready for training camp and eventually the Olympics. 

Well what do you do when the United States head coach doesnt want you playing to make team Canada stronger haha?

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8 minutes ago, Surlympics said:

Well what do you do when the United States head coach doesnt want you playing to make team Canada stronger haha?

I agree with you, Kerr doing that was a shitty move. Wiggins was ready to compete for Canada, and the Warriors just said nope you’re not doing that anyways. Could also potentially be for his trade value, they’ve been shopping Wiggins a lot recently. 
 

Edit: By the way, I’m a Warriors fan lol.

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3 minutes ago, Josh said:

I agree with you, Kerr doing that was a shitty move. Wiggins was ready to compete for Canada, and the Warriors just said nope you’re not doing that anyways. Could also potentially be for his trade value, they’ve been shopping Wiggins a lot recently. 
 

Edit: By the way, I’m a Warriors fan lol.

Doesn’t matter we are going to win regardless !

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