Canada joins a large number of NBA stars on the Paris Olympics preliminary list

Canada announced its preliminary list of 20 players for the men's basketball team for the 2024 Paris Olympics on the 19th (Korea Standard Time). A number of NBA stars including Shai Gilgers Alexander (Oklahoma City), Jamal Murray (Denver), Andrew Wiggins (Golden State), and RJ Barrett (New York), who showed off their MVP-class performances, were listed.

At the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup held last year, Canada beat the U.S., which consists of NBA leaguers, Anthony Edwards (Minnesota), Tyreece Halliburton (Indiana), Austin Reeves (Lakers), and Jaylon Brunson (New York), making a new history of being the first World Cup medal and the highest-ever third place in the team's history.

Canada, which has active NBA leaguers joining the team, is set to write another new story at the Paris Olympics. The most notable player is by far Gilles Alexander. In 75 games this season, he played for an average of 34 minutes, showing an excellent performance with 30.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and 2.0 steals. After the end of the season, he ranked second in the MVP vote after Nikola Jokic (Denver).

Along with Jokic, Murray and Golden State's Wiggins were also on board. Barrett, Dylan Brooks (Houston), and Andrew Nemhard (Indiana) were also on the list. Jack Eddy, the 224-centimeter monster center who is about to enter the NBA after making his name known in the March Madness of the 2024 NCAA, also joined the team.

Canada, ranked seventh in the FIBA rankings, belongs to Group A of the Paris Olympics, along with Australia (5th), Greece in the qualifying tournament, and the winner in Spain. Luka Doncic's Slovenia and Janis Antetokounmpo's Greece are likely to compete in the Greek region, while Spain's home team Spain is highly likely to advance. 스포츠토토사이트

▼ 20 preliminary entries for Canada for the 2024 Paris Olympics

Kyle Alexander (Harpoel Tel Aviv, Israel), Nickel Alexander Walker (Minnesota), RJ Barrett, Trey Bell Haynes (Casademont Zaragoza, Spain), Kem Birch (Basket Girona, Spain), Oshay Brissett (Boston), Dylan Brooks, Rugentz Dot (Oklahoma City), Jack Eadie (graduated from Purdue University), Melvin Ezeem (Unikaha Malaga, Spain), Shai Gilgers Alexander, Fiondu Cabinjelly (Venezia, Italy), Trey Lyles (Sacramento), Jamal Murray, Andrew Nemhard, Kelly Olynick (Toronto), Dwight Farwell (Dallas), Phil Scrub (Bachehehr, Turkiye), Thomas Scrub (Obradoro, Spain), Andrew Wiggins