New Staff Added For Team USA

[OttoinGrotto]

As ironic as it might be I think Canada is going to emerge as a pretty good team.

Ironic you say?

 

[Alsacs]

Canada basketball will be like USA hockey. USA hockey has solid players and decent depth but doesn't have the superstars that Canada Hockey has. Canada basketball will have Wiggins who has potential but in international basketball you can zone a team with 1 dominant player. Spain's basketball generation is getting old and unless they develop another big guy to replace Pau Gasol it will become the Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka show. Spain will have guards, but they won't be in the league of USA and even Canada. Argentina is getting old right now. I see the contenders next year at the World Cup being USA, Spain and then a gap Greece, Argentina, Canada, Russia, Lithuania competing for the bronze.

 

[RandygoCuse]

As ironic as it might be I think Canada is going to emerge as a pretty good team. They have a lot of young guys who have potential coming up. Maybe not in 2016, but 2020 they could be a real good team. They'll have their star in Wiggins, good solid players in Anthony Bennett, Tristan Thompson, Ennis, Kabongo, Olynyk, and people I'm forgetting. They have a lot of solid guys in the aau circuit coming up who are getting high major looks. Maybe even our own Rautins and Kris Joseph get spots. Eamon Brennan actually just wrote an article about their potential today on ESPN.

Tyler Ennis perhaps?

 

[longtimefan]

Tyler Ennis perhaps?

Pangos is an option.

 

[RandygoCuse]

Pangos is an option.

Pangos?

 

[Alsacs]

Pangos?

Gonzaga player Kevin Pangos is a good college player and is Canadian. Gonzaga recruits Canada well. I think Pangos is a good bet for the team.

 

[RandygoCuse]

So Canada should be able to beat Panama this time around.

 

[Ward]

Tyler Ennis perhaps?

I don't get it, I mentioned Ennis. I think he's definitely got a legit chance to be a key player on that team in the future.

 

[RandygoCuse]

I don't get it, I mentioned Ennis. I think he's definitely got a legit chance to be a key player on that team in the future.

I don't know how I missed that. I've been doing that a lot lately.

 

[Alsacs]

Canada is going to be a team in that second tier in the near future at the last qualifying tournament they only had 2 NBA players their Rautins and Joel Anthony. Leo Rautins didn't callup Tristan Thompson.
I don't get the potshots about losing to Panama. The USA Olympic team has gotten housed by Italy in 2004, Argentina 2002, and Puerto Rico in 2004 as well as the lost to Greece in 2010.

Canada projected roster for the 2014 FIBA World Cup IMO
PG- Corey Joseph, Myck Kabango, Tyler Ennis
SG- Andrew Wiggins, Brady Hesslip,
SF- Tristan Thompson, Andrew Nicholson, Kyle Wiltjer
PF- Anthony Bennett. Khem Birch
C- Kelly Olynyk, Joel Anthony

 

[RandygoCuse]

Canada is going to be a team in that second tier in the near future at the last qualifying tournament they only had 2 NBA players their Rautins and Joel Anthony. Leo Rautins didn't callup Tristan Thompson.
I don't get the potshots about losing to Panama. The USA Olympic team has gotten housed by Italy in 2004, Argentina 2002, and Puerto Rico in 2004 as well as the lost to Greece in 2010.

Canada projected roster for the 2014 FIBA World Cup IMO
PG- Corey Joseph, Myck Kabango, Tyler Ennis
SG- Andrew Wiggins, Brady Hesslip,
SF- Tristan Thompson, Andrew Nicholson, Kyle Wiltjer
PF- Anthony Bennett. Khem Birch
C- Kelly Olynyk, Joel Anthony

Although the US should have won those games, I think those teams are more talented than Panama. Obviously, I don't think past Canadian teams could have competed for a medal in the Olympics, but I think they should have one more games than they have. As you noted, they have some decent talent now and have a good shot at making a breakthrough.