So with a dominant win over Brazil last night, Canada has officially qualified for the World Cup. The World Cup team we send will be full of NBA players, but this qualification was only possible because of guys who play in Europe or other international leagues, but were willing to fly 50 hours during a brief break in league action to play for Canada on the other side of the world. As someone who has followed this program for a long time, I'm really proud of all of the guys who contributed to this.
Now we can start fantasizing about what a stacked roster they could field next summer:
Murray / Joseph/ Gilgeous-Alexander
Brooks / Stauskas / Heslip
Barrett / Wiggins / Ejim
Powell / Thompson / Lyles
Olynyk / Boucher / Birch
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