Title:2023 FIBA World Cup Preview: Canada looks to make history and deliver on growth
Date: August 24, 2023
Original Source: Sportsnet
Synopsis: In my latest at Sportsnet, I previewed the FIBA World Cup from Canada’s perspective, including their strengths and weaknesses, their path to the Olympics, and more.
It is potentially the biggest couple of weeks in Canadian basketball since the Toronto Raptors won the NBA Championship in 2019. It is a time to deliver on decades of growth in the sport in this country. It could be yet another superstar-solidifying window for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
It is the 2023 FIBA World Cup of Basketball, and it begins Aug. 25 on Sportsnet.
There is a “what’s at stake” subheading below, but let’s be real. What’s really at stake is that we’ve spent 20-plus years building up Canadian basketball at every imaginable level and have no success to show for it in major men’s international events.
Blake Murphy Sports Writing 