Head coach Jordi Fernandez is welcoming the high expectations facing Canada's men's basketball team. The 15th-ranked Canadian men's senior team is getting set to open the FIBA World Cup on Friday with a game against France in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The 15th-ranked Canadian men's senior team is getting set to open the FIBA World Cup on Friday with a game against France in Jakarta, Indonesia. With seven NBA players on its 12-man roster — the most of any team aside from Australia and the U.S. — Canada is viewed as a contender at the 32-team tournament.
"If you keep pushing the wall, pushing the wall, eventually you're going to break through and I think that's what our goal is right now, this is our time to breakthrough and we need to do it as a team together. Canada needs a top-two finish among the seven Americas teams to qualify for Paris 2024. After its Group H opener against No. 5 France, Canada plays 43-ranked Lebanon on Sunday and 29th-ranked Latvia on Aug. 29 in Jakarta.
Wing Thomas Scrubb and guard Kenny Chery were the final cuts to the lineup when the roster was finalized on Thursday. "Obviously it's a big time difference, long travel, so it takes your body a little while. But I think today we probably had our … best practice of maybe the summer. So we're feeling pretty confident good going into tomorrow."
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