greekman wrote:aminiaturebuddha wrote:TheRedRocket wrote:
If Canada qualifies for Olympics, who would they cut from this current roster to add them?
It would be sting these current guys if they don’t get priority over the ones who didn’t commit.
My wish is that Tristan joins this team. He’s going to be very helpful for the Olympics if they make it.
I'd bet only Murray would be on the Olympics team, as he's the only one of those who is part of the committed core and showed up to the practices.
Tristan is done, definitely with Team Canada, and possibly with serious basketball. He didn't play a single regular season minute last year, and a grand total of 32 minutes over 6 games in the playoffs when the Lakers were looking for answers or in garbage time.
As for Wiggins and Sharpe, the Wiggins story has been discussed ad nauseam. And I'm not sure that Sharpe would actually earn a spot on the current team on merit (rather than potential) at this time, and certainly not over two other guys who aren't on the team in Mathurin and Nembhard.
if NAW is there Sharpe should be there too.
Disagree. They aren't the same at all, especially for FIBA play. NAW has had an inconsistent NBA career so far, but is older, more established, and has much more experience in FIBA and playing with Canada.
And more importantly, he's a better defender at this stage of his career and knows his role on this team. All of that is worth more at this stage than Sharpe's athleticism and potential. FIBA tournaments aren't won by young guys like Sharpe.
I'd like to get him in the fold for future events, of course, and so I hope he's on the program's radar, but at this point he and NAW aren't at the same level for Team Canada at all.
