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tout court wrote:Bhullar, Bhullar, Bhullar ...

Anyone but Klassen.

Get the retired Bobby Sacre out of retirement.

Why do we not know why Nicholson, Bennett and Hanlan were not even on the invite list when Rautins was even though he told CB he wouldn't/couldn't play according to Leo?

Instead of being stenographers and going to their pre-arranged media availability where they get a bunch of cliched nonsense, why don't the beat writers covering this team (Smith, Grange, Murphy, etc) actually do some investigative work for once? I know it would inconvenience their cozy arrangement. But they might actually come closer to fulfilling the role news media purportedly play in our society.

Did any of them reach out to the players who declined to get a comment as to why they did so? I mean how much load will Stauskas have to manage next year in Europe?!?

And if someone like Michael Meeks is on CB staff to build relationships with these guys at a young age in order to get buy in at the senior level, then he along with the GM appear to be failing miserably. What are they doing wrong?

Or, if pride of country just isn't a big thing for this generation, that's fine, maybe even a good thing, but as reporters do something to find out the why. Have a Network moment where you're disgusted with your slovenly selves and you actually get to the root of things. Jesus!

gundysmullet wrote:Is there a link for tonight’s game? Thank you

frumble wrote:Here is the box.

https://www.fibalivestats.com/u/CBNF/1314901/bs.html

Patterson and Omoruyi didn't play in either game. Anyone know if they are still in camp?

Assuming they are gone, that would be 15 players still on contention for the 12 spots (and that counts Nembhard who may need to be back on campus soon).

Do people think the cuts will be made in the next few days and only the final 12 will go to Australia?

mojo13 wrote:They publicly stated as many as 15 will go to Australia.

mojo13 wrote:I don’t know if SGA is the one to be targeting. Different clubs and different agents exert pressure on this guys to not play differently. The NBA clubs can’t outright prevent a guy from playing but they can sure put pressure on them not to. Certain agents are heavily pushing against this as well.
SGA is a 2nd year player who hasn’t made his money yet and who was just traded - it sucks he isn’t playing but I can see why not, more so than others. Does OKC have any of their guys playing? The Sacramento Kings are sure ok with it. I’m most surprised with Dwight Powell after signing this extension and always seeming a committed Team Canada guy, but Cuban has always had a thing against FIBA - so maybe that is the problem. Jamal Murray is a huge disappointment too having just signed an extension and seeing Jokic and other team mates playing. And I think his injury is BS too.

mojo13 wrote:We were never going to get all these guys playing no matter what. I was saying 6 to 9 was my expectation but I think we just had a really bad roll of the dice with all the iffy ones having something come up the pushed them in the wrong direction. And I’d have to say there was a snowball effect as well. My guess is that if Powell, Murray, Barrett, Brooks then SGA would have jumped on board.

TrueNorth31 wrote:Here's what Boucher's " personal problem " is according to Steve Simmons.

"Chris Boucher is a fool for listening to his agent.

His agent believes it was a mistake for Boucher to play for Team Canada at the World Cup of basketball. He convinced Boucher, the Raptor from Montreal, that it wasn’t in his best interest to take part in the tournament, which is a rather confounding piece of logic.

Agents are talking and completely messing with the World Cup rosters of many teams, including Canada and the United States, informing them that the schedule of the World Cup, the travel and the proximity to NBA training camps makes this an unnecessary place for a player to be.

The thought process on this boggles the mind. Basically, unless there’s an injury involved, agents are telling players that you can’t properly prepare for an NBA season by playing high-level basketball. Consider the illogic of that for a moment.

Boucher is trying to make it as a Raptor. He was a Summer League all-star and a G-League MVP. The coach of the Canadian national team just happens to be Nick Nurse, Boucher’s coach with the Raptors. How better to impress the coach you need to impress for playing time than by playing for his team, for your own coach?

After meeting with Boucher more than once, Nurse wasn’t happy he chose to walk out on Canada’s camp. Nurse kept his feelings mostly to himself, but his sentiment was clear. The one guy Boucher needs on his side is now wondering who Boucher happens to be."

https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/simmons-whos-no-5-all-time-beliveau-or-sid-the-kid

Basically I agree with Simmons. Imagine the pressure NBA agents put on more established players ( remember they get 4% of the players salary) who don't need to showcase themselves like this kid. Boucher has only a $ 125,000 camp guarantee with the Raptor's. His agent appears to be positioning him for his post Raptor career as the reigning G League MVP - a poor decision in my opinion. Most agent's hate the World Cup as as their clients don't benefit very much financially. Sometimes the sneaker companies encourage the participation of their star players but that doesn't seem to be in play at this event perhaps because most of the games are played in the middle of the night. Canada doesn't seem to have any guys with bigs sneaker contracts - I believe Wiggin's had a Nike contract that's expired. There's scuttlebutt that Barrett could get a relatively big shoe deal.