THE Kenny Cherry and Thomas Scrubb were the last two players “cut” from Canada’s dozen for the World Cup.
The roster includes seven active NBA players, Kelly Olynyk, Nikale Alexander-Walker, ARJ Barrett, Dillon Brooks, Lou Dort, Shay Giljus-Alexander and Dwight Powell. Andrew Wiggins (from the beginning) and Jamal Murray (due to injury) were left out of the World Cup.
For eighth group Canada will face France (8/25), Lebanon (8/27) and Latvia (8/29) in Jakarta.
Canada’s roster
Kyle Alexander (21/10/1996 – 2.08m – F) Hapoel Tel Aviv
Nickel Alexander-Walker (2/9/1998 – 1.96m – G) Minnesota Timberwolves
ARJ Barrett (6/14/2000 – 1.98m – G) New York Knicks
Tre Bell-Haines (5/9/1995 – 1.88m – G) Buduchnost
Dillon Brooks (1/22/1996 – 1.98m – G) Memphis Grizzlies
Lou Dort (4/19/1999 – 1.93m – G) Oklahoma City Thunder
Zach Eddy (5/14/2002 – 2.24m – C) Purdue
Melvin Ejim (4/3/1999 – 2.01m – SF) Unicaja Malaga
Cy Gilgeous-Alexander (12/7/1998 – 1.98m – G) Oklahoma City Thunder
Kelly Olynyk (4/19/1991 – 2.11m –C) Utah Jazz
Dwight Powell (7/20/1991 – 2.08m – PF) Dallas Mavericks
Phil Scrubb (27/11/1992 – 1.94m – SG) Niagara River Lions
Source: Sport Fm
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