Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jamal Murray lead Canada's 12-player Olympic roster
Josh Lewenberg. Canada’s Olympic roster is set : Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jamal Murray, RJ Barrett, Dillon Brooks, Kelly Olynyk, Lu Dort, Dwight Powell, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Andrew Nembhard, Trey Lyles, Khem Birch, Melvin Ejim.
Source: Twitter @JLew1050
Source: Twitter @JLew1050
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria
SGA, Jamal Murray, RJ Barrett highlight Canadian Olympic team.
zagsblog.com/2024/07/10/sga… – 1:59 PM
SGA, Jamal Murray, RJ Barrett highlight Canadian Olympic team.
zagsblog.com/2024/07/10/sga… – 1:59 PM
Michael Grange @michaelgrange
The best team @CanBball men’s team ever, & one of the best in the world, anchored by one of the best backcourts in SGA & Jamal. Good to see Birch earn a spot after a very strong camp, by all accounts. Lyles adds versatility to the bigs, And Ejim gets a well-earned Olympic spot. pic.twitter.com/8sofAZgsbe – 1:26 PM
The best team @CanBball men’s team ever, & one of the best in the world, anchored by one of the best backcourts in SGA & Jamal. Good to see Birch earn a spot after a very strong camp, by all accounts. Lyles adds versatility to the bigs, And Ejim gets a well-earned Olympic spot. pic.twitter.com/8sofAZgsbe – 1:26 PM
Eric Koreen @ekoreen
I would guess the rotation looks something like this
Starters: Murray, SGA, Barrett, Brooks, KO
Reserves (in order of minutes): Nembhard, Dort, Lyles, NAW, Powell
11 and 12: Ejim, Birch
Plenty of time to sort that out though. – 1:20 PM
I would guess the rotation looks something like this
Starters: Murray, SGA, Barrett, Brooks, KO
Reserves (in order of minutes): Nembhard, Dort, Lyles, NAW, Powell
11 and 12: Ejim, Birch
Plenty of time to sort that out though. – 1:20 PM
Eric Koreen @ekoreen
Khem Birch gets the last spot on the Olympic team as the 4th big.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
RJ Barrett
Khem Birch
Dillon Brooks
Luguentz Dort
Melvin Ejim
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Trey Lyles
Jamal Murray
Andrew Nembhard
Kelly Olynyk
Dwight Powell – 1:18 PM
Khem Birch gets the last spot on the Olympic team as the 4th big.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
RJ Barrett
Khem Birch
Dillon Brooks
Luguentz Dort
Melvin Ejim
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Trey Lyles
Jamal Murray
Andrew Nembhard
Kelly Olynyk
Dwight Powell – 1:18 PM
Doug Smith @SmithRaps
Veteran Khem Birch lands last Canadian roster spot for Paris Olympics:
The 12-team team: Nickeil Alexander-Walker, RJ Barrett, Birch, Dillon Brooks, Luguentz Dort, Melvin Ejim, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Trey Lyles, Jamal Murray, Andrew Nembhard, Kelly Olynyk, Dwight Powell. – 1:06 PM
Veteran Khem Birch lands last Canadian roster spot for Paris Olympics:
The 12-team team: Nickeil Alexander-Walker, RJ Barrett, Birch, Dillon Brooks, Luguentz Dort, Melvin Ejim, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Trey Lyles, Jamal Murray, Andrew Nembhard, Kelly Olynyk, Dwight Powell. – 1:06 PM
Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
Canada’s Olympic roster is set 🏀
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Jamal Murray
RJ Barrett
Dillon Brooks
Kelly Olynyk
Lu Dort
Dwight Powell
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Andrew Nembhard
Trey Lyles
Khem Birch
Melvin Ejim – 1:02 PM
Canada’s Olympic roster is set 🏀
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Jamal Murray
RJ Barrett
Dillon Brooks
Kelly Olynyk
Lu Dort
Dwight Powell
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Andrew Nembhard
Trey Lyles
Khem Birch
Melvin Ejim – 1:02 PM
Doug Smith @SmithRaps
“We all love basketball … the bright lights, the stage so I think regardless of who it is, we’re going to be very excited. We’re going to be jittery – I might dribble it off my foot the first play -but … it’s basketball and we’re doing what we love.”
SGA on Canada-USA tonight – 11:57 AM
“We all love basketball … the bright lights, the stage so I think regardless of who it is, we’re going to be very excited. We’re going to be jittery – I might dribble it off my foot the first play -but … it’s basketball and we’re doing what we love.”
SGA on Canada-USA tonight – 11:57 AM
Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
One of the toughest things to do as a pro athlete (let alone a young superstar) is balance confidence and humility. SGA does it as well as anybody I’ve been around. (Credit to @ByTimReynolds for the question) pic.twitter.com/hJyBDOrC3B – 10:17 PM
One of the toughest things to do as a pro athlete (let alone a young superstar) is balance confidence and humility. SGA does it as well as anybody I’ve been around. (Credit to @ByTimReynolds for the question) pic.twitter.com/hJyBDOrC3B – 10:17 PM
Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
SGA on dealing with USA’s size: “We do have really physical bigs despite none of them being 7-feet. They’re physical, they’ve played a lot of basketball, they’ve matched up with all kinds of players. So we’re confident in their ability to man up and guard the basketball down low” pic.twitter.com/CEAbv09IjM – 10:13 PM
SGA on dealing with USA’s size: “We do have really physical bigs despite none of them being 7-feet. They’re physical, they’ve played a lot of basketball, they’ve matched up with all kinds of players. So we’re confident in their ability to man up and guard the basketball down low” pic.twitter.com/CEAbv09IjM – 10:13 PM
Scott Agness @ScottAgness
2014 Indiana Mr. Basketball Trey Lyles getting post-practice work in with Jamal Murray and Kelly Olynyk pic.twitter.com/YZYntajm50 – 9:57 PM
2014 Indiana Mr. Basketball Trey Lyles getting post-practice work in with Jamal Murray and Kelly Olynyk pic.twitter.com/YZYntajm50 – 9:57 PM
Christopher Hine @ChristopherHine
Back at the practice facility here in Vegas and Team Canada is wrapping up practice. Here’s Nickeil Alexander-Walker shooting with his cousin Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and RJ Barrett. pic.twitter.com/lj9ENbDXkE – 9:04 PM
Back at the practice facility here in Vegas and Team Canada is wrapping up practice. Here’s Nickeil Alexander-Walker shooting with his cousin Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and RJ Barrett. pic.twitter.com/lj9ENbDXkE – 9:04 PM
Katy Winge @katywinge
Cool comments from Jalen Pickett at Nuggets practice today on learning from Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokić:
“Those dudes are nasty.” pic.twitter.com/sSzcaj8K8A – 4:37 PM
Cool comments from Jalen Pickett at Nuggets practice today on learning from Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokić:
“Those dudes are nasty.” pic.twitter.com/sSzcaj8K8A – 4:37 PM
Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Full Team Canada Olympics schedule for Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Lu Dort (via @The_ThunderWire):
okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/lists/full-tea… – 2:08 PM
Full Team Canada Olympics schedule for Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Lu Dort (via @The_ThunderWire):
okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/lists/full-tea… – 2:08 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Jamal Murray, Nuggets reportedly table contract extension talks until after Olympics
nbcsports.com/nba/news/jamal… – 1:00 PM
Jamal Murray, Nuggets reportedly table contract extension talks until after Olympics
nbcsports.com/nba/news/jamal… – 1:00 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
NEW for @MileHighSports
Jamal Murray and the Nuggets may agree to a contract extension at some point, but not before they hammer out some critical details.
milehighsports.com/whats-taking-s… – 7:19 PM
NEW for @MileHighSports
Jamal Murray and the Nuggets may agree to a contract extension at some point, but not before they hammer out some critical details.
milehighsports.com/whats-taking-s… – 7:19 PM
Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
LIVE for today’s show with @Adam_Mares, @BrendanVogt
– First Summer League practice
– Jamal Murray extension?
– Dario Saric
– Nuggets Olympic outlook
📺 Tune in: youtube.com/watch?v=-iYYQR… pic.twitter.com/Ojkgcnq5Pn – 5:10 PM
LIVE for today’s show with @Adam_Mares, @BrendanVogt
– First Summer League practice
– Jamal Murray extension?
– Dario Saric
– Nuggets Olympic outlook
📺 Tune in: youtube.com/watch?v=-iYYQR… pic.twitter.com/Ojkgcnq5Pn – 5:10 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
The Nuggets and Jamal Murray have not yet agreed to a contract extension. Negotiations are still ongoing, and there’s a possibility that this becomes a bigger story than anticipated after Shams declared an expected deal on draft night. – 3:11 PM
The Nuggets and Jamal Murray have not yet agreed to a contract extension. Negotiations are still ongoing, and there’s a possibility that this becomes a bigger story than anticipated after Shams declared an expected deal on draft night. – 3:11 PM
More on this storyline
Harrison Wind: On Jamal Murray’s upcoming extension: I expect Murray to sign a new max contract with the Nuggets once the Olympics are over in mid-August. Murray’s playing for Team Canada in Paris. -via Twitter @HarrisonWind / July 8, 2024
Things got off to a good start the other day when Gilgeous-Alexander, who attacks the paint better than almost anyone in the sport, was asked about his backcourt pairing with Murray, as lethal marksman as there is in the game. “I drive, he shoots. Simple as that,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. To which Murray responded when asked on Sunday: “I would say he’s on point.” -via SportsNet / July 1, 2024
NBA on ESPN: “If you can be in a tough spot with Nikola Jokic, Denver is kind of in a bit of a tough spot right now.” 😳 @WindhorstESPN on why the Denver Nuggets can’t afford to miss out this offseason after losing KCP to the Magic 👀 pic.twitter.com/8UxiQfNI5a -via Twitter @ESPNNBA / June 30, 2024