Currently, there are under 100 Canadian basketball players playing around the world. More if you include the players in the CBEL. My question becomes than how did Serbia's European league players out play Canada's.
The thought process of Canada's roster selection in theory would have worked but it's a flawed approach if Thomas Scrubb, Bell Haynes Edey and Ejim weren't utilized the way an All-Star team should have.
Canada is too deep at the NBA and pro players abroad. Truth is however, we might be too thin at the 4 and 5 spots to have a non NBA player give significant minutes off the bench for Canada moving forward.
On the contrast, Canada has an embarrassment of riches at the guard spot which is going to make it tough for guys like Pangos and others to crack the team.
I have Kyle Wiltjer a better player than Scrubb so I'm curious on the final roster spots. With commitment being such a big deal, I wonder what players were offered a roster spot but declined.
Still, I foresee things shifting a bit for Canada. Beating the USA, the commitment should be at an all time high for USA which hopefully raises the commitment standard for Canada. Will they stick to their core 14 that got them there or will new players emerge.
I'm not trying to rain on the parade that happened this month but it almost backfired on Team Canada by having three players hog the bench for the majority of the tournament. Canada was in foul trouble most of the games and it was the players that were in foul trouble saved us.
Now, the question is can any of these players listed below blossom into depth at the National team level?
Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Team GP MPG PPG RPG APG SPB BPG Hassan Abdul-Hakim PG 6-8 190 - Texas-RGV - - - - - - - Kwo Agwa F 6-6 185 - Texas A&M Commerce - - - - - - - Fardaws Aimaq C 6-11 245 Jan 6, 1999 California - - - - - - - Pipe Ajayi F 6-7 230 Sep 10, 2003 Bucknell - - - - - - - Sam Alamutu G 6-5 215 - Vermont - - - - - - - Vasean Allette G 6-3 175 Apr 28, 2004 Old Dominion - - - - - - - Yamari Allette G 6-3 190 - Old Dominion - - - - - - - Keon Ambrose-Hylton F 6-8 215 Sep 21, 2001 Southern Methodist - - - - - - - Jacob Antchak C 6-8 - - Green Bay - - - - - - - Caleb Atewe C 6-9 233 Oct 3, 2003 Central Michigan - - - - - - - Yanis Bamba F 6-6 - - Wichita State - - - - - - - Matai Baptiste F 6-7 215 - Boston University - - - - - - - Shawn Barthelemy G 6-0 175 - Southern Nazarene - - - - - - - Josh Bascoe PG 6-0 178 Mar 11, 2002 Bucknell - - - - - - - Eric Beckett GF 6-4 230 - Simon Fraser - - - - - - - Jaden Bediako C 6-10 245 Sep 24, 2000 Seton Hall - - - - - - - Gabe Bergeron SF 6-8 190 - Hobart College - - - - - - - T.J. Biel F 6-7 205 - Southeast Missouri State - - - - - - - Enoch Boakye FC 6-10 240 Mar 24, 2003 Fresno State - - - - - - - Victor Bonsu G 6-5 190 - Simon Fraser - - - - - - - Javonte Brown C 7-0 255 Sep 19, 2002 Western Michigan - - - - - - - Joel Brown PG 6-2 190 Nov 12, 2000 Iona - - - - - - - Terique Brown PG 6-2 175 - Simon Fraser - - - - - - - Ethan Butler F 6-7 205 - Northern Illinois - - - - - - - Jaden Campbell G 6-5 205 - Samford - - - - - - - Matteus Case SG 6-5 196 Jul 13, 2001 William & Mary - - - - - - - Tate Christiansen G 6-4 188 - Simon Fraser - - - - - - - Jaden Clayton PG 6-4 160 Jan 30, 2003 Maine - - - - - - - Jaiden Cole G 6-4 160 - Towson - - - - - - - Teshaundre Cole F 6-5 215 - Chicago State - - - - - - - Irish Coquia G 6-1 175 - Simon Fraser - - - - - - - Louth-Mohamed Coulibaly PF 6-9 248 - Holy Cross - - - - - - - Josiah Davis G 6-3 195 Feb 4, 2003 Tennessee Tech - - - - - - - Malachi Davis G 6-4 175 - Arizona State - - - - - - - Darius DeAveiro PG 6-0 170 Mar 29, 2002 Valparaiso - - - - - - - Elliot Dimaculangan G 6-4 172 - Simon Fraser - - - - - - - Okay Djamgouz PG 6-5 190 - Maine - - - - - - - Eli Djordjevic F 6-8 185 - Long Beach State - - - - - - - Kyle Duke G 6-4 185 Jul 10, 2002 North Carolina A&T - - - - - - - Jordann Dumont SF 6-8 200 Jul 12, 2004 Villanova - - - - - - - Zach Edey C 7-4 305 Mar 14, 2002 Purdue - - - - - - - Kobe Elvis PG 6-2 180 Mar 16, 2001 Dayton - - - - - - - Will Exacte, Jr. G 6-6 230 Jul 7, 2003 Utah - - - - - - - Kaosi Ezeagu C 6-10 255 Nov 26, 1999 New Mexico State - - - - - - - Kyler Filewich F 6-9 250 Jul 25, 2001 Wofford - - - - - - - Elijah Fisher F 6-6 190 Jan 3, 2004 DePaul - - - - - - - Jeremy Foumena C 6-11 235 - Rhode Island - - - - - - - Nait George G 6-3 180 - Georgia Tech - - - - - - - Justice Gordon G 6-3 173 - Wayne State (MI) - - - - - - - Quincy Guerrier F 6-8 220 May 13, 1999 Illinois - - - - - - - Adam Harakow F 6-7 - - Lake Superior State - - - - - - - Hunter Harding C 7-0 230 - Central Michigan - - - - - - - Markus Harding C 6-10 260 - Central Michigan - - - - - - - Joshua Hemmings FC 6-9 230 Oct 26, 2001 Harvard - - - - - - - Ben Hendriks C 6-10 215 Jun 6, 2000 Ball State - - - - - - - Jaden Henley F 6-7 200 - DePaul - - - - - - - Aden Holloway G 6-1 165 Sep 7, 2004 Auburn - - - - - - - Jacob Holt F 6-9 235 - Sacramento State - - - - - - - T.J. Hurley F 6-5 190 May 26, 2004 Vermont - - - - - - - Nigel Hylton SF 6-8 205 May 19, 2003 Simon Fraser - - - - - - - Sam Ibeh F 6-6 - - Cal State San Bernardino - - - - - - - K.C. Ibekwe C 6-10 287 Jul 17, 2004 Oregon State - - - - - - - Tegra Izay C 7-0 245 - Southern Mississippi - - - - - - - Isaac Jack C 6-11 250 - Dayton - - - - - - - D.J. Jackson PG 6-4 175 Mar 29, 2003 IUPUI - - - - - - - Dawson John F 6-5 195 - St. Mary's (TX) - - - - - - - Caleb Johnson F 6-7 200 - Jacksonville State - - - - - - - Trent Johnson GF 6-7 205 - Idaho State - - - - - - - Marquese Josephs G 6-1 - - Grand Canyon - - - - - - - Enoch Kalambay SG 6-6 205 Jan 23, 2002 Western Kentucky - - - - - - - Jaden Kirkwood G 6-5 222 Mar 29, 2003 Holy Cross - - - - - - - Ben Krikke PF 6-9 220 Mar 23, 2001 Iowa - - - - - - - Sebastien Lamaute G 6-1 198 - Fairleigh Dickinson - - - - - - - Conner Landell F 6-9 230 - Fort Hays State - - - - - - - Georges Lefebvre F 6-8 220 Jan 5, 2002 Simon Fraser - - - - - - - Jaelin Llewellyn PG 6-2 190 May 13, 1999 Michigan - - - - - - - Julian Lual F 6-6 196 - Arkansas State - - - - - - - Braeden Macvicar C 6-11 220 - Coastal Carolina - - - - - - - Marko Maletic F 6-6 208 - Toledo - - - - - - - Cyril Martynov C 7-0 230 Jun 22, 2004 Eastern Michigan - - - - - - - Anthony Maxwell G 6-1 180 - UMass Lowell - - - - - - - Liam McChesney F 6-9 210 Sep 26, 2001 High Point - - - - - - - Armani Mighty C 6-10 225 - Boston College - - - - - - - Emanuel Miller SF 6-7 215 Jun 19, 2000 TCU - - - - - - - Tre-Vaughn Minott C 6-9 260 Apr 22, 2001 Portland State - - - - - - - Frank Mitchell F 6-8 240 - Canisius - - - - - - - Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe F 6-8 217 Mar 22, 2001 Georgia - - - - - - - Jefferson Monegro G 6-4 185 Feb 7, 2003 Western Michigan - - - - - - - Ezra Moos F 6-5 200 - Chicago - - - - - - - Josh Morgan G 6-3 215 - Incarnate Word - - - - - - - Collin Mulholland C 6-10 190 - Chattanooga - - - - - - - Brandon Muntu F 6-4 190 - Western Michigan - - - - - - - Thomas Ndong F 6-10 - Aug 18, 2004 Oregon State - - - - - - - Milos Nenadic F 6-10 - Sep 15, 2003 Maine - - - - - - - Kailon Nicholls G 6-0 160 - Duquesne - - - - - - - Alexander Nwagha C 6-8 221 Sep 25, 2001 Northeastern - - - - - - - Michael Nwoko C 6-10 240 Oct 21, 2004 Miami (FL) - - - - - - - Brayden O'Connor G 6-4 207 - UMass Lowell - - - - - - - Yaw Obeng-Mensah C 6-7 215 - Niagara - - - - - - - Baraka Okojie G 6-3 - Jun 15, 2005 George Mason - - - - - - - Ose Okojie F 6-5 191 Aug 7, 2003 Howard - - - - - - - Immanuel Oludele F 6-6 205 - Simon Fraser - - - - - - - Wheza Panzo F 6-7 205 Apr 2, 2000 Iona - - - - - - - Johnny Papadakos F 6-8 205 - Barry - - - - - - - Dominic Parolin FC 6-9 245 - Lehigh - - - - - - - Markus Pastorcic-Straun GF 6-3 185 - Colorado Mines - - - - - - - Addison Patterson SF 6-7 200 Jun 9, 2001 Northwestern State - - - - - - - David Penney G 6-1 170 - Simon Fraser - - - - - - - Sabry Philip G 6-4 205 - Stony Brook - - - - - - - Shemar Rathan-Mayes PG 5-11 190 Jul 17, 2001 UNC Wilmington - - - - - - - Muon Reath SF 6-7 180 - UNC Greensboro - - - - - - - Luka Sakota PG 6-6 198 Feb 17, 2001 Northeastern - - - - - - - Tyrese Samuel PF 6-10 235 Mar 10, 2000 Florida - - - - - - - Jasman Sangha C 6-8 225 - Cal State Northridge - - - - - - - Keshaun Saunders G 6-5 195 Feb 13, 1999 Portland State - - - - - - - Bryant Selebangue F 6-8 215 - Arizona State - - - - - - - Shaedon Simpson G 6-6 180 - Central Michigan - - - - - - - Cam Slaymaker F 6-4 195 - Southern Nazarene - - - - - - - Keelan Steele C 6-10 - - Maine - - - - - - - Rory Stewart PF 6-8 230 May 24, 2003 Rhode Island - - - - - - - Zach Stone FC 6-11 219 - Simon Fraser - - - - - - - Caelum Swanton-Rodger C 6-11 220 Jun 1, 2003 Maryland - - - - - - - Brandyn Talbot F 6-5 181 Jan 20, 2001 Texas-Arlington - - - - - - - Jahmyl Telfort SF 6-7 224 Apr 30, 2001 Butler - - - - - - - Jacob Theodosiou G 6-4 188 Oct 4, 2005 Wyoming - - - - - - - Trey Thomas G 6-0 160 - Bowling Green - - - - - - - Taryn Todd PG 6-4 180 Sep 6, 2001 Arkansas State - - - - - - - Miguel Tomley G 6-3 200 Jul 29, 2000 Idaho State - - - - - - - Nate Tshimanga C 6-10 235 Jul 8, 2001 Utah Valley - - - - - - - Mikkel Tyne PG 5-10 180 May 2, 2005 Richmond - - - - - - - Josiah Tynes PG 6-3 180 - Indianapolis - - - - - - - Kellen Tynes PG 6-3 175 - Maine - - - - - - - Jahari Williamson G 6-1 165 Sep 2, 2004 Valparaiso - - - - - - - Ja'Shonte' Wright-McLeish GF 6-4 185 - Maine - - - - - - - Anthony Wrzeszcz GF 6-4 185 May 18, 2004 Sam Houston State - - - - - - - Ryan Young PF 6-10 238 Dec 2, 1999 Duke - - - - - - - Jimmy Zaborniak G 5-11 168 - Simon Fraser
