Canadian basketball is peaking. In addition to “bubble” stars like Jamal Murray of the Nuggets and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Lugentz Dort of the Thunder, there are a number of solid NBA players, like Kelly Olynyk of the Heat, Andrew Wiggins of the Warriors, Tristan Thompson of the Cavaliers and R.J. Barrett of the Knicks ... who has the added distinction of being Steve Nash’s godson.
And Nash knows all about them. For seven years, two years longer than his time as player development consultant, Nash was General Manager of Team Canada, As Alex Schiffer wrote last week, Nash evaluated every top player in Canada, knows them, their strengths and weaknesses, their potential.