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NBA Rookie of the Year favorite Andrew Wiggins said Wednesday he will play for Canada at FIBA Americas in August and September, hoping to help the nation qualify for Olympic men’s basketball for the first time since 2000.
“I’m going to get a lot of rest,” Wiggins told reporters at Minnesota Timberwolves shootaround before he scored 23 points in a 138-113 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in his season finale. “I’ll be ready for it.”
Canada, under the tutelage of general manager Steve Nash, must make the FIBA Americas final to clinch a berth in the 2016 Olympics.