OAKLAND, CALIF.—The Canadian flag, soaked in beer and champagne, was waved in the Toronto locker room. Pascal Siakam wore the flag of Cameroon around his shoulders. Marc Gasol was yelling some happy phrase in Spanish.
Every team that wins an NBA title calls itself “world champions.”
These Toronto Raptors might actually be worthy of such a moniker.
The new kings of NBA basketball are the first outside the U.S. to wear the crown. And they come from all corners of the globe.
Team President Masai Ujiri was born in England and raised in Nigeria.