The Canadian national team is Latvia’s opponent in the subgroup of the 2023 World Cup final tournament.
While Murray will not go to the test matches in Germany, the Canadian team will still be without Cory Joseph of the Golden State Warriors, Oshay Brissett of the Boston Celtics and Cassias Robertson, who joined the Spanish club Valencia this summer.
In Germany, the Canadians will first play a test match against German basketball players on Wednesday, before taking part in a tournament that will also feature China, New Zealand and host Germany. After that, Canada’s basketball players still have test matches against Spain and the Dominican Republic, in which Murray will probably also play.
Murray sat out the entire 2021/22 season while recovering from a torn cruciate ligament. season of the year. In his comeback season, the guard averaged 20.8 points, 6.2 assists and 4.0 rebounds in 65 regular season games in 33 minutes, while in the playoffs he averaged 26.1 points, 7.1 assists in 40 minutes in 20 games. assist and 5.7 turnovers.
The 26-year-old Canadian helped the Denver “Nuggets” team become the NBA champion.
Along with Latvia and Canada, France and Lebanon will compete in subgroup H.
The World Cup finals will be held in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines from August 25 to September 10.
Canada’s men’s basketball team’s extended list of candidates for the 2023 World Cup finals:
Kyle Alexander (Valencia, Spain), Nikel Alexander-Walker (Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA), Rowan Alexander Barrett (New York Knicks, NBA), Trey Bell-Haines (Casademont Zaragoza, Spain), Dillon Brooks (Houston “Rockets”, NBA), Lugenz Dort, Shay Gilges-Alexander (both – Oklahoma City “Thunder”, NBA), Zack Edey (Purdue University “Boilermakers”, NCAA), Melvin Ejim (Malaga “Unicaja”, Spain), Jamal Murray (Denver Nuggets, NBA), Kelly Olynyk (Utah Jazz, NBA), Kevin Pangos (Olimpia Milan, Italy), Dwight Powell (Dallas Mavericks, NBA), Phillip Scrubb (Niagara River Lions”, Canada), Thomas Scrubb (Ottawa “BlackJacks”, Canada).
