On Thursday morning, Canada Basketball officially released the 21 players invited to tryout as part of the Senior Men’s National Team for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
21 athletes accept invitations to attend 🇨🇦🏀 Senior Men’s National Team FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament training camp.
EN: https://t.co/j73sK5FhcL
FR: https://t.co/kIaxNee30s pic.twitter.com/ExOMTlUQ02— Canada Basketball (@CanBball) May 27, 2021
The list includes:
- Kyle Alexander
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker
- RJ Barrett
- Trae Bell-Haynes
- Anthony Bennett
- Khem Birch
- Oshae Brissett
- Dillon Brooks
- Brandon Clarke
- Aaron Doornekamp
- Luguentz Dort
- Melvin Ejim
- Cory Joseph
- Trey Lyles
- Mychal Mulder
- Andrew Nembhard
- Andrew Nicholson
- Kelly Olynyk
- Dwight Powell
- Tristan Thompson
- Andrew Wiggins
Training camp begins June 16 and ends on June 24.
Barrett, Brooks, Clarke, Powell, and Thompson are currently playing with their respective teams in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
Notable Canadians like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (torn plantar fascia) and Jamal Murray (torn ACL) missed out due to injuries but surely would have assisted the men in their efforts during the qualifier.
Chris Boucher will not play to recover from injury:
Chris Boucher wanted to focus on rehabbing sprained knee to make sure he was 100% healthy heading into 21-22, which is why he declined @CanBball invite, per sources. Boucher, 28, has 1yr left on a team option with Raptors for this coming season and a free agent in summer of ‘22.
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) May 27, 2021
The players selected after the qualifier will go on to compete for the Men’s National Team in Victoria, B.C., as they continue to prove themselves in hopes of helping Canada earn a spot in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
