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The Canadian men’s basketball team is gearing up for their first match of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games Saturday. CBC Toronto’s Dwight Drummond sat down with some of the team’s key players ahead of the Summer Games.
Six-part Paris 2024 Team Canada series: From NBA veterans leading team, to players hoping to bring home gold
The Canadian men’s basketball team is gearing up for their first match of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Saturday — the first for the team since 2000.
CBC Toronto’s Dwight Drummond sat down with some of the team members ahead of the Summer Games — many of whom hail from the Greater Toronto Area.
Here’s a look at the six-part Team Canada series leading up to the Paris Games.
WATCH | Canadian men’s basketball team going for gold at the 2024 Paris Games:
The countdown is on to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and basketball fans couldn’t be more excited. Canada’s men’s team hasn’t been a contender since the 2000 Games in Sydney. In the first part of this Team Canada series leading up to the Paris Games, CBC’s Dwight Drummond sat down with players Andrew Nembhard and Luguentz Dort.
WATCH | NBA veterans Kelly Olynyk and Dwight Powell on leading Team Canada:
NBA stars Kelly Olynyk and Dwight Powell sit down with CBC’s Dwight Drummond and share why heading to the Olympics for Team Canada is a lifelong dream. Plus the veteran players share their connections to Toronto, including how Powell was discovered while riding a TTC streetcar.
WATCH | Jamal Murray and coach Jordi Fernández gear up for the Summer Games:
Canada’s men’s basketball team is days away from competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The roster is stacked with GTA talent, including Jamal Murray. The 27-year-old from Kitchener plays for the Denver Nuggets. He tells CBC’s Dwight Drummond about his untraditional training and how he credits his dad for his skills on the court.
WATCH | Dillon Brooks, Fernández on hoping to bring home a gold medal:
In the fourth part of this Team Canada basketball series, NBA star Dillon Brooks and coach Jordi Fernandez sit down with CBC’s Dwight Drummond to discuss the players’ hopes of bringing home a gold medal to Canada at Paris 2024.
WATCH | RJ Barrett on following in his father’s footsteps going for Olympics gold:
Basketball powerhouse father-son duo Rowan Barrett and RJ sat down with the CBC’s Dwight Drummond ahead of the Summer Olympics in Paris. The Toronto Raptors star RJ will wear the number 9 jersey, the same number his father wore at the 2000 Sydney Games. In addition to his dad’s career, the 24-year-old from Mississauga credits his mom’s side of the family for his athleticism.
WATCH | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nickeil Alexander-Walker say Paris 2024 a childhood dream come true:
NBA stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nickeil Alexander-Walker are headed to Paris together with Team Canada. The pair sit down with CBC’s Dwight Drummond to discuss how growing up in the GTA helped shape the players they are now, and their epic driveway battles.