How Canada Basketball's request for commitment could translate positively to the NBA

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When Czech Republic guard Thomas Satoransky nailed an elbow jumper in overtime in the semi-final of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Victoria B.C. last summer, it changed everything for the Canadian men’s senior basketball team.

Now, that might seem like the logical thing to do. After all, the Canadians haven’t made the Olympics in 22 years, and the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. But these are NBA players we are talking about — people making millions of dollars who are used to doing what is convenient to them.

Nurse notes that the summer is the time for NBA players to work on their games and get better, and what the national team goes through during training camp to prepare for a group of games is monumentally different than just going to a regular summer workout or a casual run. While Nurse acknowledged that his job is to prepare the team to win, he said that he also monitors the growth of his players and the long-term plan for the program, similar to how he coaches the Raptors.

“I think the offseason is an opportunity for everybody at every level to improve your game. There's the quiet hours, the gym, the dark hours, whatever you want to call it, where you're kind of just grinding away,” Powell explains. “But to be able to compete for something at a very high level during the offseason is a whole ‘nother advantage in terms of development.”

“I mean, you just have the opportunities to do different things, you know, whether it's in college or the NBA or different pro teams, you kind of get pegged into a certain role or a certain situation and you have a chance to come here and either grow that or change that or kind of play a different role and keep continuing to grow,” Olynyk says.

“Pressure is pressure: it's what you make of it. So, the more you can put yourself in those situations, the more comfortable you become over the course of your career. So it's definitely helpful,” Powell said.

 

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