Locked On Raptors

In Episode 1684, Sean Woodley is joined by Oren Weisfeld (author of an upcoming book on Canada Basketball for the ECW Press) to chat about the Canadian men's and women's national teams as they get set to push for medals in basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Off the top, Sean and Oren assess the overall level of expectation for both the men's and women's squads. The men, led by MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander enter the Paris games as one of the favourites to medal, and with the second-best Vegas odds to win the whole thing behind the United States. The women, meanwhile, while certainly part of a group of teams that could all realistically medal in Paris, are perhaps going into these Olympics with an eye on building a foundation for 2024, when the team's talented young core will be far more ready to compete at the tip-top of the international field. Next, Sean and Oren detail the men's team's pathway through a challenging Group A featuring Giannis Antetokounmpo's Greece, the always competitive Sp