Canada Basketball

MurrayMania is in full swing.

Continuing the deep dive into Canadians in the first round of the NBA playoffs

Jamal Murray is good folks.

With week #2 of the bubble complete, some Canadians will be set for a playoff run while others will be leaving the Disney resorts.

Whether it’s the Orlando weather or bubble life, week #1 of the NBA restart was full of competitive basketball. So how have the Canadians in the bubble played so far?

While some of Canada's biggest names like Andrew Wiggins, Tristan Thompson and RJ Barrett will not be present in Orlando, there is still plenty of Canadian talent in the bubble.

1. Mychal Mulder’s Hot Shooting After spending 134 games in the G league, Mychal Mulder finally got his call up to the NBA with the Golden State Warriors. After playing extremely well and even starting 2 out of 6 games thus far, Mulder has impressed the Warriors enough to sign a second 10-day contract. A…

1. Trey Lyles’s Transition into a Catch and Shoot 3pt Shooter Trey Lyles, the former lottery pick, has slowly disappeared from media attention as he’s had a disappointing start to his NBA career. Once hailed as a sure fire prospect, Lyles just hasn’t been able to develop and reach his potential. After spending a couple…

1. Canada Splits Americup Qualifiers In their first FIBA Americup qualifier, Canada came up victorious against a hungry and talented Dominican Republic squad. Led by Nicholson’s 16 points, Canada handily defeated the Dominican Republic and started the qualifiers off on the right foot. Andrew Nicholson started out slow but when the second half came around,…