Canada is well represented in entertainment, music and, of course, hockey. With teenage hoops sensation Andrew Wiggins leading a wave of young talent from way up north, basketball might soon be a point of pride also.
Andrew Wiggins is proud to represent Canada. (Getty)Two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash is Canada's most heralded basketball player, with Bill Wennington, Rick Fox and Jamaal Magloire also having solid careers. But in the athletic Wiggins, Canada appears ready to make its mark on some new territory.
Wiggins, 18, is viewed as a superstar-in-the making and is expected to be the No. 1 overall selection in the 2014 NBA draft, as well as the primary building block of Canada's international team.
"Everyone last year was trying to figure out a way to get him next year," a longtime NBA scout and ex-player told Yahoo! Sports. "Teams are plotting and preparing for when he gets out of school. Character. Demeanor. Athleticism. Coachable. He makes the game look like it's insanely too easy. While everyone is sweating, he isn't and he jumps over your head. The total package."
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hope the wizards or bobcats won't buy canadian media's tbh. guy is way overrated and won't turn out to be much better than the autralian big named andrew bogut. foreign media always exalt their own boys that's why you saw so many super flops being selected with the #1 pick over the past decade or so, examples such as bogut, bargnani and that 7'6 piece of .
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