Olynyk, another casualty for the World Cup in a decaffeinated Canada

There had already been a big cut at the beginning of the preparation, to which half of the players previously summoned for different reasons did not appear. Among the absences there were many NBA players like Tristan Thompson, Mfiondu Kabengele, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Trey Lyles, Dwight Powell, Luguentz Dort, Dillon Brooks and Brandon Clarke. To them we must add two that were and will not play due to injury, two stars like Jamal Murray and R.J. Barrett.

Now it goes down due to a physical accident Kelly Olynyk, I was willing to play. The pivot wing of the Heat suffered a severe blow a few days ago on one of his knees and did not want to risk playing the World Cup tournament.

Yes, players from Endesa League teams continue as Kyle Wiltjer, Aaron Doornekamp, ​​Nik Stauskas, Philip Scrubb, Melvin Ejim or Kevin Pangos.