In what will likely be his final game playing for his home country, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was able to lead Team Canada to a 99-87 win over Team Argentina. This was a Group E game in the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers.
Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 23 points on 8-of-19 shooting that included going 5-of-13 from three, eight assists and four rebounds in 37 minutes.
With Oklahoma City Thunder training camp roughly a month away, Toronto Raptors reporter Michael Grange said he’s heard that Gilgeous-Alexander will not play any additional Team Canada games.
This news comes 12 hours after the Thunder announced No. 2 pick Chet Holmgren was going to miss the entire 2022-23 season due to a foot injury he suffered in a Pro-Am scrimmage this past weekend.
Gilgeous-Alexander finishes the summer averaging 26.3 points and five assists on 57.6 percent shooting that included going 47.6 percent from three for Team Cananda.
Shai is ridiculous lol.
Look at the acceleration, deceleration & the tough and-1 middy.
that’s a bucketpic.twitter.com/ziyP1xfTUB
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) August 26, 2022
logo shai pic.twitter.com/fLfVpQ5Re3
— TF (@ThunderFocus) August 26, 2022
