Oshae Brissett to play for Canada in 2023 FIBA World Cup

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The newly-acquired Celtic joins a loaded roster of elite Canadian basketball gamers hoping to win their nation’s first World Cup.

New Celtic Oshae Brissett (yellow) will symbolize each the Celtics and his nation within the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Michael Dwyer/AP Picture

Boston Celtics ahead Oshae Brissett will play within the 2023 FIBA World Cup as a member of Crew Canada, the Canadian Nationwide Crew introduced on Thursday.

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The Mississauga, Ontario native agreed to signal a two-year contract with the Celtics on June 30. Earlier than becoming a member of the Celtics, Brissett had performed for the Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors after leaving Syracuse College in 2019.

Brissett joins a star-studded roster of Canadian basketball gamers, as he’ll play alongside All-NBA first workforce member Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder and NBA champion Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets. Houston’s Dillon Brooks, New York’s RJ Barrett and Purdue College’s Zach Edey can even play for Canada.

Though he would be the solely present Celtic on the workforce, Brissett will doubtless not be the one title on this roster that Celtics followers acknowledge. They are going to keep in mind Utah’s Kelly Olynyk, who performed 4 years with Boston from 2013-2017. Dwight Powell, who performed for the Celtics in 2014, can even play for Crew Canada.

Brissett and Crew Canada’s journey to win the 2023 FIBA World Cup will start on Aug. 25 with the group part as members of Group H, the place they are going to play towards France, Lebanon and Latvia. In the event that they make it out of the group stage, they are going to advance to the elimination stage starting on Sept. 5, which can culminate with the championship recreation on Sept. 10.