Olympic Basketball Preview! | What will it take for the Canadian men and women to medal at Paris 2024? w Oren Weisfeld

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In Episode 1684, Sean Woodley is joined by Oren Weisfeld (author of an upcoming book on Canada Basketball for the ECW Press) to chat about the Canadian men's and women's national teams as they get set to push for medals in basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Off the top, Sean and Oren assess the overall level of expectation for both the men's and women's squads. The men, led by MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander enter the Paris games as one of the favourites to medal, and with the second-best Vegas odds to win the whole thing behind the United States. The women, meanwhile, while certainly part of a group of teams that could all realistically medal in Paris, are perhaps going into these Olympics with an eye on building a foundation for 2024, when the team's talented young core will be far more ready to compete at the tip-top of the international field. Next, Sean and Oren detail the men's team's pathway through a challenging Group A featuring Giannis Antetokounmpo's Greece, the always competitive Spain, and the high-pedigree Australians. Plus, a look at the biggest internal threats to Canada's medal hopes, and what it will take for them to secure a medal in the most talented field ever assembled for a men's best-on-best tournament. Lastly, Sean and Oren take a look at Canada's road through a challenging group of their own, with France, Nigeria and Australia all standing in Canada's way as they attempt to make it out of the group stage and into the knockout rounds. Can Canada's WNBA contingent of Kia Nurse, Laeticia Amihere, Aaliyah Edwards and Bridget Carleton overcome arriving late to the team and push Canada further than the Vegas prognosticators currently predict them to go? And can Canada's youth pop on the world's biggest stage?

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