Cory Joseph not invited to join Canada for the Olympics
When training camp opens on June 28th in Toronto, Cory Joseph — a 13-year veteran who was at the forefront of Canada’s NBA wave and a stalwart of the men’s program since making his senior-team debut in 2011 — has been told he won’t be among those invited to compete for one of the 12 spots on the Olympic roster. It was a blow.
Source: SportsNet
Source: SportsNet
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Michael Grange @michaelgrange
The @CanBball men’s national team training camp roster will be announced on Wednesday. One person who won’t be on it and who wants to be? Senior team veteran Cory Joseph. “It’s disheartening man” — I spoke with him about it: sportsnet.ca/nba/article/ve… – 1:34 PM
The @CanBball men’s national team training camp roster will be announced on Wednesday. One person who won’t be on it and who wants to be? Senior team veteran Cory Joseph. “It’s disheartening man” — I spoke with him about it: sportsnet.ca/nba/article/ve… – 1:34 PM
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“I took the honour of playing for your country very seriously and did it many times over the years,” Joseph, who got the news on Friday, said in an interview with Sportsnet. “This is not me complaining, I’m not a complainer. But there were times when I put FIBA basketball and playing for my country over my NBA situation at the time, whether I was in a contract year and I had no contract at the time and I went to go play for my country, whether I had little bumps and tweaks, I was there. Whether guys came or not, I always thought we still had a chance. For me it’s a little disheartening to be like, ‘Wow I wasn’t even given an opportunity to compete for whatever position?’ ” -via SportsNet / June 17, 2024
Cory Joseph: “I’m only 32. My career is still young. Last year I got traded and waived for the first time, and I dealt with that. There’s two ways to go with that experience. You let it break you mentally and start blaming everybody, or you get better from it. For me, just finishing my 13th year, it’s not about the lows, it’s a learning process. I learned a lot from it and I have gotten better from it.” -via SportsNet / June 17, 2024
Luckily for Kabongo, a couple of Spurs teammates saved the day. “Thankfully I had great vets in Kawhi [Leonard] and Cory [Joseph] that took care of that fine for me,” Kabongo shared on Scoop B Radio. Kabongo says that both he and Coach Popovich shared a laugh about it afterwards. “He was laughing at me and talking about, ‘How was last night,’ he was like, “Don’t do it again!” and I’m like, ‘How are you gonna laugh at me and say don’t do it again? If your coach tells you to drink wine, then you drink it. Once you drink it you just don’t know when to stop!’ but that’s my little funny Coach Pop story.” The longest tenured coach in the NBA, Gregg Popovich has won five NBA Championships as the head coach of the Spurs. -via ScoopB.com / May 23, 2024