Ball player Quote by Masai Ujiri

I want to be that guy who comes to mind when you think of Canadian basketball one day.

— RJ Barrett

Day 1, when I was drafted to the Toronto Raptors, they had this stigma on them: Every guy leaves. Nobody wants to be here.…

— DeMar DeRozan

I want everyone to know: You can play basketball in Canada and you can still get to where you need to go.

— Jamal Murray

Everybody in the world is talking about Canada…outside of the US, there is probably no country in the world that is producing more blue-chip…

— George Raveling

It's super cool to see how far Canadian basketball has come.

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Canada hasn't really been a top footballing country in the world, but I think the next generation of players coming through, I think we…

— Alphonso Davies

Everybody's doing well and everybody's achieving their goals so it's great to see Canadian basketball on the rise.

— RJ Barrett

I want to hold onto that because I think every kid when they dream about playing basketball, they don't dream about being a role…

— Chris Bosh

America may be entering it’s Michael Jordan on the Wizards period.

— Christian Finnegan

At some point, everyone who is playing, their dream is to be in the NBA, because that's where all the best players are.

— Jose Calderon

When you think of Canada, you think of hockey and you think of Wayne Gretzky.

— Joe Sakic

It's disappointing being a Canadian and having friends on that team but that's the way it goes. It's the Olympics. It's disappointing for every…

— Darren McCarty