19-05-2025
Gilgeous-Alexander closer to becoming first Canadian star to lead NBA champion
Before Nash, Canadians had occasionally been starters on team's to make the NBA's last four (like Toronto-born Rick Fox at times for the Los Angeles Lakers dynastic teams, or Winnipeg's Todd MacCulloch for Philadelphia, or Montreal's Bill Wennington being the backup centre for the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls) and Brampton's Tristan Thompson would do it regularly later for Cleveland setting the stage for recent events. Toronto-born, Kamloops, B.C-raised Kelly Olynyk made two deep runs himself, one for Boston and one for Miami when the Heat lost to Los Angeles in the bubble in Orlando.
