Hopes are high that San Antonio Spurs top rookie guard Cory Joseph will join the 17-man Canadian national training team preparing for the coming 2011 FIBA-Americas Olympic qualifiers in Argentina. Joseph was the 29th pick over-all of the Spurs out of the University of Texas at Austin. He played a single season for the Longhorns, posting norms of 10.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists a game in 36 appearances as the lead point guard. Joseph had previously suited up for Canada in the FIBA World Championships in 2007 and 2009. Miami Heat center Joel Anthony leads the training pool which includes Jermaine Anderson, Mangisto Arop, Antwi Atuahene, former PBA import Denham Brown, Murphy Burnatowski, Aaron Doornekamp, Carl English, Jeff Ferguson, Brady Heslip, Levon Kendall, Nemanja Mitrovic, Kelly Olynyk, Andy Rautins, Jevohn Shepherd, Jamie Vanderbeken, and Jesse Young. Former NBA and Canadian national player Leo Rautins returns once again as Team Canada head coach with Renato Pasquali, Scott Roth, and Greg Francis as assistant coaches. Cleveland Cavaliers rookie forward and Joseph’s former Longhorns teammate Tristan Thompson, who was the fourth pick over-all in last month’s NBA draft, will not suit up for the Canadians due to some personal reasons.
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