ESPN’s Tim Bontemps joins Eric Smith and Paul Jones to discuss the growing competition in international basketball, the NBA producing players to one day represent their home country on a global stage, and the pressure on USA Men’s basketball program in the years to come. Sportsnet’s Michael Grange weighs in on the positive directions with professional sports returning to Canada, concerns with how the women’s national basketball team performed in their Tokyo Games opener vs. Serbia, how the Raptors will approach the NBA Draft, and if free agent centre Jarrett Allen would be a good fit for Toronto.

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