TORONTO, ON - APRIL 13: T-shirts for fans on seats prior to Game One (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
Canada has slowly become a hub for NBA talent
Toronto saw the odd Todd MacCulloch or Jamaal Magloire slip through the cracks, but the city wasn’t turning out lottery prospects left and right for the last few decades. In the year 2021, however, Canada is the second-highest exporter of NBA talent, and the players coming into the league seem to be getting better every single year. Of the 20 Canadians in the NBA, 9 have double-digit scoring averages.