” . . . first NBA Finals game to see a non-American team win.”
That sort of statement never fails to amuse me - gotta hand it to Toronto in how they were able to get a team of the very best Canadian basketball players to show those Yanks how the game should be played
Well, James Naismith was Canadian, after all.
So are you trying to say that the Raptors aren’t a Canadian team because most of their players aren’t Canadian (a number aren’t American, either). So, by that standard, are the Boston Bruins not an American NHL team?
that is the irony ..the NBA is a basketball league which employs the most skilled players in the world, primarily American and true fans could care less about their nationality. Canadians embrace them as their own because of their skill and do not give a damn about the politics, yet many arrogant Americans seem to enjoy scoffing and insulting Canada and Canadians with negative stereotyping. A Canadian is credited with inventing the game so they are proud to see it as a top notch international sporting activity..after the USA, Canadian born players are the second largest international contingent.
I checked the makeup of the Raptors roster. 11 Americans and 1 each from Canada, Cameroon, Congo, England and Spain. Of the Americans all are black except Jeremy Lin. The others are also black except Marc Gasol.