Ep 31: 2nd Annual Canadian Basketball Awards presented by Canada Hoops with Scott Witter

06/06/22 • 87 min

It's the 2nd Annual Canadian Basketball Awards presented by Canada Hoops! Our guy and Canada Basketball Specialist, Scott Witter, pulls up to chat with Matty about this years awards. The fanbase voted, Scott and Matty made their picks: Now it's time to see who everyone chose for the Canadian NBA MVP, Canadian NBA Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Canadian in the NBA and more. And you know Scott is going to give us his MVP and more for our Canadian players in Europe. Scott and Matty also discuss the recent "summer core" announced by Canada Basketball for the SMNT, the NBA Draft with respect to the Canadians entering the Draft and the commitment announcement from Elijah Fisher as he heads to play for the Texas Tech Red Raiders this fall. It's always a great conversation with our man Scott Witter so much love to Scott for pulling up on Canada Hoops!

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