HISTORIC NIGHT FOR CANADA AS RECORD SETTING SIX CANADIANS SELECTED IN THE 2019 NBA DRAFT

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (June 20, 2018) – Six Canadians were selected in the 2019 NBA Draft on Thursday night, not only surpassing the previous record of four Canadians picked in the 2014 NBA Draft but also setting the record for most draftees from a non-U.S. country in one draft.  In addition, four Canadian first-round selections also established a new record for the country.

There has been at least one Canadian player taken in the past ten drafts and this is the sixth time in the last seven years that a Canadian has been drafted in the first round.

Since 1983, a total of 33 Canadian players have been picked in the NBA Draft, with 24 being chosen in the past decade.  For the third time in history, Canada once again became the only country outside the U.S. to have two players drafted in the lottery in the same draft.

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