This is an excerpt from Toronto-based journalist Oren Weisfeld’s new book “The Golden Generation: How Canada Became a Basketball Powerhouse,” which highlights the growth of Canadian basketball from its days of irrelevancy among fans and its reputation as a racially-biased entity.
The 1994 FIBA world championship was originally set to be played in Belgrade, Serbia, until a civil war broke out in Yugoslavia in 1991.
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