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    PRINCE OF THE NORTH

    Oct 18, 2019 3 minutes
    WORDS FRANKLYN CALLE
    PORTRAITS GEOFF FITZGERALD

    ABOUT 128 YEARS after Canadian graduate student James Naismith invented the game of basketball, his native country reached its pinnacle in the sport in 2019. The Toronto Raptors claimed their first ever NBA championship. And then, the following week at the 2019 NBA Draft, six Canadians heard their names called—setting a record for the most players selected in a single draft from a country outside of America.

    Yet, while everyone on the

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