BEIJING (FIBA 3x3 World Tour) - The FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final 2017 will be staged in Beijing, China on October 28-29 and we look at the 12 participating teams. We continue our preview with Saskatoon (CAN).

    BEIJING (FIBA 3x3 World Tour) - The FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final 2017 will be staged in Beijing, China on October 28-29 and we look at the 12 participating teams. We continue our preview with Saskatoon (CAN).

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    SASKATOON (CAN)

    Seed: #12
    Qualified: Finishing 7th in the World Tour Standings
    World Tour 2017 Appearances: 3 (2nd in Saskatoon, 5th in Prague and 9th in Lausanne)
    World Tour 2017 Record: 6W-4L
    Previous World Tour Final appearances: 4 (6th in 2013, 2nd in 2014 & 10th in 2016)
    Top Scorer: Nolan Brudehl: 64 points (15th overall)

    Roster
    #3 Steve Sir (CAN): 35 years old; 1.96m; World Rank: 69
    #4 Michael Lieffers (CAN): 30 years old; 2.07m; World Rank: 83
    #5 Michael Linklater (USA): 35 years old; 1.78m; World Rank: 48
    #7 Andrew Spagrud (CAN): 31 years old, 2.03m; World Rank: 1450

    Notes
    - Lieffers and Linklater played together at the University of Saskatchewan and won the college title in Canada in 2009-2010.
    - Linklater is a proud member of the Nehiyaw (Cree) First Nation community and was named MVP of the Lausanne Masters 2016.
    - To this day Steve Sir still leads the NCAA (US college) in 3 point percentage (he won the Lausanne Masters shoot-out contest this year) and did the NBA summer league with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2016.

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