TORONTO -- Canada Basketball says Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins is planning to play for the national men's team in the Olympic qualifying tournament later this summer in Victoria.
A native of Vaughan, Ont., Wiggins was 39th in NBA scoring this season, averaging 18.6 points per game.
The 26-year-old Wiggins played for Canada in 2015 at the 2016 Olympic qualifying tournament in Mexico City.
Canada fell one win short of qualifying for the Olympics that year, losing 79-78 to Venezuela in the semifinals.
Wiggins was picked first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2014 NBA draft.
The six-foot-seven Wiggins gives Canada coach Nick Nurse's team a big boost with Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray out with a knee injury.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 25, 2021.
