Gilgeous-Alexander’s high school coaches say guard’s success inspiring Hamilton youth
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TORONTO — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s former coaches in his hometown of Hamilton say his star performance for team Canada at the FIBA Basketball World Cup is a source of pride for the city and its basketball community.
Gilgeous-Alexander, the Oklahoma City Thunder pointguard who has led Canada to its first-ever semifinal spot at the tournament, played high school basketball in Hamilton before transferring to a school in Tennessee.
Tim Francis, who coached Gilgeous-Alexander in 2012 and 2013 at Hamilton’s Sir Allan MacNab Secondary School, says there is a lot of “pride in having someone come out of the Hamilton ranks and to reach really the highest level of competition.”
Francis says Gilgeous-Alexander was not known as a budding international star early in his high school career, but has become of one “the best players in the world” through dedication to his craft.
