Cory Joseph Rumors (original) (raw)

“I took the honour of playing for your country very seriously and did it many times over the years,” Joseph, who got the news on Friday, said in an interview with Sportsnet. “This is not me complaining, I’m not a complainer. But there were times when I put FIBA basketball and playing for my country over my NBA situation at the time, whether I was in a contract year and I had no contract at the time and I went to go play for my country, whether I had little bumps and tweaks, I was there. Whether guys came or not, I always thought we still had a chance. For me it’s a little disheartening to be like, ‘Wow I wasn’t even given an opportunity to compete for whatever position?’ “