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Jimmy Kimmel Live: Can Canadians Talk Trash? (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
Go to any hockey game, on the ice or in the stands. Marcuse Jun 2019 #1
Yeah, that's a little different rationalcalgarian Jun 2019 #2
True dat. Marcuse Jun 2019 #3
From what I read immigrants are more into it than hockey JonLP24 Jun 2019 #4

rationalcalgarian

(295 posts)
2. Yeah, that's a little different
Wed Jun 19, 2019, 09:38 PM
Jun 2019

Basketball still isn't a big deal here. Some of us played it a little in high school, maybe in gym class, but that's about it. Not a big part of the culture.
But, if this was the Stanley Cup finals with Toronto and LA Kings..... oh yeah! There would be some impressive trash talk! Lots of *bleeps* in the interviews (to protect delicate ears)

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
4. From what I read immigrants are more into it than hockey
Fri Jun 21, 2019, 08:54 PM
Jun 2019

“Basketball has always been a big part of our lives,” said Nasir, whose parents immigrated from Pakistan.

The sport, said 13-year-old Shayan Rajput, Nasir’s cousin, is “multicultural, it includes everybody.”

(Snip)

“You only see white people playing hockey,” said Andrew Nguyen, 19, whose parents came to Toronto from Vietnam. “But basketball is more like what the nation is like.”

(Snip)

He said most people he knew preferred basketball to hockey because “not a lot of people can afford that equipment.” He said, “Basketball is a lot cheaper and easier to get into than hockey.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/world/canada/basketball-toronto-raptors.amp.html

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