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With the 19th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup beginning on August 25th, there follows a look at the rosters for each of the 32 teams taking part. This instalment looks at the team from Jordan, who were in only their third-ever World Cup and finished in last place, but who are a growth nation in the game.
Malek Kanaan
- PG – 6’0 – Born 7th February 1993
- Al Riyadi, Jordan
The great difficulty with assessing some Jordanian players is, if they have only ever played in their home nation, there can be a shortage of game footage available with which to make any evaluations. Even after several efforts on Google Translate trying to identify the relevant team and player names in Arabic, there is sometimes not a whole lot to find. And this is true of Kanaan, who, it appears, has only ever played in his homeland, where he averaged 10.2 points, 6.7 assists and 4.5 rebounds in 2022/23. From what can be found, it appears that Kanaan is a small yet unselfish pass-first guard and pick-and-roller operator who is not a great shooter; given that he has never had a big role in any international tournament – nor stood out in his small ones – it is hard to see a future for him outside of what he is already doing. Whatever that is.
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