Team Canada
Anthony made his Canadian national basketball team debut in the summer of 2008. He made a tremendous impact on the court for the Canadians, by setting both scoring and shot blocking records for an individual game. Canada however failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.
The following summer Anthony participated in the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship. He helped lead Canada to a 4th place finish, losing in the 3rd place game to Argentina. Anthony had his best performance Canada's semi-final loss to Brazil in which Joel posted team highs with 17 points and 8 rebounds.
In the summer of 2010 Anthony once again competed for Canada in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Canada finished with 5 losses out of 5 games, Canada's worst ever performance in the international tournament.
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