Former Senior Men’s Canadian National Team member to help lead growth of CEBL expansion team
The Scarborough Shooting Stars of the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced Wednesday that Burlington native Brady Heslip has been named General Manager of the league’s expansion club.
As a former member of the Canadian Senior Men’s National Team, Heslip won a silver medal in the 2015 Pan American Games as well as a bronze medal at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship. The 31-year- old also played seven professional seasons in the NBA G League, NBA Summer League, the Bosnian National League, and the Basketball Bundesliga in Germany.
“I am honoured and grateful to be appointed general manager of Scarborough’s pro basketball team,” said Heslip. “I am excited about the opportunity to build this organization and be a part of a championship culture for years to come”.
Heslip played for Baylor University from 2011 to 2014 where he averaged 10.1 points in 112 games played while shooting 40 percent from the three-point line. He signed with the Iowa Energy of the NBA G League in 2014 and pointers converted 11 three-point attempts in his professional debut, setting the league record for most three-pointers made in a single game. He surpassed his own record 15 days later when he made 13 threes against the Idaho Stampede. He went on to play for the Bosnian Club, Igokea, later that year and was named 2015 Bosnian Cup Grand Final MVP after helping his team win the championship. In 15 Bosnian League games for Igokea, Helslip averaged 18.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Heslip was acquired by the Raptors 905 for the 2016-17 season after playing four preseason games with the Toronto Raptors in the NBA. He last played for the German team, Skyliners Frankfurt of the Bundesliga in 2018.
About the Scarborough Shooting Stars
Franchise owners Nicholas ‘Niko’ Carino, one of the founding members of OVO (October’s Very Own), and Sam Ibrahim, one of the founding members of Playground Global ( www.playground-global.com ), could not be more excited to join and expand the league. Born and raised in Scarborough, Carino and Ibrahim are honoured to promote the dream-big mentality and encourage the next generation of young dreamers to go after their goals. Together, they are working toward the shared objectives of creating immediate jobs and career pathways for young people to pursue their passions and expanding opportunities to grow the game of basketball.
About the Canadian Elite Basketball League
A league created by Canadians for Canadians, the CEBL has the highest percentage of Canadian players of any professional league in the country, with 75 percent of its current rosters being Canadians. Players bring experience from the NBA, NBA G League, top international leagues, including division 1 FIBA leagues, the Canadian National team program, and top NCAA programs as well as U SPORTS. The only First Division Professional League Partner of Canada Basketball, the CEBL season typically runs from May through August with ten teams coast-to-coast. Head to CEBL.ca for more information or follow us (@cebleague) on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook & YouTube. All CEBL games are available for live streaming on the CEBL’s new OTT streaming service, CEBL+, cbcsports.ca , the free CBC Gem streaming service, the CBC Sports App for iOS and Android devices, and on Twitch.