Honey Badgers Sign Veteran Guard Nick Wiggins Ahead of Season Opener
The Brampton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) announced Thursday that they have signed Nick Wiggins to the club ahead of the 2023 season opener. The six-foot-six guard comes to Brampton in the midst of an eight-year professional career including stops in eight countries and the NBA G League.
A native of Toronto, Wiggins joins the Honey Badgers following a brief stint with Taiwan’s Jeoutai Technology and Yulon Luxgen in 2022 appearing in 26 games combined and averaging 18.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.1 assists. Throughout his 193-game professional career, Wiggins holds a career average of 13.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.3 assists.
“Nick will bring more of a veteran presence to our Honey Badgers locker room and family,” said Jermaine Anderson, general manager and vice-president of basketball operations. “His impressive international resume makes him a welcomed piece to this team. It will be exciting for Brampton fans to watch his game all summer long.”
After two years at Wichita State University, Wiggins joined the Sacramento Kings for the 2014 NBA Summer League before beginning his professional career with Tigers Tubingen of the German Basketball Bundesliga. His career then brought him back to North America when he was acquired by the Idaho Stampede, now known as the Salt Lake City Stars, of the NBA Development League. The following season, Wiggins joined the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves for their respective NBA Summer League seasons, before eventually being claimed off waivers by the Raptors 905 where he appeared in 10 games.
The Wiggins family has a long list of athletic accomplishments. Both of Nick’s parents, Mitchell and Marita, are members of the Florida State Athletic Hall of Fall. Mitchell was also a first-round pick of the Indiana Pacers in 1983 and played in the league for six seasons with the Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, and Philadelphia 76ers. Nick’s brother, Andrew Wiggins, is an NBA Champion with the Golden State Warriors and has been a member of the Canadian Men’s National Team.
Coming off a historic championship in 2022, the Honey Badgers start the 2023 campaign May 24 at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, in what will tip off the CEBL's fifth season live on national television, as part of a multi-year deal with TSN. The Honey Badgers play their first home game at the CAA Centre in Brampton two days later, May 26, against rival Scarborough. The CEBL announced the permanent relocation of the Honey Badgers from Hamilton to Brampton on November 28, 2022. For more information on the season and for tickets, visit honeybadgers.ca/tickets or call 905-522-BALL (2255).
A league created by Canadians for Canadians with a mission to develop Canadian players, coaches, sports executives, and referees, the CEBL boasts the highest percentage of Canadian players of any pro league in the country with 71 per cent of its 2022 rosters being Canadian. Players bring experience from the NBA, NBA G League, top international pro leagues, the Canadian national team program, in addition to top NCAA and U SPORTS teams. Nine players have moved from the CEBL into the NBA following a CEBL season, and 28 CEBL players attended NBA G League training camps last October. More information about the CEBL is available at CEBL.ca and @cebleague on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.