[mikeyvthedonParticipant]

CANADA’S CADET MEN FINALIZE ROSTER FOR FIBA AMERICAS U16 CHAMPIONSHIP

Last Updated: June 16, 2011

TORONTO, Ont. – Canada Basketball has unveiled the official roster for this summer’s Cadet Men’s National Team (CMNT) that will compete at the 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship for Men from June 21 – 25 in Cancun, Mexico.

“The 2011 Cadet National Team is an exciting group loaded with talent and future potential,” said Head Coach Roy Rana. “The group has gelled very quickly into a tight group which is not surprising due to their impressive character. We are excited about FIBA Americas and looking forward to representing Canada with great passion in our quest to qualify for the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship.”

The 2011 FIBA Americas U16 Championship features the best players aged 16 years and younger from 8 qualifying nations from the FIBA Americas zone. In a draw to determine the groups for the tournament, Canada was assigned to Group A with Chile, Mexico, and the champion from the still to be decided CONCENCABA tournament.

The CMNT will begin play on June 21 against Chile, then play the CONCENCABA champion the following day, and wrap up preliminary round play on June 23 versus Mexico. The top two finishers from each group move on to the semi-finals. The top three finishers of this summer’s competition will qualify for the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship in Lithuania.

All the games will be broadcast live streaming online at http://ww.fibaamericas.com.

Among the 12 players who made the team, a core group of standouts from the 2010 National Championships includes 17U gold medalist, Kevin Zabo (Gatineau, QC), 15U First Team All-Star, Patrick Steeves (Montreal, QC) and 15U gold medalist and tournament MVP, Tyrell Bellot Green (Toronto, ON). The entire roster will represent Canada for the first time at a FIBA sanctioned event.

In the inaugural FIBA Americas U16 Championship in 2009, Canada defeated Venezuela to capture the bronze medal and qualify for the 2010 U17 FIBA World Championship in Hamburg, Germany, where they defeated Lithuania to win bronze.

All Team Canada game summaries and boxscores will be posted on http://www.basketball.ca.

2011 CADET MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER

#	Name	Position	Height	Hometown	School / Club (2010/11)
9	Tyrell Bellot-Green	F	6’5	Toronto, ON	Oakwood Collegiate
10	Brody Clarke	G	6’5	Toronto, ON	Oakwood Collegiate
14	Noah Daoust	F	6’6	Dorval, QC	Selwyn House
5	Malcolm Duvivier	G	6’0"	Toronto , ON	St. Michael’s College
13	Christopher Egi	F	6’6	Toronto, ON	St. Andrew’s College
12	Miroslav Jaksic	F	6’9	Windsor, ON	W.F. Herman Secondary School
6	Christopher McComber	F	6’6	Nepean, ON	John McCrae High School
8	Anthony Pate	G	6’3	Oakville, ON	Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School
7	Jordan Robinson	F	6’6	Toronto, ON	Quality Education Academy
11	Marial Shayok	G	6’3	Ottawa, ON	St. Patrick’s High School
15	Patrick Steeves	F	6’5	Montreal, QC	Jean de Brebeuf
4	Kevin Zabo	G	6’2	Gatineau, QC	St. Mark’s School

CADET MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM STAFF

Name	Position	Hometown
Roy Rana	Head Coach	Toronto, ON
Kirby Schepp	Assistant Coach	Winnipeg, MB
Jamie McNeilly	Assistant Coach	Toronto, ON
Madhav Trivedi	Team Manager	Toronto, ON
Krisjob Vargas	Athletic Therapist	Toronto, ON
Dr. Mark Leung	Team Doctor	Toronto, ON

 

 

http://www.basketball.ca/en/hm/inside.php?sid=1&id=5096

 

No Andrew Wiggins, no Tanveer Bhullar (figured his size could be insane at this level, lol). Must be some reason Wiggins is not playing, heard he dominated try-outs. Well, I know he is looking at schools in the States, and have heard about him checking out Huntington Prep, where Tanveer just said he will be playing next year with his older brother Sim. Negus Webster-Chan (former Louisville commit) and Stefan Jankovic are both high level prospects and Canadians on the Huntington Prep team as well. That would be one beastly front line with all of those cats, plus Wiggins. Couple other articles:

Tanveer Bhullar:

http://crownmagonline.com/recruiting/tanveer-bhullar-to-now-make-west-virginian-move/

Andrew Wiggins:

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x1207154050/Huntington-Prep-in-mix-for-prospect

AH, and I see that Andrew is actually trying out for the U-19 NT (which he will more than likely make). Does this mean an appearance in the All-Canada Classic? Hopefully:

http://crownmagonline.com/latest-news/junior-mens-national-team-tryout-invite-list/

Junior Men’s National Team Tryout Invite List

Published by Michael Henry on June 9, 2011

 

 

From June 10-12, 2011, the Canadian Junior Men tryouts will be taking place at Laurentian University in Sudbury, ON. The tryout are in preparation for the 2011 U19 FIBA World Championships taking place in Latvia later on this month (June 30-July 10).

The Canadian side had earned the right to play in these World Championships by winning the U18 bronze medal last year.
There will be 22 athletes competing to earn a spot on the team that will be looking to improve in the last showing by a U19 National team, which was 7th back in 2009 in New Zealand.

The list of invitees include the following:

Matt Letkeman F 6’7 Abbotsford, BC, University of Calgary (CIS)
Braxston Bunce F 6’11 Kelowna, BC, Kelowna Secondary School
Sim Bhullar C 7’4 Toronto, ON, Huntington Prep
Naz Long G 6’1 Mississauga, ON, Findley College Prep
Julian Clarke G 6’3 Toronto, ON, Santa Clara (NCAA)
Nick Stauskas G 6’6 Mississauga, ON, St. Mark’s
Negus Webster-Chan G 6’7 Scarborough, ON, Huntington Prep
Stefan Cvrkalj G 6’4 Kitchener, ON, Bluevale Collegiate Institute
Justin Edwards G 6’2 Whitby, ON, Anderson CVI
Justin Shaver F 6’6 Ottawa, ON, John McCrae Secondary School
Duane Notice G 6’2 Woodbridge, ON, St. Michael’s College
Andrew Wiggins F 6’7 Vaughan, ON, Vaughan Collegiate Institute
Dyshawn Pierre G 6’6 Whitby, ON, Anderson CVI
Philip Scrubb G 6’4 Richmond, BC, Carleton University (CIS)
Olivier Hanlan G 6’2 Gatineau, QC, New Hampton
Junior Lomomba G 6’4 Montreal, QC, Madison Memorial
Jean Pierre-Charles G 6’7 Ottawa, ON, Ashbury College
Kevin Pangos G 6’1 Newmarket, ON, Dr J Denison
John Hegwood G 6’4 Calgary, AB, Bishop Grandin High School
Stefan Jankovic F 6’9 Mississauga, ON, Huntington Prep
Marek Klassen G 6’0 Abbotsford, BC, Point Loma Nazarene University (NAIA)
Jarryn Skeete G 6’2 Brampton, ON, Wasatch Academy

JUNIOR MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM STAFF

Name Position Hometown

Greg Francis Head Coach Edmonton, AB

Pete Guarasci Assistant Coach Kelowna, BC

Shawn Swords Assistant Coach Sudbury, ON

Dean McCord Team Manager Calgary, AB

Minh Nguyen Athletic Therapist Ottawa, ON

John Philpott Team Doctor Toronto, ON

[paradigmnParticipant]

 I loved what Rob Fuller told ANDREW WIGGINS…."one day you are going to make money playing basketball, it’s up to you on how much"…Its a job pure and simple.  In my opinion if your are 6’4” or over you should be making money playing basketball…I know there are certain circumstances where there over weight or disabled or they just don’t like athletics or just go down the wrong path…but if you like sports and have the height….there is no excuse why someone shouldnt make a nice chunk of change playing a game they love.  

[McDunkin]

Why no Anthony Bennet?

 

And Mikey how would you say Tanveer compares to his older brother. When i first heard about them it was said he was far behind in skill level, and why didnt he transfer to Huntington at the same time Sim and Jankovic did?

[BOBBYBOBBALBOAParticipant]

 Patrick Steeves gonna kill’em! Goes to my school and he killed it this year

[mikeyvthedonParticipant]

Do not know what is going on there, but it is indeed strange he is not at least on the U-19 roster. He played on the U-17 team last summer, so I am guessing it must be a scheduling thing or something of that manner. Or, maybe he can not go to the tryout, but still could be on the team? Happened with Kevin Zabo for U-16. As far as Tanveer is concerned, I wondered the same thing man. I guess Monteverde had a great coach, who just left the school, and that maybe some advisor told them too go to separate schools? No idea really, I was pretty surprised when he, Sim and Jankovic left Kiski in the first place mid-season. But, guess he is going to be back playing with his bro, which should be imposing for most schools. I really have seen much more of Sim than Tanveer, but I actually think Sim might be even two years older than Tanveer, so, he could just be further along in his development. Either way, those guys are going to be big time in spot minutes for there colleges. Plug them in the middle of a zone on D, and they will probably get you at least a few garbage buckets.

Paradigmn, I know you probably will think I am hating, but I see things incredibly differently from you in the whole "6’4 or over you should make money playing basketball", thing. Believe it is not hate, I just think that while there are indeed a few thousand players who make money playing basketball, there are so many factors. Andrew Wiggins is not just tall, but an incredibly rare athletic specimen. He has two older brothers, who I do not think are exactly petite, and probably played a lot of basketball, but are just nowhere near him. Yes, hard work is a major part of being a basketball player, and height increases your probabilities of being one exponentially, but it gets to a point not really where you stop being a better player, that never happens, but your athletic ability and other factors have certain peaks for some.

I mentioned this way back when someone was calling Sim Bhullar lazy, and I find it incredibly true. We have no idea how hard it is to be a 7’4 kid like that. Tall people are indeed, people, like the rest of us, and taller people have more chance of injury and more pressure on their joints. My brother works with a 6’10 guy who barely played for an NCAA school, and is a recent grad at that. He says you can just tell from when he walks that it is tough. He says this guy can shoot, dribble, he is really skinny, but he barely played in college, because there were simply better players. My friend in college was the biggest gym rat I know, and happened to be a 7 footer on the U of O team. Barely played. He makes money playing ball, in Japan, but it is probably not going to be a career.

Rob Fuller was right to say that to Andrew, but it is true when applied to Andrew. Basketball is a job, as much as you may love the game, you have to take it incredibly seriously and there is a lot of work involved that is really damn tough. Some people can not take the pressure involved, and sometimes the things involved with playing basketball for a living make it much more work than love. So, you and I may wish we were taller and think than we would have done whatever we could to make the NBA, but we would also have a lot of competition at every position. These guys are amazing athletes that play pro ball, and most of these guys may play for money, but not as a career. The NBA has 420 people, and in Europe you can make money, but you can also get stiffed by teams and screwed over. Austrailia I guess pays decent dough, and it is a pretty sweet gig playing pro ball in Asia as they usually pay for housing and such, but very few people do that long term, and than again you have to live in a different country (which is awesome, but some may incredibly dislike it). Not everyone is Andrew Wiggins though, and I know a lot of tall people who just simply would have no chance of making it no matter how much they loved the game. Genetics play a part, while it is awesome to be tall, sometimes they can only take you so far in the other aspects of playing basketball.

 

[mikeyvthedonParticipant]

Looks like a good young player. Will see if he gets PT while playing with some of Canada’s best at his age group.

 

[M-DYMESParticipant]

"In my opinion if your are 6’4” or over you should be making money playing basketball"

I’d agree with you if you said like 6’8", but there are a large amount of people in this world above 6’4"  wh have no where near professional level basketball talent, and even if they desired to become one, they probably still could not play on that level.  Height is only one factor, skills, coordination and athelticism, while attainable through practice to an extent, are also to some level "God’s gift" as well. 

 

 

[M-DYMESParticipant]

"In my opinion if your are 6’4” or over you should be making money playing basketball"

I’d agree with you if you said like 6’8", but there are a large amount of people in this world above 6’4"  wh have no where near professional level basketball talent, and even if they desired to become one, they probably still could not play on that level.  Height is only one factor, skills, coordination and athelticism, while attainable through practice to an extent, are also to some level "God’s gift" as well. 

 

 

[M-DYMESParticipant]

"In my opinion if your are 6’4” or over you should be making money playing basketball"

I’d agree with you if you said like 6’8", but there are a large amount of people in this world above 6’4"  wh have no where near professional level basketball talent, and even if they desired to become one, they probably still could not play on that level.  Height is only one factor, skills, coordination and athelticism, while attainable through practice to an extent, are also to some level "God’s gift" as well. 

 

 

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