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2024 olympics Canada roster

Archery

Eric Peters (Kitchener, Ontario)

Virginie Chénier (Montreal, Quebec)

Athletics

Eliezer Adjibi (Ottawa, Ontario)

Duan Asemota (Ajax, Ontario)

Aaron Brown (Toronto, Ontario)

Andre De Grasse (Markham, Ontario)

Brendon Rodney (Brampton, Ontario)

Christopher Morales (York, Ontario)

Marco Arop (Edmonton, Alberta)

Kieran Lumb (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Charles Philibert-Thiboutot (Quebec, Quebec)

Mohammed Ahmed (St. Catherines, Ontario)

Ben Flanagan (Kitchener, Ontario)

Thomas Fafard (Repentigny, Quebec)

Craig Thorne (Quispamsis, New Brunswick)

Jean-Simon Desgagnés (Quebec, Quebec)

Jerome Blake (Burnaby, British Columbia)

Cameron Levins (Courtenay, British Columbia)

Rory Linkletter (Flagstaff, Arizona)

Evan Dunfee (Richmond, British Columbia)

Rowan Hamilton (Chilliwack, British Columbia)

Ethan Katzberg (Kamloops, British Columbia)

Adam Keenan (Victoria, British Columbia)

Damian Warner (London, Ontario)

Marie-Éloïse Leclair (Montreal, Quebec)

Sade McCreath-Tardiel (Toronto, Ontario)

Jasneet Nijjar (Surrey, British Columbia)

Audrey Leduc (Gatineau, Quebec)

Jacqueline Madogo (Ottawa, Ontario)

Lauren Gale (Ottawa, Ontario)

Zoe Sherar (Toronto, Ontario)

Jazz Shukla (Toronto, Ontario)

Kate Current (Cobourg, Ontario)

Simone Plourde (Montreal, Quebec)

Lucia Stafford (Toronto, Ontario)

Briana Scott (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Regan Yee (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Mariam Abdul-Rashid (Oshawa, Ontario)

Michelle Harrison (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

Savannah Sutherland (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

Ceili McCabe (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Malindi Elmore (Kelowna, British Columbia)

Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye (Toronto, Ontario)

Kyra Constantine (Brampton, Ontario)

Aiyanna Stiverne (Laval, Quebec)

Olivia Lundman (Nanaimo, British Columbia)

Camryn Rogers (Richmond, British Columbia)

Anicka Newell (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Alysha Newman (London, Ontario)

Sarah Mitton (Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia)

Badminton

Brian Yang (Richmond Hill, Ontario)

Adam Dong (Burlington, Ontario)

Nyl Yakura (Toronto, Ontario)

Michelle Li (Markham, Ontario)

Basketball

Luguentz Dort (Montreal, Quebec)

Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Vaughan, Ontario)

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Hamilton, Ontario)

Melvin Ejim (Rocky View County, Alberta)

Jamal Murray (Orangeville, Ontario)

Dwight Powell (Toronto, Ontario)

Trey Lyles (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

R.A. Barrett; Jr. (Mississauga, Ontario)

Kelly Olynyk (Kamloops, British Columbia)

Andrew Nembhard (Vaughan, Ontario)

Dillon Brooks (Mississauga, Ontario)

Khem Birch (Russell Township, Ontario)

Shay Colley (Brampton, Ontario)

Samantha Hill (Toronto, Ontario)

Kia Nurse (Hamilton, Ontario)

Bridget Carleton (Chatham-Kent, Ontario)

Cassandre Prosper (Ottawa, Ontario)

Yvonne Ejim (Rocky View County, Alberta)

Natalie Achonwa (Guelph, Ontario)

Syla Swords (Sudbury, Ontario)

Kayla Alexander (Milton, Ontario)

Laeticia Amihere (Mississauga, Ontario)

Nirra Fields (Montreal, Quebec)

Aaliyah Edwards (Kingston, Ontario)

Kacie Bosch (Lethbridge, Alberta)

Paige Crozon (Humboldt, Saskatchewan)

Katherine Plouffe (Edmonton, Alberta)

Michelle Plouffe (Edmonton, Alberta)

Boxing

Wyatt Sanford (Montreal, Quebec)

Tammara Thibeault (Saint-Georges, Quebec)

Breakdancing

Phil Kim (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Canoeing

Alex Baldoni (Pau, France)

Connor Fitzpatrick (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)

Laurent Lavigne (Trois-Rivières, Quebec)

Nicholas Matveev (Toronto, Ontario)

Simon McTavish (Sydney, Australia)

Pierre-Luc Poulin (Quebec, Quebec)

Lois Betteridge (Ottawa, Ontario)

Sophia Jensen (Chelsea, Quebec)

Sloan MacKenzie (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Katie Vincent (Mississauga, Ontario)

Michelle Russell (Halifax Municipality, Nova Scotia)

Toshka Besharah-Hrebacka (Ottawa, Ontario)

Natalie Davison (Ottawa, Ontario)

Riley Melanson (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)

Courtney Stott (Pickering, Ontario)

Cycling

Derek Gee (Ottawa, Ontario)

Michael Woods (Toronto, Ontario)

Tyler Rorke (Wilmot Township, Ontario)

Nick Wammes (Chatham-Kent, Ontario)

James Hedgcock (Hamilton, Ontario)

Dylan Bibic (Mississauga, Ontario)

Michael Foley (Milton, Ontario)

Mathis Guillemette (Trois-Rivières, Quebec)

Carson Mattern (Hamilton, Ontario)

Gunnar Holmgren (Oro-Medonte Township, Ontario)

Jeffrey Whaley (L'Assomption, Quebec)

Olivia Baril (Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec)

Alison Jackson (Vermilion, Alberta)

Lauriane Genest (Montreal, Quebec)

Kelsey Mitchell (Strathcona County, Alberta)

Sarah Orban (Calgary, Alberta)

Erin Attwell (Victoria, British Columbia)

Ariane Bonhomme (Gatineau, Quebec)

Maggie Coles-Lyster (Maple Ridge, British Columbia)

Sarah Van Dam (Victoria, British Columbia)

Isabella Holmgren (Oro-Medonte Township, Ontario)

Molly Simpson (Red Deer, Alberta)

Diving

Rylan Wiens (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

Nathan Zsombor-Murray (Pointe-Claire, Quebec)

Margo Erlam (Calgary, Alberta)

Caeli McKay (Montreal, Quebec)

Kate Miller (Ottawa, Ontario)

Equestrian

Chris Van Martels (Chatham-Kent, Ontario)

Karl Slezak (Tottenham, Ontario)

Mike Winter (Montreal, Quebec)

Mario Deslauriers (Venise-En-Quebec, Quebec)

Camille Carier-Bergeron (Laval, Quebec)

Naïma Laliberté-Moreira (Montreal, Quebec)

Jessica Phoenix (Uxbridge Township, Ontario)

Erynn Ballard (Caledon, Ontario)

Amy Millar (Perth, Ontario)

Fencing

Nicholas Zhang (Richmond, British Columbia)

Blake Broszus (San José, California)

Daniel Gu (Edmonton, Alberta)

Maximilien Van Haaster (Montreal, Quebec)

Fares Arfa (Laval, Quebec)

François Cauchon (Montreal, Quebec)

Shaul Gordon (Richmond, British Columbia)

Ruien Xiao (Markham, Ontario)

Jessica Guo (Toronto, Ontario)

Eleanor Harvey (Hamilton, Ontario)

Yunjia Zhang (Toronto, Ontario)

Pamela Brind'Amour (Sainte-Martine, Quebec)

Golf

Corey Connors (Jupiter, Florida)

Nick Taylor (Abbotsford, British Columbia)

Brooke Henderson (Naples, Florida)

Alena Sharp (Phoenix, Arizona)

Gymnastics

Zachary Clay (Chilliwack, British Columbia)

René Cournoyer (Repentigny, Quebec)

Félix Dolci (Saint-Eustache, Quebec)

William Émard (Laval, Quebec)

Samuel Zakutney (Montreal, Quebec)

Elsabeth Black (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Shallon Olsen (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

Cassie Lee (Toronto, Ontario)

Ava Stewart (Bowmanville, Ontario)

Aurélie Tran (Repentigny, Quebec)

Sophiane Méthot (Varennes, Quebec)

Judo

Arthur Margelidon (Montreal, Quebec)

François Gauthier-Drapeau (Alma, Quebec)

Shady Elnahas (Toronto, Ontario)

Ana Portuondo (La Prairie, Quebec)

Kelly Deguchi (Lethbridge, Alberta)

Christina Deguchi (Lethbridge, Alberta)

Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (Saint-Hubert, Quebec)

Rowing

Jennifer Casson (Victoria, British Columbia)

Jill Moffatt (Victoria, British Columbia)

Abby Dent (Kenora, Ontario)

Caileigh Filmer (Saanich, British Columbia)

Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski (Calgary, Alberta)

Maya Meschkuleit (Mississauga, Ontario)

Sydney Paine (Toronto, Ontario)

Jessica Sevick (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Kristina Walker (Frontenac Islands Township, Ontario)

Avalon Wasteneys (Victoria, British Columbia)

Kristen Kit (St. Catherines, Ontario)

Rugby

Caroline Crossley (New Westminster, British Columbia)

Olivia Apps (Victoria, British Columbia)

Alysha Corrigan (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)

Asia Hogan-Rochester (Toronto, Ontario)

Chloe Daniels (Langford, British Columbia)

Charity Williams (Victoria, British Columbia)

Florence Symonds (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Carissa Norsten (Waldheim, Saskatchewan)

Krissy Scurfield (Canmore, Alberta)

Fancy Bermudez (Edmonton, Alberta)

Piper Logan (Calgary, Alberta)

Keyara Wardley (Victoria, British Columbia)

Sailing

Justin Barnes (Pickering, Ontario)

Will Jones (Hamilton, Ontario)

Sarah Douglas (Toronto, Ontario)

Emily Bugeja (North Vancouver, British Columbia)

Antonia Lewin-LaFrance (Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia)

Georgia Lewin-LaFrance (Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia)

Shooting

Tye Ikeda (Calgary, Alberta)

Michele Esercitato (Calgary, Alberta)

Shannon Westlake (Georgina, Ontario)

Skateboarding

Cordano Russell (Carlsbad, California)

Matt Berger (Huntington Beach, California)

Ryan Decenzo (Delta, British Columbia)

Fay De Fazio-Ebert (Toronto, Ontario)

Soccer

Kailen Sheridan (Whitby, Ontario)

Gabrielle Carle (Lévis, Quebec)

Kadeisha Buchanan (Brampton, Ontario)

Evelyne Viens (L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec)

Rebecca Quinn (Toronto, Ontario)

Cloé Lacasse (Sudbury, Ontario)

Julia Grosso (Burnaby, British Columbia)

Jayde Riviere (Markham, Ontario)

Jordyn Huitema (Chilliwack, British Columbia)

Ashley Lawrence (Toronto, Ontario)

Adriana Leon (King Township, Ontario)

Jade Rose (Markham, Ontario)

Simi Awujo (Atlanta, Georgia)

Vanessa Gilles (Châteauguay, Quebec)

Nichelle Prince (Ajax, Ontario)

Janine Beckie (Douglas County, Colorado)

Jessie Fleming (London, Ontario)

Sabrina D'Angelo (Welland, Ontario)

Shelina Zadorsky (London, Ontario)

Surfing

Sanoa Dempfle-Olin (Tofino, British Columbia)

Swimming

Josh Liendo-Edwards (Toronto, Ontario)

Yuri Kisil (Calgary, Alberta)

Javier Acevedo (Toronto, Ontario)

Blake Tierney (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

Ilya Kharun (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Finlay Knox (Okotoks, Alberta)

Tristan Jankovics (Puslinch Township, Ontario)

Alex Axon (Newmarket, Ontario)

Jeremy Bagshaw (Victoria, British Columbia)

Patrick Hussey (Beaconsfield, Quebec)

Lorne Wigginton (Calgary, Alberta)

Apollo Hess (Lethbridge, Alberta)

Audrey Lamothe (Montreal, Quebec)

Jacqueline Simoneau (Saint-Laurent, Quebec)

Scarlett Finn (Toronto, Ontario)

Joannie Newman (Grande Prairie, Alberta)

Raphaelle Plante (Quebec City, Quebec)

Kenzie Priddell (Regina, Saskatchewan)

Claire Scheffel (Brantford, Ontario)

Florence Tremblay (Rimouski, Quebec)

Taylor Ruck (Scottsdale, Arizona)

Maggie MacNeil (London, Ontario)

Mary-Sophie Harvey (Trois-Rivières, Quebec)

Summer McIntosh (Toronto, Ontario)

Kylie Masse (Windsor, Ontario)

Ingrid Wilm (Calgary, Alberta)

Regan Rathwell (Ottawa, Ontario)

Sophie Angus (Toronto, Ontario)

Sydney Pickrem (Dunedin, Florida)

Kelsey Wog (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Rebecca Smith (Red Deer, Alberta)

Ella Jansen (Burlington, Ontario)

Penny Oleksiak (Toronto, Ontario)

Brooklyn Douthwright (Riverview, New Brunswick)

Julie Brousseau (Ottawa, Ontario)

Emma O'Croinin (Edmonton, Alberta)

Emma Finlin (Edmonton, Alberta)

Table tennis

Edward Ly (Lachine, Quebec)

Eugene Wang (Aurora, Ontario)

Jeremy Hazin (Richmond Hill, Ontario)

Mo Zhang (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Taekwondo

Josipa Kafadar (Burnaby, British Columbia)

Skylar Park (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Tennis

Félix Auger-Aliassime (Monte Carlo, Monaco)

Miloš Raonić (Monte Carlo, Monaco)

Bianca Andreescu (Vaughan, Ontario)

Leylah Fernandez (Boynton Beach, Florida)

Gaby Dabrowski (Ottawa, Ontario)

Triathlon

Tyler Mislawchuk (Macdonald Municipality, Manitoba)

Claude Paquet (Port-Cartier, Quebec)

Emy Legault (Montreal, Quebec)

Volleyball

Daniel Dearing (Toronto, Ontario)

Sammy Schachter (Richmond Hill, Ontario)

Luke Herr (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Nick Hoag (Sherbrooke, Quebec)

Brodie Hofer (Langley, British Columbia)

Danny Demyanenko (Toronto, Ontario)

Stephen Maar (Aurora, Ontario)

Brett Walsh (Calgary, Alberta)

Xander Ketrzynski (Toronto, Ontario)

Lucas Van Berkel (Edmonton, Alberta)

Arthur Szwarc (Toronto, Ontario)

Justin Lui (Pickering, Ontario)

Fynn McCarthy (Lake Country Municipality, British Columbia)

Eric Loeppky (Steinbach, Manitoba)

Melissa Humaña-Paredes (Toronto, Ontario)

Brandie Wilkerson (Toronto, Ontario)

Heather Bansley (Toronto, Ontario)

Sophie Bukovec (Toronto, Ontario)

Water polo

Jessica Gaudreault (Ottawa, Ontario)

Rae Lekness (Calgary, Alberta)

Axelle Crevier (Montreal, Quebec)

Emma Wright (Whitby, Ontario)

Marilia Mimides (Toronto, Ontario)

Blaire McDowell (Fernie, British Columbia)

Verica Bakoc (Toronto, Ontario)

Elyse Lemay-Lavoie (Montreal, Quebec)

Hayley McKelvey (Delta, British Columbia)

Serena Browne (Montreal, Quebec)

Kindred Paul (Spruce Grove, Alberta)

Shae La Roche (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

Clara Vulpisi (Montreal, Quebec)

Weightlifting

Boady Santavy (Sarnia, Ontario)

Maude Charron (Rimouski, Quebec)

Wrestling

Alex Moore (Montreal, Quebec)

Amar Dhesi (Surrey, British Columbia)

Hannah Taylor (Cornwall, Prince Edward Island)

Ana Godinez (Burnaby, British Columbia)

Linda Morais (Tecumseh, Ontario)

Justina Di Stasio (Coquitlam, British Columbia)

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Melvin Obinna Ejim - Canadian Basketball Player will run-up in Olympic 2020 Games

Melvin Obinna Ejim is a Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB and EuroCup. He played college basketball for Iowa State University before playing professionally in Italy and Russia, as well as the NBA Development League.

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Melvin Obinna Ejim High school career

Ejim attended St. Mary's Ryken High School in Leonardtown, Maryland, where he made the 2007 Provincial team before transferring to Brewster Academy in New Hampshire. In 2008–09, he averaged 12.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game for Brewster. In his final year in 2009–10, he averaged 13.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.5 assists per game, leading Brewster to a 34–4 record and a National Prep School championship.

Melvin Obinna Ejim College career

Ejim started 30 games out of 32 in his freshman campaign for Iowa State, averaging 10.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, shooting 48.6 percent from the field (121-249 FG) and tallied 39 steals, second-best total on the team. He became one of just 13 Iowa State freshmen in school history to average double figures in scoring and his 214 rebounds was the third-best rookie total in school history.

One of Iowa State's top post players, Ejim started 29 games out of 34 in 2011–12, averaging 9.3 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. He earned Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades and was a first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection.

One of the best forwards in the Big 12 in 2012–13, Ejim earned All-Big 12 third-team honors and was an NABC All-District 8 second team selection; he was also privileged as the initial Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award winner and was a Capital One Academic All-District 6 selection. Ejim became the first Cyclone to lead the Big 12 in recovering (9.3 RPG) since Jackson Vroman and was just the third player in Big 12 antiquity to lead the league in rebounding at 6'6” or shorter.

As a senior in 2013–14, Ejim had one of the best seasons in school history, earning Big 12 Player of the Year honors and All-America honors from five organizations. Ejim was a finalist for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, became the fifth Academic All-American in school history, earned Capital One first-team Academic All-America honors and was named the Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second time. He became just the fourth player in league history to record 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career, finishing his career with the most wins of any Cyclone men's basketball player at 88 wins. He also finished 12th in scoring (1,643), second in rebounding (1,051), tied for 10th in steals (146) and 15th in blocks (59); he also broke the school record for games played (135) and games started (126).

2014 on February 8, Ejim scored a Big 12-record 48 points against the TCU Horned Frogs in the Hilton Coliseum, surpassing Michael Beasley and Denis Clemente who had 44 points in 2008 and 2009 respective.

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Melvin Obinna Ejim Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Ejim played for the San Antonio Spurs during the Las Vegas Summer League. He then moved to Italy for the 2014–15 season, signing with Virtus Roma. In 29 league games for Virtus, he averaged 7.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. He also averaged 8.1 points and 4.3 rebounds in 18 EuroCup games.

After initially signing with German team Medi Bayreuth for the 2015–16 season, an impressive stint with the Orlando Magic during 2015 NBA Summer League led to a training camp contract. He was waived by the Magic on October 21 after appearing in four preseason games, and subsequently joined the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League. He was waived by Erie on March 16, 2016. In 39 games, he averaged 14.6 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game. Days later, he signed with Italian team Reyer Venezia Mestre for the rest of the season. In 16 games for Reyer Venezia, he averaged 9.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game.

On June 17, 2016, Ejim re-signed with Reyer Venezia Mestre for the 2016–17 season. In June 2017, he helped Reyer Venezia win the Italian League championship while earning the Finals MVP.[20] In 46 league games, he averaged 10.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game. He also averaged 10.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.4 steals in 22 BCL games.

On July 12, 2017, Ejim signed with Russian club UNICS for the 2017–18 season. In 30 league games, he averaged 9.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. He also averaged 9.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 19 EuroCup games.

In June 2018, Ejim re-signed with UNICS for the 2018–19 season. In 23 league games, he averaged 8.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. He also averaged 7.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 14 EuroCup games.

On July 25, 2019, Ejim signed a 1+1 deal with the Spanish club Unicaja.

Melvin Obinna Ejim National team career

In June of 2012, he played for his motherland Nigerian national team on their tour of China. In July 2013, he played for the Canadian national team at the World University Games, where he averaged eight points and four rebounds per game. In July 2015, he was named on the Canadian national team roster for the Pan American Games. He also played at the Tuto Marchand Cup and FIBA Americas Championship in 2015. In 2016, he represented Canada at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

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The Most Promising Players In The NBA Draft According To My Computer

We usually don’t release our CARMELO NBA projections until after the NBA draft. But this year, in an effort to procrastinate from other modelling-related tasks,9 I finished them a little early. We’ll publish the complete set of CARMELO projections later this month, but with the draft scheduled for Thursday night, I wanted to share the system’s take on the best NCAA prospects.

Our methodology for CARMELO is pretty much the same as last year, with only minor tweaks. It works by identifying statistically comparable players — for instance, John Wall is currently similar to Detroit Pistons Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas and to Deron Williams. For NBA veterans, we use a database of player statistics since the ABA-NBA merger in 1976, and for rookies, we use a database of NCAA statistics since 2002, adjusted for pace and opponent strength, as provided to us by ESPN Stats & Information Group. The rookie projections also account for — indeed, heavily emphasize — where in the draft each player was selected. Because the 2018 draft hasn’t taken place yet, we can’t use that variable to evaluate this year’s prospects, so for now I’ve used scouting rankings for both current and historical players.10

As I said, the changes from last year’s model are pretty minor, but one of them is potentially relevant in the context of this year’s draft, which is heavy on big men, including traditional centers such as Arizona’s Deandre Ayton. As ESPN’s Kevin Pelton has found, it’s become easier in recent seasons for teams to find once-desirable big men on the waiver wire or available for the minimum salary; the former All-Star center Roy Hibbert, who didn’t play at all in the NBA last year, is one perfect example. After evaluating the performance of players on minimum salaries over the past four years, we now use position-based replacement levels,11 which reflect that it takes a little bit more for big men to generate surplus value in the NBA than it does for guards and wings.

One last important warning: This list does not include projections for European players (so no Luka Doncic) or for other players who did not play NCAA basketball for some reason. Also, since Michael Porter Jr. played in only three NCAA games as a result of injury, we don’t project him on the basis of his NCAA statistics.12

At any rate, here goes: The top prospects as projected by CARMELO, non-Doncic, non-Porter edition. Players are ranked by their projected wins above replacement over their first seven NBA seasons:

‘Stats + Scouts’ CARMELO projections for 2018 NBA draft

Not including European players or Michael Porter Jr.

Player Scout Rank Age on 2/1/19 Pos. WAR THRU 2025 Top Comps 1 Deandre Ayton 1 20.5 C 24.6 Jahlil Okafor, Greg Oden, Anthony Davis 2 Marvin Bagley III 5 19.9 C 19.0 Lauri Markkanen, Kevin Love, Derrick Favors 3 Jaren Jackson Jr. 4 19.4 C 18.6 Marquese Chriss, Derrick Favors, Noah Vonleh 4 Mohamed Bamba 3 20.7 C 15.8 Nerlens Noel, Ben Simmons, Michael Beasley 5 Wendell Carter Jr. 7 19.8 C 14.9 Noah Vonleh, Marquese Chriss, Derrick Favors 6 Trae Young 8 20.4 PG 14.3 Dennis Smith Jr., Brandon Knight, Mike Conley 7 Kevin Knox 9 19.5 PF 12.8 Tobias Harris, Thaddeus Young, Julius Randle 8 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 10 20.6 SG 11.9 DeMar DeRozan, Jamal Murray, Alec Burks 9 Collin Sexton 11 20.1 PG 11.8 Tyus Jones, Dennis Smith Jr., Malik Monk 10 Zhaire Smith 16 19.7 SF 11.5 Malik Beasley, Xavier Henry, Justise Winslow 11 Mikal Bridges 14 22.4 SF 10.8 Jimmy Butler, Nik Stauskas, John Jenkins 12 Kevin Huerter 20 20.4 SG 9.8 Jeremy Lamb, Alec Burks, Gary Harris 13 Miles Bridges 15 20.9 PF 8.6 TJ Warren, Ryan Anderson, Bobby Portis 14 Robert Williams 12 21.3 C 8.3 Cole Aldrich, Bobby Portis, Marreese Speights 15 Lonnie Walker IV 13 20.1 SG 7.2 Jrue Holiday, Austin Rivers, Avery Bradley 16 Troy Brown 18 19.5 SG 7.1 James Young, Archie Goodwin, Austin Rivers 17 Josh Okogie 25 20.4 SG 6.8 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Gary Harris, Jordan Adams 18 Jerome Robinson 17 21.9 PG 6.2 R.J. Hunter, Dominique Jones, Allen Crabbe 19 Aaron Holiday 22 22.3 PG 5.2 Demetrius Jackson, Reggie Jackson, Jimmer Fredette 20 Jalen Brunson 35 22.4 PG 4.7 John Jenkins, Michael Frazier II, Ty Lawson 21 Donte DiVincenzo 26 22.0 PG 4.5 Willie Warren, Tyler Dorsey, Doron Lamb 22 Gary Trent Jr. 39 20.0 SG 4.3 Rashad Vaughn, James Young, Javaris Crittenton 23 De’Anthony Melton 24 20.7 SG 4.1 Javaris Crittenton, Eric Bledsoe, Zach LaVine 24 Jacob Evans 30 21.6 SF 3.6 Dillon Brooks, Tim Hardaway Jr., Gerald Henderson 25 Grayson Allen 27 23.3 SG 3.6 Jimmer Fredette, Denzel Valentine, Nolan Smith 26 Moritz Wagner 36 21.8 C 3.4 Derrick Brown, Thomas Bryant, Marreese Speights 27 Khyri Thomas 31 22.7 SG 3.2 Jodie Meeks, Wayne Ellington, L.J. Peak 28 Landry Shamet 49 21.9 PG 3.1 Tyler Dorsey, Michael Frazier II, John Jenkins 29 Shake Milton 40 22.3 SG 3.0 Olivier Hanlan, Tyler Harvey, Allen Crabbe 30 Melvin Frazier 32 22.4 SF 2.2 Tony Snell, Dillon Brooks, Jordan Crawford 31 Chimezie Metu 45 21.9 C 2.2 Richaun Holmes, Justin Harper, Drew Gordon 32 Rawle Alkins 48 21.3 SG 2.2 Travis Leslie, Jared Cunningham, Aaron Harrison 33 Keita Bates-Diop 29 23.0 PF 2.0 Justin Harper, Quincy Pondexter, Trevor Booker 34 Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk 59 21.6 SG 1.9 L.J. Peak, Jared Cunningham, Andre Roberson 35 Bruce Brown Jr. 28 22.5 SG 1.9 Jamaal Franklin, Marcus Thornton, Will Barton 36 Malik Newman 47 21.9 SG 1.8 Jordan Crawford, Jared Cunningham, Edmond Sumner 37 Jevon Carter 34 23.4 PG 1.8 Demetri McCamey, Deonte Burton, Ben Uzoh 38 Omari Spellman 43 21.5 PF 1.7 Ben Bentil, Jarell Martin, Samardo Samuels 39 Devonte’ Graham 44 23.9 PG 1.6 Frank Mason III, Joe Young, Yogi Ferrell 40 Tony Carr 54 21.3 PG 1.6 Nick Calathes, Terrico White, Andrew Harrison 41 Ray Spalding 52 21.9 PF 1.6 Hollis Thompson, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ashley 42 Hamidou Diallo 37 20.5 SG 1.5 Avery Bradley, Josh Selby, Kobi Simmons 43 Chandler Hutchison 33 22.8 SF 1.5 Glen Rice Jr., C.J. Leslie, Jermaine Taylor 44 Vince Edwards 65 22.8 PF 1.3 Solomon Hill, Matt Howard, Jake Layman 45 Trevon Duval 53 20.5 PG 1.2 Cory Joseph, Dejounte Murray, Avery Bradley 46 Allonzo Trier 62 23.0 SG 1.2 Tyler Harvey, James Blackmon Jr., Khalif Wyatt 47 Keenan Evans 72 22.4 PG 1.1 Marcus Denmon, Derrick Marks, Rasheed Sulaimon 48 Bonzie Colson 68 23.1 PF 1.0 Perry Ellis, Branden Dawson, Matt Howard 49 Justin Jackson 41 22.0 PF 1.0 Ben Bentil, Vince Hunter, Tony Mitchell 50 Kevin Hervey 46 22.6 SF 1.0 Draymond Green, C.J. Leslie, Akil Mitchell 51 Brandon McCoy 64 20.6 C 0.7 Greg Smith, Kosta Koufos, Jordan Williams 52 Dakota Mathias 75 23.6 SG 0.7 Dez Wells, Thomas Walkup, Ron Baker 53 Yante Maten 88 22.5 PF 0.7 Brandon Costner, Rick Jackson, Marqus Blakely 54 Gary Clark 57 24.2 PF 0.6 Arsalan Kazemi, Melvin Ejim, Jaron Blossomgame 55 Kostas Antetokounmpo 58 20.7 SF 0.4 Chris Walker, Grant Jerrett, Derrick Jones Jr. 56 Devon Hall 51 23.6 SG 0.4 Jermaine Taylor, Lamar Patterson, MarShon Brooks 57 Alize Johnson 61 22.8 PF 0.4 Malcolm Thomas, Eric Griffin, Khem Birch 58 Kenrich Williams 63 24.2 PF 0.3 Jaron Blossomgame, Michael Gbinije, Kris Joseph 59 DJ Hogg 60 22.4 PF 0.3 DeAndre Daniels, Cameron Moore, J.P. Tokoto 60 Isaac Haas 73 23.3 C 0.3 Dexter Pittman, Justin Hamilton, Trevor Thompson 61 Jarred Vanderbilt 56 19.8 SF 0.3 Grant Jerrett, Jereme Richmond, Ioannis Papapetrou 62 Theo Pinson 70 23.2 SG 0.2 Durrell Summers, Jajuan Johnson, Peter Jok 63 Doral Moore 86 22.0 C 0.2 Dexter Pittman, Chinemelu Elonu, Josh Harrellson 64 Jaylen Barford 92 23.0 SG 0.2 Dwayne Bacon, James Blackmon Jr., Sonny Weems 65 George King 71 25.0 SF 0.1 Elgin Cook, Jamel Artis, Andy Rautins 66 MiKyle McIntosh 81 24.5 PF -0.2 Herb Pope, Taylor Griffin, Robert Dozier

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One thing you see is that CARMELO is extremely deferential to the scout rankings — more so than other systems that use similar data, such as Pelton’s system or the Stats & Info system. Both CARMELO and the scouts have Ayton as the No. 1 pick, for example. The order of the big men listed just after Ayton is slightly different — CARMELO prefers Duke’s Marvin Bagley III and Michigan State’s Jaren Jackson Jr. to Texas’s Mohamed Bamba — but these differences are minor. As both an empirical and a philosophical matter, we think it’s hard to beat the consensus rankings of NBA scouts and franchises. NBA teams are smart these days: Many of them have projection systems that are at least as sophisticated as CARMELO, plus they have lots of other information that we can’t possibly account for. So if CARMELO disagrees with the consensus of NBA teams, we don’t necessarily want to take CARMELO’s side of the bet.

With that said, there are a few differences. CARMELO puts a lot of emphasis on a player’s age; it’s relevant, for instance, that Jackson is more than a full year younger than fellow freshman Bamba. The counterpoint to this is that older players can sometimes help a team now, even if they have less upside. For instance, Mikal Bridges, who played three seasons at Villanova, is one of just three players who project to have a positive WAR in 2018-19. (The others are Ayton and Bamba; Doncic would probably also qualify if we projected him.) And Duke senior Grayson Allen has the fifth-best projection for 2018-19 even though he rates as just the 25th-best long-term prospect.

We can get a better sense for where CARMELO differs from the scouts by taking the scouting rankings out of the system and running “pure stats” projections instead. (Note that these projections still account for a player’s height, weight, position and age, in addition to his NCAA statistics.) Again, we would not recommend that NBA teams draft players on the basis of the list, but it helps to reveal how CARMELO “thinks”:

‘Pure stats’ CARMELO projections for 2018 NBA draft

Not including European players or Michael Porter Jr.

Player Scout Rank Age on 2/1/19 Pos. WAR THRU 2025 Top Comps 1 Marvin Bagley III 5 19.9 C 15.0 Anthony Davis, Lauri Markkanen, Kevin Love 2 Zhaire Smith 16 19.7 SF 14.2 Justise Winslow, Malik Beasley, Malik Monk 3 Jaren Jackson Jr. 4 19.4 C 12.5 Diamond Stone, Karl-Anthony Towns, Marquese Chriss 4 Wendell Carter Jr. 7 19.8 C 12.3 Derrick Favors, Diamond Stone, Greg Oden 5 Deandre Ayton 1 20.5 C 11.6 Jahlil Okafor, Kevin Love, Lauri Markkanen 6 Kevin Huerter 20 20.4 SG 11.5 Alec Burks, Jeremy Lamb, Gary Harris 7 Kevin Knox 9 19.5 PF 11.5 James Young, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kevon Looney 8 Trae Young 8 20.4 PG 11.0 Dennis Smith Jr., Mike Conley, Brandon Knight 9 Collin Sexton 11 20.1 PG 11.0 Derrick Rose, De’Aaron Fox, Mike Conley 10 Gary Trent Jr. 39 20.0 SG 10.3 DeMar DeRozan, Bradley Beal, Andrew Wiggins 11 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 10 20.6 SG 9.8 D’Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley, John Wall 12 Troy Brown 18 19.5 SG 9.6 Rashad Vaughn, James Young, Thaddeus Young 13 Josh Okogie 25 20.4 SG 9.3 Gary Harris, Marcus Smart, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 14 Miles Bridges 15 20.9 PF 7.6 Caleb Swanigan, Ivan Rabb, Gordon Hayward 15 Mohamed Bamba 3 20.7 C 7.3 Meyers Leonard, JJ Hickson, Lauri Markkanen 16 Landry Shamet 49 21.9 PG 7.2 Tyler Dorsey, Luke Kennard, Doron Lamb 17 Lonnie Walker IV 13 20.1 SG 6.9 Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans, Russell Westbrook 18 Mikal Bridges 14 22.4 SF 6.7 Quincy Acy, Derrick Brown, John Jenkins 19 Jalen Brunson 35 22.4 PG 6.3 Ty Lawson, Demetrius Jackson, John Jenkins 20 De’Anthony Melton 24 20.7 SG 5.9 Russell Westbrook, Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans 21 Robert Williams 12 21.3 C 5.9 Marreese Speights, Caleb Swanigan, Cole Aldrich 22 Moritz Wagner 36 21.8 C 5.5 Jakob Poeltl, Cole Aldrich, Derrick Brown 23 Brandon McCoy 64 20.6 C 5.5 Meyers Leonard, Brook Lopez, Kosta Koufos 24 Rawle Alkins 48 21.3 SG 5.3 Donovan Mitchell, Aaron Harrison, Elliot Williams 25 Donte DiVincenzo 26 22.0 PG 5.3 Tyler Dorsey, Jodie Meeks, Victor Oladipo 26 Trevon Duval 53 20.5 PG 5.2 Avery Bradley, Cory Joseph, Marquis Teague 27 Shake Milton 40 22.3 SG 5.0 Tyler Harvey, Olivier Hanlan, James Anderson 28 Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk 59 21.6 SG 4.9 L.J. Peak, Jared Cunningham, Wayne Ellington 29 Tony Carr 54 21.3 PG 4.9 Darius Morris, Malcolm Lee, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 30 Jerome Robinson 17 21.9 PG 4.8 Armon Johnson, Allen Crabbe, R.J. Hunter 31 Aaron Holiday 22 22.3 PG 4.8 Demetrius Jackson, Stephen Curry, Isaiah Canaan 32 Jacob Evans 30 21.6 SF 4.6 Andre Roberson, L.J. Peak, Jared Cunningham 33 Omari Spellman 43 21.5 PF 4.4 Anthony Bennett, Samardo Samuels, Ben Bentil 34 Chimezie Metu 45 21.9 C 4.4 Damian Jones, Richaun Holmes, Brandon Ashley 35 Jarred Vanderbilt 56 19.8 SF 4.2 Grant Jerrett, Jereme Richmond, Daequan Cook 36 Malik Newman 47 21.9 SG 4.2 Jordan Crawford, Jeff Teague, Jared Cunningham 37 Hamidou Diallo 37 20.5 SG 4.0 Kobi Simmons, Lance Stephenson, Avery Bradley 38 Khyri Thomas 31 22.7 SG 3.9 Khalif Wyatt, James Blackmon Jr., Jodie Meeks 39 Keenan Evans 72 22.4 PG 3.8 Tyshawn Taylor, Marcus Denmon, Derrick Marks 40 Ray Spalding 52 21.9 PF 3.8 Brandon Ashley, Marcus Morris, Ed Davis 41 Allonzo Trier 62 23.0 SG 3.6 James Blackmon Jr., Tyler Harvey, Khalif Wyatt 42 Doral Moore 86 22.0 C 3.5 Dexter Pittman, Byron Mullens, Mitch McGary 43 Vince Edwards 65 22.8 PF 3.4 Matt Howard, Solomon Hill, Trevor Booker 44 Kostas Antetokounmpo 58 20.7 SF 3.4 Chris Walker, Grant Jerrett, Skal Labissiere 45 Grayson Allen 27 23.3 SG 3.3 Buddy Hield, Pat Connaughton, Joe Harris 46 Yante Maten 88 22.5 PF 3.2 Rick Jackson, Brandon Costner, Joel Bolomboy 47 Bonzie Colson 68 23.1 PF 3.1 Matt Howard, Perry Ellis, Branden Dawson 48 Melvin Frazier 32 22.4 SF 2.9 Andre Roberson, K.J. McDaniels, Tony Snell 49 Dakota Mathias 75 23.6 SG 2.6 Dez Wells, Thomas Walkup, Marcus Denmon 50 Devonte’ Graham 44 23.9 PG 2.5 Kendall Williams, Aaron Craft, Yogi Ferrell 51 Justin Jackson 41 22.0 PF 2.4 Vince Hunter, Ben Bentil, Tony Mitchell 52 Bruce Brown Jr. 28 22.5 SG 2.4 Jamaal Franklin, Sonny Weems, Marcus Thornton 53 Jevon Carter 34 23.4 PG 2.1 Demetri McCamey, T.J. Williams, Keith Appling 54 Kevin Hervey 46 22.6 SF 2.0 Stanley Robinson, Rodney Williams, Draymond Green 55 Keita Bates-Diop 29 23.0 PF 2.0 Brandon Costner, Robert Carter Jr., Branden Dawson 56 Jaylen Barford 92 23.0 SG 2.0 Marcus Thornton, Jordan Crawford, Jodie Meeks 57 Chandler Hutchison 33 22.8 SF 1.9 Scotty Hopson, Landry Fields, Stanley Robinson 58 Alize Johnson 61 22.8 PF 1.7 Eric Griffin, Malcolm Thomas, Khem Birch 59 DJ Hogg 60 22.4 PF 1.6 Cameron Moore, John Henson, Joe Alexander 60 Gary Clark 57 24.2 PF 1.5 Arsalan Kazemi, Melvin Ejim, Elias Harris 61 Isaac Haas 73 23.3 C 1.4 Dexter Pittman, Brian Zoubek, Festus Ezeli 62 Theo Pinson 70 23.2 SG 1.3 Durrell Summers, Jajuan Johnson, Peter Jok 63 Kenrich Williams 63 24.2 PF 1.3 Jaron Blossomgame, Taj Gibson, Michael Gbinije 64 Devon Hall 51 23.6 SG 1.2 Peter Jok, Jermaine Taylor, Lamar Patterson 65 George King 71 25.0 SF 0.5 Jamel Artis, Elgin Cook, Gilbert Brown 66 MiKyle McIntosh 81 24.5 PF 0.2 Jackie Carmichael, Herb Pope, Lazar Hayward

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On a pure stats basis, Bagley rates as the top pick, somewhat ahead of Ayton. CARMELO sees the two players as being highly similar — they share many of the same comparables — but Bagley is half a year younger, and he posted his stats against tougher competition at Duke than Ayton did at Arizona. College statistics don’t do a good job of accounting for defense, and there are concerns about Bagley’s defense, but the same is true for Ayton. My point is not necessarily that teams should draft Bagley over Ayton — I’d defer to the scouts who say Ayton has more upside. But I do think it’s probably more of a crapshoot than most fans assume.

There’s a similar dynamic between the top point guards in the draft, Oklahoma’s Trae Young and Alabama’s Collin Sexton. The scouts have Young ranked slightly higher, but CARMELO sees them has very comparable players on the basis of their statistics. It’s true that Young scored more points per game than Sexton (27.4 versus 19.2), but that’s because the Sooners played at a faster pace, and Young played more minutes and used a larger share of his team’s possessions — all factors that aren’t particularly predictive of success at an NBA level.

CARMELO also sometimes like guys who played non-starring roles on good teams, such as Kentucky’s Kevin Knox and Duke’s Gary Trent Jr. These players don’t necessarily post hugely impressive raw statistics, in part because they have to share the ball with a lot of other talented players. But they look better when evaluated on an efficiency basis and adjusted for strength of competition.

Finally, there are a few true “computer picks” — guys who didn’t have great scouting pedigrees coming out of high school but who had impressive NCAA seasons. These include Texas Tech’s Zhaire Smith and Maryland’s Kevin Huerter, both of whom are reportedly rising on NBA teams’ draft boards.

from News About Sports https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-most-promising-players-in-the-nba-draft-according-to-my-computer/

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Monte Morris caps brilliant yet underappreciated Iowa State career with senior night win

Monte Morris (left) went out a winner at Hilton Coliseum. (AP)

Iowa State desperately needed a bucket. It desperately needed something — something to halt Oklahoma State’s charge.

The Cowboys had roared back from a 10-point deficit on senior night at Hilton Coliseum, and with the Cyclones clutching to a two-point lead with just over a minute remaining, they needed somebody to make a play. So they turned to the guy who has made plays for them without fail for four years, in 134 games, in 96 wins, in forgotten non-conference contests and Big 12 championships, in first halves and second halves, in this arena and elsewhere.

They turned to Monte Morris.

Then they turned to Monte Morris again.

And again.

First Morris got them that bucket to extend the lead to four. With it back down at two and Hilton again silenced, he bolted to the baseline to track down an offensive rebound. Falling out of bounds, he rifled it back toward the court, and to a teammate with 21 seconds to play.

And finally, up three coming out of a timeout with the clock showing 8.8 seconds, Morris didn’t even let Oklahoma State get the ball inbounds. He pestered Jawun Evans and forced a turnover to see Iowa State to victory in his final game in Ames. He dished out an assist on the ensuing inbounds play for good measure.

Morris’ stat line was vintage Morris: 12 points, 11 assists, nine rebounds, three steals, two blocks and only one turnover. Iowa State and Morris have won six in a row, and are by no means done, but Tuesday was a fitting end to a truly incredible career at Hilton.

College basketball fans revere Frank Mason and Lonzo Ball, gush about De’Aaron Fox and Dennis Smith, and fawn over the potential of Markelle Fultz. They’ve championed countless other point guards over the past four years, from D’Angelo Russell to Yogi Ferrell, Marcus Smart to Kris Dunn, Tyler Ulis to Tyus Jones.

None of them, however, not even Mason, has had the same four-year impact that Morris has had. Always overshadowed but never overmatched, he has been everything Iowa State needed him to be, and everything anybody would want a point guard to be. He played 28 minutes per game as a freshman, and over 35 per game the last three years combined. His offensive rating only once dipped below 125 at season’s end, and has never fallen out of the top 100 in Division I, even as his usage rates climbed as a senior.

The real mark of his brilliance, however, is his assist-to-turnover ratio, which is an absurd 6.1-to-1 so far this season. Morris leads college basketball in the category by a wide margin, and will top the Division I charts for the third time in four seasons. During Big 12 play, he’s turned the ball over just six times in the second half, and coughs it up, on average, once every 47 minutes. He’ll undoubtedly break the NCAA single-season record for assist-to-turnover ratio set by… Monte Morris in 2013-14.

But the fact that some of those stats haven’t been widely celebrated, the fact that they had to be sent out by Iowa State’s athletic communications staff on the eve of senior night, and the fact that PR emails have been flying to try to garner Morris more publicity tell you what you need to know about the gap between the appreciation Morris gets nationally and the appreciation his career deserves.

Morris, in so many ways, is the quintessential college point guard, a versatile scorer, an experienced floor general, a smart and disruptive defender, a creator of offense, and so much more. And he’s more or less been that way his whole career, ever since he started and played over 32 minutes per game in Big 12 play as a freshman alongside Melvin Ejim and Georges Niang.

He’s appreciated plenty in Ames. He’s appreciated for his two Big 12 tournament titles, soon-to-be four NCAA tournament appearances, and much, much more. His senior night speech, and the reception it got, was evidence of that.

@MonteMorris11 you leave a legacy a Iowa State that will never be forgotten. Assists, steals, buckets and moments we will treasure! pic.twitter.com/2Ma2caGime

— Cyclone Basketball (@CycloneMBB) March 1, 2017

Tuesday night was a fitting finale to a wonderful career — one that isn’t over, of course, but one that, once it is, won’t soon be forgotten. As Iowa State head coach Steve Prohm said prior to Morris’ speech, “His jersey will be up there [in the rafters] whenever the law allows.”

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MESTRE, ITALY - JANUARY 01: Dusko Savanovic of Banco di Sardegna Sassari competes with Hrvoje Peric (L) and Tyrus McGee (C) and Melvin Ejim (R) of Umana during the match of LBA Legabasket of ... http://dlvr.it/N49YPG

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30 minutes to tip-off - Aug 6 2024

[sbrotherston]

Melvin Ejim Was The Next Best Canadian In Manila

The next best Canadian basketball player was forward Melvin Ejim at the Olympic Qualifier in Manila

Team Canada came up short in a 83-74 loss to the Olympic Qualifier favorite France in Manila and once again it was the Toronto Raptors point guard Cory Joseph leading Canada in scoring almost by himself with 20 points. The next best player Canada had for putting the ball in the basket didn’t come from the NBA. The next best Canadian in Manila was the undrafted forward Melvin Ejim who played in…

[goalhofer]

2019 FIBA World Cup Canada Roster

Forwards

#8 Kelly Olynyk (Miami Heat/Kamloops, British Columbia)

#11 Oshae Brissett (Syracuse University Orange/Toronto, Ontario)

#12 Thomas Scrubb (Pallacanestro Varese/Vancouver, British Columbia)

#13 Dwight Powell (Dallas Mavericks/Toronto, Ontario)

#15 Brandon Clarke (Memphis Grizzlies/Vancouver, British Columbia)

#23 Dillon Brooks (Memphis Grizzlies/Mississauga, Ontario)

#25 Mfiondu Kabengele (Los Angeles Clippers/Burlington, Ontario)

#31 Tristan Thompson (Cleveland Cavaliers/Toronto, Ontario)

#33 Kyle Wiltjer (Baloncesto Malaga S.A.D./Beaverton, Oregon)

#41 Trey Lyles (San Antonio Spurs/Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

#42 Aaron Doornekamp (Valencia Cesta S.A.D./Odessa, Ontario)

Guards

#0 Nickeil Alexander-Walker (New Orleans Pelicans/Vaughan, Ontario)

#1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder/Hamilton, Ontario)

#2 Aaron Best (Riesen Ludwigsburg/Scarborough, Ontario)

#3 Melvin Ejim (B.C. U.N.I.C.S./Toronto, Ontario)

#4 Naz Mitrou-Long (Salt Lake City Stars/Mississauga, Ontario)

#5 Kevin Pangos (F.C. Barcelona Basquet/Newmarket, Ontario)

#6 Cory Joseph (Sacramento Kings/Ajax, Ontario)

#7 Brady Heslip (Istabul B.B./Burlington, Ontario)

#9 R.A. Barrett; Jr. (New York Knicks/Mississauga, Ontario)

#10 Andrew Nembhard (University Of Florida Gators/Thornhill, Ontario)

#14 Laguentz Dort (Oklahoma City Thunder/Montreal, Quebec)

#16 Andy Rautins (Bahcesehir Koleji S.K./Syracuse, New York)

#20 Nik Stauskas (Cleveland Cavaliers/Mississauga, Ontario)

#21 Phil Scrubb (B.C. Zenit St. Petersburg/Vancouver, British Columbia)

#27 Jamal Murray (Denver Nuggets/Kitchener, Ontario)

#35 Marial Shayok (Philadelphia 76ers/Ottawa, Ontario)

Centers

#24 Khem Birch (Orlando Magic/Russell, Ontario)

[orlando-magic-nation]

Nicholson et Ejim retenus avec le Canada.

- 11 août -

Les 2 Canadiens du Magic, Andrew Nicholson et Melvin Ejim, ont été retenus par la sélection canadienne qui lance son camp d'entraînement en vue du prochain tournoi des Amériques (du 31 août au 12 septembre à Monterrey au Mexique) qualificatif pour les Jeux Olympiques de Rio l'année prochaine. Les 2 finalistes de la compétition iront au Brésil.

Médaillés d'argent lors des récents Pan Am Games dont Toronto (et non Paris...) était l'hôte, les Canadiens (défaits en finale par le Brésil) chercheront prochainement à conquérir le précieux sésame pour participer au tournoi olympique brésilien de 2016. Parmi les autres joueurs NBA de l'équipe figurent notamment le ROY 2014-15 Andrew Wiggins (Wolves), Nik Stauskas (76ers), Cory Joseph (Raptors) et Robert Sacre (Lakers).

Andrew Nicholson a joué en moyenne 12 minutes par match la saison passée avec le Magic, soit son plus faible temps de jeu depuis qu'il évolue dans la grande ligue (drafté en 2012). Mais le joueur n'a pas perdu son talent, pour preuve ses 31 points et 10 rebonds lors de l'élimination des Etats-Unis en demi-finale des Jeux Panaméricains. Même si l'opposition était assez faible, l'ailier fort du Magic a brillé lors de cette compétition, avec 18.2 points et 8 rebonds de moyenne. Lors du Tournoi des Amériques 2013, il avait déja été performant avec sa sélection nationale, même si cela n'avait pas abouti à une confirmation en NBA dans la foulée. Mais le joueur semble bel et bien continuer à progresser. Quant à Melvin Ejim, un ailier de 24 ans formé à Iowa State, il a été récemment invité par Scott Skiles et son staff à participer au prochain...camp d'entraînement floridien.

Loïc.

[hotspotorlando]

The Orlando Magic have signed forward Melvin Ejim

The Orlando Magic have signed forward Melvin Ejim (EDGE-um), General Manager Rob Hennigan announced today.  Per team policy, terms of the deal are not disclosed. (more…)

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New Post has been published on http://lastwordonsports.com/2015/07/04/nba-summer-league-iowa-state-cyclone-players-report-july-4th/

NBA Summer League: Iowa State Cyclone Players Report: July 4th

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Iowa State Basketball, Melvin Ejim, NBA, NBA Summer League

[smallcollegebasketball]

Sixty players heard their names called during the 2014 NBA Draft on Thursday, but a few notable names went undrafted, led by Florida's Patric Young and Arizona State's Jahii Carson.

There were some seriously good players that were NOT drafted last night.  You could put together a heck of a team (maybe not a top-tier NBA team, but a really good team) with the following players that were NOT drafted:

DeAndre Kane, Iowa State

Melvin Ejim, Iowa State

Patric Young, Florida

C.J. Fair, Syracuse

Jahii Carson, Arizona State

James McAdoo, North Carolina

Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati

Khem Birch, UNLV

Kendall Williams, New Mexico

Fuquan Edwin, Seton Hall

Aaron Craft, Ohio State

Jabari Brown, Missouri

LaQuinton Ross, Ohio State

[xariarte]

Jamal Murray and Melvin Ejim are in the building to support our Senior Women’s Team 🙌 - Aug 1 2024

[hoopshabit]

2014 NBA Draft Profile: Iowa State Forward Melvin Ejim

2014 #NBADraft Profile: Iowa State Forward Melvin Ejim

Mar 20, 2014; San Antonio, TX, USA; Iowa State Cyclones forward Melvin Ejim (3) speaks during a press conference before the second round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament at AT&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

The Skinny

Toronto product Melvin Ejimhad a solid four years at Iowa State while ultimately becoming the best player for the Cyclones as a senior. He showed consistent…

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