Recap The Court

Jacob Smith

The Canadian Elite Basketball League tips off their fifth season on May 24th and it will surely be the biggest and greatest of them all. From season one, the CEBL has been a place to showcase the best Canadian talent on home soil, and provide an experience like no other for those who decide to spend their money to witness some of the nation’s best. Now, that experience is being amplified to new cities across the country and in forms that are a vision came true.

The CEBL announced a broadcast partnership with TSN to showcase games throughout the season on national TV. For a league dedicated to giving a home to Canadian basketball players looking to stay home, a partnership with a national sports broadcaster makes that interest in staying home, that much sweeter, not that the CEBL has needed extra incentive to pull bigger names to stay up north.

Whether it’s Lindell Wigginton, Xavier Sneed, Jalen Harris, Xavier Moon, AJ Lawson, the CEBL has been a growing pipeline for NBA level talent to reach the next step. They have built themselves on doing what’s right for the player, and with the growing connections that are built between the different organizations and the players that put on their jerseys, the environment is like no other, and that speaks for itself when talent is deciding where to make their next stop.

With Fraser Valley moving to Vancouver, the Guelph Nighthawks moving to Calgary and becoming the Calgary Surge, the introduction of the Winnipeg Sea Bears and the Hamilton Honey Badgers moving to Brampton, the CEBL is making its way into more and more basketball hubs across the country and expanding its reach to everyone who wants to see their talent flourish at home, and have a league they can call their own where they are valued and pushed to excel.

New places, new faces, a new platform and the continued momentum to push towards the biggest it can get. The CEBL has been skyrocketing towards the top ever since its inception, and season five should be no different. Catch the action starting May 24th when the reigning champs the Honey Badgers take on the Ottawa BlackJacks.