2021 UPLAY U17 NIKE EYBL ROSTER - CANADA

 

2021 UPLAY U17 NIKE EYBL ROSTER - CANADA

@nikeeyb

and eyb rosters! Players from all over the country earned their spot to represent Uplay on the highest amateur level in the world

Can’t wait to get started with this group #theuplayway #uplayfam #nikeeyb

Our official 2021 @nikeeyb and eyb rosters! Players from all over the country earned their spot to represent Uplay on the highest amateur level in the world 🌍 Can’t wait to get started with this group #theuplayway #uplayfam #nikeeyb pic.twitter.com/V04AbIYat9

— UPLAY Canada 🏀🎮 (@UPLAYCanada) April 19, 2021

Texas Tech star Mac McClung enters transfer portal while prioritizing focus on 2021 NBA Draft Texas Tech star Mac McClung enters transfer portal while prioritizing focus on 2021 NBA Draft

 

Texas Tech star Mac McClung enters transfer portal while prioritizing focus on 2021 NBA Draft

McClung was the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and a second-team All-Big 12 honoree

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-kansas-arkansas-make-jumps-in-early-top-25-and-1-after-landing-transfers/

Texas Tech star guard Mac McClung simultaneously entered the transfer portal and declared for the 2021 NBA Draft on Sunday, opening up the possibility for him to land at his third school in three seasons. McClung, who began his career at Georgetown, announced the news on social media and emphasized his priority right now is on the NBA Draft as he sorts through his options.

"My main focus right now is getting ready for the up-and-coming NBA draft," he said. "While going through this process I will be in the transfer portal."

McClung was an immediate impact addition for Texas Tech in his one-and-done season with the Red Raiders, earning Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and All-Big 12 second team honors after finishing fifth in the league in points scored per game (15.7). Texas Tech finished the season 18-11 before its coach, Chris Beard, left to take the same position at the University of Texas. He started in all 29 games.

Texas Tech elevated associate head coach Mark Adams to head coach to help stabilize the program, but it has not been immune from the epidemic of transfers this offseason. McClung joins starters Micah Peavy and Kyler Edwards in hitting the transfer portal and fellow starter Terrence Shannon Jr. in declaring for the draft, paving the way for Adams in his first year on the job to potentially face a significant rebuild.

DePaul transfer PG Kobe Elvis has been offered by Clemson, Dayton, Cal, Colorado State, Boston College, Grand Canyon, Drake, among others since entering the transfer portal.

 

DePaul transfer PG Kobe Elvis has been offered by Clemson, Dayton, Cal, Colorado State, Boston College, Grand Canyon, Drake, among others since entering the transfer portal. #KingsOfTheNorth pic.twitter.com/mtoxhCbe4m

— Northern Kings (@NorthernKingsCA) April 12, 2021

 

Where Are they Now - OBA Boys Born 2000 / CALLUM BAKER

 Where Are they Now - OBA Boys Born 2000 / CALLUM BAKER

Fairleigh Dickinson University / NCAA DIV 1

CALLUM BAKER

HOMETOWN

 

Oakville, Ontario

CLASS

 

Sophomore

HEIGHT

 

6-0

WEIGHT

 

160

HIGHSCHOOL

 

Bishop Walsh

OBA/AAU TEAM : OAKVILLE VENOM, CIA BOUNCE 

2019-20: Appeared 23 games as a freshman and earned his first career start against Notre Dame on November 26...Played a season-high 23 minutes against Notre Dame and dished out a career-high three assists...Netted a season-high three points with a made three against Kentucky on December 7...Averaged 0.6 points and 0.7 rebounds per contest... Named to Winter NEC Honor Roll (Min 3.20 GPA).

Bishop Walsh: Arrived at FDU from Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland, Maryland where he averaged 15 points, five assists, four rebounds and 3.5 steals per game as a senior. The 6-foot-2 guard hails from Oakville, Ontario, which is a suburban town located about 25 miles south of Toronto. As a senior, Baker helped lead the Spartans to a 20-8 record including a perfect 7-0 mark in the region.

Coach Herenda on Baker (Prior to 2019-20 Season): "We are all very excited about Callum joining the FDU basketball family. He will fit right into our culture, style of play, and our history of great guard play. Callum plays very fast, has the ability to make plays off the dribble and can really shoot the ball."

Personal: Parents are Martin and Charmaine ... Siblings named Rylan and Brooke ... Interests Outside of Sports include spending time with family, playing videos games, and hiking ... Favorite Sports Memory is winning the Canadian National Championship for his province ... Favorite Professional Sports Team is the Toronto Raptors ... Favorite Movie is Friday.

Baker's Career Highs
Points: 12, vs Bryant (1/31/21)
Rebounds: 6 at Merrimack (1/21/21)
Assists: 3 (4x) last at Hofstra (11/30/20)
Steals: 4, at Providence (12/5/20) 
Blocks: 2, at Merrimack (1/22/21)
FGM: 4, at Rutgers (11/27/20)
3-pt FGM: 3 (3x), last at Merrimack (1/22/21)
FTM: 9, vs Bryant (1/31/21)
Minutes: 36, at Providence (12/5/20)

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Ex-UConn coach Kevin Ollie to coach new elite basketball prospect venture

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/31242042/sources-ex-uconn-coach-kevin-ollie-coach-new-elite-prospect-venture 

Former UConn Huskies coach and 13-year NBA veteran Kevin Ollie has been hired as head coach and director of player development for the Overtime Elite, a new professional basketball league for top prospects between 16 and 18 years old.

"I'm ready to get back to what I was born to do: empowering and encouraging and supporting young people, and helping them grow," Ollie said in a statement. "There's no better place for me to do that than OTE, an extraordinary league for extraordinary young men. I consider it my mission to help these elite athletes realize their dreams."

Ollie will work with Brandon Williams, Overtime Elite's executive VP and head of basketball operations, to assemble what's expected to be a 40-person operations staff, including coaches, sports science and performance personnel, trainers and counselors to work with young players. Ollie won a national championship as UConn's coach in 2014, and Williams is a former NBA player and front-office executive with Philadelphia and Sacramento.

"Kevin has the leadership skills necessary to deliver on our goal: the holistic development of the athlete who is better prepared for the next level," Williams said in a statement.

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The OTE's plan is to offer six-figure financial packages and an academic tutoring component for high school players to compete against prep school and international teams in a year-round training program. The league's model would allow for players to share in prospective revenue from name, image and likeness and sales of custom jerseys, trading cards and non-fungible tokens. These players would lose college eligibility but be able to advance toward the G League and NBA draft in a more basketball-intensive environment.

After winning a national title in his second season as coach at his alma mater in 2014, Ollie advanced to one more NCAA tournament before an acrimonious departure in 2018 because of an NCAA investigation. Ollie filed a suit against UConn to recoup $10 million in back pay, a process that has gone to arbitration.

This is Ollie's first basketball job since leaving UConn three years ago. Before becoming the fourth Black coach to win a Division I NCAA men's basketball title, Ollie, 48, had a stellar NBA playing career, rising from an undrafted guard into a solid backup guard for 11 NBA teams.

Ollie built a strong reputation for mentoring young stars on his teams in the league, including LeBron James in Cleveland and Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma City. Ollie turned down an NBA head-coaching job with the Brooklyn Nets early in his UConn tenure.