2016 NBLC Summer Combine Series Info

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2016 NBLC Summer Combine Series Info

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Canadian Draft

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Combine Info

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In The News

Post by IceManLikeGervin » Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:09 am

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Canada's national pro basketball league is trying to be more Canadian.

The National Basketball League of Canada will hold its first evaluation camp on Saturday in the lead-up to its first-ever draft of Canadian university and college players next month.

It's all aimed at generating more interest among Canadian players who tend to gravitate towards the U.S. or Europe after their school careers are over.

``We're a domestic league and we want to encourage young Canadians to come and play here and be successful, because in turn it makes the league successful," says Grace (pronounced Grass) Lokole, a coach with the Niagara River Lions and organizer of this weekend's evaluation camp.

``We've been working very hard at showing young Canadian players that our league is a viable option. Stay home instead of going to Europe, make money here and let your family watch all of your games."

The league, which has been in business since 2011, mandates that all of its eight teams carry at least four Canadian-born players. While there are no plans yet to increase Canadian content, the league is aiming to raise the bar on Canadian talent and get more Canadians in the starting lineup and hopefully increase the number of homegrown players.

There are already a few standouts from Canada.

University of Alberta grad Joel Friesen started 42 games with the Halifax Hurricanes in his first year out of CIS. Warren Ward from the University of Ottawa started several playoff games for the London Lightning.

``I don't think there's any league in the world that has as many Canadian basketball players as we do and we want to grow that," Lokole says.

``We really want to show Canadians that if they stay home, they'll get more exposure here. If you work hard, you can make good money doing this."

Lokole points to Phil Scrubb, a Carleton University product now starring with Skyliner Frankfurt in the German league. He played a big role in Frankfurt winning the Europe Cup.

But, as Lokole points out, few Canadians are aware of his feats.

If Scrubb were playing in the NBL, all games would be available on YouTube and family would be able to attend his games in person.

``We really want to show Canadians that if they stay home, they'll get more exposure here," he says. ``If you work hard, you can make good money doing this."

How much? Players receive between $1,800 and $6,000 a month and get free accommodations. That's comparable to minor league baseball pay.

As for the exposure, that's still a battle for the NBL. It gets good press coverage locally, but hasn't really attracted the attention of the national media. Having better Canadian content will help in that regard, the league believes.

Saturday's camp has attracted 30 CIS and community college players, though more may be added. Among them are some of the best in the country.

There's OUA all-star Greg Morrow of Western University and Matt Fennell, the CCAA player of the year.

Of the 30 early invitees, Lokole says as many as eight of them could step into NBL lineups next season.

The camp, which will be held at the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines, Ont., will include a series of workouts, testing and scrimmages in front of league scouts and coaches.

That will set the stage for next month's draft, which will consist of three rounds.

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