2025 CEBL Draft

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2025 CEBL Draft
General information
Sport Basketball
Date(s)April 10, 2025
Overview
30 total selections in 3 rounds
League Canadian Elite Basketball League
Teams10
First selection Sultan Haider Bhatti
(Montreal Alliance)
  2024
2026  

The 2025 CEBL Draft, the 7th edition of the Canadian Elite Basketball League's annual draft, was announced on April 10, 2025. The 10 teams of the CEBL took turns selecting U Sports and Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association athletes to add to their rosters. The first overall selection was made by the Montreal Alliance, who selected Sultan Haider Bhatti of the Brandon Bobcats. This was the first time the Draft results were unveiled live on CEBL+. [1]

Contents

Format

The draft order for the first round was determined by how the teams finished in the 2024 CEBL season, with the last-placed Montreal Alliance obtaining the 1st overall pick. Employing a "snake draft" format, the order is reversed in even-numbered rounds, and returns to the original order in odd-numbered rounds. The draft order for the first round was determined as follows: [2] [3]

  1. Montreal Alliance
  2. Brampton Honey Badgers
  3. Saskatchewan Rattlers
  4. Ottawa Blackjacks
  5. Winnipeg Sea Bears
  6. Calgary Surge
  7. Scarborough Shooting Stars
  8. Edmonton Stingers
  9. Niagara River Lions
  10. Vancouver Bandits

Player selection

Sources: [4] [5]

Round 1

PickTeamPlayerPositionHometownSchool team
1 Montreal Alliance Sultan Haider BhattiF Laval, QC Brandon University
2 Brampton Honey Badgers Yohann SamG Brampton, ON University of Windsor
3 Saskatchewan Rattlers Declan PetersonC Bentley, AB University of Calgary
4 Ottawa BlackJacks Justin Ndjock-TadjoréF Gatineau, QC University of Ottawa
5 Winnipeg Sea Bears Geoffrey JamesG Edmonton, AB University of Victoria
6 Calgary Surge DJ JacksonG Mississauga, ON St. Francis Xavier University
7 Scarborough Shooting Stars David WalkerG Toronto, ON Toronto Metropolitan University
8 Edmonton Stingers Aaron RhoomsF Toronto, ON Toronto Metropolitan University
9 Niagara River Lions Gatluak JamesG Windsor, ON St. Francis Xavier University
10 Vancouver Bandits Nikola GuzinaF Vancouver, BC University of British Columbia

Round 2

PickTeamPlayerPositionHometownSchool team
11 Vancouver Bandits Mikyle MalabuyocG Vancouver, BC University of Western Ontario
12 Niagara River Lions Charles RobertF Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC Bishop’s University
13 Edmonton Stingers Liai TongF St. John’s, NL Cape Breton University
14 Scarborough Shooting Stars Koat ThomasG Waterloo, ON St. Francis Xavier University
15 Calgary Surge Javier Gilgeous-GlasgowG Brampton, ON Toronto Metropolitan University
16 Winnipeg Sea Bears Mason KrausG Winnipeg, MB University of Manitoba
17 Ottawa BlackJacks Alvin IcyogereG Ottawa, ON Nipissing University
18 Saskatchewan Rattlers Isaac SimonG Regina, SK University of Alberta
19 Brampton Honey Badgers Conner LandellF St. Catharines, ON University of New Brunswick
20 Montreal Alliance Liam RietschinC Toronto, ON York University

Round 3

PickTeamPlayerPositionHometownSchool team
21 Montreal Alliance Jaheem JosephFOttawa, ON Concordia University
22 Brampton Honey Badgers Mike DemagusGScarborough, ON McMaster University
23 Saskatchewan Rattlers Easton ThimmFSaskatoon, SK University of Saskatchewan
24 Ottawa BlackJacks Malik GrantFBrampton, ON Humber Polytechnic
25 Winnipeg Sea Bears Brendan AmoyawFWinnipeg, MB McMaster University
26 Calgary Surge William TongFCalgary, AB Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
27 Scarborough Shooting Stars Samuel WongGToronto, ON Centennial College
28 Edmonton Stingers Jalen ShirleyGBrampton, ON University of British Columbia Okanagan
29 Niagara River Lions Thierry TshibolaGQuébec City, QC Brock University
30 Vancouver Bandits David MutabaziGDelta, BC Trinity Western University

NCAA Transfers

Some players selected in the draft may later elect to leave their CEBL clubs in order to join NCAA Division I basketball teams.

References

  1. "'2025 CEBL Draft Reveal Show' Set for April 10 on CEBL+". www.cebl.ca. March 27, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  2. "2025 CEBL Draft reveal set for April 10". March 27, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  3. "'2025 CEBL DRAFT REVEAL SHOW' SET FOR APRIL 10 ON CEBL+". March 27, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  4. "2025 CEBL Draft Class Announced". www.cebl.ca. April 10, 2025. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  5. "CEBL DRAFT 2025 RESULTS". www.cebl.ca. April 10, 2025. Retrieved April 11, 2025.