Caleb Agada

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Caleb Agada
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Agada with Avtodor in 2024
No. 5–Avtodor
Position Point guard
League VTB United League
Personal information
Born (1994-08-31) August 31, 1994 (age 30)
Lafia, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian / Canadian
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Assumption
(Burlington, Ontario)
College Ottawa (2012–2017)
NBA draft 2016: undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2018 Prat
2018–2019 Hamilton Honey Badgers
2018–2020 Melilla
2020–2021 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2021–2022 Melbourne United
2022–2024 Prometey
2023 Ottawa Blackjacks
2024–present Avtodor
Career highlights and awards
  • Israeli Basketball League Top Scorer (2021)
  • 2x U SPORTS Defensive Player of the Year (2016, 2017)
  • 3x OUA First Team All-Star (2015, 2016, 2017)
  • 2x OUA Defensive Player of the Year (2016, 2017)
  • U SPORTS Second Team All-Canadian (2017)
  • U SPORTS Championship Tournament All-Star (2014)

Caleb Apochi Agada (born 31 August 1994) is a Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball player for Avtodor of the VTB United League. Born in Nigeria and raised in Canada, [1] he represents the Nigerian national basketball team. [2] In 2020-21 he led the Israel Basketball Premier League in points per game and steals per game.

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Early life

Agada was born in Lafia, Nigeria, and moved to the Canadian city of Burlington, Ontario, at the age of six. [3]

College career

Agada played college basketball for the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees from 2012–2017. [4]

He was awarded back-to-back national U SPORTS Defensive Player of the Year honours in 2015-16 and 2016-17. At the conference level, Agada was named an OUA First Team All-Star in three consecutive seasons from 2014 to 2017. [5]

In the 2016–17 season, he averaged 14.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a fifth-year senior, earning Second Team All-Canadian honours. [6]

Professional career

Agada started his career at the Spanish side Prat Joventud in 2017–18 season, [7] he averaged 14.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists. [8] He moved to the Melilla Baloncesto in the 2018–19 season, [9] averaging 12 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists. [10] He also played for the Canadian side Hamilton Honey Badgers in the Canadian Elite Basketball League where he played two games for the team averaging 10 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4 assists in the 2018–19 season. [11] [12] In the 2019–20 season, he averaged 14.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists. [13] [14]

On 19 May 2020, he signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. [15] Agada averaged 15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals per game. On 26 July, he exercised his option to stay with Hapoel Beer Sheva in the 2020-21 season. [16] On 14 September, Agada was named player of the week after contributing 25 points, eight rebounds, and six assists in a win against Maccabi Rishon LeZion. [17] In 2020-21 he led the Israel Basketball Premier League in points per game (22.9) and steals per game (2.4). [18]

On 24 August 2021, Agada signed with Melbourne United for the 2021–22 NBL season. [19]

On 10 July 2022, Agada signed with Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and EuroCup. [20]

On 23 June 2023, Agada signed with the Ottawa BlackJacks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, [21] but was released on 3 July.

On 4 July 2023, Agada signed for a second stint with Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. [22]

National team career

Agada had been previously called up to play for a Canadian national basketball team side. [23] He was called up to play for the Nigerian national basketball team during the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification games, during the February 23–24, 2019 qualifying window in Lagos, he averaged 4.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists. [24] [25] He was invited for the Nigerian 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup preliminary squad but he didn't make the final list of players. [26] In 2021, he represented Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympics. [19]

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  19. 1 2 "Melbourne United Sign Olympian Caleb Agada". NBL.com.au. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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