Brampton Honey Badgers

     PresidentMichael CvitkovicGeneral managerJermaine Anderson^[1]Head coachRyan SchmidtChampionships1 (2022)Websitehoneybadgers.ca

The Brampton Honey Badgers are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Brampton, Ontario, that competes in the Canadian Elite Basketball League. They play their games at the CAA Centre.^[2] The team was founded in 2018 as the Hamilton Honey Badgers and played at the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ontario from their inaugural season in 2019 until 2022.

On May 2, 2018, the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced Hamilton, Ontario, as one of the original six teams for its inaugural season beginning May 2019.^[3] On June 12, 2018, at a press conference the CEBL announced the logo and name of its Hamilton franchise as the Hamilton Honey Badgers, a nickname inspired by the world's most fearless animal. The team also announced the hiring of former Toronto Raptors' executive John Lashway as team president.^[4] On December 19, 2019, the organization appointed Jermaine Anderson as the new general manager of the team.^[5]

The Honey Badgers won their first game, at home over Edmonton, 103–86 on May 12, 2019.^[6]

The Honey Badgers made the playoffs and defeated the Niagara River Lions but lost in the CEBL Finals to the Saskatchewan Rattlers.

The Honey Badgers won their first title on August 14, 2022, against the Scarborough Shooting Stars, 90–88, clinching a berth, at the 2022–23 BCL Americas.

On November 28, 2022, the league announced due to renovations to the FirstOntario Centre, the Honey Badgers had relocated to Brampton permanently.^[7]

Brampton Honey Badgers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 11 Baker, Callum 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 23 – (2000-12-08)8 December 2000 G 21 Brown, Jevon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 26 – (1998-05-30)30 May 1998 F 32 Clarke, Akeem 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 25 – (1998-11-26)26 November 1998 F 15 Kangu, Kevin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 26 – (1998-04-27)27 April 1998 C 25 McCoy, Brandon 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (110 kg) 26 – (1998-06-11)11 June 1998 G 7 Newby, Jabs 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 32 – (1992-08-15)15 August 1992 F 17 Nurhussein, Ayub 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 21 – (2002-12-14)14 December 2002 G 13 Okafor, Michael 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 25 – (1999-04-20)20 April 1999 F 10 Obeng-Mensah, Yaw 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 24 – (2000-06-15)15 June 2000 F 8 Oduro, Prince 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (110 kg) 25 – (1998-10-27)27 October 1998 F — Price-Noel, Jahbril 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 24 – (1999-12-19)19 December 1999 F 14 Stevenson, Shamiel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (110 kg) 26 – (1998-04-24)24 April 1998 G 20 Syllas, Cole 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 24 – (2000-08-01)1 August 2000 G 6 Walker, David 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 24 – (1999-09-28)28 September 1999 F 24 Waterman, Zane 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 28 – (1995-10-12)12 October 1995	Head coach Sheldon Cassimy Legend (C) Team captain (I) Inactive Injured Roster Transactions Updated: July 20, 2024

• Elijah Mitrou-Long
• Christian Vital
• Brianté Weber

• CEBL

regular season top team (1): 2022

Champions (1): 2022

League	Season	Coach	Regular season				Post season
			Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
CEBL
	2019	Chantal Vallée	10	10	.500	4th	1	1	.500	Lost finals
	2020	Ryan Schmidt	3	3	.500	3rd	1	1	.500	Lost semi-finals
	2021	Ryan Schmidt	9	5	.643	3rd	0	1	.000	Lost quarter-finals
	2022	Ryan Schmidt	14	6	.700	1st	2	0	1.000	Won CEBL Championship
	2023	Antoine Broxsie	8	12	.400	4th East	0	1	.000	Lost Play in Round
	2024	Sheldon Cassimy	6	14	.300	5th East	Did not qualify
Totals			50	50	.500	—	4	4	.500

• Official website