A month deep in the 2022 CEBL season and the action keeps on improving. The games are increasingly tighter and the star players continue to find a way to outperform the competition.
This 2022 Father’s Day edition of the weekly top ten performers features familiar names who have distinguished themselves from the opposition with multiple appearances.
We also highlight three new players, a potential dunk of the year candidate, a near triple double and father doing it on and off the court.
Shane Gibson – Fraser Valley Bandits
Shane Gibson has been firing on all cylinders over the past six games to put his name in the running for 2022 CEBL MVP. Two top-notch performances against two of the toughest teams in the league.
Gibson leads the Bandits in scoring with 17.4 points per game on 48.1% field goal, 38.5% three-pointers, a league leading 93.8 free-throw shooting splits.
June 15 @ Edmonton Stingers, W, 84-81: 19 points (8/19 FG, 3/9 3FG, 0/0 FT) 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover, 32 minutes
June 18 vs. Scarborough Shooting Stars, W, 92-89: 29 points (11/21 FG, 3/7 3FG, 4/4 FT) 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 4 turnovers, 35 minutes
Scottie Lindsey – Saskatchewan Rattlers
Scottie Lindsay leads the CEBL with a total of 33 made three pointers, ranks in the top 20 in steals, and has quietly helped rattled any talk that the “Road to the Chip” won’t include Saskatchewan Rattlers.
June 15 vs. Scarborough Shooting Stars, L, 99-83: 31 points (10/18 FG, 8/16 3FG, 3/4 FT) 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 steal, 0 turnovers, 35 minutes
June 17 vs. Edmonton Stingers, W, 95-85: 21 points (7/14 FG, 3/6 3FG, 4/5 FT) 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 2 turnovers, 29 minutes
Jalen Harris – Scarborough Shooting Stars
Jalen Harris and the Shooting Stars split a pair of difficult road match-ups, resulting in the end of Shooting Stars’ three-game winning streak.
June 15 @ Saskatchewan Rattlers, W, 86-77: 26 points (8/10 FG, 2/4 3FG, 2/2 FT) 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 turnovers 27 minutes
June 18 @ Fraser Valley Bandits, L, 92-89: 22 points (10/22FG, 2/8 3FG, 0/0 FT) 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 40 minutes
AJ Lawson – Guelph Nighthawks
AJ Lawson dropped the potential 2022 CEBL dunk of the year against the struggling Ottawa Blackjacks and took off to the Dallas Mavericks free-agent training camp.
The Canadian guard has parlayed his successful 2021-22 G League season with the College Park Hawks into eight eye-popping games with the Guelph Nighthawks.
June 1 vs. Newfoundland Growlers W, 89-82: 14 points (5/10 FG, 3/5 3FG, 1/3 FT) 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 turnovers, 30 minutes
June 16 @ Ottawa Blackjacks, W, 83-71: 23 points (9/19 FG, 4/12 3FG, 1/2 FT) 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steals, 1 turnover, 27 minutes
Thomas Kennedy – Fraser Valley Bandits
The future is extremely bright for Thomas Kennedy. The six-foot-ten forward delivered two quality performances against top competition to keep the Fraser valley Bandits in the running for top spot in the league.
A top under-23 Canadian prospect, Kennedy has pretty much wrapped-up any debate for the 2022 CEBL U Sports award and will once again represent Canada at the inaugural 2022 Globl Jam.
Kennedy ranks in the CEBL top five in both rebounds and field goal percentage.
June 15 @ Edmonton Stingers, W, 84-81: 22 points (10/15 FG, 0/0 3FG, 2/3 FT) 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 0 turnovers, 34 minutes
June 18 vs. Scarborough Shooting Stars, W, 92-89: 15 points (5/11 FG, 0/0 3FG, 5/6 FT) 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover, 29 minutes
Walt Lemon Jr. – Ottawa Blackjacks
Two things have kept Walt Lemon Jr. off of the weekly top ten list. Winning and turnovers.
The Ottawa Blackjacks lead the CEBL with an inexcusable 18.1 turnovers per game. What’s worse, nearly half of the mistakes are coming from their two prized off-season acquisitions of Lemon Jr. (4.3) and Deng Adel (4.4).
Although, the Blackjacks dropped to a head scratching 1-7, it was hard to ignore Lemon Jr.’s desire to help write the ship in the Nation’s Capital.
June 16 vs. Guelph Nighthawks, L, 83-73: 25 points (11/17 FG, 2/3 3FG, 1/2 FT) 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 4 turnovers, 36 minutes
June 18 @ Niagara Riverlions, L, 89-78: 22 points (8/13 FG, 1/3 3FG, 5/6 FT) 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 5 turnovers, 31 minutes
Kameron Chatman – Scarborough Shooting Stars
Kameron Chatman (Portland, OR) has been a tremendous addition, to an already star-studded Scarborough Shooting Stars team. The 26-year-old is coming off of a tremendous season in the Portuguese basketball league with Ovarense and has done a solid job on both ends of the floor.
June 15 @ Saskatchewan Rattlers, W, 86-77: 22 points (9/13 FG, 2/6 3FG, 2/2 FT) 3 rebounds, 2 turnovers 29 minutes
June 18 @ Fraser Valley Bandits, L, 92-89: 13 points (4/16FG, 1/8 3FG, 4/4 FT) 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 steals, 34 minutes
Caleb Agada – Hamilton Honey Badgers
The Hamilton Honey Badgers dual threat guard came up an assist short of his first career triple-double and dished out a total of 18 assists in two games to take over sole possession as the top assist’s leader.
June 16 vs. Newfoundland Growlers W, 95-91: 7 points (2/10 FG, 1/6 3FG, 2/2 FT) 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 steals, 2 turnovers, 26 minutes
June 14 @ Guelph Nighthawks, L, 89-83: 16 points (7/14 FG, 2/5 3FG, 0/2 FT) 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals, 1 block, 6 turnovers, 25 minutes
Daniel Walden-Mullings – Niagara River Lions
There are multiple ways to impact winning basketball, and this week Daniel Walden-Mullings deserves his shine for his overall contributions in two much-needed wins over the Ottawa Blackjacks and Montreal Alliance.
The former 2014 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Player of the Year and three time (2013, 2014, 2015) All-Defensive team member recorded 15 assists, nine steals in the two games.
June 15 @ Montreal Alliance W, 76-64: 6 points (3/5 FG, 0/1 3FG, 0/0 FT) 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals, 3 turnovers, 27 minutes
June 17 vs. Ottawa BlackJacks W, 97-85: 8 points (3/7 FG, 0/3 3FG, 2/2 FT) 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals, 3 turnovers, 32 minutes
Terry Thomas – Newfoundland Growlers
Terry Thomas (East Preston, NS) has been one of the most exciting and successful prospects to come out of off the U Sports basketball stream in the last decade.
Fresh off a 2022 NBL Canada championship with the London Lightning, the former St. FX star and Ottawa Gee-Gees All-Canadian guard returned to the East coast to help the retooled Newfoundland Growlers inch much closer to their first franchise win.
June 14 vs. Guelph Nighthawks, L, 89-82: 19 points (7/14 FG, 2/6 3FG, 3/6 FT) 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 3 turnovers, 27 minutes
June 14 @ Hamilton Honey Badgers, L, 95-91: 22 points (9/15 FG, 4/7 3FG, 0/1 FT) 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 4 turnovers, 32 minutes
