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Miami Heat ink Canadian guard Mychal Mulder

Miami Heat Ink Canadian Guard Mychal Mulder

The Miami Heat have signed Canadian guard Mychal Mulder (Windsor, Ont.) to a training camp deal.

Mulder averaged 8.8 points per game, 3.4 rebounds on 16-of-38 (42%) shooting in five games for the Chicago Bulls at the 2019 Las Vegas NBA Summer League. The Canadian guard had solid a 18-point, 4-rebound, 2 assists outing against Cleveland — knocking down 6-of-10 field goals and 3-of-6 triples.

The 6’4″ guard has spent the past two seasons sharpening his toolkit with the Windy City Bulls of the G-League. In 47 starts with Windy City — Mulder elevated his game averaging 13.7 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists — knocking down 46.1 % of his (229/497) attempts.

Mulder went undrafted in 2017 after two seasons with the Kentucky Wildcats — appearing in 56 games and contributing 4.3 points and 1.2 rebounds in 2016-17 — his final collegiate campaign under John Calipari.

The Miami training camp roster features three Canadian players. Six-year NBA veteran Kelly Olynyk, under-guaranteed contract returns for his third-season with the Heat. Recently undrafted 7-footer, Kyle Alexander (Milton, ON) also signed a training camp deal, and similar to Mulder are expected to join the Sioux Falls Skyforce — the Heat’s G-League affiliate team.

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Mulder’s training camp deal brings a record total of 24 Canadian basketball players currently under contract with NBA teams — 16 guaranteed, with the remainder, a combination of non-guaranteed contracts ranging from two-way, exhibit 10 to training camp deals.

2019-20 Canadian NBA Stats Tracker - List

First Last Team POS HT WT City Province College Conference Contract Link
Tristan Thompson CLE F 6'10" 238 Brampton ON Texas SEC 5 yr(s) / $82M Link
Cory Joseph SAC PG 6'4" 193 Pickering ON Texas SEC 3 yr(s) / $37.2M Link
Dwight Powell DAL F 6'11" 240 Toronto ON Stanford PAC-12 4 yr(s) / $37.2M Link
Trey Lyles SAS F 6'10" 234 Saskatoon SK Kentucky SEC 3 yr(s) / $11M
Kelly Olynyk MIA F 7'0" 240 Kamloops BC Gonzaga WCC 4 yr(s) / $50M
Andrew Wiggins GSW F 6'8" 194 Vaughan ON Kansas Big 12 5 yr(s) / $147.7M
Jamal Murray DEN PG 6'4" 207 Kitchener ON Kentucky SEC 4 yr(s) / $195.6M
Dillon Brooks MEM F 6'6" 220 Mississauga ON Oregon PAC-12 3 yr(s) / $35M
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC PG 6'6" 180 Hamilton ON Kentucky SEC 3 yr(s) / $11.4M
Chris Boucher TOR F 6'10" 201 Montreal QC Oregon PAC-12 2 yr(s) / $2M
Khem Birch ORL F 6'9" 233 Montreal QC UNLV MWC 2 yr(s) / $6M
RJ Barrett NYK F 6'7" 202 Mississauga ON Duke ACC 2 yr(s) / $16M
Brandon Clarke MEM F 6'8" 215 Vancouver BC Gonzaga WCC 2 yr(s) / $5M
Ignas Brazdeikis NYK F 6'7" 215 Mississauga ON Michigan BIG Ten 2 yr(s) / $2.4M
Nickeil Alexander-Walker NOP G 6'5" 205 Toronto ON Virginia Tech ACC 2 yr(s) / $6M
Mfiondu Kabengele LAC F 6'10" 250 Burlington ON Florida State ACC 2 yr(s) / $4M
Mychal Mulder GSW G 6'4" 184 Windsor ON Kentucky SEC Multi-Year
Luguentz Dort OKC G 6'4" 215 Montreal QC Arizona State PAC-12 4 yr(s) / 5.3M Link
Karim Mane ORL G 6'5" 190 Montreal QC Vanier CEGEP N/A
Oshae Brissett TOR F 6'8" 210 Mississauga ON Syracuse ACC N/A
Kyle Alexander MIA C 6'11" 215 Milton ON Tennessee SEC N/A Link
Naz Mitrou-Long IND PG 6'4" 218 Mississauga ON Iowa State Big 12 N/A
Lindell Wigginton MIN G 6'2" 189 Dartmouth NS Iowa State Big 12 N/A
Simi Shittu CHI F 6'10" 240 Burlington ON Vanderbilt SEC NA
Marial Shayok PHI G 6'6" 201 Ottawa ON Iowa State Big 12 2 yr(s) / $2.4M

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