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The Sudbury Five are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Sudbury, Ontario that play in the Basketball Super League (BSL). The team is owned by Sudbury Wolves Sports and play at the Sudbury Community Arena.
History
The team was originally approved by the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada) to begin play for the 2017–18 season, but was pushed back to the 2018–19 season. The organization announced their team name, Sudbury Five, and colours in May 2018. Logan Stutz was named the team's first general manager and head coach on 9 August. The team took part in the 2018 entry draft with the other nine NBL Canada teams and later received the Niagara River Lions' protected player list after that team left the league.
The team's second season was curtailed by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the following 2020–21 season was cancelled by the league. In 2021, general manager and head coach Logan Stutz was hired by the Boston College Eagles as director of player development and left the Five. He was replaced by assistant coach Elliott Etherington.
Die Sudbury Five sind das erste professionelle Basketballteam in Sudbury seit den Sudbury Spartans, die von 1993 bis 2001 in der American Basketball Association (ABA) spielten.
Das Team wird von Trainer Logan Stutz trainiert, der seit 2019 im Amt ist. Die Sudbury Five haben noch keinen Titel in der NBLC gewonnen, erreichten aber in der Saison 2018/19 die Halbfinals.
Einige bekannte Spieler, die für die Sudbury Five gespielt haben, sind:
- Anthony Bennett (ehemaliger Nummer 1-Pick im NBA-Draft)
- Jermaine Anderson (ehemaliger NBA-Spieler)
- Kris Joseph (ehemaliger NBA-Spieler)
- Brady Heslip (ehemaliger NBA-Spieler)
- Tony Mitchell (ehemaliger NBA-Spieler)