Scarborough Shooting Stars

Scarborough Shooting Stars
Scarborough Shooting Stars
Leagues	CEBL
Founded	2021
History	Scarborough Shooting Stars; (2021–present)
Arena	Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre
Capacity	2,000
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Team colours	Turquoise, black, grey and white ;
General manager	Brady Heslip
Head coach	Devan Blair
Ownership	Niko Carino & Sam Ibrahim
Championships	Conference championships; 1 (2023); CEBL Champions; 1 (2023)
Website	scarboroughshootingstars.ca

The Scarborough Shooting Stars are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They compete in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) and play their home games at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre in the eastern district of Scarborough.^[1] Founded in 2021, the Shooting Stars are the first professional sports team to be based in Scarborough.

History

The Scarborough Shooting Stars were established on August 16, 2021, owned by Nicholas “Niko” Carino (co-founder of record label OVO Sound) & Sam Ibrahim (founding member of venture capital firm Playground Global).^[2] They are the eighth franchise of the league and made their debut in the 2022 CEBL season.^[3] They were the first franchise from the Greater Toronto Area.^[2] Scarborough native Chris Exilus became the first head coach of the team.^[4] In May, the Shooting Stars gained worldwide attention when rapper Jermaine Cole (known under his artist name J.Cole) signed with the team.^[5] Other notable players in the Shooting Stars' debut season included Jalen Harris and Xavier Rathan-Mayes.

In the Shooting Stars' first season, they reached the CEBL Finals after beating Saskatchewan in the quarter-finals and Niagara in the semi-finals. In the finals, the Hamilton Honey Badgers narrowly defeated them, 90–88. After the season, Isiaha Mike and Jalen Harris were named to the 2022 All-CEBL First Team.

Arena

The Shooting Stars play their games at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. It is located at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Scarborough Shooting Stars roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
F	33	Djuricic, Danilo	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	25 – (1999-02-20)20 February 1999
F	—	Young, Kalif	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (110 kg)	27 – (1997-04-05)5 April 1997
G	—	Barber, Cat	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	29 – (1994-07-25)25 July 1994
G	—	Adaway, Jalen	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	25 – (1998-07-09)9 July 1998
G	—	Jones, Tevian	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	23 – (2000-06-29)29 June 2000
F	—	Ongenda, Nick	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	23 – (2000-09-29)29 September 2000
F	—	Ward, Hason	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	23 – (2000-09-24)24 September 2000
F	—	Rowe, Jackson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	27 – (1997-01-04)4 January 1997
G	—	Campbell, Jaden	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	24 – (2000-01-05)5 January 2000
G	—	Gray, Kadre	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	290 lb (130 kg)	26 – (1997-11-02)2 November 1997
G	—	Lewis, Nicholas	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
G	—	Joseph, Devoe	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	34 – (1990-05-07)7 May 1990
G	—	Givance, Shamar	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	24 – (1999-08-10)10 August 1999
G	—	Williams, Donovan	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	22 – (2001-09-06)6 September 2001

Head coach

Devan Blair

Assistant coach(es)

Felecia Brown
Mario Celebre
Mike De Giorgio
Ajay Sharma

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Inactive
Injured

Updated: June 12, 2024

Notable players

Honours

CEBL

Eastern conference Champions (1): 2023

CEBL

Champions (1): 2023

Season-by-season record

League	Season	Coach	Regular season				Post season
League	Season	Coach	Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
CEBL
	2022	Chris Exilus	12	8	.600	3rd	2	1	.667	Lost Finals
	2023	Chris Exilus	11	9	.550	3rd East	4	0	1.000	Won CEBL Championship
Totals			23	17	.575	—	6	1	.857