Happy NBA Draft day, everyone!

Luckily for Canadian basketball fans, the game is continuing to rapidly grow throughout the country. The 2019 draft class made history with six Canadians selected, the most all-time in a single draft! Also, in the past decade there’s been at least one Canadian player drafted. This year, there are four Canadians who you should definitely keep an eye out for.

Nate Darling

From: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Birthday: August 30, 1998
School: Delaware Blue Hens
Position: Guard
Height: 6 ft 5

Darling is coming off his best year in his collegiate career! He’s averaging 21 points per game on 39.9% shooting from beyond the arc, and put up over 34 points in several games.

Jermaine Haley

 

From: Vancouver, British Columbia
Birthday: April 30, 1997
School: West Virginia Mountaineers
Position: Guard
Height: 6 ft 7

As a senior, Haley averaged 8.9 points and 4.3 rebounds per game on 55.4% shooting from the field. Even though he identifies as a guard, he’s able to play almost every position on the court.

Karim Mane

From: Dakar, Senegal / Montreal, Quebec
Birthday: May 16, 2000
School: Vanier Cheetahs (Junior College, Quebec)
Position: Guard
Height: 6 ft 5

Since Mane is only 19 years old, he declared for the NBA Draft as an international player. However, he was still scouted by top schools like Michigan State, Kansas, and Memphis. Mane led his team to the Quebec Student Sports Federation title for the second straight season. This past season, he averaged 15.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists.

Isiaha Mike

From: Scarborough, Ontario
Birthday: Aug. 11, 1997
School: Southern Methodist Mustang
Position: Guard
Height: 6 ft 8

As a senior, Mike picked up 14.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game on 48% shooting from the field. As a junior at SMU, Mike made the All-AAC Third Team. He shot 36.1 percent from 3-point range on 4.7 attempts per game in his collegiate career. In all three seasons Mike played at the college level, he averaged double-digit points. Mike signed a contract with the Chemnitz 99ers of the Basketball Bundesliga, the highest level of professional league in Germany. If he is drafted, he won't be eligible to join an NBA for one year.

Keep an eye out for these players to make Canada proud in the next few years!