The Toronto Raptors’ 21-man roster for their free agent mini-camp this week has a very Canadian feel.
The list of players features five Canadians including 7-foot-2 centre Jordan Bachynski, forwards Khem Birch, Olu Ashaolu and CIS star forward Thomas Scrubb and guard Phil Scrubb.
The Scrubb brothers, who grew up in Richmond, B.C., excelled for the CIS-powerhouse Carleton Ravens, who won the 2015 men’s basketball Final 8 in dominant fashion.
Philip, a three-time CIS MVP, averaged 16.6 points per game on 48.3 percent shooting, while Thomas scored 17.2 points per game on 55.7 percent shooting. They are among the most accomplished players in Canadian college basketball history.
Bachynski, 25, played four years with the Arizona State Sun Devils, but spent the 2014-15 season in Turkey after he went undrafted in the 2014 NBA Draft.
Other notable names on the list include Toronto’s 2014 second-round draft pick DeAndre Daniels, former college star and top-five NBA pick Tyrus Thomas, Ohio State’s Aaron Craft and LaQuinton Ross. Daniels took part in NBA Summer League last season with the Raptors before spending the 2015 campaign with the NBL’s Perth Wildcats in Australia.
Thomas, 28, played nine NBA seasons with Chicago, Charlotte and Memphis, averaging 7.7 points per game and 4.8 rebounds per game, after the LSU product was selected fourth overall pick at the 2006 NBA Draft.
The camp will take place at the Raptors’ practice court at Air Canada Centre from June 11-12.
You can find the entire roster here.
