Episode 11: Amidou Bamba, K. Braeden Anderson, Kemy Osse

Jun 28, 2021
44 mins

Episode Description

Host Jason Thom talks with Guelph Nighthawks forward Amidou Bamba about why is playing in the CEBL, what it took to win a U19 FIBA World Cup gold medal and why perfecting the position of role player on a basketball team should be celebrated at all levels!  As a financial major in the NCAA, Amidou also speaks on the need for financial literacy to be taught at an early age, especially for student athletes.

Then it's first men's basketball player to become a lawyer while still playing collegiate basketball.  Braeden Anderson who has one of the most unique and interesting paths in Canadian basketball history.  From being homeless in a small town in Alberta; to the prep school scene in the US; to the University of Kansas; Fresno State; then Seton Hall.  But it a life-altering car accident that made him change his perspective of the value of his basketball scholarship that he now wants to share for student athletes to help them gain a new perspective from the path he has walked already.

We finish with Saskatchewan Rattlers guard Kemy Osse about the CEBL Summer Series, how the team hopes to bounce back this season and what the new CEBL franchise in Montreal will mean to the city.  Kemy also talks about his neighbourhood of Parc Ex and how he brings that environment everywhere he plays.

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