Caleb Agada
Caleb Apochi Agada (born 31 August 1994) is a Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball player for Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. Born in Nigeria and raised in Canada,[1] he represents the Nigerian national basketball team.[2] In 2020-21 he led the Israel Basketball Premier League in points per game and steals per game.
| No. 0 – Prometey | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | Latvian-Estonian Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 31, 1994 Lafia, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian / Canadian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 209 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Assumption (Burlington, Ontario) |
| College | Ottawa (2012–2017) |
| NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2017–present |
| Career history | |
| 2017–2018 | Prat |
| 2018–2019 | Hamilton Honey Badgers |
| 2018–2020 | Melilla |
| 2020–2021 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
| 2021–2022 | Melbourne United |
| 2022–2023 | Prometey |
| 2023 | Ottawa Blackjacks |
| 2023–present | Prometey |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Early life edit
Agada was born in Lafia, Nigeria, and moved to the Canadian city of Burlington, Ontario, at the age of six.[3]
College career edit
Agada played college basketball for the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees from 2012–2017.[4]
He was awarded back-to-back national U SPORTS Defensive Player of the Year honours in 2015-16 and 2016-17. At the conference level, Agada was named an OUA First Team All-Star in three consecutive seasons from 2014 to 2017.[5]
In the 2016–17 season, he averaged 14.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a fifth-year senior, earning Second Team All-Canadian honours.[6]
Professional career edit
Agada started his career at the Spanish side Prat Joventud in 2017–18 season,[7] he averaged 14.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists.[8] He moved to the Melilla Baloncesto in the 2018–19 season,[9] averaging 12 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists.[10] He also played for the Canadian side Hamilton Honey Badgers in the Canadian Elite Basketball League where he played two games for the team averaging 10 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4 assists in the 2018–19 season.[11][12] In the 2019–20 season, he averaged 14.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists.[13][14]
On 19 May 2020, he signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[15] Agada averaged 15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals per game. On 26 July, he exercised his option to stay with Hapoel Beer Sheva in the 2020-21 season.[16] On 14 September, Agada was named player of the week after contributing 25 points, eight rebounds, and six assists in a win against Maccabi Rishon LeZion.[17] In 2020-21 he led the Israel Basketball Premier League in points per game (22.9) and steals per game (2.4).[18]
On 24 August 2021, Agada signed with Melbourne United for the 2021–22 NBL season.[19]
On 10 July 2022, Agada signed with Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and EuroCup.[20]
On 23 June 2023, Agada signed with the Ottawa BlackJacks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League,[21] but was released on 3 July.
On 4 July 2023, Agada signed for a second stint with Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League.[22]
National team career edit
Agada had been previously called up to play for a Canadian national basketball team side.[23] He was called up to play for the Nigerian national basketball team during the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification games, during the February 23–24, 2019 qualifying window in Lagos, he averaged 4.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists.[24][25] He was invited for the Nigerian 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup preliminary squad but he didn't make the final list of players.[26] In 2021, he represented Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympics.[19]
References edit
- ^ Leawood, Stacey. "HOW FAITH, ROOTS & ROLE MODELS HAVE SHAPED OVERSEAS BASKETBALL STAR CALEB AGADA & HIS PRO BASKETBALL CAREER". Player Side of Sport. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Caleb Agada". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Osman, Libaan (January 21, 2022). "Caleb Agada took on Kevin Durant last summer and won. Up next is the Ontario government over which athletes are 'elite'". The Star. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ "AGADA CALEB". interperformance.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Caleb Agada". teams.geegees.ca. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Caleb Agada". oua.ca. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "The Caleb Agada exterior joins the Prat 2017-18 project". acb.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "PRAT JUVENTUD ROSTER". proballers.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Caleb Agada, an SUV for the Dean's outside line". feb.es. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "MELILLA ROSTER". proballers.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Caleb Agada". honeybadgers.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Hamilton Honey Badgers Rosters". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "CALEB AGADA". proballers.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Caleb Agada". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Lupo, Nicola (19 May 2020). "Caleb Agada signs with Hapoel Beer Sheva". Sportando. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Caleb Agada remains with Hapoel Beer Sheva". Sportando. July 26, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "Israeli Winner League round 3 best performance: Caleb Agada (by Interperformances)". Eurobasket. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Israel basketball stats, results, box score, scout report and video online | Scouting4U".
- ^ a b "Melbourne United Sign Olympian Caleb Agada". NBL.com.au. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Prometey adds guard Agada". euroleaguebasketball.net. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Ottawa BlackJacks Sign Reigning CEBL Canadian Player of the Year Caleb Agada". CEBL.ca. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Caleb Agada Has Signed A Contract With Bc "Prometey" For The 2023/2024 Season!". PrometeyBC.com. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ . basketball.ca. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Caleb Apochi AGADA". fiba.basketball.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "LATEST QUALIFIER GAMES". fiba.basketball.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Ogunseye, Adebanjo (27 June 2019). "D'Tigers Head Coach, Alex Nwora has released a 44 man preliminary roaster ahead of the 2019 FIBA Men's World Cup in China". brila.net. Retrieved 18 April 2020.