26 episodes

Your all access pass to the Brampton Honey Badgers of the CEBL. Host Andrew Damelin talks to the players, coaches and executives about their unique journeys to pro ball in the Hammer. Music: "Housekeeping" by the Kount, Jacob Damelin and Wesley Allen.

The Honey Drop Andrew Damelin

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Your all access pass to the Brampton Honey Badgers of the CEBL. Host Andrew Damelin talks to the players, coaches and executives about their unique journeys to pro ball in the Hammer. Music: "Housekeeping" by the Kount, Jacob Damelin and Wesley Allen.

    Mike Morreale, CEBL Commissioner & CEO

    Mike Morreale, CEBL Commissioner & CEO

    As the CEBL turns six years old, we go on its founder's journey. A Hamilton kid, Morreale realized his childhood dream of playing for his home town Tiger-Cats. We talk about how Steeltown shaped Mike's style of play, the lifelong relationships from football that helped Mike reinvent himself after his self-described "forced retirement," and the most terrifying aspects of starting a new league. PLUS: I throw out a potential new rule for the CEBL to adopt!

    • 22 min
    Bill Wennington, three-time NBA champion, Canadian basketball legend. "I thought I was taking the game serious. I didn't know."

    Bill Wennington, three-time NBA champion, Canadian basketball legend. "I thought I was taking the game serious. I didn't know."

    Montreal's Bill Wennington joins Andrew Damelin for a heavy dose of nostalgia. From Ed Pinckney viciously dunking on him in high school, to a Jokic-like pass by Chris Mullen in college, to, yes, Michael Jordan and the Bulls, the anecdotes will rivet you. The former Chicago Bulls centre, current Bulls radio analyst, and new CEBL analyst also reveals his secret to winning, what it means to think the game, and his definition of a great broadcast.

    • 32 min
    Zane Waterman, forward. "Make something up in your head so you don't blame it on yourself"

    Zane Waterman, forward. "Make something up in your head so you don't blame it on yourself"

    Honey Badgers forward Zane Waterman joins host Andrew Damelin to discuss the perennial uncertainty of being a professional basketball player. Hear how close Zane was to taking a coaching job this past year, and the not-so-ideal playing conditions he chose in favour of it. Zane also re-lives the "crazy calls" and the euphoria in the Honey Badgers' dramatic championship game of 2022. Once "The Villain of the CEBL," Zane has grown into the team's connector as they look to defend their...

    • 24 min
    Ashley Hamilton, forward. "Basketball's not a fun sport. It's more of a satisfaction sport."

    Ashley Hamilton, forward. "Basketball's not a fun sport. It's more of a satisfaction sport."

    Honey Badgers forward Ashley Hamilton joins Andrew Damelin to recount his unique journey from London, England to Brampton, Ontario. Find out why Ashley turned down a lucrative professional contract in favour of attending college. Then travel down a decade-long career that's taken Ashley from Spain to Ukraine to Lebanon and everywhere in between. Learn why every aspect of Ashley's professional career, good and bad, has been a blessing. This pod features about 19 pearls of wisdom. Pl...

    • 20 min
    Jeremiah Tilmon, power forward. "There wasn't no fakeness. We was real brothers."

    Jeremiah Tilmon, power forward. "There wasn't no fakeness. We was real brothers."

    Honey Badgers power forward Jeremiah Tilmon joins Andrew Damelin to re-live an eventful past year. Jeremiah takes us to Vegas for his bite at the NBA in Summer League, to Ottawa for a *very* stressful but triumphant Championship Weekend, to Romania for the hard lessons learned in an all-too brief trip overseas, and back to Southern Ontario to recap his time with the Raptors G League affiliate, Raptors905. We also take stock of what's been up and down season in Brampton, and Jeremiah tells us ...

    • 27 min
    Nick Wiggins, swingman. "I don't want to call myself a loner, but I'm cool with being by myself"

    Nick Wiggins, swingman. "I don't want to call myself a loner, but I'm cool with being by myself"

    Honey Badgers swingman Nick Wiggins first felt the "juice" of basketball when he lit up a Toronto high school gym in his debut in Grade 9. Nick's natural talent led him to Tallahassee, Florida, where a legendary, hardnosed coach helped lay the foundation for Nick's collegiate career. Travel the Road to the Final Four for Nick's Wichita State Shockers in 2013. And, after graduating college, go on a global tour from Tubingen, Germany, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Baghdad, Iraq and everywhere ...

    • 20 min

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