CEBL PLAYER OF THE YEAR XAVIER MOON SIGNS NBA CONTRACT
Los Angeles Clippers sign Edmonton Stingers star and three-time CEBL Player of the Year
The Los Angeles Clippers have signed guard Xavier Moon to a 10-day contract. Moon now becomes the third player in two days to have played with a Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) team and later added to an NBA roster after Javin DeLaurier of the Niagara River Lions and Cat Barber of the Guelph Nighthawks were signed to the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks respectively.
Moon has appeared in 14 games with the Clippers NBA G League affiliate, the Agua Caliente Clippers, this season, averaging 12.4 points, 7.3 assists, 4.4 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 30.1 minutes. He signed with Agua Caliente in October following his 2021 CEBL season with champion Edmonton Stingers. In his three CEBL seasons the 6-foot-2 guard averaged 20.9 points, 5.3 assists, 4.4 rebounds, 2.4 steals and 31.8 minutes with the Stingers. He averaged a league best 23.1 points in the 2021 season on his way to winning his third consecutive CEBL Player of the Year award honours while also being named to the All-CEBL First team. Moon is also a back-to-back CEBL champion with Edmonton.
"I knew this day would come. I'm extremely proud of him because I know how hard he worked to get here,” said Jermaine Small, Head Coach & General Manager, Edmonton Stingers. “This is a special day for the Stingers family and one I will always remember."
The CEBL currently has eight players on NBA G League rosters. They include Lindell Wigginton, Wisconsin Herd, (Hamilton Honey Badgers), Justin Jackson, College Park Skyhawks (Guelph Nighthawks), Xavier Sneed and Tyree White, Greensboro Swarm, (Niagara River Lions), Jaylon Tate, South Bay Lakers (Niagara River Lions), Demarcus Holland, Delaware Blue Coats (Saskatchewan Rattlers), Nino Johnson, Salt Lake City Stars (Hamilton Honey Badgers), Trevon Duval, Grand Rapids Gold (Hamilton Honey Badgers), and Jabari Craig, Motor City Cruise (Hamilton Honey Badgers).
Three players with prior NBA experience have played in the CEBL. They include Brianté Weber, Hamilton Honey Badgers (42 games total with Memphis, Miami, Golden State, Charlotte, Houston), Kris Joseph, Niagara River Lions and Ottawa BlackJacks (10 games total with Boston, Brooklyn), and Xavier Rathan-Mayes, Hamilton Honey Badgers, (5 games with Memphis).
The CEBL begins its fourth season in May 2022. A league created by Canadians for Canadians, the CEBL has the highest percentage of Canadian players of any professional league in the country, with 75 percent of its current rosters being Canadians. Players bring experience from the NBA, NBA G League, top international leagues, the Canadian National team program, and top NCAA programs as well as U SPORTS. The only First Division Professional League Partner of Canada Basketball, the CEBL season runs from May through August. Head to CEBL.ca for more information or follow us (@cebleague) on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook & YouTube.