Breakers sign Canadian centre for NBL 2027
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Canadian centre Charles Bediako has joined the NZ Breakers roster for the NBL27, subject to final clearance from the NBL.
The Ontario native brings extensive G League experience to the squad and stands 211cm (6'11"). He averages 8 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 1 block per game across 45 games in three years of action.
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Bediako suited up for the AustinSpurs (San Antonio Spurs), Grand Rapids Gold (Denver Nuggets), and Motor City Cruise (Detroit Pistons).
Bediako has also suited up regularly for the Canadian national team in FIBA 2027 Americas Cup qualifying, having represented his national team in multiple FIBA age group events.
Prior to turning professional and declaring for the 2023 NBA Draft, Bediako played two seasons of college hoops with the Alabama Crimson Tide, earning SEC All Freshman honours in 2022 and SEC All Defensive honours in 2023, helped by a significant 7’3” wingspan.
Breakers Head Coach Gordon Herbert knows of the 24-year-old Canadian through his work as Canadian national team coach and can’t wait to have him suit up wearing a BNZ Breakers singlet.
“We are getting a young athletic big who brings a paint presence at both ends of the floor and an ability to influence a game at the defensive end of the floor, not just with shot blocking but through his size and wingspan he is the sort of player who changes a lot of shots.”
Breakers Roster: Parker Jackson Cartwright (import), Reuben Te Rangi, Sam Mennenga, Dejan Vasiljevic, Kouat Noi, Carlin Davison, Izayah Le’afa, Preston Le Gassick, Anzac Rissetto, Josiah-Jordan James (import), Charles Bediako (import), Development Players: (Up to 4 to be added)
