Brady Heslip (born June 19, 1990) is a Canadian former professional

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player. He played

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for

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and represents the Canadian national team. As of 2022, Heslip serves as the

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for the

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of the CEBL.

High school career

Heslip attended Nelson High School in

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where he was a three-time Halton all-star honouree and team captain in 2008–09. As a senior, he averaged 28 points, four rebounds and four assists per game. In February 2009, he scored a school-record 54 points in Nelson's game against Notre Dame. He also earned MVP honours at the 2009 All-Canada Classic. During the 2009 Fall semester, Heslip attended

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where he averaged 15 points and seven rebounds before enrolling at Boston College.

College career

Heslip went mostly unrecruited, receiving an offer to play from only the

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in Ontario. However, he raised his stock after a solid summer playing in the

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(AAU). In December 2009, he joined the

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team where he participated in practice but did not play for them in 2009–10. In April 2010, Heslip announced his decision to transfer from Boston College. On June 9, 2010, Heslip signed a

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to play for

, and subsequently sat out the 2010–11 season due to NCAA transfer regulations. During 2010–11, he was named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for both the fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters. As a redshirted sophomore in 2011–12, Heslip was named to the Big 12 All-Tournament team, Academic All-Big 12 second team, Las Vegas Classic All-Tournament team and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for both the fall 2011 and spring 2012 semesters. In 38 games (37 starts), he averaged 10.2 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 27.1 minutes per game. As a junior in 2012–13, Heslip was named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team and Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for both the fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters. On April 4, 2013, he helped Baylor win the 2013 National Invitation Tournament championship with a 74–54 win over Iowa in the final. In 36 games (all starts), he averaged 8.6 points and 1.4 rebounds in 26.3 minutes per game. As a senior in 2013–14, Heslip played 38 games (19 starts) and averaged 11.7 points and 1.3 rebounds in 27.4 minutes per game.

Professional career

2014–15 season

After going undrafted in the

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, Heslip joined the

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for the 2014 NBA Summer League where he shot 7-for-10 on

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s in five games. On September 18, 2014, he signed with the Timberwolves, but was later waived on October 25 as one of their final cuts from training camp. On November 1, 2014, he was selected by the

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with the 11th overall pick in the 2014 NBA Development League Draft. Playing under new Reno coach David Arseneault Jr., who was installing a fast-paced system based on his father's

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, Heslip scored 78 points and made 20 three-pointers in his first two D-League games. In his professional debut on November 14, he shot 11-of-18 to set a D-League single-game three-point shots made record against the

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, and 15 days later he shot 13-of-20 to break his own record against the

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. His final game with the Bighorns came on January 18, 2015, after which he left the team in order to sign in Europe. His 13 3-point effort was eventually matched by Tyler Harvey on February 2, 2019, but it still stood as the league record. On January 23, 2015, Heslip signed with Bosnian club Igokea for the remainder of the season. With Igokea, he was named the 2015 Bosnian Cup Grand Final MVP after helping his team win. In 15 Bosnian national league games for Igokea, he averaged 18.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. He also averaged 23.7 points in seven

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games.

2015–16 season

In July 2015, Heslip re-joined the Minnesota Timberwolves for the

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. On July 31, he signed with Acqua Vitasnella Cantù of Italy for the 2015–16 season. In 29 Italian national league games for Cantù, he averaged 12.7 points per game. He also averaged 16.9 points in 12

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games.

2016–17 season

On September 20, 2016, Heslip signed with the

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. However, he was later waived on October 22 after appearing in four preseason games. On October 30, he was acquired by

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, Toronto's D-League affiliate team. In 48 regular season games, he averaged 16.1 points per game, 1.9 rebounds, and 2.9 assists, while shooting 41.9% from 3-point range. In 7 D-League playoff games, Heslip averaged 14.3 points per game, 2.9 rebounds, and 2.4 assists while shooting 35.9% from 3-point range, and & would go on to win the 2017 D-League championship with them.

2017–18 season

In July 2017, Heslip joined the

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for the 2017 NBA Summer League. On July 20, 2017, he signed with Turkish club

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for the 2017–18 BSL season.

2018–19 season

Heslip signed with the German team

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on July 31, 2018.

National team career

In 2013, Heslip was a member of the Canadian national team that competed in the World University Games, Continental Cup and

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. In July 2015, he was named to the Canadian national team roster for the

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, where he won a silver medal. He also played at the

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, where he won a bronze medal. Heslip has played in every FIBA World Cup qualifying game for team Canada.

Post-playing career

On April 6, 2022, Heslip was introduced as the

of the

of the CEBL.

Personal life

Heslip is the son of Jody Triano and Tom Heslip. His father was an All-Canadian player at the University of Guelph in 1980. His uncle, Jay Triano, played for the Canadian national team for 11 years and later became the national team head coach. Jay is also the former head coach of the

and is currently an assistant coach for the

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References

External links

Baylor Bears bioNBA D-League profile
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