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The Brampton Honey Badgers are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Brampton, Ontario, that competes in the Canadian Elite Basketball League. They play their games at the CAA Centre. The team was founded in 2018 as the Hamilton Honey Badgers and played at the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ontario from their inaugural season in 2019 until 2022.
History
On May 2, 2018, the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced Hamilton, Ontario, as one of the original six teams for its inaugural season beginning May 2019. On June 12, 2018, at a press conference the CEBL announced the logo and name of its Hamilton franchise as the Hamilton Honey Badgers, a nickname inspired by the world's most fearless animal. The team also announced the hiring of former Toronto Raptors' executive John Lashway as team president. On December 19, 2019, the organization appointed Jermaine Anderson as the new general manager of the team.
The Honey Badgers won their first game, at home over Edmonton, 103–86 on May 12, 2019.
The Honey Badgers made the playoffs and defeated the Niagara River Lions but lost in the CEBL Finals to the Saskatchewan Rattlers.
The Honey Badgers won their first title on August 14, 2022, against the Scarborough Shooting Stars, 90–88, clinching a berth, at the 2022–23 BCL Americas.
On November 28, 2022, the league announced due to renovations to the FirstOntario Centre, the Honey Badgers had relocated to Brampton permanently.
Lagets navn, "Honey Badgers," er en referanse til honninggrevlingen, et dyr som er kjent for sin aggressivitet og motstandskraft. Honey Badgers valgte dette navnet for å reflektere lagets tøffe og besluttsomme spillestil.
Siden de begynte å spille i CEBL, har Honey Badgers vært et av ligaens mest suksessrike lag. De vant ligamesterskapet i både 2019 og 2020, og spilte i finalen i 2021. Honey Badgers har også representert Canada i FIBA Basketball Champions League Americas, hvor de nådde semifinalen i 2021.
Noen av de mest bemerkelsesverdige spillerne i Honey Badgers' historie inkluderer Anthony Bennett, den første kanadiske som ble nummer én totalt i NBA-draften; Jeremiah Tilmon, en tidligere førstelags All-SEC-utøver ved Missouri; og Xavier Sneed, en tidligere andrelags All-ACC-utøver ved Kansas State.
Honey Badgers har fått mye støtte fra lokalsamfunnet i Hamilton. Laget har et sterkt bilag, og hjemmekampene deres er alltid godt besøkt. Honey Badgers har også vært aktive i lokalsamfunnet, og de har arrangert flere arrangementer for å støtte lokale veldedige organisasjoner.