The 2025 CEBL Draft, the 7th edition of the Canadian Elite Basketball League's annual draft, was announced on April 10, 2025. The 10 teams of the CEBL took turns selecting U Sports and Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association athletes to add to their rosters. The first overall selection was made by the Montreal Alliance, who selected Sultan Haider Bhatti of the Brandon Bobcats. This was the first time the Draft results were unveiled live on CEBL+.
Format The draft order for the first round was determined by how the teams finished in the 2024 CEBL season, with the last-placed Montreal Alliance obtaining the 1st overall pick. Employing a "snake draft" format, the order is reversed in even-numbered rounds, and returns to the original order in odd-numbered rounds. The draft order for the first round was determined as follows: Montreal Alliance Brampton Honey Badgers Saskatchewan Rattlers Ottawa Blackjacks Winnipeg Sea Bears Calgary Surge Scarborough Shooting Stars Edmonton Stingers Niagara River Lions Vancouver Bandits
Player selection Sources:
Round 1 Team Player PositionHometown School team 1 Montreal Alliance Sultan Haider Bhatti G/W Laval, QC Brandon Bobcats 2 Brampton Honey Badgers Yohann Sam G Brampton, ON Windsor Lancers 3 Saskatchewan Rattlers Declan Peterson F Bentley, AB Calgary Dinos 4 Ottawa BlackJacks Justin Ndjock-Tadjoré W Gatineau, QC Ottawa Gee-Gees 5 Winnipeg Sea Bears Geoffrey James G Edmonton, AB Victoria Vikes 6 Calgary Surge DJ Jackson G/W Mississauga, ON St. Francis Xavier X-Men 7 Scarborough Shooting Stars David Walker G/W Toronto, ON TMU Bold 8 Edmonton Stingers Aaron Rhooms W Toronto, ON TMU Bold 9 Niagara River Lions Gatluak James W Windsor, ON St. Francis Xavier X-Men 10 Vancouver Bandits Nikola Guzina F Vancouver, BC UBC Thunderbirds
Round 2 Team Player PositionHometown School team 11 Vancouver Bandits Mikyle Malabuyoc G Vancouver, BC Western Mustangs 12 Niagara River Lions Charles Robert F Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC Bishop's Gaiters 13 Edmonton Stingers Liai Tong W St. John’s, NL Cape Breton Capers 14 Scarborough Shooting Stars Koat Thomas G/W Waterloo, ON St. Francis Xavier X-Men 15 Calgary Surge Javier Gilgeous-Glasgow G Brampton, ON TMU Bold 16 Winnipeg Sea Bears Mason Kraus G Winnipeg, MB Manitoba Bisons 17 Ottawa BlackJacks Alvin Icyogere G/W Ottawa, ON Nipissing Lakers 18 Saskatchewan Rattlers Isaac Simon G Regina, SK Alberta Golden Bears 19 Brampton Honey Badgers Conner Landell F Niagara Falls, ON UNB Reds 20 Montreal Alliance Liam Rietschin F Toronto, ON York Lions
Round 3 Team Player PositionHometown School team 21 Montreal Alliance Jaheem Joseph G Ottawa, ON Concordia Stingers 22 Brampton Honey Badgers Mike Demagus G/W Scarborough, ON McMaster Marauders 23 Saskatchewan Rattlers Easton Thimm F Saskatoon, SK Saskatchewan Huskies 24 Ottawa BlackJacks Malik Grant G/W Brampton, ON Humber Hawks (CCAA) 25 Winnipeg Sea Bears Brendan Amoyaw F Winnipeg, MB McMaster Marauders 26 Calgary Surge William Tong F Calgary, AB SAIT Trojans (CCAA) 27 Scarborough Shooting Stars Samuel Wong G Scarborough, ON Centennial Colts (CCAA) 28 Edmonton Stingers Jalen Shirley G Brampton, ON UBC Okanagan Heat 29 Niagara River Lions Thierry Tshibola G Quebec City, QC Brock Badgers 30 Vancouver Bandits David Mutabazi G/W Delta, BC Trinity Western Spartans
NCAA Transfers Several players selected in the draft later elected to leave their CEBL clubs in order to join NCAA basketball teams. Third-overall pick Declan Peterson joined the Western Michigan Broncos after the conclusion of the Saskatchewan Rattlers's training camp. Vancouver-native and Bandits second round pick MiKyle Malabuyoc left the team after appearing in 1 game due to his transfer to the NCAA Division II Simon Fraser Red Leafs. The cousin of NBA superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Javier Gilgeous-Glasgow made 11 appearances for the Western Conference Champion Surge before joining the Troy Trojans.
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