Brianté Weber, a former NBA G League All-Star who also has 42 NBA games of experience, has signed a contract with the Hamilton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, team General Manager Jermaine Anderson announced Wednesday. The 6-foot-2 point guard played this past season with Levallois of the LNB Pro A, the top professional league in France, after splitting time the previous season with Sioux Falls in the NBA G League and with Olympiacos of the Euroleague.
A 2015 graduate of the highly-regarded Virginia Commonwealth program coached by Shaka Smart that captured the attention of basketball fans across North America with its electrifying style of play and NCAA tournament runs, Weber’s professional career started slowly after he tore both his ACL and MCL midway through his final season with the Rams. He began his first professional season with Sioux Falls, the NBA G League affiliate of the Miami Heat, and earned contracts to play six games (earning four starting assignments) with the Memphis Grizzlies and one with the Heat later in the year.
In his second professional season with Sioux Falls, 2016-17, Weber was selected to the NBA G League All-Star team and was voted to the All-NBA G League Second Team at the end of the season. During the year he appeared in seven games with the Golden State Warriors and 13 with the Charlotte Hornets after signing 10-day contracts with those clubs.
After being one of the final cuts by the Los Angeles Lakers during their 2017 training camp, Weber signed a two-way contract with the Houston Rockets. He saw action in 13 games with the Rockets during the 2017-18 season while splitting time between Houston and its G League affiliate in Rio Grande Valley. He finished that season with Sioux Falls and with the Memphis Grizzlies.
A native of Chesapeake, Virginia, Weber was a three-time Atlantic 10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year at Virginia Commonwealth. He led the nation in steals his junior year (2013-14) with a 3.45 per game average. He was only 12 steals shy of becoming the NCAA’s all-time career leader in steals when he tore his ACL and MCL in a January 31, 2015 loss to rival Richmond. Weber still stands third on the NCAA’s all-time steals list.
The Honey Badgers are entering their second season in the CEBL, which announced plans Monday to pursue a single-site tournament in Ontario featuring all seven clubs starting in July and ending in August. Hamilton reached the championship game of the league’s inaugural season in 2019. The team’s roster features numerous NBA G League and senior Canadian National Team players, and will be coached by Ryan Schmidt of the Toronto Raptors’ G League affiliate, Raptors 905, coaching staff.
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