Sonny Bairos of hoopshype.ca and soon CanadianBallers.com visits Taking The Charge to talk Canadian high school hoops including Thon and Matur Maker, Jamal Murray and much, much more.

Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 117: Sonny Bairos of Hoopshype.ca comes onto Taking The Charge to talk Canadian high school basketball, including Thon and Matur Maker, Jamal Murray and much, much more. There are also interviews with Thon Maker and his guardian Ed Smith – interviews done by Sonny Bairos.

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Episode 117: Breakdown of the show – The draw has been made for EuroBasket 2015 and there is definitely a Group of Death with Group B in Berlin with Spain, Serbia, Turkey, Italy, Germany and Iceland. There is also the Baltic Group D with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia as well as Ukraine. The field for the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship is set as Australia prevailed over New Zealand in a great final with Dejan Vasiljevic hitting the game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer.

Sonny Bairos: 20:25

We talk about the Canadian high school basketball scene, especially Thon Maker, Matur Maker and Jamal Murray among many many more. We also chat about Athletes Institute/Orangeville Prep as well as players such as Justin Jackson, Howard Washington Jr., Jermaine Haley, Eddie Ekiyor, Nolan Narain, Jacques Lukusa. We also talk about the Australia/Canada debate regarding Thon Maker as well as Thon Maker’s status for the 2016 or 2017 NBA Drafts.

Thon Maker: 30:05

Ed Smith: 37:15

This week’s music: “Ragtime Dance” by Scott Joplin – 1:47:40

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