Lloyd Pandi Explained

Lloyd Pandi
Position:Shooting guard / point guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lbs:191
League:Basketbol Süper Ligi
Team:Darüşşafaka Lassa
Number:41
Birth Date:10 December 1999
Birth Place:Ottawa, Ontario
Nationality:Canadian
High School:
College:Carleton (2019–2022)
Career Start:2022
Years1:2020
Team1:Ottawa Blackjacks
Years2:2021
Team2:Niagara River Lions
Years3:2022–present
Team3:Darüşşafaka
Years4:2023
Team4:→Niagara River Lions
Years5:2024
Team5:→Ottawa Blackjacks
Highlights:
  • CEBL Defensive Player of the Year (2024)
  • CEBL steals leader (2024)
  • 2x U Sports Champion (2020, 2022)
  • U Sports Most Valuable Player (2022)
  • U Sports All-Canadian First Team All-Star (2022)
  • 2x OUA First Team All Star (2020, 2022)
  • 2x CEBL x U Sports Player of the Year (2020, 2021)
  • 2x Ravens Scoring Leader (2020, 2022)
  • U Sports All-Canadian Second Team All-Star (2020)
  • U Sports Rookie of the Year (2020)

Lloyd Kanda Pandi (born December 10, 1999) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Darüşşafaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played university basketball for Carleton.

University career

In his debut for Carleton, Pandi had 18 points to help defeat Waterloo 110-54, leading all Carleton starters with 22 minutes played.[1] In his debut season, Pandi started 17 games out of the season's 22 games, eventually becoming a national champion with the Ravens as well as being named the U Sports Rookie of the Year.[2] [3] [4] [5] At the close of the season, Pandi was the Ravens' scoring leader, having played 19 of the 22 regular season games,[6] as well as Canada's leading university player in field goal percentage.[7]

In the summer following his debut season, Pandi was selected as one of the 21 university players invited to participate in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) inaugural season, playing for the Ottawa Blackjacks.[8] [9] At the close of the summer season, Pandi was named the league's CEBL U Sports Player of the Year. The following year, the U Sports season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Pandi was once again selected as one of the 21 university players participating in the CEBL, this time playing for the Niagara River Lions.[10] At the end of that season, he was once again named the CEBL U Sports Player of the Year.[11] [12]

On April 10, 2022, Lloyd Pandi announced via social media that he will no longer be playing for the Carleton Ravens and enter the 2022 NBA draft.[13] [14] [15] In his second and last season with the Ravens, Pandi won the national U Sports Championship a second time and received the national award for U Sports Player of the Year (Mike Moser Most Valuable Player Award).[16]

Professional career

On December 12, 2022, he signed with Darüşşafaka of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[17]

National team career

On August 23, 2022, Pandi got his first call to the Canadian national team as part of the country's 2022 FIBA AmeriCup roster.[18] He went on to average 5.7 points and 2.8 rebounds over an average of 19.1 minutes across 6 games.[19] Canada finished 4th in the competition.[20]

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Carleton| 19 || 17 || 23.2 || .663 || .800 || .768 || 5.9 || 1.8 || 1.2 || 0.6 || 15.9

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Carleton| 14 || 14 || 27.1 || .547 || .500 || .833 || 8.1 || 3.1 || 1.7 || 0.4 || 14.7

CEBL

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020| style="text-align:left;"| Ottawa| 6 || 0 || 23.0 || .486 || – || .571 || 5.3 || 1.3 || 1.3 || 0.5 || 8.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021| style="text-align:left;"| Niagara| 16 || 9 || 22.0 || .449 || .429 || .595 || 3.3 || 2.7 || 1.5 || 0.2 || 7.6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gleddie. Patrick. Men's basketball rookie Lloyd Pandi's team first approach The Charlatan, Carleton's independent newspaper. 2022-01-08. en-US.
  2. Web site: Porter. Griffin. 21 August 2020. CEBL: Pandi wins U SPORTS Player of the Year as star continues to rise. 49Sport.
  3. Web site: Canadian Press. The. 5 March 2020. P.E.I.'s Ellsworth, Calgary's Layton named U Sports basketball players of the year. CBC.
  4. Web site: Niagara River Lions. 2022-01-08. www.riverlions.ca.
  5. Web site: 2020-09-02. Lloyd Pandi Made the Best of his Unexpected Opportunity with the BlackJacks. 2022-01-08. www.theblackjacks.ca. en.
  6. Web site: Ontario University Athletics. 2019-2020 Carleton Ravens Men's Basketball Team Stats. 2022-01-08. oua.ca. en.
  7. Web site: The BlackJacks - Ottawa's Professional Basketball Team Playing In The CEBL. 2022-01-08. www.theblackjacks.ca. en.
  8. Web site: Ottawa's Pandi Wins CEBL U SPORTS Player Of The Year Award. 2022-01-08. www.cebl.ca.
  9. Web site: Ottawa BlackJacks draft three U Sports players, including Laurier star guard Ali Sow. 2022-01-08. ottawasun. en-CA.
  10. Web site: 2021-08-19. Pandi was just dandy in second year in CEBL. 2022-01-08. stcatharinesstandard.com. en.
  11. Web site: Canadian Elite Basketball League announces 2021 award winners. 2022-01-08. www.basketball.ca. en.
  12. Web site: 2021-08-17. Another early graduation present for Carleton basketball player?. 2022-01-08. stcatharinesstandard.com. en.
  13. Web site: 2022-04-10 . Ottawa's Lloyd Pandi declares for the NBA draft . 2022-04-10 . CTV News Ottawa . en.
  14. Web site: Lloyd Pandi leaves Carleton to enter NBA draft . 2022-04-11 . ottawacitizen . en-CA.
  15. Web site: Silva . Edilson J. . 2022-04-10 . Carleton Ravens Lloyd Pandi declares for 2022 NBA Draft - BasketballBuzz . 2022-04-11 . basketballbuzz.ca . en-CA.
  16. Web site: 2022-04-04 . Carleton wins third consecutive U Sports men's basketball championship . 2022-04-10 . Ottawa . en.
  17. Web site: Darussafaka signs Lloyd Kanda Pandi. December 12, 2022. Sportando. En. December 12, 2022.
  18. Web site: MBB Pandi and Shephard to Participate in FIBA AmeriCup Camp . 2022-12-12 . Go Ravens . en-US.
  19. Web site: Lloyd PANDI at the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 . 2022-12-12 . FIBA.basketball . en.
  20. Web site: Canada at the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 . 2022-12-12 . FIBA.basketball . en.