Lloyd Pandi

Lloyd Pandi
No. 41 – Rasta Vechta
PositionShooting guard / point guard
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1999-12-10) December 10, 1999 (age 25)
Ottawa, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight191 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school
CollegeCarleton (2019–2022)
Playing career2022–present
Career history
2020Ottawa Blackjacks
2021Niagara River Lions
2022–2024Darüşşafaka
2023→Niagara River Lions
2024→Ottawa Blackjacks
2024–presentRasta Vechta
Career highlights and awards
  • 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 Rasta Vechta of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). 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.[1][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.[1][8][9] At the close of the summer season, Pandi was named the league's CEBL U Sports Player of the Year.[3] 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.[4][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).[13][16]

Professional career

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

On September 5, 2024, he signed with Rasta Vechta of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[18]

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.[19] He went on to average 5.7 points and 2.8 rebounds over an average of 19.1 minutes across 6 games.[20] Canada finished 4th in the competition.[21]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019–20 Carleton 19 17 23.2 .663 .800 .768 5.9 1.8 1.2 0.6 15.9
2021–22 Carleton 14 14 27.1 .547 .500 .833 8.1 3.1 1.7 0.4 14.7

CEBL

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2020 Ottawa 6 0 23.0 .486 – .571 5.3 1.3 1.3 0.5 8.3
2021 Niagara 16 9 22.0 .449 .429 .595 3.3 2.7 1.5 0.2 7.6

References

  1. ^ a b c Gleddie, Patrick. "Men's basketball rookie Lloyd Pandi's team first approach | The Charlatan, Carleton's independent newspaper". Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  2. ^ Porter, Griffin (21 August 2020). "CEBL: Pandi wins U SPORTS Player of the Year as star continues to rise". 49Sport.
  3. ^ a b Canadian Press, The (5 March 2020). "P.E.I.'s Ellsworth, Calgary's Layton named U Sports basketball players of the year". CBC.
  4. ^ a b "Niagara River Lions". www.riverlions.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  5. ^ "Lloyd Pandi Made the Best of his Unexpected Opportunity with the BlackJacks". www.theblackjacks.ca. 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  6. ^ Ontario University Athletics. "2019-2020 Carleton Ravens Men's Basketball Team Stats". oua.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  7. ^ "The BlackJacks - Ottawa's Professional Basketball Team Playing In The CEBL". www.theblackjacks.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  8. ^ "Ottawa's Pandi Wins CEBL U SPORTS Player Of The Year Award". www.cebl.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  9. ^ "Ottawa BlackJacks draft three U Sports players, including Laurier star guard Ali Sow". ottawasun. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  10. ^ "Pandi was just dandy in second year in CEBL". stcatharinesstandard.com. 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  11. ^ "Canadian Elite Basketball League announces 2021 award winners". www.basketball.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  12. ^ "Another early graduation present for Carleton basketball player?". stcatharinesstandard.com. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  13. ^ a b "Ottawa's Lloyd Pandi declares for the NBA draft". CTV News Ottawa. 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  14. ^ "Lloyd Pandi leaves Carleton to enter NBA draft". ottawacitizen. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  15. ^ Silva, Edilson J. (2022-04-10). "Carleton Ravens Lloyd Pandi declares for 2022 NBA Draft - BasketballBuzz". basketballbuzz.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  16. ^ "Carleton wins third consecutive U Sports men's basketball championship". Ottawa. 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  17. ^ "Darussafaka signs Lloyd Kanda Pandi". Sportando. December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  18. ^ "Nationalspieler Schliesst Sich Rasta An!". rasta-vechta.de (in German). September 5, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  19. ^ "MBB | Pandi and Shephard to Participate in FIBA AmeriCup Camp". Go Ravens. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  20. ^ "Lloyd PANDI at the FIBA AmeriCup 2022". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  21. ^ "Canada at the FIBA AmeriCup 2022". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-12-12.