{"id":784963,"date":"2026-07-07T00:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784963\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T00:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:32:16","slug":"nembhard-brothers-back-on-the-court-together-on-canadas-senior-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784963\/","title":{"rendered":"Nembhard brothers back on the court together on Canada\u2019s senior team"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andrew Nembhard speaks to media at a practice at the training camp for the FIBA Men\u2019s World Cup Americas qualifiers, in Toronto last month.Sammy Kogan\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Andrew and Ryan Nembhard grew up playing basketball together, starting with a Little Tikes net in their family living room, but it has been more than a decade since they have played together on a competitive team.<\/p>\n

The brothers from Aurora, Ont., are both on Canada\u2019s men\u2019s national team for the current FIBA Americas World Cup qualifying window. The Nembhards helped Canada beat Puerto Rico 110-84 on Friday and were on the court again on Monday against Jamaica.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeventh grade, eighth grade, we played middle school basketball together,\u201d said 26-year-old Andrew, who is three years older than Ryan. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a lot of fun just having him around, being able to compete together on the same side of the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryan Nembhard, fresh off his rookie season with the Dallas Mavericks, has been looking forward to playing with his brother.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be fun,\u201d said Ryan. \u201cIt\u2019s cool to just be out there with everybody. Great group of guys, so I\u2019m excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

When rookies are introduced to new teams, they\u2019re usually paired with a veteran player to show them the ropes. Andrew said he was probably Ryan\u2019s de facto veteran.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess so? I feel like I\u2019m still one of the young guys,\u201d said the older Nembhard at Canada\u2019s training camp. \u201cHe\u2019ll figure it out on the fly by watching and observing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Canada’s Ryan Nembhard (8) carries the ball past Puerto Rico’s Ismael Romero (28) during their FIBA World Cup qualification game in Hamilton on Friday.Nick Iwanyshyn\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Andrew Nembhard impressed in Canada\u2019s rout of Puerto Rico at Hamilton\u2019s TD Coliseum with 23 points, five rebounds, four assists and a steal. He was leading all scorers in the game until two-time NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 10 points in the fourth quarter to finish with 26 in front of his hometown crowd.<\/p>\n

Ryan Nembhard had four points, two assists and two steals in his 11 minutes of play in his senior team debut on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s special. I\u2019m excited for the opportunity to, of course, always have a great time playing on the young teams with some of my best friends,\u201d said the younger Nembhard, who represented Canada at the 2018 FIBA under-16 Americas Championship and again at the 2021 FIBA under-19 World Cup. \u201cIt\u2019s always nice to represent the country and look forward to doing it again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew Nembhard averaged 16.9 points, 7.7 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game for the Indiana Pacers over 57 games in the 2025-26 season. Ryan Nembhard averaged 6.6 points, 5.3 assists and 2.2 rebounds over 60 games with Dallas last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Andrew Nembhard speaks to media at a practice at the training camp for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,44,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-784963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-news","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}