{"id":892436,"date":"2026-09-12T01:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T01:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/892436\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T01:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T01:32:09","slug":"keyshawn-bryant-becomes-first-former-five-player-to-make-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/892436\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyshawn Bryant becomes first former Five player to make the NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Sudbury Five guard Keyshawn Bryant, who made a very brief appearance with the team last season, has signed an NBA contract with the Atlanta Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>The team put out a release to highlight the fact Bryant played two games with the Five during the 2025-26 campaign. Although his time was brief, his numbers were impressive, with Bryant averaging 31.5 points, six rebounds and four steals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring his brief time in Sudbury, Bryant was electric, showcasing his athleticism and high-flying dunking ability,\u201d the team said in a news release. \u201cOn his first day in Sudbury, Bryant attended a community event at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, where he put his incredible athleticism on display including breaking the school\u2019s backboard with a dunk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Five called Bryant\u2019s rise in the ranks to the NBA an \u201chistoric moment for the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Sudbury Five would like to congratulate Keyshawn Bryant on signing his NBA contract and wish him all the best as he continues his basketball journey at the highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Sudbury Five guard Keyshawn Bryant, who made a very brief appearance with the team last season, has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,309146,459,82,309147],"class_list":["post-892436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-keyshawn-bryant","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-sudbury-five"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892436","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=892436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}