Canadian basketball player Chad Posthumus dead at 33 after brain aneurysm

By The Canadian Press on November 21, 2024.

Morehead State's Chad Posthumus, left, fouls UCLA's Jordan Adams, right, on a rebound attempt during the first half of a Las Vegas Invitational regional NCAA college basketball game, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, in Los Angeles. Canadian basketball player Posthumus, a founding member of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, died Wednesday. He was 33. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Danny Moloshok

WINNIPEG – Canadian basketball player Chad Posthumus, a founding member of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, died Wednesday. He was 33.

The CEBL’s Winnipeg Sea Bears said Thursday that Posthumus, the team’s captain, suffered a brain aneurysm during a training session in Winnipeg on Nov. 9.

He then battled complications from a corrective surgery that left him in critical condition in the intensive care unit and did not recover.

Posthumus, a Winnipeg native, played for the CEBL’s Saskatchewan Rattlers, Ottawa BlackJacks, Edmonton Stingers and Brampton Honey Badgers before joining his hometown team.

He also played for teams in Argentina and Japan.

Internationally, the six-foot-11 Posthumus played for the 3×3 national team, representing Canada at the 3×3 AmeriCup in 2023.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 21, 2024.