Luguentz Dort 2017-18
- 2025 NBA Champion
- 2018 BioSteel All Canadian
- 2018 BioSteel All Canadian Game MVP
- 2018 All-Grind Session
- 2017 BioSteel All Canadian
- 2017 BioSteel All Canadian Game MVP
- Grind Session Single Game Steal Record- 9 (2016-17)
The Star Alliance – an elite European collective featuring top-tier prospects from Italy’s Stella Azzurra and Orange1 Bassano – has been officially selected to compete in the upcoming 2025-2026 Grind Session season. This marks the first time a European team has joined the prestigious winter circuit of elite high school basketball events.
In addition to playing a full slate of games from late November until early March, The Star Alliance will host a Grind Session event in Europe. An exact place and date has yet to be determined.
The 2025 NBA Finals began last night, and the seven-game championship series will feature a trio of stars – Luguentz Dort of the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Thomas Bryant and Isaiah Jackson of the Indiana Pacers – who have risen from the Grind Session to the pinnacle of professional basketball.
Grind Session star and USF commit was also named All-Canadian Boys Player of the Year at halftime.
What a weekend for the Grind Session’s Tristan Beckford.
The Fort Erie International forward led his team to victory at the CWENCH All Canadian Games, dropping a game-high 26 points to go along with 13 boards. For his efforts, Beckford became the 11th Grind Session player to be named MVP of the annual all-star game that has drawn comparisons to America's McDonald's All-American Game.
NBA stars Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets and Luguentz Dort of the Oklahoma City Thunder are among the other Grind Session players and top Canadian hoopers who have previously taken home game MVP honors.
