Former BU guard Tony Bennett signs with pro team

[Da Coach]

Tony Bennett played in Finland last season, and was the league's top scorer at 37 points per game.

This season he was looking to play somewhere closer to the US. He started last fall with a team in the Mexican pro league, Durango, where he averaged 16 points per game.
Now he has signed with Halifax (Nova Scotia) of the Premiere Basketball League.
http://www.rainmenbasketball.ca/news...?article_id=51#

The PBL features teams from the US and Canada.
Halifax is currently in 1st place in their division-
http://webcast.crezbasketball.com/Te...0League%202009

Tony played in his first game last night, a 123-119 win over Manchester. He came off the bench and played 15 minutes, and scored 10 points.

[Da Coach]

Tony Bennett has now played in 3 games for the Halifax Rainmen of the Premiere Basketball League.
He scored 10 points his first game in limited action, 20 points his second game-

http://webcast.crezbasketball.com/GameDetails.aspx?Scope=Premier+Basketball+League+2009&id=2008_2009_Vermont_Frost_Heaves2008_2009_Halifax_Rainmen633689568000000780

and 27 points his 3rd game-

http://webcast.crezbasketball.com/GameDetails.aspx?Scope=Premier+Basketball+League+2009&id=2008_2009_Manchester_Millrats2008_2009_Halifax_Rainmen633690432000000870

[Da Coach]

Great article about Tony Bennett, who has already become the star and leading scorer for his new pro team the Halifax Rainmen of the Premiere Basketball League-

http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/sports/article/181374

[Out of Balance]

Tony is one of my favorite players. Played hard and never back away. Just a tough guy. I wish our players today played like him. Good Luck Tony

[Da Coach]

Tony continues to star for his new pro team, the Halifax Rainmen of the Premiere Basketball League. He is their leading scorer at 20.6 ppg.
http://webcast.crezbasketball.com/Te...alifax+Rainmen (scroll down to see individual stats)

[Da Coach]

Former BU star Tony Bennett has re-signed for another year with the Halifax Rainmen of the PBL (Halifax, Nova Scotia- Premiere Basketball League).

http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/sports/article/312872--halifax-fans-lure-bennett-back-to-the-rainmen

[Da Coach]

Tony Bennett's season is just starting for the Halifax Rainmen. Here is a nice article about him-

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Sports/1158761.html

[bu fan 9]

What kind of money do pro players make over there?

[Da Coach]

Tony plays for the Halifax Rainmen of the Premiere Basketball League (PBL). That inculdes teams from the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Tony's team, Halifax, is in Nova Scotia, the far eastern part of Canada.

http://www.thepbl.com/

The PBL is well below most European countries in what they pay players. Because Tony is the star of his team, he probably gets more than most players in the PBL. But salaries probably are around $25,000 to $50,000.