It is with great sadness and devastation that Basketball Manitoba shares the news of the passing of Chad Posthumus. Chad suffered a brain aneurysm on November 9, and following complications, he passed on November 20.
Chad graduated from River East Collegiate, where he was recognized as an All-Manitoban and as one of the top five high school players in Canada in his grade 12 year. He represented the Manitoba Provincial Team for 3 summers and was recruited to play at the University of British Columbia. He transferred to Howard Community College in Maryland and finally to Morehead State in Kentucky. There, he was 4th in the NCAA in rebounds and was named to the All-Ohio Valley Conference Third Team.
He started his professional career in the NBA Summer League with the Chicago Bulls. Since then, he has played professionally in Japan, Argentina, China, the United States in the G-League, and …