Besides the Saskatchewan Roughriders, another professional team is into training camp – in fact, the Saskatchewan Rattlers are close to closing it out as they’ll play their first game of their 2025 C-E-B-L on Thursday.

The Rattlers start their 24-game regular season, the seventh as a charter member of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, against the Vancouver Bandits. Tip-off time Thursday is 7:30 at SaskTel Centre. Following is Les Lazaruk’s conversation with head coach Eric Magdanz (pictured)…..