Yet as Sacre will willingly admit, one which he himself foretold a number of years ago when speaking to yours truly for an article in The Province newspaper. A lot has happened and it’s been an incredible journey.” Handsworth grad Robert Sacre wore his heart on his sleeve every time he took to the court throughout his basketball career. It’s wild to think that it’s been that long. “It’s been 15 years?” intoned the 31-year-old Sacre with genuine surprise earlier this week as he spoke to Varsity Letters from his home in Spokane, the same city where he starred collegiately for the powerhouse Gonzaga Bulldogs and the same one where he, wife Vinessa and their three children have made a home. senior boys top-tiered Triple A title.įast-forward 15 years to today’s precise date, and Sacre has embarked on the next chapter in his basketball career, entering the professional front-office ranks as the newly-appointed assistant general manager of the Canadian Elite Basketball League’s Abbotsford-based Fraser Valley Bandits. With all of that in mind, how special is today?īack on March 11 of 2006, Sacre officially kick-started his journey to the NBA by earning MVP honours in helping to lead North Vancouver’s Handsworth Royals to the B.C.

He attended Vancouver Grizzlies games as a kid, then went on to play in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers.Īnd through it all, it’s hard to think of anyone who has more passionately repped B.C.’s Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley regions as rightful professional basketball territory than Robert Sacre.

The Voice of the Delta by Robert Sacré