Bobcats add Surrey native Khan Daklat
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It’s a little bit easier for the Brandon University Bobcats to accept the loss of two big forwards now.
While Jack McDonald and Blake Magnusson have moved on, the Bobcats signed six-foot-six forward Khan Daklat of Surrey, B.C., for the 2025-26 Canada West men’s basketball season, along with Montreal guard Pablo Carvajal.
“He’s long, athletic and gives us somebody who can get out and go in transition and protect the rim for us,” said head coach Gil Cheung.

Khan Daklat of Surrey, B.C., has committed to the Brandon University men’s basketball team for the 2025-26 Canada West season. (Submitted)
“He’ll be able to play the four, small-ball five for us. Gives us a guy who plays above the rim, a roller and can play a bigger wing. We’re not exactly sure what position he’s going to play.”
Daklat is versatile, thanks to the fact that he hasn’t always been the biggest guy on his team.
He started playing basketball around age eight because his older brother did. He didn’t take it too seriously until high school, as he grew from five-foot-seven to six-foot-two going into Grade 9.
So he learned how to play on the perimeter before being tossed into the paint in Grade 10. He worked his way back out to the wing by his senior year and proved he can stretch the floor during the 2024-25 season with Prolific Sports Academy, a prep school in Calgary.
PSA coach Dave Singleton helped him get in touch with Cheung, and it didn’t take long to feel like it was the right fit.
“The way he approached me and talked to me about Brandon was really convincing. I had a feeling where I put a lot of trust into him because I feel like what he’s trying to do is really good,” Daklat said.
“I can sense that he’s a really good coach, and I’m ready to learn.”
Daklat is going to study physical education while joining a team that snuck into the playoffs at 7-13 last year and returns the majority of its starting lineup.
Where he’ll fit in is uncertain, but he’s just glad to have a shot.
“It feels good because, for me, realistically, I always wanted to pursue my basketball career after high school. For me to be able to do that is a really nice feeling,” Daklat said.
“Brandon’s a really special team because it’s a young team, it’s a young corps and when I go in, I’ll fit in with everybody. “I want to be the best I can be and do what I can do to help Brandon this year.”
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