Owen_Klassen

Owen Klassen

Owen Klassen

Canadian basketball player

Owen James Klassen[2] (born October 31, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Würzburg Baskets of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played university basketball at Acadia University and is a current member of the Canadian national basketball team.

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Professional career

In September 2014, Owen started his professional career overseas at Macedonian Adriatic League team MZT Skopje, at the time coached by Zmago Sagadin.[3] His contract was terminated by mutual agreement in March 2015, after a prognosis that a full recovery from an already lengthy back injury of his would last longer than previously expected.[4]

On July 31, 2015, Klassen signed with Phoenix Hagen.[5] On December 1, 2015, Owen was named German BBL Round 10 Player of the Week following an impressive 17 point, 10 rebound performance in a win over EWE Baskets Oldenburg.[6]

On May 2, 2016, he re-signed with Hagen for one more season.[7] On December 8, 2016, he left Hagen and signed with Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgorica for the rest of the season.[8]

On August 3, 2017, Klassen signed with the Greek League club PAOK.[9] On December 21, 2017 PAOK announced the end of their corporation.[10] The same day he signed with German club s.Oliver Würzburg.[11]

On July 27, 2018, he signed with Riesen Ludwigsburg.[12]

In July 2019, Klassen signed with the Antwerp Giants.[13] During the 2019-20 season, he averaged 10 points and six rebounds per game.

On August 13, 2020, he signed with Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro A.[14]

On August 13, 2021, he has signed with Löwen Braunschweig of the Basketball Bundesliga.[15]

On July 19, 2022, he has signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga.[16]

Career statistics

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  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College

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Professional

Regular season

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Playoffs

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International

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In 2014, Owen was a member of the Canadian National team's 11 game European tour.

References

  1. [1]
    Phoenix Hagen: Das sind unsere beiden Teams des Jahrzehnts WAZ.de, 2 January 2020. Accessed 5 January 2020. (in German)
  2. [2]
    "KLASSEN, Owen James". info.Guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on 2011-12-29.
  3. [3]
    "Овен Класен нов играч на МЗТ Скопје" (in Macedonian). mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. 20 September 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Класен веќе не е член на МЗТ" (in Macedonian). IDIVIDI™ (idividi.com). 18 March 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Owen Klassen inks with Phoenix Hagen". Sportando.com. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  6. [6]
    "German BBL round 10 best performance: Owen Klassen".
  7. [7]
    "Owen Classen extends with Phoenix Hagen". Sportando.com. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Owen Klassen new Budućnost VOLI center".
  9. [9]
    "PAOK added Owen James Klassen". Eurohoops.net. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  10. [10]
    sport24.gr "Τέλος" από τον ΠΑΟΚ και επίσημα ο Κλάσεν (in Greek)
  11. [11]
    "Kanadischer Nationalspieler mit BBL-Erfahrung". soliver-wuerzburg.de (in German). December 21, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  12. [12]
    "Bivši igrač Budućnosti ostaje u Njemačkoj" (in Serbian). petnapetblog.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  13. [13]
    "Former Basketball Axeman Owen Klassen signs at Antwerp". Acadia Athletics. 24 July 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  14. [14]
    Carchia, Emiliano (August 13, 2020). "Owen Klassen signs with Boulazac". Sportando. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  15. [15]
    Skerletic, Dario (August 13, 2021). "Braunschweig lands Owen Klassen". Sportando. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  16. [16]
    "Kanadischer Nationalspieler verstärkt EWE Baskets unter dem Korb". Sportando. July 19, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
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