Derrick Freeman

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Derrick Blair Freeman (born March 8, 1969 ) is a former American - German basketball player. The 1.94 meter tall winger was under contract with Bundesliga club TVG Trier during his professional career.

career

Freeman, who is descended from a German mother and a US father, played at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (second division of the NCAA ) until 1996 . He scored a total of 1535 points and was thus in third place in the university team's eternal basketball list when he left university.

Freeman began his career as a professional basketball player in Ireland in 1996 and then played for Chemnitz in the Regionalliga in the 1997/98 season. Freeman then returned to the United States for the time being before he was signed by Bundesliga club TVG Trier in 1999 . For the Moselaner he ran in the top German league until 2002 and won the DBB Cup with them in 2001. Freeman collected a total of 61 Bundesliga appearances during his time in Trier. His statistically best season in the German elite class was the 1999/2000 season, when he posted an average of 9.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per encounter. Freeman also competed in the European Cup ( Korac Cup ) with Trier .

At the beginning of the 2002/03 season, Freeman played for the English first division club Essex Leopards London and moved to the Wolfenbüttel Dukes in the 2nd basketball division during the year . There he stayed until 2004. In the 2004/05 season Freeman was first with the German second division club Krefeld Panthers , then with the Dutch honor division club Aris Leeuwarden under contract. From spring 2006 to the end of the 2006/07 season he wore the shirt of the Düsseldorf Magics (also 2. Bundesliga), in the 2007/08 season he worked as a player- coach for the regional league club Bergheim Bandits . At the end of his professional career, Freeman played in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 years with the NVV Lions Mönchengladbach (Regionalliga).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Indiana University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  2. Derrick Blair Freeman | Korac Cup (2001) | FIBA Europe. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  3. http://www.schoenen-dunk.de/news_a2729_ProB_Derrick-Freeman-verstaeckt-die-DUKES.htm
  4. - The SOBA Dragons are high favorites against Krefeld . In: General-Anzeiger Bonn . November 10, 2004 ( general-anzeiger-bonn.de [accessed on November 14, 2017]).
  5. Friesch Dagblad. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
  6. http://www.schoenen-dunk.de/news_a18658_ProB_Derrick-Freeman-verlaesst-Duesseldorf.htm
  7. Basketball: Elephants have to join the bandits . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . December 18, 2007 ( wz.de [accessed November 14, 2017]).
  8. ^ RP ONLINE: Basketball: Freeman the Last New. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .