Jump to content

Owen Klassen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rikster2 (talk | contribs) at 17:15, 30 May 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Owen Klassen
No. 5 – Telenet Giants Antwerp
PositionPower forward / Center
LeaguePro Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1991-10-31) October 31, 1991 (age 32)
Kingston, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Listed height2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight115 kg (254 lb)
Career information
High schoolBayridge Secondary
(Kingston, Ontario)
CollegeAcadia (2009–2014)
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015MZT Skopje
2015–2016Phoenix Hagen
2016–2017Budućnost Podgorica
2017PAOK
2017–2018s.Oliver Würzburg
2018–2019MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
2019–presentAntwerp Giants
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Canada
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen National team

Owen James Klassen[2] (born October 31, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Antwerp Giants in the Belgian League. He played university basketball at Acadia University and is a current member of the Canadian national basketball team.

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]

Career statistics

Legend
  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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Acadia 20 13 28.1 .500 .377 .684 7.6 1.5 1.0 1.1 10.5
2010–11 Acadia 20 20 32.5 .420 .349 .686 9.6 1.7 .9 1.9 18.3
2011–12 Acadia 18 18 30.7 .520 .514 .717 10.1 2.2 .9 1.5 16.5
2012–13 Acadia 16 16 30.2 .500 .233 .775 10.8 2.5 1.0 1.4 16.3
2013–14 Acadia 17 17 29.8 .562 .316 .683 10.6 2.4 .8 1.2 20.0
Career 91 84 30.3 .501 .358 .710 9.8 2.1 .89 1.41 16.4

Professional

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 MZT 26 26 16.1 .579 .222 .550 5.4 .5 .5 .4 5.7
2015–16 Hagen 33 33 22.7 .516 .286 .541 6.4 1.3 .7 .6 9.4
2016–17 Hagen 9 9 27.1 .647 .400 .543 7.8 1.8 1.1 .7 13.2
2016–17 Budućnost 15 15 23.4 .652 .375 .683 6.3 1.1 .8 .6 9.5
2017–18 Würzburg 21 21 20.8 .566 .000 .750 5.5 .9 .4 .4 8.6
2018–19 Ludwigsburg 43 43 20.6 .549 .259 .776 6.1 .9 .3 .5 9.8
2019–20 Antwerp 34 34 22.4 .505 .370 .627 6.9 1.8 .6 .8 9.8
Career 198 198 20.8 .548 .308 .657 6.1 1.1 .5 .5 8.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017 Budućnost 1 1 26.0 .500 .000 .667 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
Career 1 1 26.0 .500 .000 .667 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0

International

Year Competition GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011 2011 Pan American Games 4 4 22.0 .444 .357 .800 7.5 1.3 .5 .8 9.8
2013 FISU Universiade 8 0 18.8 .657 .000 .620 7.3 .9 .3 .6 6.8

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

References

  1. ^ Phoenix Hagen: Das sind unsere beiden Teams des Jahrzehnts WAZ.de, 2 January 2020. Accessed 5 January 2020. (in German)
  2. ^ "KLASSEN, Owen James". info.Guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on 2011-12-29.
  3. ^ "Овен Класен нов играч на МЗТ Скопје" (in Macedonian). mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. 20 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Класен веќе не е член на МЗТ" (in Macedonian). IDIVIDI™ (idividi.com). 18 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Owen Klassen inks with Phoenix Hagen". Sportando.com. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  6. ^ "German BBL round 10 best performance: Owen Klassen". {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  7. ^ "Owen Classen extends with Phoenix Hagen". Sportando.com. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Owen Klassen new Budućnost VOLI center".
  9. ^ "PAOK added Owen James Klassen". Eurohoops.net. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  10. ^ sport24.gr "Τέλος" από τον ΠΑΟΚ και επίσημα ο Κλάσεν (in Greek)
  11. ^ "Kanadischer Nationalspieler mit BBL-Erfahrung". soliver-wuerzburg.de (in German). December 21, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  12. ^ "Bivši igrač Budućnosti ostaje u Njemačkoj" (in Serbian). petnapetblog.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Owen_Klassen&oldid=959792857"