Matthew Otten

Matthew Otten
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
Position	Assistant coach
Personal information
Born	December 8, 1981 (age 42)
Nationality	American / Dutch
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Career information
High school	Yuba City (Yuba City, California)
College	Yuba College (2001–2003); San Francisco State (2003–2005);
NBA draft	2005: undrafted
Playing career	2004–2015
Position	Shooting guard
Career history
As player:
2004–2006	Apollon Limassol
2006–2007	Cheshire Phoenix
2007–2008	Lugano Tigers
2009–2011	GasTerra Flames
2011–2012	Mersey Tigers
2012–2015	Challenge Sports Rotterdam
As coach:
2015–present	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	Dutch League champion (2010); Dutch Cup champion (2011);

Matthew Otten (born December 8, 1981) is a former American professional basketball player.^[1] Otten holds a Dutch passport as well and played the shooting guard position during his career.

Professional career

Otten was part of the GasTerra Flames in 2010 and 2011, the years in which the club won a Dutch cup and national championship. In the 2011-12 season, Otten played for Mersey Tigers in the United Kingdom. In 2012 Otten returned to the Netherlands in 2012, when he signed with Rotterdam Basketbal College. After one year with the club, his contract was renewed.^[2] His numbers rose in his second season in Rotterdam, as Otten averaged 13.4 points per game compared to 9.0 the previous season. In June 2014, Otten re-signed again with Challenge Sports Rotterdam.^[3]

After the 2014–15 season, Otten retired.

Honours

GasTerra Flames

Dutch Basketball League (1): 2010
NBB-Beker (1): 2011

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	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		Led the league

National league statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009–10	Groningen	DBL	48	12.4	.517	.208	.595	2.0	0.9	0.9	0.1	3.0
2010–11	Groningen	DBL	49	13.6	.479	.286	.745	1.7	0.9	1.1	0.0	3.5
2011–12	Mersey	BBL	32	27.2	.459	.301	.621	4.5	1.5	1.1	0.2	10.8
2012–13	Rotterdam	DBL	34	25.5	.454	.299	.775	3.8	2.2	0.8	0.1	9.0
2013–14	Rotterdam	DBL	36	29.0	.502	.359	.731	2.5	1.1	1.2	0.2	13.4

References

^ "Matthew Otten's profile". eurobasket.com.
^ "Matthew Otten gets extension with Rotterdam Basketbal College". Basketballplus.nl (in Dutch). May 26, 2013.
^ Matthew Otten re-signs with Challenge Sports Rotterdam

[1] "Matthew Otten's profile". eurobasket.com.

[2] "Matthew Otten gets extension with Rotterdam Basketbal College". Basketballplus.nl (in Dutch). May 26, 2013.

[3] Matthew Otten re-signs with Challenge Sports Rotterdam

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