Owen Klassen

Owen Klassen

Klassen (5) with MZT in 2014
No. 4 – Phoenix Hagen
Position Power forward / Center
League Basketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1991-10-31) October 31, 1991
Kingston, Ontario
Nationality Canadian
Listed height 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight 115 kg (254 lb)
Career information
High school Bayridge Secondary (Kingston, Ontario)
College Acadia (2009–2014)
NBA draft 2014 / Undrafted
Playing career 2014–present
Career history
2014–2015 MZT Skopje
2015–present Phoenix Hagen
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Canada
Universiade
2011 Shenzhen National team

Owen James Klassen[1] (born October 31, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Phoenix Hagen of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played university basketball at Acadia University and is a former 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.[2] His contract was terminated by mutual agreement in March 2015, after it was prognosed that a full recovery from an already lengthy back injury of his would last longer than previously expected.[3]

On July 31, 2015, Klassen signed with Phoenix Hagen.[4] 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.[5] On May 2, 2016, he re-signed with Hagen for one more season.[6]

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 .95 1.1 10.5
2010–11 Acadia 20 20 32.5 .420 .349 .686 9.6 1.7 .85 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 .94 1.4 16.3
2013–14 Acadia 17 17 29.8 .562 .316 .683 10.6 2.4 .83 1.2 20.0
Career 91 84 30.3 .501 .358 .710 9.8 2.1 .89 1.41 16.4

Professional

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 .46 .42 5.7
2015–16 Phoenix 9 9 24.7 .514 1.000 .630 7.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 11.3
Career 35 35 20.4 .547 .300 .600 6.7 .80 .75 .70 8.5

International

Year Competition GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011 Pan-American 4 4 22.0 .444 .357 .800 7.5 1.3 .50 .80 9.8
2013 FISU Universiade 8 0 18.8 .657 .000 .620 7.3 .9 .25 .6 6.8

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

Style of play

Owen developed his excellent agility, ball handling and shooting ability as a youth on the community outdoor court near his home, known as "the cage". These guard like skills have given Owen tremendous upside as a professional basketball player as he's grown into his 6'10 frame.

References

  1. ↑ "KLASSEN, Owen James". info.Guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on 2011-12-29.
  2. ↑ "Овен Класен нов играч на МЗТ Скопје" (in Macedonian). mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. 20 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Класен веќе не е член на МЗТ" (in Macedonian). IDIVIDI™ (idividi.com). 18 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Owen Klassen inks with Phoenix Hagen". Sportando.com. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "German BBL round 10 best performance: Owen Klassen".
  6. ↑ "Owen Classen extends with Phoenix Hagen". Sportando.com. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

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