Peter van Paassen

Peter van Paassen

Apollo Amsterdam
Position	Assistant coach
Personal information
Born	December 20, 1978 Den Haag, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Career information
College	St. Bonaventure (1997–2001)
NBA draft	2001 / Undrafted
Playing career	2001–2013
Position	Center
Number	8, 12, 14
Career history
As player:
2001–2003	Orange Oostende
2003–2004	Melilla Baloncesto
2004–2005	Cape Holland Den Helder
2005–2009	MyGuide Amsterdam
2009–2013	EiffelTowers Den Bosch
2010–2011	→ Dexia Mons-Hainaut
As coach:
2015–present	BC Apollo Amsterdam (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
2x Dutch League MVP (2008, 2009) 3x Dutch League champion (2008, 2009, 2012) 2x Dutch Cup champion (2006, 2013) Belgian League champion (2002) Belgian Cup champion (2011) All-Dutch League Team (2008, 2009) 4x Dutch League All-Star (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

Peter van Paassen (born December 12, 1978) is a former Dutch professional basketball player. Van Paassen played for multiple teams in Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands. Van Paassen has won the Dutch MVP award two times, which makes him one of the few Dutch players to ever win a MVP award.^[1]

Van Paassen played 64 games for the Dutch national basketball team in his career. On August 20, 2013 Van Paassen announced his retirement.^[2]

Honours

Netherlands 3x Dutch Championships (2008, 2009, 2012) 2x Dutch Cup (2006, 2013) 2x DBL Most Valuable Player (2008, 2009) 2x All-DBL Team (2008, 2009) 4x DBL All-Star (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

Belgium Belgian Championship (2002) Belgian Cup (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
2008–09	Amsterdam	DBL	48	22.0	.596	.333	.810	6.5	1.7	1.1	0.2	12.6
2009–10	Den Bosch	DBL	30	22.8	.554	.000	.757	5.9	1.3	0.5	0.2	11.3
2010–11	Mons-Hainaut	Ethias League	33	18.5	.533	.200	.770	3.6	0.6	0.8	0.3	7.0
2011–12	Den Bosch	DBL	32	15.9	.493	.667	.747	4.8	0.8	0.7	0.2	7.0
2012–13	Den Bosch	DBL	40	13.9	.514	.500	.789	3.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	6.9

References

1. Peter van Paassen's profile at eurobasket.com
2. Peter van Paassen puts an end to his career at basketballplus.nl (August 20, 2013) (Dutch)