Rashaun Freeman

{{short description|American professional basketball player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Rashaun Freeman

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| position = Power forward / center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 255.2

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|15}}

| birth_place = Schenectady, New York, U.S.

| high_school = {{nowrap|Schenectady (Schenectady, New York)}}

| college = UMass (2003–2007)

| draft_year = 2007

| career_start = 2007

| career_end = 2018

| years1 = 2007–2008 | team1 = Nantes

| years2 = 2008–2009 | team2 = BCM Gravelines

| years3 = 2009–2010 | team3 = EnBW Ludwigsburg

| years4 = 2010 | team4= Albany Legends

| years5 = 2010–2011 | team5 = RBC Verviers-Pepinster

| years6 = 2011 | team6 = Gallitos de Isabela

| years7 = 2011–2012 | team7 = Habik'a

| years8 = 2012 | team8 = Heilongjiang

| years9 = 2012 | team9 = JSF Nanterre

| years10 = 2013 | team10 = HKK Široki

| years11 = 2013–2014 | team11 = Barak Netanya

| years12 = 2014–2015 | team12 = Tsmoki-Minsk

| years13 = 2015 | team13 = Boca Juniors

| years14 = 2016 | team14 = Hebraica y Macabi

| years15 = 2016–2017 | team15 = Hispano Americano

| years16 = 2017 | team16 = Maccabi Haifa

| years17 = 2017 | team17 = Club Olimpia

| years18 = 2017–2018 | team18 = Hebraica y Macabi

| years19 = 2018 | team19 = Club Olimpia

| highlights =

Uruguayan League champion (2016)
NBL China scoring champion (2012)
French 2nd Division Foreign Player's MVP (2008)
LNB Pro B Best Scorer (2008)
3× First-team All-Atlantic 10 (2005–2007)

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Rashaun Demier Freeman (born December 15, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Massachusetts. He was a prospect for the 2007 NBA draft. He received a tryout for the Memphis Grizzlies.

College basketball

Freeman finished 4th in career points for the Minutemen with 1,744 and third in career rebounds with 998. He was on the Atlantic 10 First Team for three years in a row. He scored a career high 31 points vs St. Bonaventure. Throughout his UMass career he averaged 14.8 points and 8.5 rebounds. He was a Senior team tri-captain with Stéphane Lasme and Brandon Thomas.

Professional career

Freeman's professional career began at Hermine de Nantes Atlantique in the French Pro B (2nd Division), before being signed by the French Pro A (1st Division) club BCM Gravelines for the following season.[http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200006/Joueurs/A39705/Rashaun-Freeman LNB stats] {{in lang|fr}} In the 2009–10 season, he played for EnBW Ludwigsburg in the German Bundesliga.[http://statistik.beko-bbl.de/bbl/stats/player/index.php?team=433&pos=&spieler_id=14728&saison=2009 Bundesliga stats] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407061332/http://statistik.beko-bbl.de/bbl/stats/player/index.php?team=433&pos=&spieler_id=14728&saison=2009 |date=2012-04-07 }} {{in lang|de}} Freeman then moved to Belgium, signed by VOO Verviers-Pepinster,[http://rbcverviers-pepinster.be/archives/2010-2011/news/index.php?news=100815.php Announcement by VOO Verviers-Pepinster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425073103/http://rbcverviers-pepinster.be/archives/2010-2011/news/index.php?news=100815.php |date=2012-04-25 }} {{in lang|fr}} and had a short stint in Puerto Rico, where he played for Gallitos de Isabela. For the 2011–12 season, he was signed by Israeli club Maccabi Habik'a.[http://www.basket.co.il/PlayerPage.asp?PlayerNumber=07&TeamId=815&cYear=2012&cView=1&lang=en Ligat Ha'al stats]

In July 2013, Freeman signed with Barak Netanya.{{cite web|title=GreenTops Netanya add Rashaun Freeman|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/israel/59989/greentops-netanya-add-rashaun-freeman.html|publisher=Sportando.net|accessdate=25 July 2013}}

In August 2014, he signed with BC Tsmoki-Minsk.[http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/vtb-league/131422/tsmoki-minsk-signs-rashaun-freeman.html Tsmoki Minsk signs Rashaun Freeman]

On April 24, 2017, Freeman signed with Maccabi Haifa.[http://www.eurobasket.com/Israel/news/487738/Maccabi-Haifa-tabs-Rashaun-Freeman,-ex-Hispano-Am. Maccabi Haifa signs Rashaun Freeman]

References

External links

[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Rashaun_Freeman/63501 Eurobasket.com profile]
[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Rashaun-Freeman/Summary/1819 RealGM.com profile]
[http://www.draftexpress.com/viewprofile.php?p=161 DraftExpress profile]
[https://umasshoops.com/wiki/doku.php?id=rashaun_freeman Bio at UMassHoops.com]

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