Noah Dahlman (born April 4, 1989) is an American professional

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player for the

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of the Japanese

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. He played college basketball at

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, where he was an All-American.

College career

Dahlman came to Wofford from

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, where he led Braham Area High School to three state championships. A 6'7"

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, Dahlman became one of the best players in Terrier history. For his career, he scored 2,013 points – most in Wofford's Division I history. He was a three-time first team

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pick and was named Southern Conference Player of the Year by the league's coaches as a junior in the 2009–10 season. Dahlman was also named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press that season. Dahlman also led the Terriers to unprecedented team success. He was two-time Southern Conference tournament Most Valuable Player (2010, 2011) as Wofford gained its first two NCAA tournament bids in school history.

Professional career

First years

After graduating from Wofford in 2011, Dahlman was not selected in the

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. He instead signed with MZT Skopje of the Macedonian First League for the 2011–12 season. In his first professional season, he helped guide his team to a Macedonian National Championship. He was named Forward of the Year and to the All-Macedonian League First Team. In July 2013, he signed with Bulgarian team Balkan Botevgrad. In the 2014–15 season he played with Lithuanian club Lietkabelis of the

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(LKL). In June 2015, Dahlman signed with

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of Romania. In 2016, he signed with

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of the

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Landstede Hammers

On July 3, 2017, Dahlman signed with

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. On April 23, 2018, Dahlman was named to the

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. Over 30 regular season games, he averaged 16.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.DBL Profile
/ref> In the play-offs, second-seeded Landstede lost to third-seeded

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in the semi-finals, 0–4. In 4 playoff games, Dahlman averaged 13.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists. On July 31, 2018, Dahlman re-signed for another season with Landstede. In the 2018–19 season, Dahlman won the DBL championship with Landstede, the first in club history. He was also named to the

for a second straight year. On June 20, 2019, Dahlman extended his contract with Landstede. During the 2020–21 season, he averaged 15.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. Dahlman extended his contract with the team by two years on July 5, 2021. In the 2021–22 season, Dahlman led the

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rankings with an average score of 25.2 per game.

Gifu Swoops

In June 2022, Dahlman agreed with Landstede to dissolve his contract early as he signed with Japanese club

of the

Personal

Dahlman is the grandson of

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coach

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. His brother Isaiah played collegiately for

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. Dahlman operates youth basketball camps which also incorporate life skills.

References

External links

Eurobasket.com ProfileWofford Terriers bio
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