Owen James Klassen (born October 31, 1991) is a Canadian professional

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player for

EWE Baskets Oldenburg Baskets Oldenburg, for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG ...

of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played university basketball at

Acadia University Acadia University is a public, predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level. The enabling legislation consists of the Acadia ...

and is a current member of the Canadian national basketball team.

Professional career

In September 2014, Owen started his professional career overseas at Macedonian

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team MZT Skopje, at the time coached by

Zmago Sagadin Zmago Sagadin (; born 1 November 1952 in Celje) is widely considered as the most successful Slovenian and top European basketball coach with 25 championship titles both on a national and international level, recognized 9 times as Slovenian Top Co ...

. His contract was terminated by mutual agreement in March 2015, after a prognosis that a full recovery from an already lengthy back injury of his would last longer than previously expected. On July 31, 2015, Klassen signed with

Phoenix Hagen Phoenix Hagen is a German professional basketball club that is based in Hagen, Germany. After withdrawing from the Basketball Bundesliga in November 2016, Phoenix Hagen re-launched its basketball team for the 2017-18 ProA season. The ProA is Germ ...

. 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. On May 2, 2016, he re-signed with Hagen for one more season. On December 8, 2016, he left Hagen and signed with Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgorica for the rest of the season. On August 3, 2017, Klassen signed with the Greek League club PAOK. On December 21, 2017 PAOK announced the end of their corporation. The same day he signed with German club s.Oliver Würzburg. On July 27, 2018, he signed with

Riesen Ludwigsburg Riesen Ludwigsburg ( en, Giants Ludwigsburg), for sponsorship reasons MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The club currently plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the first tier of ...

. In July 2019, Klassen signed with the

Antwerp Giants Antwerp Giants, named Telenet Giants Antwerp for sponsorship reasons, are a Belgians, Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena. The club plays in the BNXT League, the highest tier of Belgian basketbal ...

. During the 2019-20 season, he averaged 10 points and six rebounds per game. On August 13, 2020, he signed with Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro A. On August 13, 2021, he has signed with

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of the Basketball Bundesliga. On July 19, 2022, he has signed with

of the Basketball Bundesliga.

Career statistics

College

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, 20 , , 20 , , 32.5 , , .420 , , .349 , , .686 , , 9.6 , , 1.7 , , .9 , , 1.9 , , 18.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 18 , , 18 , , 30.7 , , .520 , , .514 , , .717 , , 10.1 , , 2.2 , , .9 , , 1.5 , , 16.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 16 , , 16 , , 30.2 , , .500 , , .233 , , .775 , , 10.8 , , 2.5 , , 1.0 , , 1.4 , , 16.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 17 , , 17 , , 29.8 , , .562 , , .316 , , .683 , , 10.6 , , 2.4 , , .8 , , 1.2 , , 20.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 91 , , 84 , , 30.3 , , .501 , , .358 , , .710 , , 9.8 , , 2.1 , , .89 , , 1.41 , , 16.4

Professional

Regular season

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Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg ...

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Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg (; Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg district with about 88,000 inhabitants. It is s ...

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Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...

, 30 , , 30 , , 22.2 , , .589 , , .143 , , .637 , , 6.5 , , 1.8 , , .6 , , .7 , , 11.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 257 , , 257 , , 20.7 , , .546 , , .287 , , .655 , , 6.1 , , 1.2 , , .6 , , .6 , , 8.9

Playoffs

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International

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

References

External links

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