Aleksander "Olek" Czyż is a Polish former professional
basketball
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player. He has also represented the
Polish national team.
Early years and college
Czyż grew up playing basketball in Poland. He first started playing when he was 10 years old for a club team called Prokom Trefl Gdynia. At the age of 14, he moved with his mother and sister to the United States and attended
Reno High School
Reno High School (RHS) is a public secondary school in Reno, Nevada, United States. It is a part of the Washoe County School District. The school's teams are known as the Reno Huskies, and the school colors are red and blue.
History
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, in
Reno
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, Nevada, where he was a two-time state champion. He received scholarship offers to attend colleges around the country going into his senior year at Reno High School. Throughout his collegiate freshman, and half of his sophomore basketball season, Olek played for Duke University in North Carolina. He transferred to the University of Nevada, Reno, in
Reno
Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, ...
where he played during the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. During his junior year, he was selected for the WAC All-Newcomer team. During his senior year, he was selected for the first-team All-WAC and led the Wolf Pack to a conference championship. Czyż graduated from Nevada with a bachelor's degree in speech communications in May 2012.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Czyż joined the Chicago Bulls for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On 12 August 2012, he signed with Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, Virtus Roma of Italy for the 2012–13 season.
In July 2013, Czyż joined the Portland Trail Blazers for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On 30 September 2013, he signed with the Milwaukee Bucks. However, he was waived by the Bucks on 26 October 2013. In November 2013, he was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants as an affiliate player. On 2 January 2014, he was traded to the Canton Charge.
On 25 June 2014, Czyż signed with New Basket Brindisi, Enel Brindisi of Italy for the 2014–15 season. In July 2014, he joined the NBA D-League Select Team for the 2014 NBA Summer League. Upon his arrival at Brindisi, he failed his physicals and was subsequently released on 25 August 2014.
On 7 January 2015, Czyż signed with Turów Zgorzelec, PGE Turów Zgorzelec of Poland for the rest of the 2014–15 season.
Olek Czyż inks with PGE Turow Zgorzelec
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Honours
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*PLK Rookie of the Year: 2014–15 PLK season, 2014–15
References
External links
Italian League profile
Duke Blue Devils bio
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1990 births
Living people
Canton Charge players
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players
Fort Wayne Mad Ants players
Juvecaserta Basket players
Lega Basket Serie A players
Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball players
Virtus Roma players
Pistoia Basket 2000 players
Polish men's basketball players
Polish expatriate basketball people in the United States
Polish expatriate basketball people in Italy
Power forwards
Small forwards
Sportspeople from Gdynia
Turów Zgorzelec players
21st-century Polish sportsmen