Reginald Philip "Reggie" Freeman (born May 17, 1975) is an American former professional
basketball
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player.
Playing career
Freeman played
NCAA
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college basketball
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at the
University of Texas
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. He had a prolific career at Texas, making All-Conference First Team in both his junior and senior seasons. Widely considered a first round draft candidate in the
1997 NBA draft, he nevertheless went undrafted.
Although he never made it to the
NBA
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, Freeman played professionally in several countries on three continents. Basketball club
KK FMP
Košarkaški klub FMP ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб ФMП), commonly referred to as KK FMP or as FMP Soccerbet due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. The club plays in the ABA ...
from Serbia retired his jersey with number #5 for the great contribution he had made during his tenure with the team.
He is regarded as one of the best foreign players to ever play for any Serbian basketball team.
National team career
Freeman was a member of the
U.S. Virgin Islands national basketball team at the
2009 FIBA Americas Championship
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.
Career statistics
EuroLeague
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2001–02
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Cibona
, 12 , , 1 , , 25.1 , , .436 , , .294 , , .795 , , 4.3 , , 1.7 , , .9 , , .4 , , 10.7 , , 9.7
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2005–06
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Žalgiris
, 19 , , 18 , , 30.9 , , .397 , , .349 , , .788 , , 3.8 , , 2.3 , , 1.3 , , .1 , , 11.2 , , 9.8
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, 31 , , 19 , , 28.6 , , .410 , , .328 , , .791 , , 4.0 , , 2.1 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , 11.0 , , 9.8
References
External links
Reggie Freemanat abaliga.com
Reggie Freemanat euroleague.net
Reggie Freemanat legabasket.it
Reggie Freemanat tblstat.net
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1975 births
Living people
ABA League players
American expatriate basketball people in Croatia
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
American men's basketball players
ASVEL Basket players
BC Žalgiris players
Cocodrilos de Caracas players
Connecticut Pride players
İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K. players
KK Cibona players
KK Crvena zvezda players
KK FMP (1991–2011) players
KK Metalac Valjevo players
KK Vojvodina Srbijagas players
Orlandina Basket players
Quad City Thunder players
Rethymno B.C. players
Roseto Sharks players
Shooting guards
Basketball players from the Bronx
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski players
Texas Longhorns men's basketball players
United States Virgin Islands men's basketball players
21st-century African-American sportsmen
20th-century African-American sportsmen
20th-century American sportsmen
American expatriate basketball people in Serbia and Montenegro