Joel Freeland
Freeland in July 2013
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| No. 19 – CSKA Moscow | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League |
VTB United League EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
7 February 1987 Aldershot, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10.75 in (2.10 m) |
| Listed weight | 248 lb (112 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Farnborough College of Technology |
| NBA draft | 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 30th overall |
| Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Playing career | 2005–present |
| Career history | |
| 2005–2006 | Gran Canaria B |
| 2006–2009 | Gran Canaria |
| 2009–2012 | Unicaja Málaga |
| 2012–2015 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2012 | →Idaho Stampede |
| 2015–present | CSKA Moscow |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Joel Daniel Freeland (born 7 February 1987) is a British professional basketball player for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. Standing at a height of 2.10 m (6'10¾"), and weighing 112 kg (248 lbs.), he plays at the power forward and center positions.
Freeland began his career as a youth player with the youth teams of Thames Valley Tigers/Guildford Heat, before joining the Solent Stars. Within a year, he was representing England’s Under-18 national team, and soon found himself in Spain, with the fourth division side Gran Canaria II. While playing in the lower level Spanish leagues, Freeland was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers, becoming the 30th overall pick of the 2006 NBA draft, which was the highest rank for a British born player in the history of the draft. The Blazers encouraged Freeland to remain in Europe to learn his trade, and he subsequently signed with Gran Canaria, of the Spanish top-tier level Liga ACB in August 2006.
During the 2006–07 season, while playing with Gran Canaria, Freeland appeared in 16 games in the Liga ACB, and also made his debut in the European-wide 2nd-tier level ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup). Freeland continued to improve during the 2007–08 season, appearing in 28 games in the Liga ACB, and reaching the quarter-finals of the ULEB Cup. The 2008–09 season saw Freeland become one of Gran Canaria's best players, as he averaged 9.9 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, in 17.8 minutes per game in the Liga ACB.
In July 2009, Freeland joined the Spanish EuroLeague club Unicaja Málaga, on a five-year contract worth €4.5 million euros net income. During the 2009–10 season, Freeland made his debut in Europe's top-tier level league, the EuroLeague, and also made 37 Spanish ACB League appearances. The 2010–11 season was Freeland's best season, as he averaged career-highs of 13.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in the Liga ACB, and 13.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in the EuroLeague.
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