Position Shooting guard Listed weight 100 kg (220 lb) Listed height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | Nationality American League Serie A2 Name Austin Freeman | |
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Born May 6, 1989 (age 34)
Mitchellville, Maryland ( 1989-05-06 ) High school DeMatha Catholic
(Hyattsville, Maryland) | ||
Austin Mambu Freeman, Jr. (born May 6, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Cañeros del Este of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (LNB). He played college basketball at Georgetown University.
Contents
- Iowa energy alum austin freeman on his path to the nba
- High school college career
- Professional career
- Personal
- References
Iowa energy alum austin freeman on his path to the nba
High school & college career
Freeman attended DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland until 2007.
He played college basketball with Georgetown, playing in the Big East Conference of the NCAA Division I, from 2007 to 2011. Prior to the 2010–11 season, Freeman was named the pre-season Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. He would not win the end-of season award, though he did make the All-Big East First Team.
Professional career
Having gone undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft, Freeman signed with Fulgor Libertas Forlì of the Italian second division in July 2011. He was released by the side in March 2012.
Freeman joined the New Orleans Hornets for the 2012 NBA Summer League. In August 2012, he signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. In January 2013, he left Hapoel and moved to fellow Israeli side Maccabi Ashdod.
He joined the Indiana Pacers for the 2013 NBA Summer League, later re-signing with Maccabi Ashdod. After playing six games, he left the club in mid-November 2013, signing with the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League later that month.
On 27 June 2014, he signed a two-year deal with Upea Capo d'Orlando of the Italian Serie A. He left the side to join Acea Roma on 27 February 2015. At the end of the Serie A season, in May 2015, Freeman joined the Titanes del Licey of the Dominican Republic's LNB.
On 6 July 2015, he signed a one-year deal with Bermè Viola Reggio Calabria of the Italian second division Serie A2.
On November 1, 2016, Freeman was acquired by the Long Island Nets of the NBA Development League, but was waived on November 15 before playing a game for the Nets.
In June 2017, he joined the Cañeros del Este of Dominican Republic for the 2017 LNB season.
Personal
During his junior year at Georgetown, Freeman was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.