Owen Klassen Explained

Owen James Klassen^[2] (born October 31, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Würzburg Baskets of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played university basketball at Acadia University and is a current member of the Canadian national basketball team.

Professional career

In September 2014, Owen started his professional career overseas at Macedonian Adriatic League team MZT Skopje, at the time coached by Zmago Sagadin.^[3] 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.^[4]

On July 31, 2015, Klassen signed with Phoenix Hagen.^[5] 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.^[6]

On May 2, 2016, he re-signed with Hagen for one more season.^[7] On December 8, 2016, he left Hagen and signed with Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgorica for the rest of the season.^[8]

On August 3, 2017, Klassen signed with the Greek League club PAOK.^[9] On December 21, 2017 PAOK announced the end of their corporation.^[10] The same day he signed with German club s.Oliver Würzburg.^[11]

On July 27, 2018, he signed with Riesen Ludwigsburg.^[12]

In July 2019, Klassen signed with the Antwerp Giants.^[13] 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.^[14]

On August 13, 2021, he has signed with Löwen Braunschweig of the Basketball Bundesliga.^[15]

On July 19, 2022, he has signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga.^[16]

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Acadia| 20 || 13 || 28.1 || .500 || .377 || .684 || 7.6 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 1.1 || 10.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Acadia| 20 || 20 || 32.5 || .420 || .349 || .686 || 9.6 || 1.7 || .9 || 1.9 || 18.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Acadia| 18 || 18 || 30.7 || .520 || .514 || .717 || 10.1 || 2.2 || .9 || 1.5 || 16.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Acadia| 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;"| Acadia| 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

Regular season

|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| MZT| 26 || 26 || 16.1 || .579 || .222 || .550 || 5.4 || .5 || .5 || .4 || 5.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Hagen| 33 || 33 || 22.7 || .516 || .286 || .541 || 6.4 || 1.3 || .7 || .6 || 9.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Hagen| 9 || 9 || 27.1 || .647 || .400 || .543 || 7.8 || 1.8 || 1.1 || .7 || 13.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Budućnost| 15 || 15 || 23.4 || .652 || .375 || .683 || 6.3 || 1.1 || .8 || .6 || 9.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| PAOK| 18 || 18 || 15.7 || .412 || .500 || .672 || 4.7 || .5 || .5 || .2 || 6.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Würzburg| 21 || 21 || 20.8 || .566 || .000 || .750 || 5.5 || .9 || .4 || .4 || 8.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Ludwigsburg| 43 || 43 || 20.6 || .549 || .259 || .776 || 6.1 || .9 || .3 || .5 || 9.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Antwerp| 37 || 37 || 21.6 || .503 || .362 || .635 || 6.6 || 1.7 || .6 || .8 || 9.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Hamilton| 8 || 8 || 20.0 || .442 || .200 || .615 || 6.5 || 1.3 || 1.1 || 1.1 || 8.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Boulazac| 18 || 18 || 19.6 || .563 || .200 || .702 || 5.3 || 1.6 || .9 || .5 || 7.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Braunschweig| 35 || 35 || 21.7 || .579 || .143 || .629 || 6.3 || 1.6 || .6 || .7 || 11.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Oldenburg| 33 || 33 || 18.1 || .587 || .000 || .669 || 6.0 || 1.7 || .6 || .4 || 9.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Würzburg| 32 || 32 || 18.1 || .596 || .500 || .534 || 5.9 || .8 || .8 || .7 || 7.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Würzburg| 10 || 10 || 21.3 || .673 || .000 || .639 || 6.3 || 1.6 || 1.2 || .7 || 8.2|-|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"|| 337 || 337 || 20.1 || .562 || .284 || .644 || 6.0 || 1.2 || .6 || .6 || 8.9

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 2017| align="left" | Budućnost| 3 || 3 || 23.3 || .400 || .000 || .600 || 5.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || .7 || 6.0|-| align="left" | 2023| align="left" | Würzburg| 7 || 7 || 20.4 || .529 || .000 || .692 || 4.7 || .7 || 0.9 || .2 || 6.7|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"|| 10 || 10 || 21.3 || .489 || .000 || .652 || 4.8 || 0.8 || 1.7 || 0.3 || 6.5

International

Year	Competition	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2011	2011 Pan American Games	4	4	22.0	.444	.357	.800	7.5	1.3	.5	.8	9.8
2013	FISU Universiade	8	0	18.8	.657	.000	.620	7.3	.9	.3	.6	6.8
2019	2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup	11	0	15.6	.500	.182	.800	5.2	.7	.3	.7	5.8
2020	2022 FIBA AmeriCup qualification	4	0	22.8	.435	.000	.500	6.5	.5	.3	.8	6.5
2023	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualification (Americas)	6	0	12.5	.722	.000	.714	5.0	1.7	.5	.2	5.2
Career		33	0	18.4	.552	.269	.687	6.3	1.0	.4	.6	6.8 In 2014, Owen was a member of the Canadian National team's 11 game European tour. External links Owen Klassen at aba-liga.com Owen Klassen at eurobasket.com Owen Klassen at fiba.com Owen Klassen at acadia.prestosports.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.waz.de/sport/lokalsport/hagen/phoenix-hagen-das-sind-unsere-beiden-teams-des-jahrzehnts-id228045063.html Phoenix Hagen: Das sind unsere beiden Teams des Jahrzehnts
2. Web site: KLASSEN, Owen James . info.Guadalajara2011.org.mx . https://web.archive.org/web/20111229160726/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_BK@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_number=37778.htm . 2011-12-29.
3. Web site: Овен Класен нов играч на МЗТ Скопје. mk. 20 September 2014. mztskopjeaerodrom.mk.
4. Web site: Класен веќе не е член на МЗТ. 18 March 2015. mk. IDIVIDI™ (idividi.com).
5. News: Owen Klassen inks with Phoenix Hagen. 31 July 2015. Sportando.com. 31 July 2015.
6. News: German BBL round 10 best performance: Owen Klassen.
7. News: Owen Classen extends with Phoenix Hagen. 3 May 2016. Sportando.com. 2 May 2016.
8. News: Owen Klassen new Budućnost VOLI center.
9. News: PAOK added Owen James Klassen. 3 August 2017. Eurohoops.net. 3 August 2017.
10. http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/OmadesBasket/A1Paok/telos-apo-ton-paok-kai-epishma-o-klasen.4996799.html sport24.gr "Τέλος" από τον ΠΑΟΚ και επίσημα ο Κλάσεν
11. News: Kanadischer Nationalspieler mit BBL-Erfahrung. December 21, 2017. soliver-wuerzburg.de. December 21, 2017. de.
12. Web site: Bivši igrač Budućnosti ostaje u Njemačkoj. petnapetblog.com. 27 July 2018. sr.
13. Former Basketball Axeman Owen Klassen signs at Antwerp. Acadia Athletics . 24 July 2019 . June 8, 2021.
14. News: Owen Klassen signs with Boulazac . Sportando . August 13, 2020 . August 13, 2020. Carchia . Emiliano .
15. News: Braunschweig lands Owen Klassen. August 13, 2021. Sportando. En. August 13, 2021. Skerletic . Dario .
16. Web site: Kanadischer Nationalspieler verstärkt EWE Baskets unter dem Korb. July 19, 2022. Sportando. En. August 17, 2022.