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Owen James Klassen (born October 31, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player who plays for Budućnost Podgorica in Montenegro. He played university basketball at Acadia University and is a former 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. His contract was terminated by mutual agreement in March 2015, after it was prognosed that a full recovery from an already lengthy back injury of his would last longer than previously expected.
On July 31, 2015, Klassen signed with Phoenix Hagen. 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.
On May 2, 2016, he re-signed with Hagen for one more season. On December 8, 2016, he left Hagen and signed with Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgorica for the rest of the season.
Career Statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Acadia | 20 | 13 | 28.1 | .500 | .377 | .684 | 7.6 | 1.5 | .95 | 1.1 | 10.5 |
| 2010–11 | Acadia | 20 | 20 | 32.5 | .420 | .349 | .686 | 9.6 | 1.7 | .85 | 1.9 | 18.3 |
| 2011–12 | Acadia | 18 | 18 | 30.7 | .520 | .514 | .717 | 10.1 | 2.2 | .90 | 1.5 | 16.5 |
| 2012–13 | Acadia | 16 | 16 | 30.2 | .500 | .233 | .775 | 10.8 | 2.5 | .94 | 1.4 | 16.3 |
| 2013–14 | Acadia | 17 | 17 | 29.8 | .562 | .316 | .683 | 10.6 | 2.4 | .83 | 1.2 | 20.0 |
| Career | 91 | 84 | 30.3 | .501 | .358 | .710 | 9.8 | 2.1 | .89 | 1.41 | 16.4 |
Professional
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | MZT | 26 | 26 | 16.1 | .579 | .222 | .550 | 5.4 | .5 | .46 | .42 | 5.7 |
| 2015–16 | Hagen | 33 | 33 | 22.7 | .516 | .286 | .541 | 6.4 | 1.3 | .67 | .58 | 9.4 |
| 2016–17 | Hagen | 9 | 9 | 27.1 | .647 | .400 | .543 | 7.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | .70 | 13.2 |
| 2016–17 | Buducnost | 7 | 7 | 26.2 | .462 | .286 | .731 | 7.0 | 1.6 | .57 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Career | 75 | 75 | 21.3 | .556 | .303 | .564 | 6.3 | 1.1 | .65 | .57 | 8.4 |
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 | .50 | .80 | 9.8 |
| 2013 | FISU Universiade | 8 | 0 | 18.8 | .657 | .000 | .620 | 7.3 | .9 | .25 | .6 | 6.8 |
In 2014, Owen was a member of the Canadian National team's 11 game European tour.