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Joel Freeland

ジョエル・フリーランド　/　じょえる・ふりーらんど

Basketball player from United Kingdom

February 7, 1987 (age 39)　・　Farnham, United Kingdom

basketball player

My Take

What gets me about Joel Freeland is the geography of his ambition. A 208 cm kid from Farnham, England, picking basketball in a football-mad country, then grinding his way to the Portland Trail Blazers and ultimately CSKA Moscow at Europe's summit. That is not a path you stumble into. I respect the British national-team service too, anchoring a program that rarely gets headlines. He never had the easy lane, and that quiet stubbornness is exactly the kind of athlete I find myself rooting for long after the buzzer.

Overview

Joel Daniel Freeland (born 7 February 1987) is a British former professional basketball player who last played for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. Standing at 2.10 m (6 ft 10+1⁄2 in), he played at the power forward and center positions. He also represented the Great Britain national basketball team.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Joel Freeland
Name (Japanese): ジョエル・フリーランド
Reading: じょえる・ふりーらんど
Born: February 7, 1987 (age 39)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Rabbit
Origin: Farnham, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 208 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89

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