{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1975)}} {{For|the American football player|Reggie Freeman (American football)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Reggie Freeman | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 220 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|05|17}} | birth_place = The Bronx, New York, U.S. | high_school = Rice (Manhattan, New York) | college = Texas (1993–1997) | draft_year = 1997 | career_start = 1997 | career_end = 2009 | career_position = Shooting guard | career_number = 5 | years1 = 1997–1998 | team1 = Connecticut Pride | years2 = 1998–1999 | team2 = Quad City Thunder | years3 = 1999 | team3 = Long Island Surf | years4 = 1999 | team4 = Gallitos de Isabela | years5 = 1999–2000 | team5 = İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | years6 = 2000 | team6 = Indios de Mayagüez | years7 = 2001 | team7 = Indiana Legends | years8 = 2001 | team8 = Cocodrilos de Caracas | years9 = 2001–2002 | team9 = Cibona Zagreb | years10 = 2002 | team10 = Euro Roseto | years11 = 2002 | team11 = ASVEL Basket | years12 = 2002–2003 | team12 = FMP | years13 = 2003 | team13 = Crvena zvezda | years14 = 2003–2005 | team14 = Reflex | years15 = 2005 | team15 = NIS Vojvodina | years16 = 2005–2006 | team16 = Žalgiris Kaunas | years17 = 2006–2007 | team17 = Upea Capo d'Orlando | years18 = 2007–2008 | team18 = Rethymno | years19 = 2008 | team19 = Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | years20 = 2009 | team20 = Metalac Valjevo | highlights = * Adriatic League champion (2004) * French League champion (2002) * 2× Radivoj Korać Cup champion (2003, 2005) * First-team All-Big 12 (1997) * First-team All-SWC (1996) * AP honorable mention All-American (1997) }}
'''Reginald Philip Freeman''' (born May 17, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player.
==Playing career== Freeman played NCAA college basketball at the University of Texas. He had a prolific career at Texas, making All-Conference First Team in both his junior and senior seasons.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://texassports_com.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2014/11/12/2014_15_Texas_Basketball_Fact_Book.pdf | title=2014-15 Texas Basketball Fact Book | work=texassports.com | page= | accessdate=May 2, 2015 | archive-date=March 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205019/http://texassports_com.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2014/11/12/2014_15_Texas_Basketball_Fact_Book.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> Widely considered a first round draft candidate in the 1997 NBA draft, he nevertheless went undrafted.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/draft-day-dud-leaves-reggie-free-man-article-1.751197 | title=DRAFT DAY DUD LEAVES REGGIE A FREE MAN | publisher=nydailynews.com | date=June 26, 1997 | accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref>
Although he never made it to the NBA, Freeman played professionally in several countries on three continents. Basketball club KK FMP from Serbia retired his jersey with number #5 for the great contribution he had made during his tenure with the team.<ref>{{cite news|title=FRIMEN OPET U REFLEKSU?!|url=http://arhiva.kurir-info.rs/Arhiva/2004/jul/03-04/SP-03-03072004.shtml|language=sr|accessdate=December 25, 2014|publisher=kurir-info.rs}}</ref> He is regarded as one of the best foreign players to ever play for any Serbian basketball team.
== National team career == Freeman was a member of the U.S. Virgin Islands national basketball team at the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship.
==Career statistics== {{Euroleague player statistics legend}}
===EuroLeague=== {{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2001–02 | style="text-align:left;"| Cibona | 12 || 1 || 25.1 || '''.436''' || .294 || '''.795''' || '''4.3''' || 1.7 || .9 || '''.4''' || 10.7 || 9.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06 | style="text-align:left;"| Žalgiris | '''19''' || '''18''' || '''30.9''' || .397 || '''.349''' || .788 || 3.8 || '''2.3''' || '''1.3''' || .1 || '''11.2''' || '''9.8''' |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 31 || 19 || 28.6 || .410 || .328 || .791 || 4.0 || 2.1 || 1.1 || .2 || 11.0 || 9.8 {{S-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.abaliga.com/player/54 Reggie Freeman] at abaliga.com * [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=AOM Reggie Freeman] at euroleague.net * [http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=FRE-REG-75 Reggie Freeman] at legabasket.it * [https://www.tblstat.net/player/470 Reggie Freeman] at tblstat.net
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