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The 2021–22 NBA season was the 76th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 19, 2021, and ended on April 10, 2022.
2020–21 NBA season. The 2020–21 NBA season was the 75th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA), though the 75th anniversary was not celebrated until the following season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular season was reduced to 72 games for each team, and began on December 22, 2020. [1]
With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the NBA for the second consecutive year, the regular season was reduced to 72 games for each team and the start date of the playoffs was moved from its usual time in mid-April to May 22, 2021. It ended with the 2021 NBA Finals in July. The 2021 NBA Finals matchup featured the Milwaukee Bucks and the Phoenix ...
- John Amaechi
- Robert Archibald
- Steve Bucknall
- Luol Deng
- Tosan Evbuomwan
- Joel Freeland
- Pops Mensah-Bonsu
- Michael Olowakandi
- Jeremy Sochan
Though he was actually born in the US, Amaechi was raised in Stockport, England. He first started playing at the age of 17 years old, under the legendary Joe Forber, who now heads up the Manchester Magic programme. The 6’10” center was undrafted and then signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1995. He became the first undrafted player to start in h...
Robert Archibald has his own slice of history as the only Scottish player to make the NBA. He was drafted with the 32nd pick in the second round of the 2002 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies, who he signed a 2-year contract with. After one season with the team, in which he played only 12 games, Archibald was traded to the Phoenix Suns, before agai...
The first British-developed player to make the NBA, Steve Bucknall suited up for the Lakers during the 1989-90 season. Originally coming through the Crystal Palace programme, Bucknall went to the US for High School at Governer’s Academy before heading to college to play under the legendary Dean Smith. Following a successful college career at the Un...
The UK’s greatest ever player, Luol Deng was a two-time NBA All-Star and by far the most successful Brit in the NBA. After playing college basketball for the Duke for a single season, Deng was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 2004 NBA draft with the seventh overall pick, where he was swiftly traded to the Chicago Bulls. He was...
Tosan Evbuomwan is the most recent British player to make the NBA. Hailing from Newcastle, the former Newcastle Eagle went undrafted in the 2023 NBA Draft following his collegiate career at Princeton, where he was named the 2021-22 Ivy League Player of the Year as a junior and went on a fairy tale March Madness run in his Senior year. However, afte...
The only other Brit to play in the NBA in the 2010s outside of Luol Deng, Joel Freeland held a three-year deal with the Portland Trailblazers from 2012-2015. On 28 June 2006, he was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 2006 NBA Draft as the 30th overall draft pick, however, he opted to stay in Europe to improve his game,...
After going undrafted in the 2006 NBA draft, he joined the Dallas Mavericks for the 2006 NBA Summer League before signing with them for his rookie year. During his rookie season, he had multiple assignments with the Fort Worth Flyers of the NBA Development League. In the 2006–07 season, he managed just 12 games for the Mavericks, averaging 2.4 poin...
Despite being born in Nigeria, Olowakandi moved to England when he was 4 years old and was raised here; he didn’t start playing basketball properly until he was 18 years old (despite being a 6′8″ sixteen year old!). Aged 20 and at Brunel University in West London, he decided this was his last opportunity to chase dreams of professional basketball. ...
Jeremy Sochan is a self-proclaimed ‘citizen of the world’. Born in the USA to a Polish mother and an American father, but spending the majority of his childhood in the UK, he came up through Milton Keynes Trojans before joining Itchen College and the Solent Kestrels programme. From there he spent a year in High School in the US at La Lumiere, befor...
Checkout the latest 2020-21 NBA Season Summary including Shooting Stats, Advanced Stats, Conference and Division Standings, Awards, Leagues and more on Basketball-Reference.com
Feb 18, 2021 · Although not known for basketball, Britain already has several players who have had impressive NBA careers, including an NBA champion. Here are the five best. 5 – John Amaechi (retired) Career games played – 294 Regular Season, 7 Play-off. Career averages – 6.2 Points, 2.6 Rebounds.
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