Gabe Freeman

Gabe Freeman

Freeman with the Riptide in 2017
No. 25 – Saint John Riptide
Position	Forward
League	NBL Canada
Personal information
Born	(1985-11-05) November 5, 1985 (age 31) Phoenix, Arizona
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	(Tempe, Arizona)
College	Mesa CC (2006–2007)
NBA draft	2007 / Undrafted
Playing career	2007–present
Career history
2007–2008	Correcaminos UAT
2008–2009	Albany Patroons
2009	San Miguel Beermen
2009–2010	Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry
2010	Philippine Patriots
2010	San Miguel Beermen
2010	Townsville Crocodiles
2010–2011	Philippine Patriots
2011	Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry
2011–2012	London Lightning
2012	Barako Bull Energy
2012	Petron Blaze Boosters
2012	London Lightning
2012	Barangay Ginebra
2013	Petron Blaze Boosters
2013	London Lightning (Canada)
2014	Barangay Ginebra
2014–2015	Rochester Razorsharks
2015–2016	Saint John Mill Rats
2016–present	Saint John Riptide
Career highlights and awards
PBL champion (2015) NBL Canada Most Valuable Player (2012) All-NBL Canada First Team (2012) All-NBL Canada Defence First Team (2012) NBL Canada champion (2012) NBL Canada All-Star (2012) PBA champion (2009 Fiesta) 2× PBA Import Player of the Year (2009, 2010) ABL champion (2010) CBA Defensive Player of the Year (2009)

Gabriel DeAndre Freeman (born November 5, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Saint John Riptide of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). He previously played for the Rochester Razorsharks of the Premier Basketball League (PBL) in the United States. Freeman also has experience with the London Lightning in the NBL Canada and steered them to a 2012 Finals victory. He won the ASEAN Basketball League championship with the Philippine Patriots in 2009 and led the San Miguel Beermen to a 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference title earlier that year.

Born in Phoenix, Freeman graduated from of Tempe, Arizona in 2004. He attended Southern Utah University but never played a game for the Thunderbirds basketball team. At Mesa Community College, Freeman was a first-team All-ACCAC selection in the 2006–07 season and averaged 16.8 points and 8.9 rebounds.

Freeman signed with Correcaminos UAT Reynosa of the Mexican LNBP in 2007 and averaged 22.6 points and 8.1 rebounds in ten games.

For part of the 2008–09 season, Freeman played for the Albany Patroons in the CBA. Albany made the CBA Finals but lost to the Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry. In 15 games with the Patroons, he averaged 14.3 points per game and 9.7 rebounds per game. He wore jersey number 34.