Joonas Ilmari Cavén (born 9 January 1993) is a Finnish professional

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player who currently plays for the Tampereen Pyrintö of Finland's

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. He has previously played in Spain for

Joventut Badalona Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (in English, ''The Club''), it is one of only two team ...

of the Liga ACB, but mostly for the club's development team CB Prat of the Spanish third tier league

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. He also competes for the Finnish national team as he made his debut in August 2013 against

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Professional career

Cavén played for the Tampereen Pyrintö junior team in 2009–10 before he joined the senior team in 2010–11 where he made his debut on 12 January 2011. He also spent time with the junior team in 2010–11 as well. In 2011, Cavén signed with

and immediately joined their junior team CB Prat of the

. After two seasons playing for Prat, Cavén made his Liga ACB debut on 20 October 2013 and went on to play a further four games for Joventut in 2013–14. In April 2014, Cavén declared for the

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but later withdrew his entry before the deadline. On 1 November 2014 Cavén was selected by the

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with the 10th overall pick in the 2014 NBA D-League draft. On 21 January 2015 he was traded to the

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in exchange for the player rights for Melvin Johnson III and the returning player rights to Elijah Pittman. On 30 September 2015 Cavén returned to Tampereen Pyrintö.Varggängets Joonas Cavén återvänder till Tammerfors
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References

External links

Eurobasket.com ProfileACB.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caven, Joonas 1993 births Living people CB Prat players Delaware 87ers players Finnish expatriate basketball people in Spain Finnish expatriate basketball people in the United States Finnish men's basketball players Forwards (basketball) Joventut Badalona players Liga ACB players People from Nokia, Finland Reno Bighorns players Tampereen Pyrintö players Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa