Lennard Freeman (born December 10, 1995; nicknamed "Mr. Feathery") is an American professional basketball player for the Hapoel Galil Elyon of the

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Personal life

Freeman was born in

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, and lived in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia. His mother is Nicole Bunn, and he has younger twin siblings Makala and Makhi. He is tall, and weighs .

Basketball career

Freeman attended Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, D.C., his freshman year. He then played two seasons at St. John's College High School in Maryland, earning all-conference honors in 2012. He then attended Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, averaging 8.6 points and 9.8 rebounds in 2012–13. Freeman attended

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('18), playing basketball for the team for four seasons. He missed the 2016–17 season due to a lower right leg injury. In the 2018–19 season he played at Final Gençlik of the

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where in 28 games he recorded 16.1 points per game, 10.7 rebounds per game (#3 in the league), 1.1 assists per game, and 1.3 steals per game. Freeman was named League Player of the Week. In the 2019–20 season Freeman played at Belfius Mons-Hainaut in the Belgian Euromillions League. In 17 games he had 12.1 points per game and 8.6 rebounds per game (#2 in the league). He was voted Eurobasket.com All-Belgian League Defensive Player of the Year, and named to the 1st Team and to the All-Star Game. Hapoel Haifa in the

signed Freeman in June 2020. He averaged 10.5 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 1.0 assist per game. In 2020–21 he was third in the Israel Basketball Premier League in two-point field goal percentage (68.7 per cent). Freeman signed with

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in the

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on September 16, 2021. He signed with CSM Oradea in the Romanian Liga Națională in August, 2023.

References

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