Luke Isaiah Nelson (born 29 June 1995) is a British

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player for the

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of the

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(PLK). He also represents the Great Britain national team in international competitions. He played American college basketball for

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, where he was named the 2017 Big West Conference Player of the Year. Nelson, a

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born in

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and raised in Worthing, first played basketball for the Worthing Thunder junior program, Followed by spending his later teenage years at Henley College whilst Playing with the Reading Rockets Division 1 team alongside playing for several England and Great Britain squads in the U16, U18 and U20 age groups in FIBA tournaments. He was named British player of the year in his age group for three consecutive seasons. He attended college at the

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, where he became a four-year starter. He was named first-team All- Big West Conference in his junior and senior seasons and was named Big West Player of the Year as a senior. Nelson helped UC Irvine to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015 and help guided the Anteaters to a program record 28 wins in 2016. For all 4 seasons at UC Irvine, Nelson helped the team make a postseason appearance of some kind. He finished his collegiate career 4th in made threes (204), fifth in assists (361) and eighth in steals (115) and played in the collegiate All Star Game at the 2017 Final Four. After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft after playing in the NBA Summer League with the

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, Nelson signed his first professional contract with Herbalife Gran Canaria in Spain's

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and EuroCup competition. He was sent to Real Betis Energía Plus on loan prior to the start of the season. On 15 November 2019 he signed with Baxi Manresa of the Spanish

. On 30 July 2020 he signed with BG Göttingen of the

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. On 16 July 2021 he signed with ESSM Le Portel of the French

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. On August 2, 2024, he signed with

of the

(PLK).

International career

Nelson has competed for the Great Britain senior national team since graduating college and is usually the starting shooting guard on the squad during competition.

References

External links

Luke Nelson
at acb.com
UC Irvine Anteaters bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Luke 1995 births Living people Basketball players from London Bàsquet Manresa players BG Göttingen players British expatriate basketball people in Germany British expatriate basketball people in Spain British expatriate basketball people in the United States British men's basketball players English expatriate sportspeople in Germany English expatriate sportspeople in Spain English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English men's basketball players ESSM Le Portel players Liga ACB players London Lions (basketball) players Point guards Real Betis Baloncesto players Shooting guards Sportspeople from Worthing UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball players 21st-century English sportsmen