Devon van Oostrum explained

Devon van Oostrum
Position:Point guard
Height M:1.93
Weight Kg:90
League:IBL
Team:RANS Simba Bogor
Number:7
Nationality:British / Dutch
Birth Date:24 January 1993
Birth Place:Groningen, Netherlands
Draft Year:2015
Career Start:2008
Years1:2008–2009
Team1:Sheffield Sharks
Years2:2009–2016
Team2:Baskonia
Years3:2009–2011
Team3:→Fundación Baskonia
Years4:2011–2012
Team4:Tarragona
Years5:2012–2013
Team5:Cáceres
Years6:2014
Team6:Cibona Zagreb
Years7:2014
Team7:Kouvot
Years8:2015
Team8:Leeds Force
Years9:2015
Team9:Peñas Huesca
Years10:2015–2016
Team10:Arkadikos
Years11:2016–2017
Years12:2017
Years13:2018–2019
Team13:New Heroes Den Bosch
Years14:2019
Team14:CBet Prienai
Years15:2019–2021
Team15:Landstede Hammers
Years16:2020
Team16:→Peñas Huesca
Years17:2022
Team17:London Lions
Years18:2022–2023
Team18:BK Patrioti Levice
Years19:2023
Team19:Trepça
Years20:2023–present
Team20:RANS Simba Bogor
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Devon Doekele van Oostrum (born January 24, 1993)[1] is a British-Dutch professional basketball player for the RANS Simba Bogor of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He has represented the Great Britain men's national basketball team.

Professional career

After attending King Edward VII School in Sheffield,[2] van Oostrum started his basketball career with British basketball league club Sheffield Sharks in 2008. In May 2009, van Oostrum moved to Spanish ACB team Caja Laboral,[3] who loaned him to the reserve team Euskotren Fundación Baskonia, of the fifth tier of the Spanish basketball league.[4]

In 2011, after playing in the 2011 Eurobasket tournament, he was loaned to Bàsquet Tarragona 2017, team of the Spanish second-tier league LEB Oro.[5] After winning the LEB relegation playoffs, van Oostrum was called by Caja Laboral to join the roster for the 2012 ACB Playoffs.

In the summer of 2012, Baskonia sent him on loan to the LEB Oro team Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad.[6] In February 2013, he came back to the club of Vitoria after the departure of Carlos Cabezas.[7] In September 2014, he was loaned to Cibona Zagreb for one season.[8] On 31 October 2014, Cibona terminated contract with him, so he returned to Laboral Kutxa.[9]

On 14 November 2014, Baskonia agreed a new loan, this time to Finnish team Kouvot.[10] On 22 December 2014, he parted ways with Kouvot after playing 6 games with the club.[11] On 7 January 2015 he was loaned to Leeds Force of the British Basketball League[12] and made his debut three days later, scoring 16 points and 6 assists shooting 6-17 from the field on a loss against Plymouth Raiders.[13] Afterwards he was loaned to Peñas Huesca of the LEB Oro.[14] [15]

On 11 August 2015, Van Oostrum was loaned to Arkadikos of the Greek Basket League for the 2015–16 season.[16] [17]

On 11 August 2016, Van Oostrum signed with Koroivos Amaliadas for the 2016–17 season.[18] On 13 January 2017, he was released by Koroivos.[19] Seven days later, he signed with Macedonian club MZT Skopje for the rest of the season[20] On 27 February 2017, he parted ways with MZT Skopje because of knee injury during a semifinal match in the Macedonian Cup.[21]

On 5 July 2018, Van Oostrum signed with New Heroes Den Bosch of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) and the FIBA Europe Cup.[22] On 3 October, Van Oostrum made his debut with Den Bosch in the FIBA Europe Cup qualifying game against Balkan, scoring 17 points and recording 9 rebounds and 3 assists.[23] On 4 October, he played four minutes in his DBL debut in a win over Feyenoord Basketbal.[24]

In August 2019, van Oostrum signed a two-months contract with CBet Prienai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[25] Club had an option to extend the contract for remaining of the season but decided against it and player was released on 27 October 2019.[26]

On 4 December 2019, Van Oostrum returned to the Netherlands to sign with Landstede Hammers of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).[27] On the Hammers, he joined his older brother Nigel who has been on the team since 2016.

On 23 November 2020, Van Oostrum was sent on loan to Peñas Huesca for four weeks because the DBL had been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[28] In February 2021, it was announced he had to miss the remainder of the 2020–21 season after a surgery.[29]

On 7 September 2022, Van Oostrum signed with the London Lions for the 2022–23 BBL season.[30]

On 11 December 2023, Van Oostrum joins RANS Simba Bogor of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL).[31]

National team career

Van Oostrum's international debut was for England, at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He represented Great Britain at the under 20 level, and made his debut for the British senior team in a friendly against Canada. He played with Great Britain at the 2011 EuroBasket in Lithuania, and he was named British Basketball's Emerging Athlete in 2011. He missed out on a place on the Team GB squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[32] He also played at the 2013 EuroBasket in Slovenia, and in the 2015 EuroBasket Qualification Tournament.[33]

Personal life

Van Oostrum is the son of Duco van Oostrum, who played basketball at the precursor of Aris Leeuwarden in the Netherlands and since 1995 teaches at Sheffield University.[34] Devon's older brother Nigel van Oostrum plays at Landstede Basketbal since 2016. He holds dual citizenship between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.[35] [36] He is of Indonesian descent through his mother.[37]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Euroleague Basketball. Euroleague Basketball.
  2. News: Silverdale's grand national double act . . 2017-06-25.
  3. Web site: Tau is already planning the future . Sportando.com . 2009-05-11 . 2017-06-25.
  4. Web site: Great Britain Basketball : Men's Profiles . 2011-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111013152811/http://gameongb.com/men/biogs.php?player=97054&includeref=dynamic . 13 October 2011 .
  5. Web site: Van Oostrum, lligat | Rafa Marrasé | tarragona | Bàsquet FEB | L'Esportiu de Catalunya | Notícia . El9.cat . 2011-09-21 . 2017-06-25.
  6. Web site: Devon Van Oostrum jugará en Cáceres . Acb.com . 2017-06-25.
  7. Web site: Caja Laboral waive Carlos Cabezas, recall Devon Van Oostrum . Sportando.com . 2013-02-25 . 2017-06-25.
  8. Web site: Devon van Oostrum joined Cibona . 2014-09-29 . dead . https://archive.today/20140929143243/http://www.abaliga.com/a7861/News/Devon_Van_Oostrum_joined_Cibona.html . 29 September 2014 .
  9. News: Devon Van Oostrum no continuará en la Cibona de Zagreb. 31 October 2014. Baskonia.com. es.
  10. Web site: Devon Van Oostrum, cedido al Kouvot Basketball finlandés . Acb.com . 2017-06-25 . 27 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141127060611/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=108564 . dead .
  11. Web site: +data.game.min+ . Devon Van Oostrum leaves Kouvot . Sportando.com . 2017-06-25.
  12. Web site: Devon Van Oostrum moves to Leeds Force . Sportando.com . 2015-01-08 . 2017-06-25.
  13. Web site: Gains . Bradley . Devon van Oostrum Scores Season-High 16pts on Leeds Debut . Hoopsfix.com . 2015-01-10 . 2017-06-25.
  14. Web site: Baskonia loans Devon Van Oostrum to Peñas Huesca . Sportando.com . 2015-01-11 . 2017-06-25.
  15. Web site: Devon Van Oostrum jugará en el Peñas Huesca hasta final de temporada . Acb.Com . 2017-06-25.
  16. Web site: Arcadikos BC signs Devon Van Oostrum . Sportando.com . 2017-06-21 . 2017-06-25.
  17. Web site: Στον Αρκαδικό ο Devon Van Oostrum! | ΑΡΚΑΔΙΚΟΣ BC . el . Arcadikosbc.gr . 1993-01-24 . 2017-06-25.
  18. Web site: Greek Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings – eurobasket News . Eurobasket.com . 2017-06-25.
  19. http://www.koroivosbc.gr/καλή-συνέχεια-devon/
  20. Web site: МЗТ Скопје Аеродром ангажира уште еден репрезентативец на Велика Британија!. mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. 20 January 2017. 20 January 2017. mk.
  21. Web site: Ван Острум замина на операција во Лондон, му посакуваме брзо опоравување и успех во кариерата. mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. 27 February 2017. mk.
  22. Web site: Vn5socks.net – Service Seller Socks Good.
  23. Web site: Eredivisie basketbal Nederland, basketballleague.nl . basketballleague.nl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181014164908/https://basketballleague.nl/nieuws/4302 . 2018-10-14.
  24. Web site: Eredivisie basketbal Nederland, basketballleague.nl . basketballleague.nl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181014130134/https://basketballleague.nl/nieuws/4309 . 2018-10-14.
  25. Web site: Devon Van Oostrum Returns from Injury, Joins Prienai in Lithuania. 4 August 2019. 11 August 2019.
  26. News: Komandą palieka D. Van Oostrumas . 8 November 2019 . BC CBet Prienai . 27 October 2019 . lt.
  27. Web site: Devon van Oostrum vervangt Jordan Johnson. Basketball League. 4 December 2019.
  28. Web site: Devon van Oostrum tijdelijk naar Spanje.
  29. News: Devon van Oostrum mist rest van het seizoen . 11 July 2021 . Basketball League . nl.
  30. LondonLions. 1567165436076122113. DEVON! ✍️. 7 September 2022. 8 September 2022.
  31. News: RANS Datangkan Pemain Keturunan Indonesia dari Inggris. 1 January 2024 . iblindonesia.
  32. Web site: Devon Van Oostrum. British Basketball. 24 June 2017.
  33. Web site: Players . Archive.fiba.com . 2017-06-25.
  34. Web site: van Oostrum – people – English – The University of Sheffield . Shef.ac.uk . 2016-03-31 . 2017-06-25.
  35. Web site: Devon van Oostrum on loan to Cibona. Court Side Newspaper. 30 September 2014. 24 June 2017.
  36. Web site: Devon Van Oostrum (ex Koroivos) signs at MZT Skopje. Eurobasket News. 20 January 2017. 24 June 2017.
  37. Web site: The curious case of Devon Van Oostrum: from elite prospect to New Hero. FIBA.basketball.