Jan Driessen | |
Height M: | 2.01 |
Nationality: | Dutch |
Birth Date: | 4 December 1996 |
Career Start: | 2014 |
Career End: | 2017 |
Years1: | 2014–2017 |
Team1: | ZZ Leiden |
Jan Driessen (born 4 December 1996)[1] is a Dutch basketball player. He represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics in 3x3 event and won the gold medal with the Dutch national 3x3 team.
After playing for their under-20 team,[2] Driessen made his professional debut for ZZ Leiden in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) in the 2014–15 season, under coach Eddy Casteels. He was named to the DBL All-Rookie Team, and signed a two-year contract in July 2015. On December 17, 2016, he scored a career-high 14 points against Apollo Amsterdam.[3]
In June 2017, Driessen decided to return to amateur-level play with Lokomotief, in order to focus on his academic career.[4] He played 80 games for Leiden, scoring 158 points in 822 minutes.