Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzel ( born May 7, 1985 in Grand Rapids, Michigan ) is an American professional basketball player who plays after his studies in his native U.S. state as a professional in Europe. After holding various positions in the German Basketball League as well as in France Neitzel was about to jump into the season cadres of the former NBA champions Dallas Mavericks, but was released from his contract shortly before the season 2011/12. After one season in the NBA Development League (D -League ), he returned to Europe and plays since 2012 the BBC Monthey in Switzerland's National Basketball League
Neitzel, who comes as the brunette BBL player Kyle Visser from Grand Rapids, a talented player was already during his school years at the high school and was in his senior year in 2004 as the best high school player of his State of the Hal Schram Mr. Basketball of Michigan appointed. He then moved to study at the Michigan State University and played for the Spartans, for the basketball legend Magic Johnson as a student was once active in the NCAA Division I. In the ambitious college team, he was one of the most productive players during his four seasons and is one of only three players who were able to achieve a total of more than 1,500 points and more than 500 assists for the Spartans. In addition, he is out with a rate of slightly more than 86 % as the safest free-throw shooter of all time with the Spartans. In his first year he reached in 2005 with the Spartans the Final Four tournament of the NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Championship. After two more finals appearances, where to each retired relatively early, he reached into his senior year in 2008 with his team after all the knockout round Sweet Sixteen. For the U.S. national team, he participated in the Pan American Games in 2007, in which the selection of college players finished in fifth place.
When NBA Draft 2008, he has not been selected by an NBA professional team and went to the NBA Summer League team of the Minnesota Timberwolves by Germany to the Artland Dragons from Quakenbruck in the BBL. The team missed the playoffs and also Neitzel personally could not meet all the expectations, so that the contract was not renewed after the season. Following the season, he took up one more time in the NBA Summer League, this time to the team of the Portland Trail Blazers. He did not succeed a second time to get over this league a contract for the regular season, so he again went to Europe in 2009, this time to France Chalon -sur- Saône to first division, Élan Sportif in LNB Pro A. The team from the Burgundy had a bad start to the season and as a result, among other things, Neitzel was released in December 2009 after twelve games. Then in January 2010, he got a contract with the TBB Trier, where he was committed as a replacement for the injured Brian Brown. For the following season the Trier Henrik Rödl committed as their new coach, in its sporty concept Neitzel had no more space, so that the contract ended after the season. In January 2011, Neitzel benefited once again from the injury of a colleague, he was obliged by BBL- Up BBC Bayreuth as a replacement for Osvaldo Jeanty. At the end of the league for the climbers could also be achieved through ongoing Ekene Ibekwe Nachverpflichtung.
December 2011 he received a sample contract with the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. On 21 December 2011 he was released from the Mavericks and got no place in the official season squad. Neitzel then moved to the " farm team " Texas Legends in the D- League. Here, however, he could not recommend the obligation by an NBA club, whereupon he returned to the game time to Europe and plays for BBC Monthey in Switzerland since 2012.