Henri Drell

Henri Drell (born 25 April 2000) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Lega Basket Serie A. He also represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.

Henri Drell
Drell in September 2019
No. 3 – Victoria Libertas Pesaro
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
LeagueLBA
Personal information
Born (2000-04-25) 25 April 2000
Tallinn, Estonia
NationalityEstonian
Listed height2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight85 kg (187 lb)
Career information
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016Audentes/Noortekoondis
2016–2019Brose Bamberg
2016–2019→Baunach Young Pikes
2019–presentVL Pesaro

Early life and youth career

Drell was born in Tallinn, Estonia. He started playing basketball at age of 9 years old. He joined small club in Estonia. After that Drell moved to BC Kalev/Cramo youth.[1]

In September 2015, Drell joined his hometown team Audentes/Noortekoondis.[2]

In July 2016, Drell moved to Brose Bamberg, Germany, where he started to play German Under-19 Youth Bundesliga (NBBL- Nachwuchs-Basketball-Bundesliga). In May 2019, Drell led his NBBL team (TSV Breitengüßbach) to silver medal.[3] On 27 February 2019, he was named to the 2019 NBBL All-Star Game.[4]

In February 2018, Drell played for Brose Bamberg's U18 team at Adidas Next Generation Tournament (ANGT) in Munich. He was selected to the All-Tournament Team after leading the event with 27 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists per game and a Performance Index Rating (PIR) of 26.3.[5][6] Later in June, he also attended the NBA Global Camp in Treviso, Italy.[7]

Professional career

Brose Bamberg

On 1 July 2016, Drell signed a six-year contract with Brose Bamberg.[8] He made his professional debut for Brose Bamberg on 18 March 2019, recording 2 points in a 100–74 win over Eisbären Bremerhaven.[9]

Drell mainly played with Baunach Young Pikes, the farm team of Brose Bamberg, in German 2nd Division (ProA). In 2018-19 season Drell improved his stats to 13.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game for Baunach in ProA action.[10] On 2 February 2019 Drell was named the ProA Youngster Of The Month.[11]

On April 19, 2019, he declared for the 2019 NBA Draft. ESPN draft guru Jonathan Givony, ranked him 55th out of 100 draft prospects, later on Drell withdrew from the draft.[12]

Victoria Libertas Pesaro

On July 19, 2019, he has signed with Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Lega Basket Serie A.[13] He made his professional debut for VL Pesaro on 22 September 2019, recording 2 points and 3 rebounds in 25 minutes and a 72-80 loss over Fortitudo Bologna. He recorded his Lega Basket Serie A career-high 16 points on 13 October 2019 against Virtus Bologna, shooting 6-of-11 from the field with 4 rebounds in 33 minutes. He finished the cancelled season (due Covid-19 pandemic) averaging 4.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.[14][15]

National team career

Drell competed for Estonia first time at the 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship in Radom, Poland. He helped Estonia national under-16 team to be saved from relegation while averaging a team-high 14.1 points, 7.1 rebounds per game.[16][17]

Drell played at the Division B tournament of the 2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he was named to the All-Star Five after ranked third among all players with 19 points per game and helping his team finish in fourth place.[18][19]

He made his debut for the senior Estonian national team on 21 February 2019, in a 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifier against Serbia, scoring 4 points in a 71–70 home victory.[20][21]

Personal life

Henri Drell is the son of Harri Drell, a former professional basketball player who played in Korvpalliklubi Kalev. Also his mother Marelle Grünthal-Drell played basketball and was a part of Estonia women's national basketball team.[22]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Domestic leagues
Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16Audentes/NoortekoondisKML416.0.444.250.4002.01.2.5.04.5
2016–17Baunach Young PikesProA68.1.429.0001.0001.5.0.2.02.0
2017–182416.3.496.340.6491.6.8.5.06.1
2018–192928.8.394.297.6733.91.61.2.413.1
Brose BambergBBL38.1.500–.5001.0.7.0.02.0
2019–20VL PesaroLBA1517.1.351.235.6672.11.1.3.44.7

Estonia national team
Year Tournament National Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Estonia U-16 7725.1.376.294.8187.11.92.1.614.1
2017 2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B Estonia U-18 8824.3.416.314.8334.42.11.2.612.5
2018 2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B Estonia U-18 7726.8.469.333.8615.71.71.4.719.0
2019 2019 Basketball World Cup qualification Estonia 2013.8.545.333.833.0.51.5.09.0
2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualification Estonia 2012.8.375.667.7502.0.51.01.05.5

References
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  2. Korvpalliliit, Eesti. "Mängijad". www.basket.ee. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  3. "Bamberg: NBBL ist deutscher U19-Vizemeister!". Nachwuchs & Jugend Basketball Bundesliga - NBBL & JBBL (in German). 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  4. "easyCredit - ALLSTARS der NBBL". www.easycredit-bbl.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  5. "MVP Nakic of U18 Real Madrid leads Munich all-tourney team". ADIDAS Next Generation Tournament. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  6. "DRELL, HENRI - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL". www.euroleague.net. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  7. "Scariolo will be the head coach of the U18 team of the NBA Global Camp". Eurohoops. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  8. "Eesti noorkorvpallur sõlmis Euroliiga klubiga 6-aastase lepingu" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 1 July 2016.
  9. "Henri Drell tegi Bambergi eest Bundesliga debüüdi ja viskas esimesed punktid" (in Estonian). Korvpall24.ee. 18 March 2019.
  10. "Spieler – BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga" (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  11. "BARMER 2.Basketball Bundesliga on Instagram: "Wir präsentieren euch den @ballside.com_official Spieler/Youngster des Monats 👏 Henri Drell AKA @lllerd AKA Youngster des Monats Januar…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  12. "Estonian wing Drell declares for NBA draft". ESPN.com. 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  13. "VL Pesaro signs prospect Henri Drell to multi-year deal". Sportando. July 19, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  14. "Italian Basketball Federation officially ends LBA 2019-20 season". Sportando. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  15. "LEGABASKET SERIE A LEGABASKET SERIE A". web.legabasket.it. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  16. "Henri DRELL at the FIBA U16 European Championship Division A 2016". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  17. "Estonia at the FIBA U16 European Championship Division A 2016". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  18. "Henri DRELL at the FIBA U18 European Championship Division B 2018". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  19. "Dutch center Kuta snatches up MVP award". FIBA.basketball. 5 August 2018.
  20. "Avdija, Maledon, Drell among talents to use final World Cup window for debut". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  21. "Estonia v Serbia". FIBA.basketball. 21 February 2019.
  22. "Talendikas korvpallitäht Henri Drell". Sportland Magazine (in Estonian). 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
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