With the Blazers season rapidly approaching it is understandable that you might not be focusing on draftee Joel Freeland. I urge you: make time to follow this man. You know that Freeland is the most NBA ready of the Blazer Euros developing across the Atlantic. The thing is, he might be a bit beyond that.

Freeland's Unicaja team (also featuring Portland summer league star Pooh Jeter. Yes, I put "summer league" and "star" in the same sentence) may be off to an 0-3 start in Liga A, but don't worry Portland fans. 

Freeland is getting the type of playing time, almost 26 minutes per game, that assures him plenty of opportunities to continue his development. He has already shown significant improvement over last season, when he established himself as a solid contributor in what is widely considered the second best league on the planet.

Freeland is now leading his team in points (12.7) and boards (5.7) per game. He is shooting a very Freeland-like 61% from the field (Full stats here ).

Assuming that the combination of my high school Spanish skills and Google Translator are somewhat effective, the media are loving Freeland. Here he is leading the comeback. There he goes bringing the bueno and landing violently on the rim. Buenisimo.

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