Nigel Van Oostrum Joins Top Dutch Side Zwolle

By Bradley Gains on July 6, 2016

Leeuwarden

Nigel Van Oostrum has made the switch to join Zwolle in the top-flight in the Netherlands after almost two seasons at Leeuwarden, it was announced today.

The former GB U20 point guard put up impressive numbers last season with averages of 6.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and a league best 8.1 assists per game in 28 appearances.

🔨⏰! Looking forward to the next adventure! 🏀

— Nigel V O (@NigelVO) July 6, 2016

“Nigel is an excellent point guard, who’s going to make his teammates play better, and he fits well in our philosophy,” said Zwolle’s GM Adriaan Van Bergen on the club’s website.

“He had the most assists of all players in the Dutch league [last season]. In addition, he’s an excellent defender, and we’ll enjoy having him here,”

Van Oostrum also recently picked up MVP at the annual Doncaster Danum Eagles’ All-Star Weekend which saw the 25-year-old compete alongside his younger brothers Devon and Sam.

Zwolle finished top of the Eredivisie standings last season with a 22-9 regular season record before losing the playoff finals 4-1 against Groningen.

Do you like our work?

We have a tiny favour to ask. In 2018 we set out to make Hoopsfix sustainable by building our relationship directly with our readers. Up until now, Hoopsfix has been creating editorials, videos and podcasts to provide sorely missing coverage of the British game and its distinct culture and community.

We have funded Hoopsfix with our freelance work creating basketball media, but sadly that means not only does it fall behind our client’s priorities, but some of those clients are the same organisations we need to report objectively on putting us in a conflicted position.

We want to devote more time to our mission of helping British basketball reach its potential, and produce even more content for the basketball community by making Hoopsfix a sustainable 100% independent business funded directly by our readers through Patreon.

If everyone who enjoys our content chose to support us, our future would be much more secure. For as little as $3 per month, you can support Hoopsfix – and it only takes a minute.

We are tremendously honoured and humbled to have a community of people who value what we do, and we look forward to being at the forefront of the British game as it continues to evolve.

Support Hoopsfix