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Henri Drell

Henri Drell (born 25 April 2000) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. He also represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Standing 2.05 metres (6 ft 9 in), he mainly plays as a small forward. He is also the second Estonian player to ever play in the NBA.

Drell was born in Tallinn, Estonia. He started playing basketball at nine years of age. He joined a small club in Estonia and moved to BC Kalev/Cramo youth after that.

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

In February 2018, Drell played for Brose Bamberg's U18 team at Munich's Adidas Next Generation Tournament (ANGT). 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. Later in June, he attended the NBA Global Camp in Treviso, Italy.

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

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

Drell mainly played with Baunach Young Pikes, the farm team of Brose Bamberg, in the German 2nd Division (ProA). In the 2018–19 season, Drell's stats of 13.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game for Baunach showed marked improvement over the previous year, playing in the ProA. On 2 February 2019, he was named the ProA Youngster of the Month. Drell eventually finished second in Pro A Young Player of the Year voting.

On 19 April 2019, he declared for the 2019 NBA draft. ESPN ranked Drell 55th out of 100 draft prospects, but later on, he withdrew from the draft to try to improve his draft stock for the 2020 NBA draft.

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