Torgeir Bryn

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Torgeir Bryn : biography

19 August 1964 –

Torgeir Bryn (pronounced ; born 19 August 1964 in Oslo) is a retired Norwegian professional basketball player. A 6’9" (2.06 m) and 250 lb (113 kg) center. Bryn is notable for being the only Norwegian who has played in the NBA thus far. basket.no

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 1989-90 | style="text-align:left;"| LA Clippers | 3 || 0 || 3.3 || .000 || .000 || .667 || 0.7 || 0.0 || .7 || 0.3 || 1.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 3 || 0 || 3.3 || .000 || .000 || .667 || 0.7 || 0.0 || .7 || 0.3 || 1.3

International career

He is the most capped player for the Norway national basketball team, with 111 matches. basket.no

Club career

USA

In the U.S., Bryn attended MiraCosta Community College (Oceanside, California) and then Southwest Texas State University (San Marcos, Texas), where he played NCAA college basketball. At MiraCosta College Bryn played for Clete Adelman, older brother of NBA coach Rick Adelman. He enjoyed a very brief NBA career during the 1989–90 season; his stint for the Los Angeles Clippers limited to playing ten minutes over three matches in which he scored four points. He also played for several CBA clubs and a USBL club.

Europe

Bryn also played professionally for a number of European clubs.

Norway

His youth club in Norway was Ammerud Basket. He also had spells for the Oslo Kings (Vålerenga Kings) and Harstad Vikings.

Bryn made a comeback for Ammerud Basket at the age of 43, before the 2007–08 BLNO season. He played together with his son, Martin Bryn.