Dedrian Parmer Jr. became a new player for Parque Sur in the last few hours to play what follows in the Argentine Basketball League. The American intern, born in Oklahoma, arrived in Buenos Aires a few days ago and shared the first minutes with his new teammates in Lanús, taking advantage of the team’s game at Rotili at the end of the first tour of the year.
Parmer is already training with the southern squad and his presentation is expected for the game that Parque Sur will have this Wednesday, starting at 8:00 p.m., against the Southern Conference guard, Cyclist Juninense. The team will close the month of January with this meeting.
Dedrian Parmer Jr., with his 1.98 height and 25 years; Born in 1997, he comes from playing the 2021/22 season at Basket Almada de Portugal, city of Setúbal, in the First Division, where he played 30 games, averaging 23 points and 10 rebounds per game. He signed at the end of December 2021 for this team, where he wore the 22 jersey last year.
The math specialist was in the season before the one mentioned in Gzira Athleta, in the Malta MBA League. With this Mediterranean team, Parmer averaged 16.6 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.0 blocks per game on 58% shooting from the field, 40% from 3-point range and 75% from the line. free shots.
Parmer will play for the first time in Argentina, the third country where he will be seen professionally after his departure from the United States. In his native country, he played college basketball for several years. The USAO graduate passed in 2019/20 and for one season to Oklahoma Christian University in NCAA 2 to play for the Eagles, where he left a great mark on the program.
He earned second-team All-Lone Star Conference honors in 2019-20, leading the Eagles in scoring at 15.8 points per game and also averaging 6.9 rebounds per game while shooting 49.5 percent from the field.
Prior to playing on that team, Parmer spent his first three USAO collegiate seasons at Chickasha, making the NAIA All-America third-team list as a junior in 2018/19, averaging 15.6 points and 7.9 rebounds per game and recording nine double-headers. doubles for the team that made it to the NAIA. That season, he ranked second in NAIA Division I in field goal percentage (69.4). He scored 1,025 points during his time with the Drovers.
