Howard Frier

Howard Fletcher Frier born March 31 1976 is a retired AmericanEstonian basketball player Howard played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes averaging 45 points and 38 rebounds in his senior year After graduating he played two seasons in the International Basketball Association League for Rochester Skeeters After that he shortly played for Wardich Rosaire in Lebanon and FargoMoorhead Beez in IBA League Friers European career started in Austria where he played three seasons for Oberwaltersdorf basketball club In 2004 Frier signed a deal with Estonian top team BC KalevCramo He instantly became a lead player and one of the top performers in the team His excellent performances in the KML finals helped Kalev beat Tartu ÜlikoolRock with the games 43 and bring the teams first Estonian League title and season MVP title to Howard He averaged 139 points and 3 rebounds in the playoffs Frier stayed with Kalev and in 20052006 season he helped the team to win a second consecutive Estonian championship averaging 129 points and 41 rebounds in the playoffs Howard then went to Sweden to play for Ockelbo BBK he also shortly played in Poland and then returned to Estonia He started the season with BC Kraft Mööbel and his good performances caught KalevCramos attention The Kalev fans gave a warm welcome to the former team star In 2009 January he played one game for Tampereen Pyrintö in Finland and then signed with Górnik Wałbrzych in Poland Howard Freir played the US basketball player George Jackson in the Estonian feature film Kalev released in the fall of 2022