Erick Opollo

Wade Erick Opollo is an American professional basketball player for the Charleston Boxers of the National Basketball Association.
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== High School Career ==
Opollo attended Iowa Selective High School in Des Moines, Iowa and was the first player from this school to ever reach a professional level in basketball. In 2017 Opollo was selected to be a part of Team Iowa in the National Tournament where he tallied 15 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals in a loss to Team Ohio in the first round. At the conclusion of that 2017 season, Opollo decided to attend Illinois University.
== College Career ==
Opollo attended Illinois University in college and played 2 seasons with them. In 2018 Opollo was named Illinois State Freshman of the Year and Great Lakes Division Player of the Year, averaging 11.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.3 steals. In his sophomore season he averaged 10.7 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.3 steals and was named Great Lakes Division Player of the Year for the second time. During this season Opollo scored a career high 36 points in an outstanding performance in his penultimate college game. On the 7th of April, 2019, Opollo officially declared for the NBA Draft after 2 years of college.
== NBA Career ==
=== Charleston Boxers (2019-present) ===
On the 27th of June, 2019, during the 2019 NBA Draft, Opollo was selected 6th overall by the Charleston Boxers in the first round. After a small finger injury a week before the 2019-2020 season, Opollo missed the first week of the season. Opollo debuted on the 4th of November, 2019 and scored 14 points and 8 rebounds in a win over the Michigan Bulldogs. On the 11th of December, he scored 20 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in his first game as a starter in a loss against the Houston Hornets. On the 10th of December, 2019, Opollo scored a personal season-high 29 points in a blowout win over the Chicago Hammerheads. 
On the 16th of February, in a win against the New Orleans Wizards, Opollo recorded 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks, becoming the second youngest player in NBA History to record a triple-double with points, rebounds and blocks behind Brian Akande. 
During the 2020 offseason Opollo suffered a torn left hamstring and returned halfway through the 2020-2021 season. In his first game back, Opollo recorded a disappointing 2 points on 1-9 shooting in a loss against the Ohio Springboks. On the penultimate game of the season, Opollo recorded a career high 33 points and a career high 19 rebounds, recording the most rebounds by a Boxers player since Arvas Serbonas in 2018. 
==Career Statistics==
Season 	Team	Pos.	Age	GP	GS	MPG 	FG% 	3P% 	FT% 	OREB	DREB	TREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF 	PTS
2019-20	CHA 	C 	19 	67	46	25.4	.515%	.302%	.825%	0.9 	4.7 	5.6 	2.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0	9.6
2020-21	CHA 	C 	20 	49	8 	23.2	.437%	.288%	.840%	0.7 	4.0 	4.7 	2.2	0.3	0.4	0.9	2.7	8.3
2021-22	CHA 	C 	21 	51	8 	23.9	.469%	.317%	.827%	0.6 	4.8 	5.4 	1.9	0.5	0.5	1.3	2.4	8.9
2022-23	CHA 	C 	22 	37	0 	16.6	.489%	.341%	.822%	0.3 	3.3 	3.6 	1.4	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.9	4.4
Category:Charleston Boxers players
Category:American NBA players
Category:NBA players drafted in 2019
Category:NBA players from Illinois College