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Nicole Fransson. | Courtesy of @n_fransson on Instagram.
Nicole Fransson is a double-double machine who enjoys traveling the world.
That’s a good thing, as the 6-foot-2 Canadian forward/center has played for seven teams across three continents, suiting up for professional clubs in Australia, Germany, Luxembourg and Slovakia. Before going pro, she played at four seasons (2018-23) at Trinity Western University.
She spoke to Swish Appeal about card games, similarities between Canada and Australia and dominating the interior whenever she steps on the court. Some highlights from our conversation include:
On the similarities between Australia and Canada:
Honestly, I was really surprised with how similar they were. I think the major difference was driving on the other side of the road. That definitely threw me for a loop the first couple of months, but I got the hang of it pretty quickly. I think Australia was a really good first step for my pro career with the culture and everyone speaking English. My coach was also Canadian. He had moved there 10 years prior and I was very fortunate to have him because he understood my playing style. The coach knew how Canadian basketball works and was really looking for a Canadian post to be on his team. This allowed me to take that first step, because I didn’t go to that prominent of a university.
On staying in touch with her parents:
They visit me all the time, at least once every season usually. They didn’t come to Slovakia, although they wanted to, but since my season was cut short, they ended up coming to visit me in Germany right after I moved there, so they came for my birthday, which was really nice. They visited me in Australia and then twice in Germany, and then this summer we actually met up in Portugal so that we could all have a new country to explore and they didn’t have to come back to Germany. They liked it, but I think, for it being so far away [from Canada], it’s better to try to do a little bit more exploring. We didn’t get to travel too much internationally when I was a kid. We did go to Italy once, but a lot of the time we were either camping or going to different cities. I think that really gave me the confidence to go do things on my own because a lot of the times I’m traveling solo, since it’s hard to get other people to come with you.
A special thank you to Thomas Prodromou of Flash Agency for arranging the interview.
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