Keanu Pinder
No. 25 – Cairns Taipans | |
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Position | Forward |
League | NBL |
Personal information | |
Born | Derby, Western Australia | 28 May 1995
Nationality | Australian |
Listed height | 205 cm (6 ft 9 in) |
Listed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
Career information | |
High school |
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College |
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NBA draft | 2018 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2018–present |
Career history | |
2018–2020 | Legia Warszawa |
2020–2021 | Adelaide 36ers |
2021–present | Cairns Taipans |
Keanu Pinder (born 28 May 1995) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Cairns Taipans of the National Basketball League (NBL).
Early life[]
Pinder was born in Derby, Western Australia to an Indigenous Australian mother from the Kimberley region[1] and a Bahamian father. He grew up in Perth where his father, Kendal, played professionally for the Perth Wildcats in the National Basketball League.[2] Keanu grew up playing both basketball and Australian rules football until his teenage years when he decided to focus on basketball solely.[3] He attended Chisholm Catholic College in Perth before transferring to Sunrise Christian Academy in Kansas for his senior year.
College career[]
He began his college career with Hutchinson Community College in 2014 before switching to the University of Arizona in 2016.[4] As a senior, Pinder averaged 2.4 points and 2.3 rebounds in 10.4 minutes per game.[5]
Professional career[]
After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Pinder signed with Legia Warszawa of the PLK.[6]
In 2020, Pinder returned home to Australia and signed with the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League (NBL) on a one-year deal.[7]
On 19 July 2021, Pinder signed a two-year deal with the Cairns Taipans of the NBL, with the second year being a mutual option.[8]
National team career[]
Pinder competed for Australia in the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship[9] where his team finished fourth.
References[]
- ^ Athletic Route to Div I – Pinder takes the road less traveled to achieve his long term ambitions
- ^ Keanu Pinder - Son of a Gun
- ^ Keanu Pinder: The boy from Derby WA
- ^ Australian forward Keanu Pinder 'can't wait' to join Arizona Wildcats
- ^ Pascoe, Bruce (22 August 2018). "Former Arizona Wildcats forward Keanu Pinder signs with Polish pro team". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ Cauchi, Orazio (22 August 2018). "Legia Warszawa signs rookie Keanu Pinder". Sportando. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "Keanu Pinder Signs With 36ers | NBL". nbl.com.au.
- ^ "Taipans Sign Keanu Pinder | NBL". NBL.com.au.
- ^ Emus to play for medal in basketball championships
External links[]
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Adelaide 36ers players
- Arizona Wildcats men's basketball players
- Australian expatriate basketball people in Poland
- Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Australian men's basketball players
- Australian people of Bahamian descent
- Basketball players from Perth, Western Australia
- Forwards (basketball)
- Hutchinson Blue Dragons men's basketball players
- Indigenous Australian basketball players
- Legia Warsaw (basketball) players