- Mohamed Kone
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Mohamed Kone Position Power forward Height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Weight 240 lb (110 kg) League ACB Team Lagun Aro GBC Number 21 Born March 24, 1981 Nationality Côte d'Ivoire / France Pro career 2006–present Career history College of Southern Idaho (2003–05)
Valparaiso University (2005–06)
ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône (2006–07)
Chorale Roanne Basket (2007–09)
Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi (2009-10)Mohamed Kone (born March 24, 1981) is a French-born Ivorian professional basketball player currently playing for Lagun Aro GBC in the ACB. He is also a member of the Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team.
Kone spent one year playing NCAA Division I basketball at Valparaiso University after transferring from the College of Southern Idaho, whom he led to a third-place finish in the nation at the junior college level in 2004-05.[1] He averaged 10.9 PPG and 8 RPG in 27 games for the Crusaders.[2] At Valparaiso, Kone came under some scrutiny during an NCAA investigation regarding his travel to Valparaiso's campus before enrolling as a student, resulting in him missing a handful of midseason games.[3]
After his college career, Kone moved to play professional basketball in France, spending one year playing for ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône and another playing for Chorale Roanne Basket. At Roanne, Kone helped lead the team to the semifinals of the 2008 French La Semaine des As Cup by averaging 4.9 points and 4.6 rebounds per game during the season.[4][5] Kone announced he would play the 2009 season in Turkey on July 20, 2009.[6]
In July 2010 he signed a one-year contract with Lagun Aro GBC in Spain.[7]
Kone helped lead his native Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team to a silver medal at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship, its first podium finish since 1985. Kone averaged 10.2 PPG and 8.3 RPG in nine games of action throughout the tournament.[8]
References
- ^ Transfer from Southern Idaho Expects to Dominate Mid-Con
- ^ Player Card at espn.com
- ^ Men's Basketball: Kone Staying Behind Today
- ^ Africabasket
- ^ Mohamed Kone stats at Eurobasket.com
- ^ Mohamed Kone moves from France to Turkey at africabasket.com
- ^ Lagun Aro GBC adds Mohamed Koné
- ^ Mohamed Kone at FIBA.com
Côte d'Ivoire squad – Africa Championship 2009 – Silver medal Côte d'Ivoire squad – 2010 FIBA World Championship – 20th place Categories:- French basketball players
- Ivorian basketball players
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Ivorian expatriates in Turkey
- Ivorian expatriates in the United States
- Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
- Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball players
- Gipuzkoa BC players
- Power forwards (basketball)
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