Kenny Adeleke

Kenny Adeleke

Kenny Adeleke {born February 10, 1983 in Queens, New York) is a Nigerian American basketball player who plays in Turkey for Banvitspor.

Adeleke played basketball and tennis at Paul Robeson High School in Brooklyn, New York. During Adeleke's senior year at Paul Robeson High School (The 2000-2001 season), he was named P.S.A.L. Player of the Year by the New York Daily News while averaging 19 points per game and 13 rebounds per game [http://www.hofstra.edu/PDF/sports_mbb_02adelekebio.pdf] .

Adeleke studied and played at Hofstra University for 3 years [ [http://www.hofstra.edu/Athletics/MBasketball/ath_mbb_adelekeprofile.cfm Hofstra Men's Basketball Profile - Kenny Adeleke ] ] before moving to the University of Hartford [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/players/26683 Kenny Adeleke - Hartford Hawks - NCAA Basketball - Yahoo! Sports ] ] , where he graduated. After going undrafted in the 2006 NBA Draft, Adeleke signed up to the 2006 CBA Draft and was selected as the #2 pick overall by the Butte Daredevils. [ [http://www.usbasket.com/cba/draft06.asp USBASKET - CBA DRAFT - 2006 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Pro Basketball ] ] He was signed by the New York Knicks to play on the Knicks Summer league squad in Las Vegas in the Summer of 2006 but after playing sparingly [ [http://www.vegassummerleague.com/players_info.cfm?player=428&season=3&team=26 NBA ] ] , Adeleke was waived.

In the 2006/2007 NBA preseason, he played for 2 games with the Seattle SuperSonics [ [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/kenny_adeleke/ NBA.com : Kenny Adeleke Info Page ] ] before being released. Adeleke went on to play in Israel and is currently playing for Hapoel Galil Elyon [ [http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ISR&Team=85 EUROBASKET - Hapoel Galil Elyon basketball - team details, stats, news, roster ] ] .

Adeleke has again signed with Seattle Supersonics to join their Summer League Roster for the 2007 Vegas Summer League averaging 3.5 points and 2 rebs per game at 8 minutes per game through the first 2 games.

Now he plays in Turkey for Banvitspor.

References

External links

*NBA-profile


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