Keanau Post

Keanau Post
Hekmeh BC
Position Power forward / Center
League Lebanese Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1992-09-04) September 4, 1992
Victoria, British Columbia
Nationality Canadian
Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight 270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school Oak Bay (Oak Bay, British Columbia)
Westwind (Phoenix, Arizona)
College
NBA draft 2015 / Undrafted
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 Raptors 905
2017–2018 Beirut Club
2018–present Hekmeh BC

Keanau Post (born September 4, 1992) is a Canadian basketball player for Al Hekme-Lebanon. He played college basketball for Southwestern Illinois and Missouri.

High school career

Post began his high school career at Oak Bay High School where he played for head coach Josh Elsdon. He averaged 12.5 points in league action for Oak Bay and led his club to the 2009-10 AAA Regional Championship while being named tournament All-Star. For his last year of high school, he transferred to Westwind Academy.[1]

College career

Post began his college career at Southwestern Illinois where he became one of the country's top junior college players as a sophomore after averaging 12.3 points and 8.3 rebounds and earning Second Team Junior College All-America.[1] As a junior, he transferred to Missouri and as a senior he averaged 4.0 points and 3.6 rebounds in 29 games.[2]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Post signed with Raptors 905 on October 31, 2015, as an affiliate player.[3] On November 14, he made his debut with the Raptors in an 83–80 loss to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, recording six points and six rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench.[4] On the 2015–16 season, he averaged 2.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.3 blocks in 36 games.[5]

On October 23, 2016, Post signed with Al-Nasr of the Saudi Premier League.[6]

Personal life

The son of a Jamaican father and a Canadian mother (Jazmynn Post), he grew up on the Caribbean beaches of Negril and Grenada, where he initially practiced swimming, running and playing soccer.[1][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Keanau Post bio". MUTigers.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ Bohkay, Chris (April 21, 2015). "2014-2015 Mizzou Basketball Post-Season Player Analysis: Keanau Post". RockMNation.com. SB-Nation. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Raptors 905 Announces NBA D-League Draft Results, Training Camp". OurSportsCentral.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Thames' Buzzer-Beater Spoils Raptors 905's First-Ever Game". NBA.com. November 14, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Keanau Post D-League Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  6. ↑ Madwar, Ahmad (October 23, 2016). "Keanau Post signs at Al Nasr, ex Raptors 905!!". Asia-Basket.com. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  7. ↑ Burwell, Bryan (February 19, 2013). "Burwell: Post making incredible journey to Mizzou". SLTToday.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
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