No. 22–New Zealand Breakers | |
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Position | Center |
League | NBL |
Personal information | |
Born | Fitzroy, Victoria | 2 August 1994
Nationality | Australian |
Listed height | 206 cm (6 ft 9 in) |
Listed weight | 103 kg (227 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Melbourne Grammar School (Melbourne, Victoria) |
College | Saint Mary's (2013-2017) |
NBA draft | 2017: undrafted |
Playing career | 2017–present |
Career history | |
2017–2019 | Sydney Kings |
2018 | Kilsyth Cobras |
2019 | Melbourne Tigers |
2019–2023 | South East Melbourne Phoenix |
2023–present | New Zealand Breakers |
Dane Luke Pineau (born 2 August 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He primarily plays as centre. He competed in U.S. college basketball for the Saint Mary's Gaels.
From May 2012 to June 2013, he was a basketball scholarship athlete at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.
Pineau joined Saint Mary's for the 2013–14 season. He started in all 35 games in his junior year. In his final season with Saint Marys, he helped them reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament and averaged 6.6 points and 6.1 rebounds while shooting an efficient 61 per cent. [1]
Pineau played for the Sydney Kings in the NBL between 2017 and 2019. He joined the South East Melbourne Phoenix for their inaugural season in 2019–20. [2] [3] He played his fourth season for the Phoenix in 2022–23. [4]
In 2018, Pineau played for the Kilsyth Cobras in the SEABL. [5]
On 20 June 2023, Pineau signed a two-year deal with the New Zealand Breakers. [6] [7]
Pineau competed for Australia in the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Prague. He averaged 11.8 points, 9 rebounds, and 1.3 assists on the fourth-place team. His best game was a 21-point outing versus Serbia. [8]
Pineau is the son of Brad Pineau, who played in the NBL for Devonport Warriors and Melbourne Tigers. [9]
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