Keanau Post

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Keanau Post
Free agent
Position Power forward / center
Personal information
Born (1992-09-04) September 4, 1992 (age 33)
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2015: undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 Raptors 905
2016-2017 Al Nasr
2017–2018 Beirut Club
2018–2019 Hekmeh BC
2019–2020 Polpharma Starogard Gdański
2020 Qatar Club
2020–2021 Al Hala
2021 REG
2022 Taiwan Beer
2022 Newfoundland Growlers
Career highlights

Keanau Dennis Post [1] (born September 4, 1992) is a Canadian basketball player. He played college basketball for Southwestern Illinois and Missouri.

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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. [2]

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. [2] As a junior, he transferred to Missouri and as a senior he averaged 4.0 points and 3.6 rebounds in 29 games. [3]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Post signed with Raptors 905 on October 31, 2015, as an affiliate player. [4] 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. [5] On the 2015–16 season, he averaged 2.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.3 blocks in 36 games. [6]

On October 23, 2016, Post signed with Al-Nasr of the Saudi Premier League. [7]

On August 24, 2019, he has signed with Polpharma Starogard Gdański of the Polish Basketball League. [8]

On January 1, 2020, he has signed with Peja of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. [9] However, Post did not play a game with the team and instead joined Qatar Club. In five games, he averaged 13.4 points, 12.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 2.4 blocks per game. Post signed with Al Hala of the Bahraini Premier League on November 6. [10]

In September 2021, Post joined REG BBC of the Rwandan NBL. [11] He helped the team capture their second ever NBL championship.

On February 23, 2022, Post joined Taiwan Beer of the Super Basketball League. [12]

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. [2] [13]

References

  1. "Keanau Post". Mutigers.com. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Keanau Post bio". MUTigers.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  3. Bohkay, Chris (April 21, 2015). "2014-2015 Mizzou Basketball Post-Season Player Analysis: Keanau Post". RockMNation.com. SB-Nation. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  4. "Raptors 905 Announces NBA D-League Draft Results, Training Camp". OurSportsCentral.com. October 31, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  5. "Thames' Buzzer-Beater Spoils Raptors 905's First-Ever Game". NBA.com. November 14, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  6. "Keanau Post D-League Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  7. Madwar, Ahmad (October 23, 2016). "Keanau Post signs at Al Nasr, ex Raptors 905!!". Asia-Basket.com. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  8. Skerletic, Dario (August 24, 2019). "Polpharma Starogard Gdański sign Keanau Post". Sportando. Archived from the original on August 26, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  9. Lupo, Nicola (January 1, 2020). "Keanau Post signs with KB Peja". Sportando. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  10. Madwar, Ahmad (November 6, 2020). "Al-Hala tabs Keanau Post". Asiabasket. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  11. "Basketball: How top clubs have reinforced for title run-in". Rwanda Nouvelles (Nouvelles Reader) (in French). Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  12. 林岳甫 (February 23, 2022). "尋求3連霸!台啤網羅曾來台打瓊斯盃的禁區悍將". 自由時報. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  13. Burwell, Bryan (February 19, 2013). "Burwell: Post making incredible journey to Mizzou". SLTToday.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.