Liam Cort

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Liam Cort (born in 1989) was a basketball player for the Milton Keynes Lions, an English basketball team, where he progressed through the Milton Keynes Lions junior ranks until joining the Lions senior team.

Because of his height (6 ft 3 in) Cort mainly played guard.

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