Taner Adu

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Taner Adefemi Adu (born 22 February 1984 in London, England) is a professional basketball player who played college basketball for the University of New Orleans in the NCAA and is a former Plymouth Raiders [1] and Essex Pirates player in the British Basketball League. Taner currently has 11 caps for the England Basketball Team.[ citation needed ]

In 2010, Taner joined, Plymouth Raiders to play at point guard. [2]

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References

  1. "'Unorthodox Adu difficult to defend'". this is Plymouth. Northcliffe Media. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  2. "Raiders snap up England star Adu". 22 June 2010.

Now

Now he is a coach a sir George Monoux college for the men's basketball team