Kenny Adeleke (born February 10, 1983 in Queens, New York) is a Nigerian American basketball player who plays in Italy for NSB Napoli.

Adeleke played basketball and tennis at Paul Robeson High School in Brooklyn, New York. During Adeleke's senior year at Paul Robeson High School (The 2000-2001 season), he was named P.S.A.L. Player of the Year by the New York Daily News while averaging 19 points per game and 13 rebounds per game^[1].

Adeleke studied and played at Hofstra University for 3 years ^[2] before moving to the University of Hartford^[3], where he graduated. After going undrafted in the 2006 NBA Draft, Adeleke signed up to the 2006 CBA Draft and was selected as the #2 pick overall by the Butte Daredevils.^[4] He was signed by the New York Knicks to play on the Knicks Summer league squad in Las Vegas in the Summer of 2006 but after playing sparingly ^[5], Adeleke was waived.

In the 2006/2007 NBA preseason, he played for 2 games with the Seattle SuperSonics^[6] before being released. Adeleke went on to play in Israel and played for Hapoel Galil Elyon ^[7].

Adeleke has again signed with Seattle Supersonics to join their Summer League Roster for the 2007 Vegas Summer League averaging 3.5 points and 2 rebs per game at 8 minutes per game through the first 2 games.

Now he plays in Italy for NSB Napoli.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.hofstra.edu/PDF/sports_mbb_02adelekebio.pdf
2. ^ Hofstra Men's Basketball Profile - Kenny Adeleke
3. ^ Kenny Adeleke - Hartford Hawks - NCAA Basketball - Yahoo! Sports
4. ^ USBASKET - CBA DRAFT - 2006 Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Pro Basketball
5. ^ NBA
6. ^ NBA.com : Kenny Adeleke Info Page
7. ^ EUROBASKET - Hapoel Galil Elyon basketball - team details, stats, news, roster

[edit] External links

• Kenny Adeleke Info Page at NBA.com

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