Alade Aminu
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| No. 4 – Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||
| League | LBF | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
September 14, 1987 Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Nationality | Nigerian / American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Stephenson (Stone Mountain, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
| College | Georgia Tech (2005–2009) | ||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2009 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Erie Bayhawks | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Bakersfield Jam | ||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Élan Chalon | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Pınar Karşıyaka | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Enel Brindisi | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Banvit B.K. | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | TED Ankara Kolejliler | ||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Hapoel Eilat | ||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut | ||||||||||||
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Abdul Wahab "Alade" Aminu (born September 14, 1987) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut. He played college basketball with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Georgia Tech.
In his freshman year, Aminu came off the bench in 24 games, averaging 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game, while shooting .489 percent from the floor.
Coming back for his sophomore year, Aminu's role increased slightly, in which he played 18 games, averaging 5.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, shooting .583 percent from the floor (his best shooting percentage during his college career).
Aminu graduated from Georgia Tech in 2009, and went undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft. Aminu started the 2009 season with the Erie Bayhawks of the NBA Development League, before being traded in March to the Bakersfield Jam. He then moved to the French League team Élan Chalon.
In the summer of 2012, he signed a contract with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Basketball League. In September 2013, he signed with Enel Brindisi. He parted ways with them on December 30, 2013. In January 2014, he signed with Banvit B.K.. Before the 2014–2015 season, he signed a contract with TED Ankara Kolejliler. In September 2015 he signed for Hapoel Eilat of the Israel Super League.
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