Taquan Dean
Pinero, playing for Murcia in 2009
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| No. 22 – Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | LNB Pro A |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
August 6, 1983 Red Bank, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Neptune (Neptune Township, New Jersey) |
| College | Louisville (2002–2006) |
| NBA draft | 2006 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2006–present |
| Career history | |
| 2006–2007 | Pallacanestro Biella |
| 2007 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 2007–2008 | A.S. Junior Casale |
| 2008–2009 | Murcia |
| 2009–2010 | Unicaja Málaga |
| 2010 | Baskonia |
| 2010 | Kavala |
| 2010–2012 | Scandone Avellino |
| 2012 | Valencia |
| 2012 | Aliağa Petkim |
| 2012–2014 | Scandone Avellino |
| 2014–2015 | San Sebastián Gipuzkoa |
| 2015 | Mahram Tehran |
| 2015–2016 | Socar Petkim |
| 2016 | San Sebastián Gipuzkoa |
| 2016 | Hoops Club |
| 2016–2017 | Iberostar Tenerife |
| 2017–present | Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez |
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Taqwa Pinero (born Taquan Dean on August 6, 1983) is an American professional basketball player for Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez of the LNB Pro A.
He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey and attended Neptune High School in Neptune Township, New Jersey.
Dean was a star college basketball player for the University of Louisville through 2006, where he majored in justice administration. Throughout his four-year college career, he scored 1,657 career points, and made 361 three-point field goals. Considered a lock to be drafted in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft after Louisville's great season and subsequent run through the NCAA Tournament, he decided to stay at Louisville for his senior season. This proved to be a mistake, draft stock wise, as Dean spent much of his senior season on the bench with an ankle injury.
He went undrafted in the 2006 NBA Draft, and he signed with Angelico Biella of the Italian League. After half of the season, he transferred again, this time to the Russian Super League club Dynamo Moscow. In 2007, he signed with the Italian 2nd Division team Casale Monferrato.
In July 2008, Dean played for the Phoenix Suns in the Las Vegas NBA Summer League. In 2008, he signed with the Spanish ACB club Murcia. In 2009, he joined the Euroleague club Unicaja Málaga by signing a one-year contract. He moved for a short time to Saski Baskonia before finishing the 2009–10 season with Kavala BC. He has signed with Air Avellino for the 2010–11 season.
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