Keanu Pinder to play professionally in home country of Australia

It’s always great seeing our former Wildcats succeed in their post Arizona careers, and it looks like Keanu Pinder is another one seeing success!

In case you missed it, we talked about how former Wildcat Ryan Luther has been seeing success in his post-Arizona Basketball career, well it looks Keanu Pinder is succeeding as well!

As you all may recall, Keanu was the spark-plug that often came off the bench for the Wildcats, providing spot minutes, and providing valuable contributions in his two seasons spent in Tucson!

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Originally hailing from Australia, Pinder played basketball in Kansas and at  Hutchinson Community College before coming to Arizona.

In his two years with the Wildcats, Pinder appeared in 67 college games, starting in one, averaging 2.3 points and 2.5 rebounds in about 11 minutes of action he played.

Surely he wasn’t huge contributor, nonetheless he still had an impact while here, and so much that he has found success in his professional basketball career as well.

After leaving Tucson, Keanu would travel to Poland, signing a professional contract with Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League. It was there that he spent two seasons, averaging 6.6 points and 3.8 rebounds in 2018-19 and 7.1 points and 5.7 rebounds this past year.

Well now he’s on the move again! After seeing a bit of success in Poland, Pinder will be heading home where he will now play professionally with the Adelaide 36ers.

The news of Pinder signing his new contract made the rounds via social media on Thursday afternoon, and we are excited for him!

At Zona Zealots, we’re happy for Keanu and can’t wait to see what’s in store for him! As always, Bear Down, Arizona!