Deji Akindele – Center

Jul 07, 2010 No Comments by BDA Sports

Born: Apr 2, 1983

Height: 7’1″ / 2.16 m

Weight: 240 lbs / 109 kg

Current Team: Petrochimi, Iran

Year Aquired: 2000

Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria

Stats:

YEAR	Team	Minutes	Points	Rebound	Assist	Steals	Blocks	2-pt FG%	3-pt FG%	FT%
10/11	Montepaschi	7.3	3.3	2.3	- -	- -	0.5	41.7%	- -	71.4%
09/10	Rouen Basket	- -	4.8	3.3	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -

Bio:

Deji is an extremely gifted physical player and has great athletic abilities for a player of his size. He has excellent, fast, footwork and has a very long wingspan which allows him to be a great blocked and rebounder; overall a great defender. On offense his quickness and physique allows him to dominate the paint. One of the elite centers in Europe the past couple of seasons; he has dominated in Italy during the 08-09 season. A knee injury forced him out of most of last season and he played limited minutes in France last season, but a fully recovered Deji is in the best shape of his life and will be a great addition to a team looking for an athletic, offensive big man

Achievements:

All-MCC Defensive Player of the year -05

D-League Regular Season Champion -06

Nigerian national Team 06 -07, 09