Nationality Bahamian 1980 Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. Weight 95 kg Pro career 1979–1995 Height 2.03 m | Listed weight 95 kg (210 lb) Role Basketball player Listed height 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) Name Kendal Pinder Position Center, Power forward | |
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Born April 25, 1956 (age 68)
The Bahamas ( 1956-04-25 ) NBA draft 1979 / Round: 5 / Pick: 101st overall Education North Carolina State University, Miami Dade College | ||
Kendal Nathaniel "Tiny" Pinder (born April 25, 1956 in The Bahamas) is a Bahamian former professional basketball player.
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College and NBA
Pinder was a fifth-round draft pick in the 1979 NBA Draft being selected by the Atlanta Hawks from the North Carolina State University. While at NC State he and team mate Tony Warren were caught switching price tags on underwear. In response at a match at Duke University sections of the crowd threw underwear at them.
Israel
In 1980 he played in the Israeli Basketball Super League for Hapoel Jerusalem and was the top scorer of the league for season 1979/80.
Finland
In 1985 Pinder was top point scorer in the Korisliiga, the Finland national league.
Australian NBL
While on a tour with the Harlem Globetrotters to Australia he was recruited to play in the Australian NBL. He was a successful player with NBL teams Sydney Supersonics and the Perth Wildcats. At the Wildcats he was club MVP in 1990 and won the NBL Championship in both 1990 and 1991. In all Pinder played 220 NBL matches.
Legal troubles
It was at the Perth Wildcats that his career came to a temporary halt as he faced charges of attempted sexual assault. Pinder in 1992 was convicted by the Western Australian Supreme Court of this offence and was sentenced to 18 months' jail. Having served a prison sentence Pinder briefly restarted his basketball career with the Illawarra Hawks before further legal trouble halted his career. In January 1996 Pinder was sentenced to five years' jail for sexual offences involving a 15-year-old girl. In 2001 Pinder was acquitted in the New South Wales District Court on a charge of raping a 19-year-old woman in October 2000. In 2013, he was arrested on a charge relating to an alleged rape in 1987. He was cleared in August 2016.
2013
On February 4, 2013, Pinder was named in the Perth Wildcats 30th Anniversary All-Star team.
In April 2013, his son, Keanu, was named to the Australian Under 19 team. Keanu was also part of the Perth Wildcats extended training squad and academy during the 2012–13 season.