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Name
  
Kleon Penn

Position
  
2010–2011
  
Potros ITSON (Mexico)

Weight
  
129 kg


NBA draft
  
2009 / Undrafted

Height
  
2.11 m

Listed weight
  
285 lb (129 kg)

Role
  
Basketball player

Pro career
  
2010

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Born
  
September 1, 1986 (age 38) Fajardo, Puerto Rico (
1986-09-01
)

Nationality
  
British Virgin Islander / Puerto Rican

2011
  
Caciques de Humacao (Puerto Rico)


Listed height
  
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)

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Kleon Penn (born September 1, 1986) is a British Virgin Islander-Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Brujos de Guayama of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for H. Lavity Stoutt Community College and McNeese State.

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College career

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Penn began his career with Tortola's H. Lavity Stoutt Community College where he averaged a double-double and eight blocked shots during the eight-game season while recording a triple-double in one game.

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The next season, he transferred to McNeese State where on his second year, he led the conference, ranked fourth in the nation and set a single season school record for blocked shots after ending with 117 for an average of 4.0 per game. By the end of his college career, he was second on the Cowboys' all-time career blocked shots list with 264 career blocked shots.

Professional career

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After going undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft, Penn was drafted by the Caciques de Humacao with the second selection of Puerto Rico's 2010 draft and signed afterwards. After averaging 11 points, 8 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game, he moved to Mexico and played with Soles de Mexicali and Potros ITSON before returning to Humacao where he won the first of three BSN Defensive Player of the Year awards.

On August 24, 2011, he returned to Mexico, this time with Fuerza Regia, however, he missed the rest of the 2011–2012 season after suffering a metatarsal fracture. On March 31, 2012, he returned to Humacao.

On July 12, 2012, he moved to Dominican Republic, this time with Huracanes del Atlántico for the rest of the year and on January 18, 2013, he signed with Venezuelan Toros de Aragua.

After a fourth stint with Humacao, Penn was traded on January 21, 2014 to Vaqueros de Bayamón.

After averaging 4.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in 18.4 minutes per game with Vaqueros, Penn signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves on September 18, 2015. On October 24, 2015, he was waived by the Timberwolves after appearing in three preseason games. On December 26, he returned to Venezuela, this time with Trotamundos de Carabobo. In February 2016, Penn was acquired by Brujos de Guayama.

Personal life

Penn was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico from a British Virgin Islander mother that was visiting. Afterwards, they moved back to Tortola, British Virgin Islands where he grew up.

References

Kleon Penn Wikipedia


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