Chris Kuete
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Chris Kuete is a Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

ian professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player in the Asean Basketball League
ASEAN Basketball League
The ASEAN Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL, is a men's professional basketball league in Southeast Asia. Six clubs from six different countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations competed in the league's 2009 inaugural season...

 currently playing as an import for the Chang Thailand Slammers. He previously played for numerous teams in the Malaysia National Basketball League, the most recent being Red Bull Barako
Red Bull Barako
The Barako Bull Energy Boosters was a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association that is owned by the Photokina Marketing Corporation...

. He was directly taken by Kuala Lumpur Dragons
Kuala Lumpur Dragons
The Westports KL Dragons, , is a professional basketball team based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

 in 2009.

Player Profile

Kuete is a guard who started his MNBL career with the Klang WCT Land BC
Klang WCT Land BC
The Klang WCT Land BC are a Malaysian basketball team that competed in the Malaysia National Basketball League and based in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.-Current roster:-Transfers:Transfer InTransfer Out...

. He was most notable for winning the 2007 Overall Champions and Most Valuable Players award with Klang WCT Land BC
Klang WCT Land BC
The Klang WCT Land BC are a Malaysian basketball team that competed in the Malaysia National Basketball League and based in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.-Current roster:-Transfers:Transfer InTransfer Out...

. He was traded to HiTech Basketball Club in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

.

He played for the Kuala Lumpur Dragons
Kuala Lumpur Dragons
The Westports KL Dragons, , is a professional basketball team based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that is seeing action in the newly formed international basketball league in Southeast Asia, the Asean Basketball League...

 during the first season of the ASEAN Basketball League
ASEAN Basketball League
The ASEAN Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL, is a men's professional basketball league in Southeast Asia. Six clubs from six different countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations competed in the league's 2009 inaugural season...

. For his second season, he was recruited by the Chang Thailand Slammers and won the playoffs defeating the Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...

 in the finals. He is already committed to defend the title with the Slammers the next season.

Awards

  • Malaysia National Basketball League Most Valuable Players: 2007 (with Klang WCT Land BC
    Klang WCT Land BC
    The Klang WCT Land BC are a Malaysian basketball team that competed in the Malaysia National Basketball League and based in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.-Current roster:-Transfers:Transfer InTransfer Out...

    )
    2009 (with Bintulu Rainbow BC
    Bintulu Rainbow BC
    The Bintulu Rainbow BC are a Malaysian basketball team that competed in the Malaysia National Basketball League and based in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia.-Current roster:Other Team Personnel Hui Lau Boon...

    )
  • Thailand Open: 2008 (with HiTech Basketball Club)

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