Leonard King was an America

United States

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n professional basketball player who played in New Zealand

New Zealand

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 as an import for various teams from 1991-1997.

For most of that time he was the star player for the Otago Nuggets

Otago Nuggets

The OCEANAGOLD Nuggets, formerly the Otago Nuggets, are a New Zealand professional basketball team that play in the National Basketball League. They play their home games at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.-2006 season:...

 in the NBL

National Basketball League (New Zealand)

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. He is the 4th All time leading scorer in the history of the NBL averaging 25.6 points a game. He teamed up with former New Zealand Tall Black skipper Glen Denham

Glen Denham

Glen Ivan Denham, Educated Corstophine Primary School, Macandrew Intermediate School, and Kings High School 1977 -1982 Otago University 1982 -...

 to provide a formidable one-two punch for the Otago Nuggets.

Originally from Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

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, a suburb of Cleveland, he graduated from Cleveland Heights High School in 1984. He was selected as the Player of the Year for the Lake Erie League. He graduated of Florida A&M University

Florida A&M University

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 and averaged 22 points in his senior year. An honorable mention All American he tried out with the Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves

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 of the National Basketball Association

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before heading to New Zealand.

He has played in France, Luxembourg as well as New Zealand. Known for his fierce competitive nature and his athletic ability, King was always ranked among the top imports every year he played. He worked for Basketball New Zealand as their High Performance coach and assistant coach of the New Zealand Mens National team Tall Blacks in 2005 and 2006.

He coached the Mackay Meteors in the Australian Queensland Basketball League (QBL) from 2007 - 2010, twice being named the QBL Coach of the year (2009 & 2010) an award which is determined by the other coaches in the League.