Jito Kok (born 23 March 1994) is a Dutch professional

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player who plays for

Heroes Den Bosch Heroes Den Bosch is a Dutch professional basketball club based in 's-Hertogenbosch. The club plays in the BNXT League since 2021 and in the top basketball division in the Netherlands since 1972. Founded as EBBC in 1951, the club had several spons ...

of the BNXT League. Standing at 206 cm (6 ft 9 in), Kok plays as

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. He also plays for the Netherlands national team.

Professional career

On 14 June 2016, Kok signed a one-year deal with

Lavrio B.C. G.S. Lavrio B.C. (Greek: Γ.Σ. Λαυρίου K.A.E.), commonly known as simply Lavrio B.C., and also known for sponsorship reasons as Lavrio Megabolt and Lavrio Aegean Cargo, is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Lavrio, Attic ...

of the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

. In February 2017, Kok signed with AVIS Rapla of the Estonian

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. On 11 July 2018, Kok returned to his native country by signing with

Dutch Windmills Dutch Windmills was a professional basketball club based in Dordrecht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 2017 and entered the Dutch Basketball League for the 2018–19 season. In April of the same season, the club withdrew from the league due t ...

of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). On 10 April 2019, Windmills withdrew from the DBL due to its financial problems. On 25 April, Kok signed with Kangoeroes Mechelen. Mechelen was eliminated in the playoff quarterfinals as the eight seed. On 14 May 2020, Kok signed a temporary contract with BG Göttingen of the German Basketball Bundesliga. On 20 June 2021 he signed with Spirou of the BNXT League. He averaged 9.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1 block per game in 31 games in the 2021–22 season. On 29 June 2022, Kok signed a two-year contract with the defending Dutch champions

National team career

Kok represents the

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. On 30 July 2017, Kok was involved in an incident in which he was punched in the face by Italy's Danilo Gallinari during a friendly match.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kok, Jito 1994 births Living people BG Göttingen players Centers (basketball) Dutch Basketball League players Dutch expatriate basketball people in Belgium Dutch expatriate basketball people in Germany Dutch expatriate basketball people in Spain Dutch expatriate basketball people in the United States Dutch men's basketball players Dutch Windmills players Dutch expatriate basketball people in Estonia Heroes Den Bosch players Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen players Lavrio B.C. players Power forwards (basketball) Rapla KK players San Diego Toreros men's basketball players Spirou Charleroi players