Keanau Dennis Post (born September 4, 1992) is a Canadian

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player for

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of the

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. He played college basketball for Southwestern Illinois and

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High school career

Post began his high school career at

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where he played for head coach Josh Elsdon. He averaged 12.5 points in league action for Oak Bay and led his club to the 2009-10 AAA Regional Championship while being named tournament All-Star. For his last year of high school, he transferred to Westwind Academy.

College career

Post began his college career at Southwestern Illinois where he became one of the country's top junior college players as a sophomore after averaging 12.3 points and 8.3 rebounds and earning Second Team Junior College All-America. As a junior, he transferred to

and as a senior he averaged 4.0 points and 3.6 rebounds in 29 games.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Post signed with

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on October 31, 2015, as an affiliate player. On November 14, he made his debut with the Raptors in an 83–80 loss to the

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, recording six points and six rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench. On the 2015–16 season, he averaged 2.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.3 blocks in 36 games. On October 23, 2016, Post signed with Al-Nasr of the

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. On August 24, 2019, he has signed with Polpharma Starogard Gdański of the

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. On January 1, 2020, he has signed with

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of the

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. However, Post did not play a game with the team and instead joined Qatar Club. In five games, he averaged 13.4 points, 12.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 2.4 blocks per game. Post signed with

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of the

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on November 6. In September 2021, Post joined

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of the Rwandan NBL. He helped the team capture their second ever NBL championship. On February 23, 2022 Post joined

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Personal life

The son of a Jamaican father and a Canadian mother (Jazmynn Post), he grew up on the Caribbean beaches of

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and

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, where he initially practiced swimming, running and playing soccer.

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