Kyle Landry (born April 4, 1986) is a Canadian former professional

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player currently working as an assistant coach for the Calgary Surge of the

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(CEBL). He played

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for Northern Arizona and also represented the senior Canadian national basketball team.

College career

Landry played

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. He saw extensive action in all four years with the

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, and averaged a team-leading 17.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, in his senior season (2007–08) for the team.

Professional career

After college, Landry signed with Polish side Sportino Inowrocław. In his only season with the club, 2008–09, he averaged 12.1 points and 10 rebounds per game. He was named to the All- Polish League First Team and also participated in the league's All-Star Game. At the end of the season, he signed with Belgian side

Dexia Mons-Hainaut Belfius Mons-Hainaut is a Belgian professional basketball club that is based in Mons, Wallonia. The club competes in the highest division of the country, the BNXT League. The club's home arena is the Mons Arena. Founded as Quaregnon in 1959, the c ...

for two months and helped the team to a second-place finish in the

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. For the 2009–10 season, Landry signed with Prostějov of the Czech National Basketball League. In July 2011, he signed with

Triumph Lyubertsy BC Zenit Saint Petersburg (russian: БК Зенит Санкт Петербург), formerly known as BC Dynamo Moscow Region (2003–2007) and BC Triumph Lyubertsy (2007–2014), is a Russian professional basketball team that is located in Sain ...

in Russia. He re-signed after the 2013–14 season, and moved with the team to

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, and became a player of the new club Zenit St. Petersburg. In June 2017, he parted ways with Zenit. On August 1, 2017, Landry signed with the Montenegrin

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club Budućnost VOLI. On June 23, 2020, Landry signed with the Ottawa Blackjacks of the

(CEBL).

National team career

Landry first played with the senior Canada men's national basketball team at the 2009

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. At the Marchand Cup, he scored two points, and grabbed seven rebounds, in his only action of the tournament, against

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. He also played with the Canadian senior team at the

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, where he provided support off the bench, for the fourth-place finish Canadians. With the fourth-place finish, the Canadians qualified for the

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References

External links

EuroCup ProfileEurobasket.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Landry, Kyle 1986 births Living people BC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Belfius Mons-Hainaut players Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian men's basketball players Centers (basketball) Canadian expatriate basketball people in Belgium Canadian expatriate basketball people in Montenegro Canadian expatriate basketball people in Poland Canadian expatriate basketball people in Russia KK Budućnost players Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball players Power forwards Basketball players from Calgary