Mohamed Koné (born March 24, 1981) is an Ivorian–French professional

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player currently playing for

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of the

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. He is also a member of the

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. Kone spent one year playing NCAA Division I basketball at

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after transferring from the

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, whom he led to a third-place finish in the nation at the junior college level in 2004–05. He averaged 10.9 PPG and 8 RPG in 27 games for the Crusaders. At Valparaiso, Kone came under some scrutiny during an NCAA investigation regarding his travel to Valparaiso's campus before enrolling as a student, resulting in him missing a handful of midseason games. After his college career, Kone moved to play professional basketball in France, spending one year playing for

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and another playing for

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. At Roanne, Kone helped lead the team to the semifinals of the 2008 French La Semaine des As Cup by averaging 4.9 points and 4.6 rebounds per game during the season. Kone announced he would play the 2009 season in Turkey on July 20, 2009.Mohamed Kone moves from France to Turkey
at africabasket.com In July 2010 he signed a one-year contract with Lagun Aro GBC in

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. On November 2, 2014 he signed with Lebanese club Champville. Kone helped lead his native Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team to a silver medal at the

2009 FIBA Africa Championship AfroBasket 2009 was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Afr ...

, its first podium finish since 1985. Kone averaged 10.2 PPG and 8.3 RPG in nine games of action throughout the tournament.Mohamed Kone
at FIBA.com

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