Taner Adefemi Adu (born 22 February 1984 in

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, England) is a professional

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player who played college basketball for the University of New Orleans in the

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and is a former

Plymouth Raiders The Plymouth Raiders was a professional basketball team based in Plymouth, England. The team competed in the British Basketball League, the country's premier basketball competition. The club was founded in 1983 through a merger between two lo ...

and

Essex Pirates The Essex Pirates were a British Basketball League team from Southend-on-Sea, in the county of Essex. They were founded in 2009 and played their home games at the Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre. Following the loss of a major sponsor, the fran ...

player in the British Basketball League. Taner currently has 11 caps for the England Basketball Team. In 2010, Taner joined,

to play at point guard.

References

Now 1984 births Living people New Orleans Privateers men's basketball players Plymouth Raiders players Now he is a coach a sir George Monoux college for the men's basketball team {{US-basketball-bio-stub