Landry Nnoko | |
Position: | Center |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lbs: | 250 |
League: | Greek Basket League |
Team: | Panionios |
Number: | 35 |
Birth Date: | 9 April 1994 |
Birth Place: | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
High School: | Montverde Academy (Montverde, Florida) |
College: | Clemson (2012–2016) |
Draft Year: | 2016 |
Career Start: | 2016 |
Years1: | 2016–2017 |
Team1: | Victoria Libertas Pesaro |
Years2: | 2017–2018 |
Team2: | Grand Rapids Drive |
Years3: | 2018 |
Team3: | Sakarya BB |
Years4: | 2018–2020 |
Team4: | Alba Berlin |
Years5: | 2020–2021 |
Team5: | Crvena zvezda |
Years6: | 2021–2022 |
Team6: | Saski Baskonia |
Years7: | 2022 |
Team7: | San Pablo Burgos |
Years8: | 2022–2023 |
Team8: | Suwon KT Sonicboom |
Years9: | 2023 |
Team9: | NBA G League Ignite |
Years10: | 2023–2024 |
Team10: | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque |
Years11: | 2024–present |
Team11: | Panionios |
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Landry Christ Nnoko (born April 9, 1994) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for Panionios of the Greek Basket League. He played college basketball for Clemson.
After coming to the U.S. to play high school basketball at Montverde Academy, Nnoko committed to Clemson for college. He played four seasons for the Tigers and was a three-year starter known primarily for his shot-blocking and defence. As a senior, Nnoko earned Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) All-Defensive team honours and led the league in blocked shots.[1]
Following the close of his college career, Nnoko signed with Victoria Libertas Pesaro of Italy's Serie A.[2] He averaged 6.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per game for the 2016–17 season.
At the start of the 2017–18 season, Nnoko was signed by the Detroit Pistons of the NBA as a part of their training camp roster.[3] After being cut in training camp, he signed with the Pistons′ NBA G League franchise, the Grand Rapids Drive. At the close of the G League season, Nnoko was named the league′s Defensive Player of the Year.[4]
On July 29, 2018, Nnoko signed with Sakarya BB of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi.[5]
In December 2018, Nnoko signed with Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[6]
On June 29, 2020, Nnoko signed with Serbian club Crvena zvezda of the ABA League.[7] On September 6, the club discharged him for medical reasons.[8] However, he returned to the Zvezda on 25 December. He solved his health problem at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and received a permit to return to basketball without any limitations.[9]
On August 15, 2021, he has signed with Saski Baskonia of the EuroLeague and the Liga ACB.[10] On January 4, 2021, Nnoko and Baskonia parted ways.[11] The following day, he signed with San Pablo Burgos.[12]
On August 2, 2022, he has signed with Suwon KT Sonicboom of the Korean Basketball League.[13]
In August 2023, Nnoko signed with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of the LNB Pro A and the FIBA Europe Cup.[14]
In July 2024, Nnoko signed with Panionios of the Basket League.[15]
Led the league |
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Berlin| style="background:#CFECEC;"|28* || 24 || 22.1 || .605 || || .684 || 5.8 || .8 || .3 || .7 || 8.7 || 11.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Crvena zvezda| 10 || 6 || 20.8 || .582 || || .583 || 5.1 || .7 || .6 || .7 || 7.1 || 9.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Baskonia| 17 || 7 || 16.8 || .565 || 1.000 || .591 || 4.5 || .4 || .1 || .6 || 5.4 || 7.5|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career| 55 || 37 || 20.2 || .591 || 1.000 || .655 || 5.3 || .6 || .3 || .7 || 7.4 || 9.9
Nnoko is the cousin of NBA player Luc Mbah a Moute.[16]