Ordane Kanda-Kanyinda Explained

Ordane Kanda-Kanyinda
Position:Point guard
Height Cm:184
Weight Kg:85
Team:Free agent
Birth Date:1996 9, df=y
Birth Place:Antwerp, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian
Career Start:2013
Years1:2013–2018
Team1:Antwerp Giants
Years2:2017–2018
Team2:Rotterdam
Years3:2018–2019
Team3:Kangoeroes Mechelen
Years4:2019
Team4:Spirou
Years5:2020
Team5:Heroes Den Bosch
Years6:2020–2021
Team6:Feyenoord
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Ordane Kanda-Kanyinda (born 9 September 1996) is a Belgian professional basketball player who last played for Feyenoord Basketball.[1]

Professional career

Kanda-Kanyinda was born in Antwerp and played in the youth development department of Antwerp Giants, where he started his professional basketball career. He played his first game for Antwerp's first team in the 2013–14 season, in the EuroChallenge campaign.

The season 2016–17 was his first year where he was a definitive member of the first Antwerp Giants team. Antwerp finished second in the regular season and lost in the semi-finals of the playoffs.

On 3 July 2017, Kanda-Kanyinda was sent on a one-year loan to Forward Lease Rotterdam of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).[2] Kanda-Kanyinda led the DBL in scoring, after averaging 18.77 points per game while leading Forward Lease to the play-offs. On 5 May 2018, Kanda recorded 36 points and 11 assists in a decisive game 3 of the quarter-finals, which Rotterdam won 89–92.[3] Rotterdam reached the DBL semi-finals for the first time in 12 years.[4]

In October 2018, Kanda signed with Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen.[5] [6]

Kanda signed with Spirou for the 2019–20 season.[7]

On 4 February 2020, Kanda signed a try-out contract with Heroes Den Bosch.[8]

On 17 July 2020, Kanda returned to Rotterdam, now named Feyenoord.[9]

Career statistics

Denotes seasons in which he won the championship
Led the league

Domestic leagues

|-|-|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3 | Antwerp Giants| 2 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || –|| .500 || 0.5 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16| 19 || 0 || 8.1 || .333 || .000 || .500 ||0.5 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 1.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17| 32 || 14 || 11.7 || .419 || .148 || .679 || 0.8 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 3.0 |-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18| style="text-align:left;"| Rotterdam| 38 || 38 || 31.2 || .500 || .360 || .727 || 5.6 || 4.5 || 1.4 || 0.3 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|18.5*|-Source: RealGM

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ordane Kanda-Kanyinda Player Profile . basketball.realgm.com. 16 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Belgische Belofte Naar Forward Lease. 3 July 2017. 16 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Eredivisie basketbal Nederland, basketballleague.nl . www.basketballleague.nl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180506173942/http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/4044 . 2018-05-06.
  4. https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/168075/Rotterdam-Basketbal-stunt-op-bezoek-bij-Den-Bosch Rotterdam Basketbal stunt op bezoek bij Den Bosch
  5. Web site: Ordane Kanda ruilt Antwerp Giants voor Kangoeroes. Het Nieuwsblad. 15 December 2018.
  6. Web site: Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen versterkt zich met Ordane Kanda! . kangoeroesbasket.be. 15 December 2018.
  7. Web site: Spirou Charleroi maakt eerste spelers voor het nieuwe seizoen bekend. 5 June 2019. 13 July 2019.
  8. Web site: Ordane Kanda versterkt Heroes Den Bosch - Heroes Den Bosch - Basketball. Heroes Den Bosch. 4 February 2020.
  9. Web site: Kanda terug bij Zeeuw&Zeeuw Feyenoord.