Kendal Nathaniel "Tiny" Pinder was born on 25 April 1956 and is a Bahamian former professional basketball player.
37 Facts About Kendal Pinder
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Kendal Pinder moved to the United States as a teenager and attended Miami Northwestern Senior High School in Florida.
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Kendal Pinder started his professional career with stints in Israel and Finland; he spent three seasons with the Harlem Globetrotters.
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Kendal Pinder moved to Australia in 1985 to play in the National Basketball League with the Sydney Supersonics and was selected to the All-NBL Team when he led the league in scoring during his first season.
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Kendal Pinder joined the Perth Wildcats in 1987 and won two NBL championships with the team in 1990 and 1991.
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Kendal Pinder was released in 1995 and had his final basketball stint with the Illawarra Hawks that same year.
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Kendal Pinder has since spent periods in prison for various offences.
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Kendal Pinder was imprisoned for 15 months in 2021 after being convicted of stalking a woman.
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Kendal Pinder was born in The Bahamas where he was raised in Nassau and Freeport.
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Kendal Pinder was nicknamed "Tiny" by his grandmother because he was small when he was young.
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Kendal Pinder fell through a plate glass window at the age of 12 and suffered head injuries that were potentially linked to longstanding cognitive issues.
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Kendal Pinder attended Hawksbill High School in Freeport from 1968 to 1972.
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Kendal Pinder was enrolled under the name "Nathaniel Forbes" using his father's surname.
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Kendal Pinder moved to Miami, Florida, to earn a college basketball scholarship.
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Kendal Pinder changed his name to "Kendal Pinder" upon his arrival for unexplained reasons.
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Kendal Pinder enrolled at Miami Northwestern Senior High School in 1973 but was declared ineligible to play on the basketball team during his first season because his family did not accompany him during his move.
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On 29 April 1975, Kendal Pinder signed to play college basketball for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers.
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Kendal Pinder played one season with the team and then departed because he was not happy with the coach.
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Kendal Pinder chose to transfer to Miami Dade College because he would have been required to sit out a year if he joined another four-year school.
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Kendal Pinder averaged 11.2 points per game from 1977 to 1979.
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Kendal Pinder was selected in the fifth round of the 1979 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks.
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Kendal Pinder was the Israeli Premier League's top scorer, with a total of 586 points scored.
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Between 1980 and 1983, Kendal Pinder performed with the Harlem Globetrotters.
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Kendal Pinder followed his Turun head coach, Paul Coughter, to the Sydney Supersonics of the Australian National Basketball League in 1985.
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Kendal Pinder was named to the All-NBL Team and led the league in scoring during his first season.
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Kendal Pinder was named the Wildcats' Club MVP in 1989 and helped the Wildcats win back-to-back NBL championships in 1990 and 1991.
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Kendal Pinder was named in the Wildcats' 30th Anniversary All-Star Team.
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In 1995, Kendal Pinder had a five-game stint with the Illawarra Hawks, which marked his final NBL season.
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Kendal Pinder has cognitive impairment in the frontal lobe and possesses the cognitive level of a 14-year-old.
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Kendal Pinder was granted Australian citizenship in 1986; however his citizenship was revoked in 2007.
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The Department of Immigration and Border Protection cancelled his visa in 2017, but it was overturned in 2019 by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal despite acknowledgment that Kendal Pinder did not pass the character test.
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In 1976, Kendal Pinder was found guilty of unlawful carnal knowledge of a teenage girl in Miami, Florida.
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Kendal Pinder was convicted by the Western Australian Supreme Court and was sentenced to 18 months' jail.
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In 2001, Kendal Pinder was acquitted in the New South Wales District Court on a charge of raping a 19-year-old woman the previous year.
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In 2021, Kendal Pinder was arrested and charged with stalking a woman in Sydney.
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The judge noted Kendal Pinder's impaired cognitive function in deciding his sentence, which had a maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment.
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Kendal Pinder was assaulted in prison in 2021 and 2023, requiring him to undergo CT and MRI scans for his injuries.