Dane Pineau

Australian basketball player

Dane Pineau
No. 22 – New Zealand Breakers
Position	Center
League	NBL
Personal information
Born	(1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 29) Fitzroy, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Listed height	206 cm (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight	103 kg (227 lb)
Career information
High school	Melbourne Grammar School (Melbourne, Victoria)
College	Saint Mary's (2013-2017)
NBA draft	2017: undrafted
Playing career	2017–present
Career history
2017–2019	Sydney Kings
2018	Kilsyth Cobras
2019	Melbourne Tigers
2019–2023	South East Melbourne Phoenix
2023–present	New Zealand Breakers

Dane Luke Pineau (born 2 August 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He primarily plays as centre. He competed in U.S. college basketball for the Saint Mary's Gaels.

Early life

From May 2012 to June 2013, he was a basketball scholarship athlete at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

College career

Pineau joined Saint Mary's for the 2013–14 season. He started in all 35 games in his junior year. In his final season with Saint Marys, he helped them reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament and averaged 6.6 points and 6.1 rebounds while shooting an efficient 61 per cent.^[1]

Professional career

Pineau played for the Sydney Kings in the NBL between 2017 and 2019. He joined the South East Melbourne Phoenix for their inaugural season in 2019–20. He played his fourth season for the Phoenix in 2022–23.^[2]

In 2018, Pineau played for the Kilsyth Cobras in the SEABL.^[3]

On 20 June 2023, Pineau signed a two-year deal with the New Zealand Breakers.^[4]

National team career

Pineau competed for Australia in the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Prague. He averaged 11.8 points, 9 rebounds, and 1.3 assists on the fourth-place team. His best game was a 21-point outing versus Serbia.^[5]

Personal life

Pineau is the son of Brad Pineau, who played in the NBL for Devonport Warriors and Melbourne Tigers.^[6]

References

^ Logue, Matt. "Sydney Kings sign St Mary's forward Dane Pineau for 2017-18 NBL season". Herald Sun. No. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
^ "Dane Pineau". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^ "Dane Pineau". SportsTG - SEABL. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
^ "Dane Pineau joins the Breakers on a two-year deal". nzbreakers.basketball. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Dane Pineau". FIBA U19 2013 World Championships. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
^ "Up close and personal Dane Pineau". Sydney Kings website. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.