Gabe Muoneke

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Nnadubem Gabriel Enyinaya Muoneke (born 7 February 1978, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) is a Nigerian professional basketball player.

Muoneke attended Cypress Falls High School in northwest Houston, Texas. After graduation, Muoneke enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated from in 2000 after starting for 4 years on the school's basketball team. Muoneke was a first round pick of the Columbus Riverdragons (now Austin Toros) then the Roanoke Dazzle also of the NBDL. He has played in the summer leagues of the Houston Rockets and the New Orleans Hornets.

Muoneke has played around the world, including with the Ponce Lions in Puerto Rico, Pınar Karşıyaka in Turkey, the Beijing Olympians in China, Pusan Magic Wings, Seoul SK Knights in South Korea, and Saba Battery in Iran, among other places.

Since November 2007, Muoneke has been maintaining a blog on [1]Hoopshype.com, where he discusses his playing career, life in foreign countries, and politics.

In Winter 2007-08 he signed a three-month contract with Saski Baskonia of the Spanish ACB to replace the injured Simas Jasaitis. When the contract expired, it was not renewed by the team.