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Adrian Banks
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american professional basketball player who currently plays for sidigas avellino of the lega basket serie a”. Today it says “american-israeli former professional basketball player and current coach for unity school”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American-Israeli basketball player”. It now reads “American-Israeli former basketball player and coach (born 1986)”.
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Adrian Gerard Banks ( Hebrew : אדריאן ג'רארד בנקס ; born February 9, 1986) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League . He played college basketball for Northwest Mississippi Community College and Arkansas State University . He was the 2011–12 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american professional basketball player who currently plays for sidigas avellino of the lega basket serie a”. Today it says “american-israeli former professional basketball player and current coach for unity school”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American-Israeli basketball player”. It now reads “American-Israeli former basketball player and coach (born 1986)”. Read the current article and compare.
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american professional basketball player who currently plays for sidigas avellino of the lega basket serie a
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american-israeli former professional basketball player and current coach for unity school
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