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Devon Scott (basketball)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american basketball player for daegu kogas pegasus of the korean basketball league”. Today it says “american basketball player for ceisc união corinthians of novo basquete brasil”.
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Devon Henry Scott (born April 7, 1994) is an American basketball player for Daegu KOGAS Pegasus of the Korean Basketball League (KBL).1 He is a 6 ft 9 in (206 m), 215 lb (98 kg) forward/center. Scott is from Columbus, Ohio . His parents are Sean Scott and Karen Smith.2 University of Dayton Athletics .

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american basketball player for daegu kogas pegasus of the korean basketball league

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american basketball player for ceisc união corinthians of novo basquete brasil

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