Leon Hofeni Nehemiah Henry (born 14 October 1985) is a New Zealand professional basketball player who last played for the Franklin Bulls of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). He debuted in the New Zealand NBL in 2004 and has since won seven championships. He also played five seasons in the Australian NBL, where he was a member of the New Zealand Breakers' 3-peat championship contingent between 2010/11 and 2012/13. Early life and career Henry was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He attended Mount Albert Grammar School and Avondale College. A rugby league player in his early days, he discovered basketball as a 12-year-old at a holiday camp run by then-Auckland Stars coach Tab Baldwin. Baldwin gave Henry a Tall Blacks trial when he was 18. Henry debuted in the New Zealand NBL in 2004 with the Harbour Heat. He also played for the Junior Tall Blacks in 2004, helping the team defeat Australia in the final of the Oceania Youth Tournament. Henry scored 25 points in the final and averaged a team-high 19.0 points per game in the tournament. In 2005, Henry moved to the United States to play basketball for the College of Southern Idaho (CSI). During the 2005–06 U.S. college season, Henry averaged 4.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in 29 games for the CSI Golden Eagles. Professional career Henry made his return to the New Zealand NBL in 2008 when he joined the Wellington Saints. The Saints reached the championship series in 2008, where they lost 2–0 to the Waikato Pistons. Henry played 10 minutes in game one but saw no court time in game two. In August 2008, Henry moved to Romania to play for CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca. He joined former Tall Blacks' head coach and childhood mentor Tab Baldwin at the club. In 27 games during the 2008–09 Romanian League season, Henry averaged 4.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. Upon returning to New Zealand, Henry had a five-game stint with the Wellington Saints to complete the 2009 New Zealand NBL season. He then re-joined the Saints in 2010 and won his first championship, helping the team defeat the Waikato Pistons 2–1 in the finals. Henry had eight points and 11 rebounds in a game one loss; three points and seven rebounds in a game two win; and then seven points and nine rebounds in the title-clinching game three win. Henry joined