Jamari Traylor
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Position | Power forward / Center | |||||||||||||
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | June 24, 1992|||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | |||||||||||||
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High school | IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida) | |||||||||||||
College | Kansas (2012–2016) | |||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2016 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 2016–present | |||||||||||||
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2016–2017 | Oberwart Gunners | |||||||||||||
2017 | Kymis | |||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Hiroshima Dragonflies | |||||||||||||
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Jamari Traylor (born June 24, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Hiroshima Dragonflies of the Japanese B.League. Standing at 2.03 m (6'8"), he plays the power forward and the center positions. Traylor played college basketball at Kansas.
High school career[]
Traylor played high school basketball at IMG Academy.
College career[]
As a freshman Traylor played 37 games, producing 2 points and 2 rebounds per game with a total of 28 blocks. As a sophomore Traylor played in 34 contests, and improved his numbers, averaging 4.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game, improving his playing time to 16.1 minutes per game. During the next two years, his number dropped and did not manage to be a star at his team.
Professional career[]
After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Traylor joined Oberwart Gunners of the Austria League.[1] During the season, Traylor was the top rebounder and led the league in blocks.
On June 22, 2017, Traylor joined Kymis of the Greek Basket League.[2] He joined the Hiroshima Dragonflies in 2018.[3]
He was arrested September 27, 2020 for his alleged involvement in smuggling marijuana into Japan. The charges were later dismissed.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Energy, intangibles provided by former KU forward Jamari Traylor were missing in exhibition opener, Self says". kansascity.com. November 4, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ "Kimis inks Jamari Traylor". Sportando.com. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ Chasen, Scott (August 3, 2018). "Jamari Traylor reflects on KU memories before returning to Japan". 247 Sports. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
- ^ "広島ドラゴンフライズのジャマリ・トレイラーが大麻取締法違反の容疑で逮捕される、球団は契約解除を発表".
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Austria
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Japan
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Chicago
- Centers (basketball)
- Hiroshima Dragonflies players
- Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players
- Kymis B.C. players
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Universiade gold medalists for the United States
- Universiade medalists in basketball
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade