Brynton Lemar

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Brynton Lemar
No. 9Cedevita Olimpija
Position Shooting guard / point guard
League Slovenian Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1995-01-23) January 23, 1995 (age 29)
San Diego, California,
NationalityAmerican / Jamaican
Listed height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2017: undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2018 SLUC Nancy
2018 Caen
2018–2019 Soproni
2019–2020 Start Lublin
2020–2021 Gaziantep Basketbol
2021 Pallacanestro Reggiana
2021–2022 Enisey
2022–2023 Le Mans
2023 AEK Athens
2023–2024 Hapoel Jerusalem
2024-present Cedevita Olimpija
Career highlights and awards

Brynton Lemar (born January 23, 1995) [1] is an American-born Jamaican professional basketball player for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League and ABA League. After playing four years of college basketball at UC Davis, Lemar entered the 2017 NBA draft, but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

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High school career

Lemar attended St. Augustine High School, in San Diego, California. In his last season at Body of Christ, he averaged 21 points, 8.2 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game. [2]

College career

After high school, Lemar played college basketball at UC Davis, from 2013 to 2017. [3] In his senior year at UC Davis, Lemar averaged 16.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. He was named to the Big West All-First Team. [4]

Professional career

After not being drafted in the 2017 NBA draft, Lemar signed with SLUC Nancy of the LNB Pro B. [5] He finished the season with Caen.

On July 13, 2020, Lemar joined Gaziantep Basketbol. [6] On February 14, 2021, he joined Reggiana of the LBA. [7] [8]

On August 2, 2021, he joined Enisey of the VTB United League. [9] He left the team and joined Le Mans of the Pro A. [10]

On February 23, 2023, Lemar joined AEK Athens, of the Greek Basket League, replacing Cameron McGriff on the team's squad. [11] [12]

On July 20, 2023, he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. [13] [14] [15]

On June 16, 2024, he signed with Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League and ABA League. [16]

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