Jahmar Young

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Jahmar Young
No. 14–Hapoel Hevel Modi'in
Position Shooting guard
League Israeli National League
Personal information
Born (1986-11-18) November 18, 1986 (age 37)
Baltimore, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
High school W. E. B. Du Bois
(Baltimore, Maryland)
College New Mexico State (2007–2010)
NBA draft 2010: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2011 Crvena zvezda
2011 Spirou Charleroi
2011–2012 Ventspils
2012–2013 Orléans Loiret Basket
2013 Nizhny Novgorod
2013–2014 HKK Široki
2015 Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2015–2016 Paris-Levallois
2016Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
2017 Hapoel Haifa
2017 Huracanes del Atlántico
2017 Cibona
2018Beirut Club
2018–2019Hapoel Haifa
2019–2020 Hapoel Hevel Modi'in
2020 Hapoel Eilat B.C.
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-WAC (2009, 2010)

Jahmar Young (born November 18, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Hevel Modi'in of the Israeli National League. He played college basketball for New Mexico State.

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Early life and college career

Young attended W. E. B. Du Bois High School in Baltimore, Maryland. He was rated as the No. 26 best prep recruit by hoopscooponline.com. As a youngster, he played for various AAU programs, including the DC Assault and Cecil Kirk. In 2004, Young averaged 18.3 points per game and shot 47.5 percent from the field in a four-game tournament for Cecil Kirk. [1]

Young played college basketball at the New Mexico State University, where he averaged 20.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game in his senior year. Young was named First-team All-WAC in 2009 and 2010. [1]

Professional career

In September 2010, he signed his first professional contract with Crvena zvezda of Serbia. [2] In March 2011, he left Zvezda and signed with Spirou Charleroi of Belgium. He played only 3 games in the Belgian League.

In August 2011, he signed with BK Ventspils of the Latvian Basketball League for the 2011–12 season. [3] In August 2012 he signed with Orléans Loiret Basket of the French LNB Pro A for the 2012–13 season. [4]

In September 2013, he signed with Nizhny Novgorod of Russia. [5] On October 19, 2013, he was released by Nizhny after appearing in only one game. [6] In December 2013, he signed with HKK Široki of Bosnia and Herzegovina. [7] In April 2014, he parted ways with Široki. [8]

In January 2015, he signed with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut of Lebanon. [9]

On November 27, 2015, he signed with Paris-Levallois of the LNB Pro A. [10] On February 16, 2016, he parted ways with Paris after appearing in ten games. [11] On February 26, 2016, he re-signed with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut. [12]

On October 18, 2017, Young signed with Cibona of Croatia for the rest of the 2017–18 season, [13] but the contract was terminated on November 22 of the same year. [14] In January 2018, he signed with Beirut Club. [15]

On October 24, 2018, Young returned to Hapoel Haifa for a second stint, signing a one-year deal. [16] In 26 games played during the 2018–19 season, he finished the season as the league third best scorer with 22.6 points, to go with 2.7 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

On January 22, 2020, Young signed with Hapoel Hevel Modi'in as an injury cover for Deondre Parks. [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 "New Mexico State Athletics – Jahmar Young". NMStateSports.com. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Crvena Zvezda inks Jahmar Young". Eurobasket.com. September 9, 2010. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "BK Ventspils announces Jahmar Young". Sportando.com. August 10, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Orleans signs Jahmar Young". Sportando.com. August 8, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ "N.Novgorod tabs Jahmar Young, ex Orleans". Eurobasket.com. September 4, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Jahmar Young leaves Nizhny Novgorod". Sportando.com. October 19, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  7. ↑ Jahmar Young novi igrač na Pecari
  8. ↑ "Major changes in Pecara". Abaliga.com. April 3, 2014. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ Jahmar Young moves to Al Riyadi Beirut
  10. ↑ "Jahmar Young sera le joker médical du PL". parislevallois.com (in French). November 27, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Paris-Levallois inks Anthony Robertson, parts ways with Jahmar Young". Sportando.com. February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  12. ↑ Jahmar Young officially signs with Al Riyadi
  13. ↑ "He is back in ABA League – Jahmar Young signs with Cibona". aba-liga.com. October 18, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Cibona part ways with Jahmar Young". .aba-liga.com. November 22, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Jahmar Young (ex Cibona) is a newcomer at Beirut Club". Eurobasket.com. January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  16. ↑ "גרייבס שוחרר מהפועל חיפה, ג׳מאר יאנג חתם". ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). October 24, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  17. ↑ "עומר טל: כל משחק בטוחים שייגמר לנו הרצף". ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
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