Raymar Morgan

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Raymar Morgan
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No. 1–Science City Jena
League ProA
Personal information
Born (1988-08-08) August 8, 1988 (age 36)
Canton, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school McKinley (Canton, Ohio)
College Michigan State (2006–2010)
NBA draft 2010: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Position Power forward / center
Career history
2010–2011 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2011 Pınar Karşıyaka
2011–2012 Ironi Ashkelon
2012–2013 Barak Netanya
2014–2015 BG Göttingen
2015 Panathinaikos
2015–2017 ratiopharm Ulm
2017–2018 Tofaş
2018–2020 UNICS Kazan
2020–2021Pınar Karşıyaka
2021–2022 ASVEL Villeurbanne
2022 Galatasaray Nef
2022 Manisa BB
2024-present Science City Jena
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
FIBA U19 World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Serbia National team

Raymar Morgan (born August 8, 1988) is an American professional former basketball player. He played college basketball at the Michigan State University.

Contents

Basketball information

High school

College career

2006–07 season

Selected to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team as voted on by the league's coaches • Appeared in 28 games, starting 25 • MSU's second-leading scorer (11.7 ppg) and third-leading rebounder (5.2 rpg) • Ranked fourth among Big Ten freshmen in scoring and third in rebounding • Ranked 19th in the Big Ten in scoring, 17th in rebounding and 11th in field-goal percentage (.486) • Averaged 16.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in two NCAA Tournament games, including scoring a season-high 19 points against North Carolina (3/17) in the second round.

2007–08 season

Second-team All-Big Ten as selected by the league's media and coaches • Started all 36 games. Ranked sixth in the Big Ten in scoring (14.0 ppg), fourth in field-goal percentage (.558) and ninth in rebounding (6.1 rpg). Scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 10 rebounds vs. Minnesota (1/5), marking the first 30-point, 10-rebound game by a Spartan against a Big Ten opponent since Morris Peterson did it against Michigan in 2000.

2008–09 season

Appeared in 35 games, starting 26 • Honorable Mention All-Big Ten selection despite playing 20-plus minutes in just nine of 18 league contests due to illness • Averaged 10.2 points and 5.3 rebounds for the season, ranking third on the team in scoring average and second in rebounding • Averaged 15.2 points and 6.9 rebounds in the first 16 games of the season, prior to suffering from walking pneumonia/mononucleosis • Michigan State was 21-2 when Morgan played 20 minutes or more.

2009–10 season

Third-team All-Big Ten by coaches and honorable mention by the media • Second on the team in scoring, rebounding, and minutes • Averaged 11.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game • Averaged 10.4 points in trip to Final Four.

Professional career

Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2010–2011)

On July 31, 2010, Morgan signed with Israeli club Maccabi Rishon LeZion [8]

Pınar Karşıyaka (2011)

In July 2011 he signed with Pınar Karşıyaka. [9]

BG Göttingen (2014–2015)

In August 2014, he signed with BG Göttingen of Germany. [10]

Panathinaikos (2015)

On May 12, 2015, he signed with Greek club Panathinaikos. [11]

ratiopharm Ulm (2015–2017)

On July 15, 2015, he signed a two-year contract with the German club ratiopharm Ulm. [12] On May 4, 2017, Morgan won the BBL Best Offensive Player award after he ended the season as the BBL scoring champion. [13] Morgan averaged 18.1 points per game over the 32 games he played in the regular season.

Tofaş (2017–2018)

On June 29, 2017, Morgan signed with Turkish club Tofaş. [14]

UNICS Kazan (2018–2020)

On June 25, 2018, he has signed 1+1 year contract with UNICS of the VTB United League. [15] Before the beginning of 2019–20 season, UNICS decided to use their option and extended his contract for one more year. [16] Morgan averaged 12.2 points and 5.0 rebounds per game in the 2019–20 season.

Pınar Karşıyaka (2020–2021)

On July 20, 2020, he has signed with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Basketball Super League. [17]

ASVEL Villeurbanne (2021–2022)

On July 2, 2021, Morgan signed with ASVEL of the LNB Pro A. [18] Because of his injury he made just one Euroleague appearance.

Galatasaray Nef (2022)

On June 28, 2022, Morgan signed with Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi. [19]

Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor (2022)

On November 16, 2022, he signed with Manisa BB of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi. [20]

Science City Jena (2024-present)

On August 30, 2024, he signed with Science City Jena of the German second tier ProA. [21]

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  10. ↑ "Raymar Morgan signs with BG Goettingen". Sportando.com. 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  11. ↑ "Συμφωνία με Μόργκαν και Κούπερ". Paobc.gr. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  12. ↑ "ratiopharm Ulm adds big man Morgan". Eurocupbasketball.com. July 15, 2015. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
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