Jerel Blassingame

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Jerel Blassingame
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight179 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High schoolRedirection (Newark, New Jersey)
College
AIK Basket
Career highlights and awards

Jerel Romaine Blassingame (born September 12, 1981) is an American professional

AIK Basket of the Swedish second-tier Superettan. He is 1.75 metres (5 ft 9 in) in height and plays at the point guard
position.

Amateur career

Blassingame played at Redirection High School in Brooklyn, New York, before attending Los Angeles City College, where he helped the team win a California state championship in 2002–03. He was named MVP of the state tournament, and was an All-Southcoast Conference selection that year.

He later transferred to UNLV, where he averaged 11.2 ppg and 6.6 assists in his junior season (2003–04). In his senior year, he averaged 8.9 ppg and 5.5 apg.[1]

Professional career

Before beginning his career in Finland, Blassingame played with Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the Israeli League. He also played in the

Cibona Zagreb. He helped them win the ABA League title in the 2013–14 season. In December 2014 he terminated his contract with Cibona.[3]

On December 7, 2014 he signed with Polish club Energa Czarni Słupsk.[4] On January 9, 2017, he parted ways with Czarni Słupsk.[5] On January 24, 2017, he returned to the Greek Basket League and signed with Promitheas Patras in order to replace the injured Keydren Clark, who was released.[6]

References

  1. ^ Jerel Blassingame Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com.
  2. ^ Asseco Prokom inks guards Blassingame, Nobles
  3. ^ "Cibosi nemaju za povišicu, Blassingame napušta Zagreb" (in Croatian). crosarka.com. December 2, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  4. ^ Jerel Blassingame signs with Energa Czarni Slupsk
  5. ^ Blassingame i Jackson odchodzą z zespołu Archived 2017-01-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
  6. ^ Jerel Blassingame inks with Promitheas to replace Clark

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