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Jerel Blassingame
No. 1 – Czarni Słupsk
PositionPoint guard
LeaguePolish Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1981-09-12) September 12, 1981 (age 43)
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolRedirection (Newark, New Jersey)
CollegeLos Angeles CC (2001–2003)
UNLV (2003–2005)
NBA draft2005: undrafted
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2005–2006ENAD
2006AEK Athens
2006–2007Solna Vikings
2007–2008Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2008–2009Lappeenrannan NMKY
200908 Stockholm
2009–2010Odessa
2010–2011Czarni Słupsk
2011–2013Asseco Prokom
2013–2014Cibona Zagreb
2014–presentCzarni Słupsk
Career highlights and awards

Jerel Blassingame (born September 12, 1981) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Energa Czarni Słupsk of the Polish Basketball League. He is 1.75 metres (5 ft 9 in) in height and plays at point guard.

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 Swedish Obol Basketball League, with the Solna Vikings. Prior to his career with Solna, he played with ENAD in the Cypriot League and AEK Athens BC in the Greek League. For the 2009-2010 season, he was the starting point guard for BC Odessa in Ukraine. In the 2010-2011 season Blassingame was a key player for Energa Czarni Słupsk, the leader of the Polish Basket League. In the winter season Energa Czarni Słupsk finished with a win-loss record of 10-1, and Blassingame averaged 12.4 points per game and 6.2 assists per game. In August 2011 he signed with Asseco Prokom Gdynia.[2] After a season and a half in Poland, Blassingame moved to Croatia, signing for 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]

References

  1. ^ Jerel Blassingame. 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
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