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Born | Canton, Ohio | August 8, 1988||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | McKinley (Canton, Ohio) | ||||||||||||||
College | Michigan State (2006–2010) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2010: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2010–2022 | ||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Pınar Karşıyaka | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | ASVEL Villeurbanne | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Galatasaray Nef | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Manisa BB | ||||||||||||||
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Raymar Morgan (born August 8, 1988) is an American professional former basketball player. He played college basketball at the Michigan State University.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On July 31, 2010, Morgan signed with Israeli club Maccabi Rishon LeZion [8]
In July 2011 he signed with Pınar Karşıyaka. [9]
In August 2014, he signed with BG Göttingen of Germany. [10]
On May 12, 2015, he signed with Greek club Panathinaikos. [11]
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.
On June 29, 2017, Morgan signed with Turkish club Tofaş. [14]
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.
On July 20, 2020, he has signed with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Basketball Super League. [17]
On July 2, 2021, Morgan signed with ASVEL of the LNB Pro A. [18] Because of his injury he made just one Euroleague appearance.
On June 28, 2022, Morgan signed with Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi. [19]
On November 16, 2022, he signed with Manisa BB of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi. [20]
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