Jamari Traylor (born June 24, 1992) is an American professional
basketball
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player for Çayırova Belediye of the
Türkiye Basketbol Ligi
The Turkish Basketball First League (; TBL), is Turkish basketball league system, the second-tier level league of professional club basketball in Turkey. The league was previously known as Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L).
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(TBL). Standing at , he played the
power forward
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and the
center
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positions. Traylor played
college basketball
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at
Kansas
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.
High school career
Traylor played high school basketball at
IMG Academy
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.
College career
As a freshman Traylor played 37 games, producing 2 points and 2 rebounds per game with a total of 28 blocks. As a sophomore Traylor played in 34 contests, and improved his numbers, averaging 4.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game, improving his playing time to 16.1 minutes per game. During the next two years, his numbers continued to drop. He became known for being a hard-nosed defender and hustle type player.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the
2016 NBA draft
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, Traylor joined
Oberwart Gunners
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of the
Austria League. During the season, Traylor was the top rebounder and led the league in blocks.
On June 22, 2017, Traylor joined
Kymis of the
Greek Basket League
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. He joined the
Hiroshima Dragonflies in 2018.
On January 8, 2022, Traylor was acquired off waivers by the
Oklahoma City Blue
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. He was then later waived on January 18, 2022.
On August 11, 2024, he signed with Çayırova Belediye of the
Türkiye Basketbol Ligi
The Turkish Basketball First League (; TBL), is Turkish basketball league system, the second-tier level league of professional club basketball in Turkey. The league was previously known as Turkish Basketball Second League (TB2L).
Format and pro ...
(TBL). He renewed his contract with the team on July 2, 2025, signing a new one-year deal.
References
External links
Kansas Jayhawks bioEurobasket.com ProfileNBAdraft Profile
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1992 births
Living people
21st-century American sportsmen
American expatriate basketball people in Austria
American expatriate basketball people in Greece
American expatriate basketball people in Japan
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Chicago
Boca Juniors basketball players
Centers (basketball)
Çayırova Belediyesi players
FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
Hiroshima Dragonflies players
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players
Kymis B.C. players
Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
Power forwards
Summer World University Games medalists in basketball