Herve Lamizana

Herve Mamadov Lamizana (born January 22, 1981 in the Ivory Coast) is a professional basketball player from the Ivory Coast who also has a French citizenship, that recently played for Shangdong Lions from the Chinese Basketball Association in the 2006/07 season.

College career

Lamizana played for the St. Patrick's basketball team in high school in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States, for Rutgers University in college. He was not selected in the NBA Draft. In the 2003-2004 season at Rutgers he achieved 102 blocks and pulled down 252 rebounds. During his career at Rutgers, Lamizana was known for his talent and athleticism for his size, but also his lack of fire and consistency.

Professional career

His first professional team outside of the United States was in Turkey with Turk Telekom Ankara, with whom he signed on September 2004 [1]. Later that season he moved to Israel and played for Hapoel Galil Elyon.

He played in Israel in the next season with Hapoel Tel Aviv, after starting the season for the Anyang KT&G Kites in South Korea.

In 2006 he moved to China and played for the Shangdong Lions.

In 2011 is playing in Puerto Rico wit the team Indios Mayaguez. In his first game catch 9 rebounds and 12 points.

External links

• NBA Draft.net -- Herve Lamizana profile

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