Dennis Trammell is a professional basketball player who played for the Canterbury Rams in the New Zealand National Basketball League

National Basketball League (New Zealand)

The National Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NBL, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in New Zealand.There were 10 teams in the 2010 season with teams based in Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Invercargill, Nelson, New Plymouth, North Shore, Palmerston North,...

 (NBL).

Trammell began his collegiate basketball career playing at New Mexico State University

New Mexico State University

New Mexico State University at Las Cruces , is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States...

, before excelling at Ball State University

Ball State University

Ball State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana. It is also known as Ball State or simply BSU.Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans and includes 106 buildings...

 from 2003-2005. After playing for Ball State University he briefly played in Uruguay

Uruguay

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 before moving to Croatia

Croatia

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. In early 2006, Trammell signed a one year contract with the Canterbury Rams in New Zealand. Trammell starred for the Rams in his debut season in the NBL leading the league in scoring with 25 points a game . Trammell has excelled alongside young New Zealand point guard Jeremy Kench

Jeremy Kench

Jeremy "Jay" Kench is a New Zealand professional basketball player who plays the point guard position.-Playing career:...

for the Rams and the side will be keen to retain him for the future. After the NBL season, Trammell is currently playing for USC Heidelberg in the German Bundesliga, Second Division
(www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=GER&Team=215).

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