Tamar Ulysses Slay is an American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player, currently playing in Italy

Italy

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's LegADue

LegADue

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 for Umana Venezia. A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) guard/forward, he was formerly with the NBA's New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets

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 and Charlotte Bobcats

Charlotte Bobcats

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.

Slay was the 54th overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft

2002 NBA Draft

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, selected by the New Jersey Nets. He attended Marshall University

Marshall University

Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....

 (Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington, West Virginia

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), where he was one of the team's most prominent players, averaging 15.7 points per game over his four-year college career. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School

Woodrow Wilson High School (West Virginia)

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 in Beckley, where he contributed to State AAA Basketball Championships in 1997 and 1998, two of the five Basketball State Championships won by Woodrow Wilson High School in the 1990s.

In 2005 Slay joined Israeli leading team Hapoel Jerusalem

Hapoel Jerusalem (basketball)

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, but after an unstable season he was released on late December, 2006. On January 4, 2007 he signed with the Bakersfield Jam

Bakersfield Jam

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 of the NBA Development League

NBA Development League

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. For the 2007-08 season, he returned overseas with Pierrel Capo d'Orlando

Orlandina Basket

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. In July, 2008, he signed with Air Avellino

S.S. Felice Scandone

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. In July 2009, he signed with Carmatic Pistoia. In August 2010 he has signed with his third team in Italy, Umana Venezia.

External links

• Tamar Slay at Sportsstats.com