{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1989)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jamar Samuels | image = Jamar Samuels Never Broken Award.jpg | caption = Samuels in 2011. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 7 | weight_lb = 230 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|5|25}} | birth_place = Washington D.C., U.S. | high_school = The Patterson School<br />(Lenoir, North Carolina) | college = Kansas State (2008–2012) | draft_year = 2012 | career_start = 2012 | career_end = 2019 | career_number = | career_position = Small forward / power forward | years1 = 2012–2013 | team1 = Lobe Huesca | years2 = 2013–2014 | team2 = Veroli Basket | years3 = 2014 | team3 = Bàsquet Manresa | years4 = 2014–2015 | team4 = Novipiù Casale Monferrato | years5 = 2015–2016 | team5 = Bnei Herzliya | years6 = 2017–2018 | team6 = SCM CSU Craiova | years7 = 2018–2019 | team7 = Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin | highlights = *Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year (2010) }} '''Jamar Lascells Samuels''' (born May 25, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin of the Israeli National League in 2019. He played college basketball for Kansas State University.
==Amateur career== Samuels attended The Patterson School in Lenoir, North Carolina, and enrolled at Kansas State University to play college basketball for the Kansas State Wildcats. As a senior, he was ruled ineligible by the NCAA for accepting a $200 wire transfer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/2012/3/17/2880980/jamar-samuels-ineligible-curtis-malone-wire-transfer|title=Jamar Samuels Ruled Ineligible for Trying to Feed His Family|date=17 March 2012}}</ref>
==Professional career== After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Samuels moved to Spain and signed with Lobe Huesca for the 2012–13 season. In 29 games for Huesca, he averaged 14.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.1 blocks per game.
On August 10, 2013, Samuels signed with Veroli Basket of Italy for the 2013–14 season.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a2-est/104843/veroli-signs-jamar-samuels.html Veroli signs Jamar Samuels]</ref> In 35 games played for Veroli, he averaged 12.2 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
On September 10, 2014, Samuels signed with Bàsquet Manresa of Spain for the 2014–15 season.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/134321/basquet-manresa-lands-jamar-samuels.html Basquet Manresa lands Jamar Samuels]</ref> On November 25, 2014, he parted ways with Manresa after appearing in just eight games.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/142467/jamar-samuels-leaves-manresa.html Jamar Samuels leaves Manresa]</ref> On December 4, 2014, he signed with Novipiù Casale Monferrato of Italy for the rest of the season.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a2-est/143593/jamar-samuels-signs-with-novipiu-casale.html Jamar Samuels signs with Novipiù Casale]</ref> In 25 games for Casale, he averaged 7.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game.
On July 30, 2015, Samuels signed with Bnei Herzliya of Israel for the 2015–16 season.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/171052/jamar-samuels-inks-with-bnei-herzliya.html Jamar Samuels inks with Bnei Herzliya]</ref>
On July 28, 2017, Samuels signed with Romanian club SCM CSU Craiova for the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jamar Samuels signs with SCM Craiova|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/romania/242690/jamar-samuels-signs-with-scm-craiova.html|accessdate=July 28, 2017|work=sportando.com|date=July 28, 2017}}</ref>
On July 23, 2018, Samuels returned to Israel for a second stint, signing a one-year deal with Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin of the Israeli National League.<ref>{{cite news|title=חוזר לישראל: ג'מאר סמואלס חתם בקרית מוצקין|url=https://www.one.co.il/Article/317387.html|date=July 23, 2018|work=one.co.il|accessdate=August 25, 2018|language=he}}</ref> In 28 games played for Kiryat Motzkin, he averaged 12.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20121119090929/http://www.kstatesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/samuels_jamar00.html Kansas State Wildcats bio] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150925183027/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6076404/playerview.html FIBA.com profile]
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