Julian Gamble (born September 15, 1989) is an American professional

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player for

Bnei Herzliya Bnei Herzliya Basket (, lit. ''Sons of Herzliya''), is a professional basketball club that is based in Herzliya, in the Sharon district in Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top division of Israeli basketball. It ...

in the

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. He plays the

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position.

Professional career

After five years with the

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, in 2013 Gamble signed with the

Saint-Vallier Basket Drôme Saint-Vallier Basket Drôme, commonly known as SVBD, is a professional basketball club based in Saint-Vallier, France. The club was founded in 1993 and currently plays in the Pro B, the second tier of French basketball. Home games of the club are ...

, in

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. In 2014, he became a new player of the

Phoenix Brussels Brussels Basketball, for sponsorship reasons known as Circus Brussels Basketball, is a professional basketball club based in Brussels, Belgium. The team plays in the BNXT League. Home games are played at the Sports Complex Neder-Over-Heembeek. Fo ...

, where he remained until 2016. That year, he signed with

Telekom Baskets Bonn Telekom Baskets Bonn, also known as Baskets Bonn, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bonn, Germany. The club plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, which is German basketball league system, the highest level pro basketball le ...

of the German

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. In May 2018, Gamble left

and joined

ASVEL Basket ASVEL Basket, commonly known as ASVEL or sometimes as ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, and also known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team that is located in the city of Villeurbanne, which is a suburb of Lyon ...

of the French

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. However, at the end of the season, he signed with

Nanterre 92 Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club plays in the top-tier level basketball league in France, the Pro A, since 2011. Founded in 2011 as JSF Nanterre, the club plays ...

of the LNB Pro A and in the

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(BCL).

Virtus Bologna (2019–2021)

On July 22, 2019, he has signed with

Virtus Bologna Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one ...

of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). On 7 April 2020, after more than a month of suspension, the Italian Basketball Federation officially ended the 2019–20 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, coronavirus pandemic that severely hit Italy. Virtus ended the season first, with 18 wins and only 2 defeats, but the title was not assigned. On 5 May, the 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup season ended too. In April 2021, despite a winning record of 19–2, Virtus was defeated in the EuroCup's semifinals by BC UNICS, UNICS Kazan. However, the season ended with a great success. In fact, after having knocked out 3–0 both Universo Treviso Basket, Basket Treviso in the quarterfinals and New Basket Brindisi in the semifinals, on 11 June Virtus 2021 LBA Playoffs, defeated 4–0 its historic rival Olimpia Milan in the national finals, winning its 16th national title and the first one after twenty years.

Lenovo Tenerife (2021)

On September 28, 2021, Gamble signed with Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB, called to replace the injured Giorgi Shermadini. He averaged 10.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. Gamble parted ways with the team on November 7.

San Pablo Burgos (2021–2022)

On November 10, 2021, he has signed with CB San Pablo Burgos, San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish Liga ACB.

Bnei Herzliya (2022–present)

On October 10, 2022, he has signed with

of the

The Basketball Tournament (2014, 2017–present)

In the summers of 2014 and 2017, Gamble played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for team Armored Athlete. He competed for the $2 million prize, and for team Armored Athlete in 2017, he averaged 15.3 points per game along with 7.8 rebounds per game. Gamble helped take team Armored Athlete in 2017 to the West Regional Championship Game, where they lost to Team Challenge ALS 75–63. In TBT 2018, Gamble averaged 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per game for Armored Athlete. They reached the Super 16 before falling to Boeheim's Army.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gamble, Julian 1989 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players ASVEL Basket players Basketball players from North Carolina Bnei Hertzeliya basketball players Brussels Basketball players CB Canarias players Centers (basketball) Lega Basket Serie A players Miami Hurricanes men's basketball players Nanterre 92 players Saint-Vallier Basket Drôme players Sportspeople from Durham, North Carolina Telekom Baskets Bonn players Virtus Bologna players