Karamo Jawara (born 25 June 1991) is a Gambian-Norwegian professional

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player who last played for

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. Jawara played college basketball for North Carolina Central. As a senior, he averaged 7.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game, shooting 44.3 percent from the floor. In the years 2015-2017, he played professionally in Romania and Greece. In 2017, he became the

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of Spain's

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. Thereafter, he joined Cambados Xuven in the

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. During the 2018-19 season Jawara played for

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of the Cypriot league, averaging 10.4 points, 8.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game. He joined

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in 2019 and averaged 5.0 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. On October 8, 2020, Jawara signed with Iberojet Palma. He averaged 8.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. On July 14, 2021, Jawara signed with

. He is a member of the Norwegian national basketball team.

References

External links

ESPN ProfileNorth Carolina Central Eagles bioProfile
at realgm.com

Videos

Karamo Jawara
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