Mustapha Farrakhan Jr. (born November 2, 1988) is an American former professional

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player. He played college basketball for the

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Early life

Farrakhan is the grandson of

Nation of Islam The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious and political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. A black nationalist organization, the NOI focuses its attention on the African diaspora, especially on African ...

leader

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and

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. His father, Mustapha Farrakhan, is the Supreme Captain of the Nation of Islam. Farrakhan was born in

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and attended

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. Farrakhan has a major in

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and is a practicing member of the

College career

Farrakhan played four years of

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at the

. In his final year of college, he averaged 13.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 31 games played.

Professional career

2011–12 season

Farrakhan went undrafted in the

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. On November 3, 2011, Farrakhan was selected by the Bakersfield Jam in first round of the 2011 NBA Development League Draft.

2012–13 season

In July 2012, Farrakhan joined the

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for the 2012 NBA Summer League. In 5 games, he averaged 9.6 points, 1.8 assists and 1.6 rebounds per game. On October 1, 2012, he signed with the

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. However, he was later waived by the Bucks on October 27, 2012. On November 1, 2012, Farrakhan was re-acquired by the Bakersfield Jam. On November 5, 2012, he was traded to the

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. On January 28, 2013, he was waived by the Energy. On January 31, 2013, he was acquired by the

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. On February 25, 2013, he was traded to the

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. On March 13, 2013, he was waived by the Stampede after just 6 games. He was then acquired by the Tulsa 66ers on March 15 but then waived on March 20 before appearing in a game for them.

2013–14 season

On September 30, 2013, Farrakhan signed with the

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. However, he was later waived by the Clippers on October 8, 2013. On November 18, he signed with the

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for the rest of the

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2015–16 season

On October 22, 2015, Farrakhan signed with the

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, but was waived just two days later. On November 3, he was acquired by the

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as an affiliate player from the Thunder. On November 14, he made his debut with the OKC Blue in a 110–104 loss to the Austin Spurs, recording 18 points, one rebound, one assist and two steals in 22 minutes. On February 27, he was waived by the Blue. On April 1, he was acquired by the

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2019

In July 2019 he was signed by the Ball Hogs of the Big3.

References

External links

NBA D-League ProfileProfile
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