Hervé Lamizana
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Hervé Mamadou Lamizana (born January 22, 1981) is a former Ivorian professional
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player who also has French
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College career

Lamizana played for the St. Patrick's basketball team in high school in
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, for
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in
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. He was not selected in the NBA Draft. In the 2003–04 season at
Rutgers Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was a ...
he achieved 102 blocks and pulled down 252 rebounds.


Professional career

His first professional team was in Turkey with Türk Telekom Ankara, with whom he played in 2004. Later that season, he moved to Israel and played for
Hapoel Galil Elyon Hapoel Galil Elyon ( he, הפועל גליל עליון), also known as Hapoel Nofar Energy Galil Elion for sponsorship reasons, is an Israeli basketball club. The team competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli b ...
. He played in Israel in the next season with Hapoel Tel Aviv, after starting the season for the Anyang KT&G Kites in South Korea. In 2006, he moved to China and played for the
Shandong Lions Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin () is a Chinese professional basketball team based in Jinan, Shandong, which plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Some home games are held in the nearby city of Linyi. The Hi-Speed ...
. In 2011 and 2012, he played in Puerto Rico with teams
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and
Vaqueros de Bayamón The Vaqueros de Bayamón are a Puerto Rican basketball team of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The Vaqueros play their home games at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum, a venue shared with the L ...
. During 2013, Herve played for the
Yulon Luxgen Dinos The Yulon Luxgen Dinos are a basketball team in the Super Basketball League in Taiwan. It was founded in 1965 by Yulon Motor's (or the Taiwanese Car Manufacturer Luxgen) Chairman as a First Division amateur basketball team. It has also been membe ...
of the
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, the professional basketball league in Taiwan. He was named MVP in the month of January, 2013 after averaging 20.7 points, 12.2 rebounds, 3.2 blocks, and leading his team to a 4-2 record. In September 2014, he signed with
Halcones UV Xalapa Halcones de Xalapa is a basketball club based in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico that plays in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). Their home games were played at Gimnasio Universitario de la Unidad Deportiva. Former Michigan star and ...
of Mexico. The next month, he left Halcones after appearing in only five league games. In February 2015, he re-signed with Yulon Dinos of Taiwan. In April 2015, he signed with
Trotamundos de Carabobo Trotamundos B.B.C. (), also known as Trotamundos de Carabobo, is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, located in the Venezuelan Carabobo State. The team currently plays in the Venezuelan SuperLiga. The team has won the Venezuelan champ ...
of Venezuela for the rest of the 2015 LPB season. In June 2015, he signed with Reales de La Vega of Dominican Republic. In March 2016 he signed with
Al Mouttahed Tripoli Al Muttahed ( ar, المتحد طرابلس) also known by its name United Club Tripoli is a Lebanese sports club most known for its basketball program playing in top division for men and women. It is located Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affiliated ...
of
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. He currently plays for Yulon Luxgen Dinos in Taiwan.Yulon Luxgen welcomes back Lamizana
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamizana, Herve 1981 births Living people 2010 FIBA World Championship players Air21 Express players Anyang KGC players Expatriate basketball people in Israel French men's basketball players French expatriate basketball people in the United States French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Halcones de Xalapa players Hapoel Galil Elyon players Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in the Dominican Republic Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Ivorian expatriate basketball people in the Philippines Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Taiwan Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Ivorian men's basketball players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Philippine Basketball Association imports Power forwards (basketball) Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball players San-en NeoPhoenix players Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin players Sichuan Blue Whales players Sportspeople from Abidjan The Patrick School alumni Tianjin Pioneers players Trotamundos B.B.C. players Türk Telekom B.K. players Expatriate basketball people in Taiwan Taiwan Beer basketball players Yulon Luxgen Dinos players Super Basketball League imports