Hervé Mamadou Lamizana (born January 22, 1981) is an Ivorian former professional

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player who also has French nationality.

College career

Lamizana played for the St. Patrick's basketball team in high school in

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. He was not selected in the NBA draft. In the 2003–04 season at

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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. 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. In 2011 and 2012, he played in Puerto Rico with teams

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and

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. During 2013, Herve played for the Yulon Luxgen Dinos of the Super Basketball League, 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 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 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 of

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, later played for Yulon Luxgen Dinos in Taiwan.Yulon Luxgen welcomes back Lamizana
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