Lamond Murray
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Lamond Maurice Murray is an American
United States
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 professional basketball
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 player who last played with the NBA
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's New Jersey Nets
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. In 2009, Lamond Murray joined the Bahrain Basketball Association
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Basketball is a very popular sport in Bahrain and the Bahrain Basketball Association has the following teams:*Manama*Ahli*Muharraq*Hala*Najma*Isa Town*Nawaydrat*Bahrain*Sitra*Hidd*Itihad-External links:* *...

 in Bahrain
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' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

. He plays for Al-Muharraq Sports Club.

Murray was selected seventh overall by the Los Angeles Clippers
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 in the 1994 NBA Draft
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 after a college career at the University of California at Berkeley
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. He has played for the Clippers, the Cleveland Cavaliers
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, the Toronto Raptors
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, and the New Jersey Nets
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 throughout his 12-year, 736 game NBA career, averaging 11.3 points per game. After one season with the Nets, he re-signed with the Clippers in October 2006 and was released several days later.

He is a first cousin of former NBA forward Tracy Murray
Tracy Murray
Tracy Lamonte Murray is a retired American professional basketball player who played for six different NBA franchises and two Greek clubs, with a final stint in France...

.

Murray graduated from John F. Kennedy High School (Fremont, California).

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