Julian Mavunga

{{short description|Zimbabwean-American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name =Julian Mavunga

| image = Julian Mavunga 2.jpg

| image_size =150px

| caption =

| position = Power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 235

| league =

| team = Free agent

| number =

| nationality = Zimbabwean / American

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|1|24}}

| birth_place = Harare, Zimbabwe

| highschool = Brownsburg (Brownsburg, Indiana)

| college = Miami (Ohio) (2008–2012)

| draft_year = 2012

| career_start = 2012

| career_end =

| years1 = 2012

| team1 =Pallacanestro Biella

| years2 = 2013–2014

| team2 = Hoverla

| years3 = 2014–2015

| team3 = Ironi Nahariya

| years4 = 2015

| team4 = Sigal Prishtina

| years5 = 2015–2017

| team5 = Shiga Lakestars

| years6 = 2017–2020

| team6 = Kyoto Hannaryz

| years7 = 2020–2022

| team7 = Toyama Grouses

| years8 = 2022

| team8 = Utsunomiya Brex

| highlights =

  • B.League Best Five (2021){{Cite web |url=https://www.bleague.jp/award-show/2020-21/#awards|title=【公式】B.league Award Show 2020-21 特設サイト | B.league(Bリーグ) }}
  • Balkan League champions (2015)
  • All-bj League Second Team (2016)
  • B.league assist leader (2018-19)

}}

Julian Tawanda Mavunga (born January 24, 1990) is a Zimbabwean-American professional basketball player. He is the older brother of WNBA player Stephanie Mavunga of the Indiana Fever.{{cite web |last=Kyoto Hannaryz |url=https://hannaryz.jp/roster/julian_mavunga.html |title=Julian Mavunga|date=24 February 2018 |access-date=28 February 2018}} He played four seasons of college basketball for Miami University, where he broke Miami's career games record at 124 appearances.{{Cite web|url=https://miamiredhawks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=238|title=Julian Mavunga - Men's Basketball|website=Miami University RedHawks|language=en|access-date=2019-06-21}} He was intentionally elbowed by Shiga forward Henry Walker on March 3, 2019.https://twitter.com/Mavunga/status/1102184231080325122 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}{{cite tweet |user=10Tempa |number=1102164784500236288 |title=今日の試合を見直し。どう見ても。。。。 |date=}}

His younger brother Jordache Mavunga plays for the Bambitious Nara of the B.League.{{Cite web|url=https://bambitious.jp/news/detail/id=16157|title=ジョーダッシュ・マブンガ(Jordache Mavunga)選手 契約合意}}

Career statistics

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|-

| align="left" | 2015-16

| align="left" | Shiga

| 51|| 49|| 31.0|| .515|| .377|| .738|| 9.6|| 3.5|| 0.7|| 0.8|| 19.5

|-

| align="left" | 2016-17

| align="left" | Shiga

| 60|| 49|| 31.9|| .447|| .357|| .717|| 8.1|| 3.5|| 0.8|| 0.7|| 19.5

|-

| align="left" | 2017-18

| align="left" | Kyoto

| 47|| 11|| 15.6|| .447|| .358|| .738|| 4.8|| 4.1|| 0.8|| 0.4|| 15.6

|-

| align="left" | 2018-19

| align="left" | Kyoto

| 53||53||38.3||.430||.321||.753||8.7||style="background:#cfecec"|8.5||1.0||.7||21.6

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Personal life

In July 2016, Mavunga married former Indiana Fever player Jeanette Pohlen-Mavunga.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Julian-Mavunga/Summary/11540|title=Julian Mavunga Player Profile, Maine Red Claws, News, Rumors, NCAA Stats, G League Stats, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com|access-date=2017-09-14}}

References

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{{B.League assists leaders}}