Tamar Slay

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1980)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Tamar Slay

| image = Tamar Slay.jpg

| caption = Slay while playing in Italy

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 220

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|4|2}}

| birth_place = Beckley, West Virginia, U.S.

| highschool = Woodrow Wilson
(Beckley, West Virginia)

| college = Marshall (1998–2002)

| draft_year = 2002

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 54

| draft_team = New Jersey Nets

| career_start = 2002

| career_end = 2014

| coach_start = 2022

| coach_end =

| career_position = Shooting guard

| career_number = 15, 8, 32, 9

| years1 = {{nbay|2002|start}}–{{nbay|2003|end}}

| team1 = New Jersey Nets

| years2 = {{nbay|2004|start}}

| team2 = Charlotte Bobcats

| years3 = 2005–2006

| team3 = Hapoel Jerusalem

| years4 = 2007

| team4 = Bakersfield Jam

| years5 = 2007–2008

| team5 = Orlandina Basket

| years6 = 2008–2009

| team6 = Air Avellino

| years7 = 2009–2010

| team7 = Carmatic Pistoia

| years8 = 2010–2012

| team8 = Umana Venezia

| years9 = 2012–2013

| team9 = Sutor Montegranaro

| years10 = 2013–2014

| team10 = Basket Brescia Leonessa

| cyears1 = 2022

| cteam1 = Marshall (assistant)

| highlights =

First-team All-MAC (2000)

}}

Tamar Ulysses Slay (born April 2, 1980) is an American basketball former college and professional player. A 6 ft 9 in (2.03 m) guard-forward, he was formerly with the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Nets and Charlotte Bobcats. He played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd.

High school and college

He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley, WV. He helped lead the school to state AAA basketball championships in 1997 and 1998, two of the five basketball state championships won by Woodrow Wilson High School in the 1990s. Afterwards, he attended Marshall University (Huntington, West Virginia). He was one of the team's most prominent players, averaging 15.7 points per game over his four-year college career.

Professional career

=NBA=

Slay was the 54th overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft, selected by the New Jersey Nets.{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/draft2002/board/index.html |title=NBA Draft Board |work=nba.com |accessdate=2011-01-29}} He spent two seasons with the Nets. He then played for the Charlotte Bobcats during the 2004–2005 season.

Slay's final NBA game was played on December 10, 2004, in a 106 - 115 loss to the Phoenix Suns where he recorded 8 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds.

=International=

In 2005 Slay joined Israeli leading team Hapoel Jerusalem, but after an unstable season he was released in late December 2006. On January 4, 2007, he signed with the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Development League.[http://www.bakersfield.com/136/story/105846.html Getting to know ... Tamar Slay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923181651/http://www.bakersfield.com/136/story/105846.html |date=2015-09-23 }} For the 2007–08 season, he returned overseas with Pierrel Capo d'Orlando. In July 2008, he signed with Air Avellino.[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/33980/180 Avellino tabs Tamar Slay] In July 2009, he signed with Carmatic Pistoia. In August 2010 he signed with his third team in Italy, Umana Venezia.{{cite news|title=Two new players for Venezia: Tamar Slay and Sylvere Bryan|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Italy/basketball.aspx?NewsID=200507|accessdate=12 November 2013|newspaper=Eurobasket.com|date=15 August 2010}} He joined Sutor Basket Montegranaro in August 2012.{{cite news|title=Sutor Montegranaro officially signs Tamar Slay|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/italy/serie-a/42529/sutor-montegranaro-officially-signs-tamar-slay.html|accessdate=12 November 2013|newspaper=Sportando.net|date=16 August 2012}} In August 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Basket Brescia Leonessa.{{cite news|title=Tamar Slay signs with Leonessa Brescia|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/italy/legadue-gold/61477/tamar-slay-signs-with-leonessa-brescia.html|accessdate=12 November 2013|newspaper=Sportando.net|date=14 August 2013}}

Coaching career

In April 2022, Slay was hired by head coach Dan D'Antoni as an assistant coach at Marshall.{{cite news|last=Bragg|first=Tom|url=https://247sports.com/college/marshall/Article/Taevion-Kinsey-will-return-to-Marshall-Tamar-Slay-hired-as-Herd-assistant-185957272/|title=Taevion Kinsey will return to Marshall; Tamar Slay hired as Herd assistant|work=247sports|date=April 8, 2022|accessdate=April 12, 2022}} He resigned from the position in May 2022, citing personal reasons.

NBA career statistics

class="wikitable"

=Regular season=

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2002}}

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey

| 36 || 0 || 7.6 || .379 || .280 || .700 || .9 || .4 || .4 || .1 || 2.6

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2003}}

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey

| 22 || 0 || 7.5 || .350 || .333 || .500 || 1.1 || .6 || .3 || .0 || 2.4

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2004}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte

| 8 || 0 || 9.8 || .333 || .167 || .000 || 1.8 || .4 || .6 || .0 || 3.5

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career

| 66 || 0 || 7.8 || .361 || .265 || .538 || 1.1 || .5 || .4 || .1 || 2.6

=Playoffs=

| style="text-align:left;"| 2003

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey

| 6 || 0 || 1.8 || .250 || 1.000 || – || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .5

| style="text-align:left;"| 2004

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey

| 6 || 0 || 2.0 || .200 || .000 || 1.000 || .3 || .0 || .2 || .0 || .7

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career

| 12 || 0 || 1.9 || .222 || .500 || 1.000 || .2 || .0 || .1 || .0 || .6

Notes

External links

{{Basketballstats |nba= 2447 |bbr= s/slayta01 }}
[http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=SLA-TAM-80 Italian League profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023014110/http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=SLA-TAM-80 |date=2012-10-23 }}

Category:1980 births

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen

Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Israel

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Italy

Category:American men's basketball players

Category:Bakersfield Jam players

Category:Basketball players from West Virginia

Category:Pallacanestro Brescia players

Category:Charlotte Bobcats expansion draft picks

Category:Charlotte Bobcats players