Jamari traylor kansas biography

Jamari Traylor (born June 24, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League.
Life for KU basketball forward Jamari Traylor looks a whole lot different today than it did when he was 15-years-old according to ESPN.
A basketball player born on June 24, 1992 in Chicago (IL).

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Life for KU basketball forward Jamari Traylor looks a whole lot different today than it did when he was 15-years-old according to ESPN. Traylor grew up in Chicago, Illinois and lived with his parents and younger brother. His father had two previous convictions on his record which made it difficult to find a well-paying job, so he turned to selling drugs in order to provide for his family. When he got his third conviction in 2008, Traylor’s father received a life sentence.

The news was hard for Traylor to handle since he had a close relationship with his father. His mother, Theresa Golson, began to see major changes in his attitude and behavior. Traylor started cutting class, getting in fights, shuffling in and out of juvenile detention centers, being disrespectful at home and picking on his younger brother. Things got worse when Golson was laid off from her job as a licensed plumber.

One winter night in 2008, Golson had had enough of Traylor’s refusal to obey instructions. She had asked her son to leave

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JAMARI TRAYLOR basketball profile

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Jamari Traylor finds a home at KU

Jason KingJan 14, 2013, 03:00 AM ET
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- College basketball writer for ESPN.com
- Longtime writer at the Kansas City Star
- Author of two books
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LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The window in the back that was always open wouldn't budge, and the key no longer worked in the front door. Jamari Traylor had been kicked out of his home before, but this time his mother was serious.

The anger and angst of a rebellious 15-year-old had become too much.

Traylor couldn't call his father, who was serving a life sentence in prison, and he couldn't stay with his best friend, whose parents had asked Traylor to leave after discovering him asleep on their son's bedroom floor.

With temperatures in the 20s and nowhere to go, Traylor began to walk. Hours passed as he snaked through his neighborhood near 27th and State Street in Chicago's South Side, wearing a baggy, polyester coat with no mittens or earmuffs. It was December of 2008, just before Christmas, and tears welled in Traylor's eyes.

"My fingers and toes were burning," Traylor said. "They f