Oded Kattash
Oded Katash or Kattash (born October 10, 1974) is a former Israeli basketball player and a present day basketball coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv. As a player, he was most connected with Maccabi Tel Aviv, while he earned a Euroleague title in 1999-2000 with Panathinaikos.
He is 194 cm tall and played as a point guard.
When he was 9 years old he joined the junior department of Maccabi Tel Aviv. He played for Maccabi Darom, Maccabi Ramat Gan, and Hapoel Galil Elion, before returning in 1995 to Maccabi Tel Aviv to join the senior team, winning 4 championships and 2 cups with them.
In 1997 he played at the European championship with Israel scoring 22 points per game.
He subsequently agreed to play with the New York Knicks, but he never played in the NBA because of the lockout that came into place on July 1, 1998.
Eventually he signed a three year contract with Panathinaikos. In the 2000 Euroleague final he scored 17 points against his former team Maccabi Tel Aviv to win the title with Panathinaikos.
His career ended prematurely a few months later after a serious knee injury.
He took up basketball coaching, first with Hapoel Galil Elyon and now with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
External links
- Article about Katash
- Katash and Knicks
- News piece about coaching Maccabi
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