D'or Fischer
Fischer, with Hapoel Jerusalem, in 2015. | |
No. 40 – Shiga Lakestars | |
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Position | Power forward / Center |
League | B.League |
Personal information | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | October 12, 1981
Nationality | American / Israeli |
Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
Listed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Upper Darby (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2005: undrafted |
Playing career | 2005–present |
Career history | |
2005 | Anwil Włocławek |
2006 | Roanoke Dazzle |
2006–2007 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg |
2007–2008 | Euphony Bree |
2008–2010 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
2010–2011 | Real Madrid |
2011–2012 | Bilbao Basket |
2012–2013 | Donetsk |
2013–2014 | Brose Baskets |
2014–2015 | UNICS Kazan |
2015–2016 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
2017 | Capitanes de Arecibo |
2017 | Valmiera |
2017–present | Shiga Lakestars |
Career highlights and awards | |
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D'or Anthony Naheem Fischer[1] (born October 12, 1981) is an American–Israeli professional basketball player for the Shiga Lakestars of the Japanese B.League. He has also represented the senior Israeli national team. Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in), he plays at the power forward and center positions.
College career
Fischer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and did not play basketball for the school when he attended Upper Darby High School.[2]
Fischer played college basketball at Northwestern State University and also at West Virginia University with the West Virginia Mountaineers. As a sophomore, he was honorable mention all-Southland Conference selection after averaging 9.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 4.4 blocks per game, and totalling 133 blocks for the season (second in the nation).[3] He broke the NSU record for blocks in a game (with 13) and was just one short of the NCAA record of 14 shared by four players.[3]
Professional career
After going undrafted at the 2005 NBA draft, Fischer signed his first professional contract with the Polish club Anwil Włocławek. However, he left Anwil after only three games.[4] In January 2006, he signed with the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA D-League.[5]
For the 2006–07 season, he signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the German Bundesliga. The following season, he played in Belgium with Euphony Bree.
On July 17, 2008, he signed a one-year contract with the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.[6] On August 2, 2009, he re-signed with Maccabi for one more season.[7]
On July 24, 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the Spanish club Real Madrid.[8] On August 1, 2011, he moved to another Spanish club, Bilbao Basket, for the 2010–11 season.[9]
On August 25, 2012, he signed with the Ukrainian club Donetsk.[10]
On September 27, 2013, he signed with the NBA's Washington Wizards.[11] However, he was later waived by the Wizards on October 16.[12]
On November 24, 2013, he signed a one-year contract with the German club Brose Baskets.[13] In April 2014, he was named to the German League's All-Basketball Bundesliga First Team.[14]
On August 2, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Russian club UNICS Kazan.[15] In the 2014–15 EuroLeague season, he averaged 13.1 points per game, with a 75 percent field goal percentage from the field, and averaged 5.7 rebounds per game.[16]
On July 15, 2015, Fischer signed a one-year contract with the Israeli club Hapoel Jerusalem.[17][18] On March 25, 2016, he parted ways with Hapoel, after averaging 8.7 points and 5 rebounds per game in the Israeli League.[19]
On January 8, 2017, Fischer signed with the Capitanes de Arecibo of Puerto Rico.[20] He left Arecibo, after appearing in three games, and on March 14, 2017, he signed with Latvian club Valmiera, for the rest of the season.[21][22]
On August 8, 2017, Fischer signed with the Shiga Lakestars, of the Japanese B.League.[23]
Israeli national team
Fischer has been a member of the senior Israeli national basketball team. He played with Israel at the 2015 EuroBasket.[24]
Career statistics
Domestic leagues
Season | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2005–06 | Anwil Włocławek | Polish PLK | 3 | 24.0 | .417 | -- | .750 | 9.0 | 1.0 | .7 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
Roanoke Dazzle | D-League | 27 | 20.1 | .579 | -- | .838 | 5.0 | .6 | .2 | 1.3 | 6.0 | |
2006–07 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | German BBL | 34 | 26.1 | .624 | -- | .715 | 6.6 | .9 | .3 | 2.6 | 11.9 |
2007–08 | Euphony Bree | Ethias League | 41 | 32.5 | .578 | -- | .765 | 10.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 14.2 |
2008–09 | Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. | Ligat HaAl | 25 | 22.8 | .741 | -- | .842 | 6.6 | 1.7 | .8 | 2.0 | 10.4 |
2009–10 | 28 | 19.1 | .667 | .000 | .717 | 5.8 | 1.4 | .7 | 1.3 | 6.9 | ||
2010–11 | Real Madrid | Liga ACB | 40 | 19.6 | .613 | -- | .778 | 4.7 | .7 | .3 | 1.4 | 6.2 |
2011–12 | Bilbao Basket | 33 | 24.6 | .603 | .333 | .774 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 8.5 | |
2012–13 | BC Donetsk | Ukraine SuperLeague | 38 | 28.2 | .623 | .000 | .784 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 11.0 |
2013–14 | Brose Baskets Bamberg | German BBL | 28 | 22.0 | .641 | .000 | .783 | 6.1 | 1.1 | .4 | 2.6 | 10.7 |
2014–15 | UNICS Kazan | VTB United League | 29 | 25.5 | .628 | .000 | .865 | 5.3 | 1.9 | .6 | 1.5 | 10.1 |
2017–18 | Shiga | B.League | 59 | 30.1 | .624 | .364 | .843 | 9.9 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 13.6 |
Personal
On March 1, 2009, Fischer was attacked outside of a club in Tel Aviv with a glass bottle. He was injured in the face and his facial nerves were damaged, but he has fully healed.[25]
In July 2014, after marrying an Israeli woman Fischer became an Israeli citizen, and joined the Israel national basketball team.[26][16]
See also
References
- ^ Dor Anthony Naheem FISCHER (ISR).
- ^ Fischer takes long road to NCAA tourney
- ^ a b Hidden Gem
- ^ "D'or Fischer". Plk.pl. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "D'or Fischer Becomes Second Mountaineer to Join Dazzle". Oursportscentral.com. January 12, 2006. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "Maccabi Electra lands center D'or Fischer". Euroleague.net. July 17, 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "D'Or Fischer stays with Maccabi". Sportando.com. August 2, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "Real Madrid tabs center D'or Fischer". Euroleague.net. July 24, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "Bizkaia Bilbao gets shot-block ace Fischer". Euroleague.net. August 1, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "BC Donetsk nets shot-blocking stud Fischer". Eurocupbasketball.com. August 25, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "Wizards Sign Four For Training Camp". NBA.com. September 27, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "Wizards Waive Fischer". NBA.com. October 16, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "D'or Fischer verstärkt Brose Baskets". Brosebaskets.de (in German). November 24, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "Münchens Point Guard Malcolm Delaney zum "Most Valuable Player" gekürt, Wölfe-Trainer Silvano..." Beko-bbl.de (in German). April 24, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "Д'ор Фишер в УНИКСе". Unics.ru (in Russian). August 2, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ a b Local champ Hapoel Jerusalem signs familiar face D’or Fischer
- ^ "ד'אור פישר מצטרף לאלופה". Hapoel.co.il (in Hebrew). July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "Hapoel brings in veteran center Fischer". Eurocupbasketball.com. July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "D'or Fischer, Hapoel Jerusalem part ways". Sportando.com. March 25, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ^ "D'or Fischer inks with Capitanes de Arecibo". Sportando.com. January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "„Valmiera/ORDO" papildina sastāvu ar Eirolīgā rūdīto Doru Fišeru". bkvalmiera.lv (in Latvian). March 14, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
- ^ "D'or Fischer (ex Arecibo) agreed terms with Valmiera". Eurobasket.com. March 14, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
- ^ "D'Or Fischer will play with Shiga Lakestars". Sportando.com. August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ^ Dor Anthony Naheem FISCHER (ISR).
- ^ "ISR – Maccabi's Fischer hurt in weekend attack". Fiba.com. March 4, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "D'or Fischer getting Israeli passport". Sportando.com. July 3, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
External links
- D'or Fischer at eurobasket.com
- D'or Fischer at euroleague.net
- D'or Fischer at fiba.com
- D'or Fischer at msnsportsnet.com
- 1981 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Japan
- American expatriate basketball people in Latvia
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- BC Donetsk players
- BC UNICS players
- Bilbao Basket players
- Bree BBC players
- Brose Bamberg players
- Centers (basketball)
- EWE Baskets Oldenburg players
- Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players
- Israeli Basketball Super League players
- Israeli men's basketball players
- KK Włocławek players
- Liga ACB players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Northwestern State Demons basketball players
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Real Madrid Baloncesto players
- Roanoke Dazzle players
- Shiga Lakestars players
- Sportspeople from Philadelphia
- West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball players