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Al-Gharafa SC (basketball)
Al Gharafa Doha is a Qatari professional basketball club. The club competes in the Qatari Basketball League. The club has traditionally provided Qatar's national basketball team with key players. History The team originally competed under the name Al-Ittihad and changed its name to Al-Gharafa before the 2005 season. The team won the Qatari League in 2014. Notable players * Khalid Abdalla Adam * Mychal Ammons * Wayne Arnold * Marcus Banks * Nemanja Bešović * Suleiman Braimoh * Jordan Callahan * Devan Downey * Kevin Galloway * Dominic James * Jeremiah Massey * Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad * Franklin Session * Eugene Spates * Mike Taylor * Justin Watts See also *Al-Gharafa Sports Club Al-Gharafa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الغرافة الرياضي) is a Qatari multisports club based in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan. It is best known for its football team, although it also has teams for other sports. It was esta ... References External linksAsia-Bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qatari Basketball League
The Qatari Basketball League () is the top-tier men's basketball league operating in Qatar. The winning team obtains the participation right to the FIBA Asia Champions Cup. The first official season took place in 1981/82. There is a second division and two domestic cup tournaments, the Emir of Qatar Cup and the Qatar Crown Prince Cup. In the 2012–13 season, the league expanded for the first time in its history, going from 8 to 12 teams with the newly entered clubs including Lekhwiya, Al-Shamal Sports Club, Umm Salal SC, and Al-Khor Sports Club. Current clubs ''As of the 2021–22 season.'' Championship history *1981–82: Al Arabi *1982–83: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan Downey
Devan Deangelo Downey (born September 28, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. Amateur career He was born in Chester, South Carolina where he attended Chester High School. Named S.C. Class AAA Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball as a senior at Chester High Devan Downey Averaged 36.9 points, 6.1 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 4.7 steals his senior year under coach De'Andre Scott. He played collegiately for the University of Cincinnati and then the University of South Carolina, where he was an honorable mention All-American and 1st team All-SEC player in 2008–09. Downey went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft. Perhaps the most notable game of his career occurred on January 26, 2010, when he scored 30 points in a victory over a previously undefeated University of Kentucky team which aired nationally on ESPN. The game was the first loss for John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, and John Calipari while at the University of Kentucky. The game and particularly the performance by D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Gharafa Sports Club
Al-Gharafa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الغرافة الرياضي) is a Qatari multisports club based in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan. It is best known for its football team, although it also has teams for other sports. It was established on 6 June 1979 as Al-Ittihad and later officially incorporated into the Qatar Football Association on 23 September of that same year. The club was officially renamed to its current form in 2004 to better represent the district of Al-Gharafa, of which the club belongs to. The club was most notably founded by Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al-Thani, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani, Sheikh Hamad bin Faisal Al-Thani, Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al-Thani and Saad Mohammed Al-Rumaihi. In a documentary produced by Al Kass sports channel about the history of the club, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim mentioned that the idea was initially suggested by Saad Al-Rumaihi who was working as a sports journalist at the ''Al Raya'' newspaper. History 1980–2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Watts
Justin Lee Watts (born July 1, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Chernomorets Burgas of the Bulgarian National Basketball League. He played college basketball for the University of North Carolina, where he won an NCAA Championship as a freshman in 2009. He turned pro in 2013 and won a QBL championship with the Rockhampton Rockets. He went on to play in Mexico, Japan, Uruguay, the Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Lithuania, Switzerland and the Philippines. High school career Watts attended Charles E. Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina. He was a three-year starter for Coach Kim Annas and was in the Jordan program for four seasons. He was a leading scorer on all three of the varsity teams on which he played, topped by a senior season in which he averaged 24.4 points and 8.7 rebounds. Also an outstanding student, Watts was the Pac-6 Conference Player of the Year, the District 6 Player of the Year, and three-time all-conference selection a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Taylor (basketball Player)
Michael Rene Taylor (born January 21, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Chipola College and Iowa State. College basketball Collegiately, Taylor played three seasons for Chipola College (NJCAA-FCCAA, 2004–2005 to 2005–2006) and Iowa State University (2006–07), leading the latter team in scoring with 16.0 points per game. However, he was dismissed from the team in July 2007 after a series of brushes with the law. Professional career NBA During 2007–08, he played for the Idaho Stampede of the NBA Development League, averaging 14.5 points per game in 39 games. Taylor was drafted 55th overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, becoming the first player in NBA history to be drafted out of the D-League. Portland acquired the 55th pick, used to select Taylor, from the Phoenix Suns trade via the Indiana Pacers. However, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers on draft night in exchange for a future se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Spates
Eugene Spates (born January 11, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. A Dallas, Texas native, Spates played collegiately with the Northeastern Huskies, Northeastern University Huskies in Boston, Massachusetts from 2006 to 2009. With Northeastern, Spates averaged 7.5 points in 95 career games. In 2009, Spates signed with BC Mess of Luxembourg where he averaged 34.6 points and 13.2 rebounds per game during the 2009–10 season. On November 1, 2010, he was selected by the Maine Red Claws in the seventh round of the 2010 NBA Development League Draft. On February 14, 2011, he was traded to the Springfield Armor in exchange for Vernon Goodridge. In 52 games for Maine and Springfield in 2010–11, he averaged 7.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. He returned to the Armor for the 2011–12 season and averaged 5.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in 34 games. In 2012, Spates joined Al-Nweidrat of the Bahraini Premier League (basketball), Bahraini Premier League. In 2013, he moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Session
Franklin "Frank Nitty" Session (born January 23, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Al-Gharafa of the Qatari Basketball League. He is best known for his performance in the Drew League, where he won four consecutive league MVPs. He also plays, since the 2019 season, in the 3x3 basketball league Big3 for the team Killer 3's where he is a co-captain. Early life Session grew up in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles and attended Jordan High School. Originally interested in skateboarding, he did not play basketball for Jordan until his junior year when the team's head coach, Van Myers, noticed his raw athleticism. Collegiate career Irvine Valley College In his freshman season Session averaged 1.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 3 assists while helping his team to a conference championship. Saddleback College After a year at Irvine Valley Session moved to Saddleback College for his sophomore season, where he played one year and was named All-Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad
Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad (born July 7, 1996) is a Qatari-Egyptian professional basketball player for Zamalek. He previously played nine seasons for Al-Gharafa of the Qatari Basketball League. He represented Qatar's national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, and th ..., China. There, he recorded most steals for his team. FIBA.com, accessed 10 January 2017. References < ...
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Jeremiah Massey
Jeremiah Massey ( mk, Џеремаја Мејси; born July 22, 1982) is an American-born naturalized Macedonian professional basketball player who last played Ciclista Olímpico of the Liga Nacional de Básquet. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.02 m), he plays the power forward position. College career Massey started his collegiate career at Oxnard Community College where he earned California State Junior College Player of the Year Award. He then transferred to play college basketball at Kansas State University, where he earned the Big 12 Conference newcomer of the year honor in 2004. He was named to the 3rd and 2nd All Big 12 teams in 2004 and 2005 respectively. Professional career Massey was selected 5th overall in the 2005 USBL draft. He started his professional basketball career in 2005 playing for Gymnastikos S. Larissas, a team in the Greek League. In the 2005–06 season he was the leading rebounder in the Greek League. This was the main reason why he was acquired by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic James
Dominic James (born October 5, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Al-Shamal Sports Club of the Qatari Basketball League. College career Freshman season & Big East Rookie of the year In 2005–06, James came in as one of the best freshman in the country, averaging 15.3 points (second on the team, 13th in the big east, and the best freshman scorer in the big east.), 5.4 assists (his 167 assists were ranked third-overall in the conference and the top freshman, nationally ranked 29th in the nation and the fourth-highest freshman total, also ranked second on the freshman season assists list behind Tony Miller's 221, and James 5.4 assists were also ranked third-overall in the big east.) and 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game (tied 11th in Big East). He was one of three players at Marquette to start every game, he scored a freshman season scoring record 473 points topping Doc Rivers mark that stood for 25 seasons. while being named Big East Rookie of the Year, u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Galloway
Kevin Dwayne Galloway (born May 23, 1988) is an Iraqi-AmericanKevin Dwayne Galloway FIBA.com, accessed February 2, 2017. professional player for Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. High school Galloway attended , in |
Jordan Callahan
Jordan Alexander Callahan (born October 21, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Esgueira of the Portuguese Basketball League. Standing at 1.84 m (6 ft in), he mainly plays at the point guard position. College career Callahan played college basketball for Tulane University. He left the school as its all-time leader in 3-pointers made. In 120 games, he scored 1,269 points and had 304 assists. Professional career In 2013 he signed with Kotwica Kolobrezeg Kotwica Kołobrzeg. In July 2015, Callahan signed with Crailsheim Merlins of the German Basketball Bundesliga. In the 2015–16 season, he averaged 11.4 points and 4.4 assists per game with Crailsheim. On February 21, 2017, Callahan signed with Russian side Parma of the VTB United League. He played eight games with Parma, averaging 5.6 points and 2.6 assists per game. On January 10, 2018, Callahan signed with Bulgarian club BC Balkan Botevgrad. On July 19, 2018, Callahan signed a one-year deal wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |