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Amit Tamir
Amit Tamir (; born December 2, 1979) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and former player. He is a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall former center/ forward. Biography Amit Yosef Tamir was born in Jerusalem to Asher and Shula Tamir. He has two older sisters, Rozit and Gal, and a younger brother, Daniel. He attended Ort High School in Jerusalem. He served three years in the Israeli Army. He studied at the University of California Berkeley, where he was an American studies major. Basketball career Tamir started to play on Hapoel Jerusalem's youth team in 1997, and played on the professional team from 1998 until 2001. He led his high school team to the Jerusalem high school title. He played for the Israeli under-22 team at the 1998 European Championships in Sicily. Playing for UC Berkeley, he earned both Pac-10 All-Academic and first team All-Pac-10 status in 2003. He was selected one of the Top 50 preseason candidates for the 2003-04 Wooden Award All-America team. He f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Forward (basketball)
The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwards have played a role similar to center (basketball), centers and are typically the tallest or second tallest player on the court. During an offensive possession, the power forward typically plays with their backs toward the basket and are typically a "go-to" position in regard to scoring in the Post (basketball), post. In a pick and roll offense, the power forward typically sets a screen for a guard and "rolls" towards the basket to receive a pass (or "pops" towards the perimeter for an open shot). When on Defense (sport), defense, they typically position themselves under the basket in a zone defense or against the opposing power forward in man-to-man defense. The power forward position entails a variety of responsibilities, including rebound (basketball), rebounding, Screen (sports), screen setting, Block (bask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Army
The Israeli Ground Forces () are the Army, ground forces of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The commander is the GOC Army Headquarters, General Officer Commanding with the rank of major general, the ''Mazi'', subordinate to the Chief of the General Staff (Israel), Chief of General Staff. An order from Defense Minister David Ben-Gurion on 26 May 1948 officially set up the Israel Defense Forces as a conscription, conscript army formed out of the paramilitary group Haganah, incorporating the militant (word), militant groups Irgun and Lehi (group), Lehi. The Ground Forces have served in all the country's major military operations—including the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, 1956 Suez Crisis, 1967 Six-Day War, 1973 Yom Kippur War, 1976 Operation Entebbe, 1982 Lebanon War, 1987–1993 First Intifada, 2000–2005 Second Intifada, 2006 Lebanon War, and the Gaza War (2008–09). While originally the IDF operated on three fronts—against Lebanon and Syria in the north, Jordan and Iraq in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Jews In Sports
This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jews, Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports. The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society. Many Jewish people immigrated from the countries where they had faced persecution to the History of the Jews in the United States#Jewish immigration, United States or have made an Aliyah to the State of Israel. The criteria for inclusion in this list are: * 1–3 places winners at major international tournaments; * For team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or * Holders of past and current world records. Boldface denotes a current competitor. To be included in the list, one does not necessarily have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprus
Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of islands in the Mediterranean, third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, after Sicily and Sardinia. It is located southeast of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and Palestine, and north of Egypt. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. Cyprus hosts the British Overseas Territories, British military bases Akrotiri and Dhekelia, whilst the northeast portion of the island is ''de facto'' governed by the self-declared Northern Cyprus, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is separated from the Republic of Cyprus by the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus, United Nations Buffer Zone. Cyprus was first settled by hunter-gatherers around 13,000 years ago, with farming communities em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elitzur Ashkelon
Elitzur Ashkelon () was a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon in south-west Israel. The team reached the quarterfinals of the EuroCup Challenge in 2006 EuroBasket and also won the 2006 League Cup. Honours * Israeli League Cup :Winners (1):Notable former players * Erez Markovich *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Basketball Super League 2007–08
Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli (born 1984), Israeli basketball player See also * Israel (other) * Israelites (other), the ancient people of the Land of Israel * List of Israelis Israelis ( ''Yiśraʾelim'') are the citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Israeli Jews, Jews (75%), followed by Arab-Israelis, Palestinians and Arabs (20%) and other minorities (5%). _ ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and List of cities in Ukraine, largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. Ukraine's official language is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. Humans have inhabited Ukraine since 32,000 BC. During the Middle Ages, it was the site of early Slavs, early Slavic expansion and later became a key centre of East Slavs, East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. Kievan Rus' became the largest and most powerful realm in Europe in the 10th and 11th centuries, but gradually disintegrated into rival regional powers before being d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherkassy (basketball)
Cherkaski Mavpy () is a Ukrainian professional basketball club that plays its home games in Cherkasy. In the 2007 NBA draft, Cherkaski Mavpy center Kyrylo Fesenko was selected 38th by the Philadelphia 76ers, who then traded his rights to the Utah Jazz The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. Since the 1991–92 season, the .... In 2017, Cherkasi played at the Houssam el Din Hariri Tournament, and finished as finalist after losing to Riyadi Beirut. In 2018, Cherkasi won its first SuperLeague championship. Honours Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague *Champions (1): 2017–18 Season by season European record ;Notes Players Current squad Notable players * Fadi El Khatib * Kyrylo Fesenko 1 season: 2006–07 * Tomas Delininkaitis 1 season: 2012–13 * Sviatoslav Mykhai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Four
In sports, the final four is the last four teams remaining in a playoffs, playoff tournament. Usually the final four compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final (penultimate) round. Of these teams, the two who win in the semi-final round play another single-elimination game whose winner is the tournament champion. In some tournaments, the two teams that lose in the semi-final round compete for third place in a third place playoff, consolation game. History The term "final four" is most often used in the United States and in sports heavily influenced by that country; elsewhere, only the term "semi-finals" is in common use. Previously, it was believed that the phrase "final four" first appeared in print in a 1975 article for the ''Official Collegiate Basketball Guide'', whose author Ed Chay was a sportswriter for the ''The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Plain Dealer''. Chay stated that the Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball, Marquette basketball team "wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ULEB Cup
EuroCup Basketball, commonly known as the EuroCup and currently called BKT EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional basketball club competition organized by Euroleague Basketball. The league is regarded as Euroleague Basketball's second-tier professional basketball club tournament. Founded as ULEB Cup in 2002, the competition lasted until 2008 when a new competition was introduced after an agreement between ULEB and FIBA under the name of ''EuroCup'' for the 2008–09 season, following a change in format. Given that the FIBA EuroChallenge was known as EuroCup until 2008, a new era of stronger cooperation between ULEB and FIBA Europe was set in 2008. The number of the new competition was increased to a total of 48 and the winner of the 3rd tier FIBA EuroCup Challenge, formerly known as EuroCup would get an automatic qualification for the tournament's following season, for first time. Though initially advertised as a new competition, the ULEB Cup and EuroCup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference. The franchise was established in 1989 as an Expansion team, expansion franchise. Notable NBA stars as Shaquille O'Neal, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter and Dwight Howard, have played for the club throughout its history. , the franchise has played in the NBA playoffs 17 times in 35 seasons, and twice went to the NBA Finals, in 1995 NBA Finals, 1995 and 2009 NBA Finals, 2009, losing to the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers, respectively. History 1985–1986: Team creation In September 1985, Orlando, Florida, Orlando businessman Jim L. Hewitt approached Philadelphia 76ers general manager Pat Williams (basketball), Pat Williams as they met in Texas on his idea of bringing an NBA team t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Kaseya Center, and has won three List of NBA champions, NBA championships. The franchise began play in the 1988–89 NBA season, 1988–89 season as an expansion team. After a period of mediocrity, the Heat gained relevance in the mid-1990s when Pat Riley became team president and head coach. Riley constructed the trades for Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway, which propelled the team into NBA playoffs, playoff contention. Mourning and Hardaway led the Heat to four consecutive division titles prior to their departures in 2001 and 2002, respectively. The team also experienced success after drafting Dwyane Wade in 2003. Led by Wade, following a trade for former NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Shaquil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
