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2006–07 Israeli Basketball Super League
The 2006–2007 Israeli Basketball Super League season was the 53rd season of top division basketball in Israel. Regular season Standings SourceOfficial Ligat HaAl website/small> Pts=Points, P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference. Final four Awards Regular season MVP * Lee Nailon (Bnei Hasharon) First team * Nikola Vujčić (Maccabi Tel Aviv) * Mario Austin (Hapoel Jerusalem) * Lee Nailon (Bnei Hasharon) * Chester Simmons (Hapoel Galil Elyon) * Raviv Limonad (Ironi Nahariya) Coach of the season * Oded Kattash (Hapoel Galil Elyon) Best Defender * Terence Morris (Hapoel Jerusalem) Israeli MVP * Raviv Limonad (Ironi Nahariya) Rising star * Guni Israeli ( Hapoel Gilboa/Afula) Individual statistical awards * Top scorer – Ricardo Marsh (Elitzur Ashkelon) (20.9 Per game) * Top Rebounder – Kenny Adelka (Hapoel Galil Elyon) (9.3) * Top Assists – Guni Israeli ( Hapoe ...
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Israeli Basketball Super League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball competition. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL (Basketball Super League) or ISBL (Israeli Basketball Super League). For sponsorship reasons, the league is also referred to as Ligat Winner Sal ( he, ליגת ווינר סל), lit. ''Winner Basket League'', with "Winner" being the name of a game operated by the league's primary sponsor, Toto Winner. The league is run by the Israeli Basketball Super League Administration Ltd. Overview Ligat HaAl comprises the top 12 basketball clubs in Israel, and was founded in 1954. The league itself is most known in Europe, due to the success of the Israeli teams in European-wide competitions, such as the EuroLeague, EuroCup (formerly called the ULEB Cup), and FIBA's EuroChallenge (formerly ...
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Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball)
Maccabi Rishon LeZion ( he, מכבי ראשון לציון) is a basketball club based in Rishon LeZion, Israel. The club plays in the Liga Leumit, the second tier of Israeli basketball. The greatest achievement of the club has been winning the 2016 Israeli Basketball Premier League championship. The club is one of the most popular basketball clubs in Israel, and has played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League since 1989. Some notable players have included Miki Berkovich, Doron Jamchi, Guy Goodes, Motti Aroesti, Kevin Magee, Moran Roth, and Hen Lippin. History Early years Maccabi Rishon LeZion was founded in 1976 by 28-year-old Itzhak Perry, and reached the top division Israeli Basketball Premier League, where they have remained since the 1988–89 season. At the start of their first season in the top division, Israeli star Miki Berkovich joined Richard Rellford, and they led the team. Their coach was Moshe Vainkretz, and they finished the season in 6th place. In the fol ...
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Marcus Hatten
Marcus Isaiah Hatten (born December 13, 1980) is a retired American professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), he played as point guard and had an extensive professional career in several European and South-American countries. He was the 2006 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League Early career Hatten attended Mergenthaler Vocational Technical Senior High School. From there he went to Tallahassee Community College where he averaged about 20 points per game between his freshman and sophomore seasons. After this, he transferred to Big East power, St. John's University in New York City to be a communications major. He was the second Tallahassee Community College star to go to St. John's, as Bootsy Thornton (also of Baltimore) took the same route to St. John's. Under coach Mike Jarvis, he was an NIT champion and MVP, two time All–Big East first team selection and averaged 21.2 points per game. Though his MVP and St. John' NIT title were lat ...
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Guni Israeli
Guni Israeli ( he, גוני יזרעאלי; born 18 November 1984) is an Israeli professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli National League. In 2007, he was the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader. Early years Israeli was born in Kibbutz Gvat, Israel. He played for Hapoel Emek Yizra'el (Jezreel Valley) youth team, he also played for Ort Leibovich, Netanya high-school team, together with Raviv Limonad and helped them to win the state championship. Professional career In 2005, Israeli signed with Hapoel Gilboa/Afula. In his second season with Afula, he was named Israeli League Rising Star. In 2007, he was the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader. On 18 June 2007, Israeli signed with Hapoel Holon for the 2007–08 season. Israeli helped Holon to win the 2008 Israeli League Championship. On 2 July 2008, Israeli signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil. In his second season with the team, Israeli helped Gilboa Galil to win 2010 Israe ...
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Terence Morris
Terence Darea Morris (born January 11, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. He was twice the Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year, in 2007 and 2008. He was an All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2008. High school career Terence Morris played his high school basketball for Governor Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick, Maryland, leading the TJ Patriots to the Maryland Class 3A state title as a senior in 1997. He played under former TJ Patriots coach Tom Dickman, who until recently was the record holder for wins by a public school coach in Maryland with 592 wins in 29 seasons. College career A forward from the University of Maryland, College Park, Morris was hailed as one of the best prospects in all of college basketball after his sophomore season in 1998–99. But while the consensus was that he would have been a Top-5 pick in the 1999 NBA draft had he left school after that year along with teammate Steve Francis, Morris ...
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Oded Kattash
Oded Kattash ( he, עודד קטש, born October 10, 1974) is an Israeli professional basketball Coach (basketball), coach for Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv and former player. During his playing career, at a height of 194 cm (6' 4 ") tall, he played at the point guard position. He was the 1998 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP. As a player, he won the EuroLeague title in the 2000 EuroLeague Final Four, 1999–2000 season, while playing with Panathinaikos B.C., Panathinaikos. Early career When Kattash was 9 years old, he joined the junior youth department of Maccabi Tel Aviv (basketball), Maccabi Tel Aviv. He then played with Maccabi Darom, which was Maccabi Tel Aviv's farm team at the time. Professional playing career Kattash played with Maccabi Ramat Gan BC, Maccabi Ramat Gan, and Hapoel Galil Elyon, before returning in 1995, to Maccabi Tel Aviv BC, Maccabi Tel Aviv, to join their senior men's team. With Macabbi's senior team, he won 4 Israeli Basketball Super ...
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Raviv Limonad
Raviv Limonad ( he, רביב לימונד; born 26 August 1984) is an Israeli professional basketball player who last played for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Premier League. He is a 191 cm (6' 3") tall combo guard. High school career Limonad started playing basketball at Elitzur Natanya and high-school "Ort Yad Leybovich", with whom he won the Israeli high school championship in 2001. Professional career In 2003, Limonad started his professional career with Ironi Ramat Gan of the Israeli Super League. In the midst of the 2003–04 season, he moved to the Israeli club Hapoel Jerusalem, winning with them the 2003–04 ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup) championship, after a win over Real Madrid. In 2009, he won the Israeli Super League championship with Maccabi Tel Aviv. On July 11, 2019, Limonad signed with Ironi Nes Ziona for the 2019–20 season. Israeli national team In 2004, Limonad shined at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, together with the likes of Yotam Halp ...
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Chester Simmons
Chester Simmons III (born July 24, 1982), better known as Tre Simmons, is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Odessa, Green River CC and Washington before playing professionally in Greece, Spain, Israel, Czech Republic, Russia, Puerto Rico and France. Simmons was named EuroChallenge Final Four MVP in 2013. College career Simmons played college basketball at Odessa College, Green River Community College and the University of Washington. He was named to the 2004-05 season's All-Pac-10 First Team. Professional career Simmons began his professional career in 2006 when he joined the Greek League club PAOK. He then moved to the Spanish League and ULEB Cup club Gran Canaria for the 2006-07 season, but in the middle of the season moved to Israel and signed for the Superleague club Hapoel Galil Elyon. The following season he moved to Hapoel Holon with whom he won the league championship. He joined the Euroleague club Maccabi Tel A ...
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Mario Austin
Mario Trevon Austin (born February 26, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. College career Austin played 3 seasons at Mississippi State under head coach Rick Stansbury. He is well known for hitting a clutch 3-point shot in the first 3-point attempt of his career at Mississippi State in a 2002 win over Kentucky. Austin was named second team All-SEC that season (2001–02). Austin returned to the Bulldogs in 2002–03 and was named first team All-SEC. Austin declared for the 2003 NBA Draft at the season, choosing not to return to Mississippi State for his senior year. Professional career After being drafted 36th overall in the 2003 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls, Austin left to play overseas, starting his professional career with CSKA Moscow, but was released after an injury before playing an official game. Afterwards he signed with the Jackson Rage of the WBA where he spent the remainder of the season. In 2004, he signed with Italian team Lauretana Biel ...
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Nikola Vujčić
Nikola Vujčić (born 14 June 1978) is a Croatian former professional basketball player, and the current team manager of the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. During his playing career, at a height of 2.11 m (6' 11") tall, he played at both the center and power forward positions. As a player, he was a two-time EuroLeague champion (2004, 2005), a five-time All-EuroLeague Team selection (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007), and was voted as a member of the EuroLeague 2000–10 All-Decade Team. He was also the 2006 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP. Vujčić was the first player in the EuroLeague's current era (2000–present), to achieve a triple-double. On 3 November 2005, he helped in Maccabi Tel Aviv's 95–68 win versus the Polish club Prokom Trefl Sopot, with 11 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists. On 30 November 2006, Vujčić recorded another triple-double, the second in the EuroLeague's current era (2000–present), in Maccabi Tel Aviv's 110–87 win over the Slovenian ...
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Lee Nailon
Lee Nailon (born February 22, 1975) is an American professional basketball player who played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the 2007 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP. In 2011, he was the top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League. He had an All-American college career at Texas Christian University. In 2022, Lee Nailon became the head basketball coach and hall monitor for Carbondale Community Highschool in Carbondale, Illinois. High school career Nailon was a graduate of South Bend Clay High School, where along with former Purdue player, Jaraan Cornell, he led his basketball team to the 1994 State Championship scoring 78 points . College career Nailon had an all-conference college basketball career at Texas Christian University. Professional career Nailon was a second round (43rd overall) pick of the Charlotte Hornets in the 1999 NBA Draft. He has played for the Hornets (in separate stints for both Charlotte and New Orleans franc ...
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Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leading sport clubs participate in basketball, association football, swimming, and futsal. Clubs Hapoel Jerusalem Football Club Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. was established in the 1920s and for many years was the leading club in Jerusalem. Their home pitch has changed through the years from a modest field in Katamon to the sandbox of YMCA Stadium to Teddy Stadium. The club's greatest achievement was winning the Israel State Cup in 1973, one year after they finished runners up. During the 1980s and 1990s, the club lost its stature as Jerusalem's leading club to city rivals, Beitar. The club today plays in the Liga Artzit (Nationwide League), 3rd tier. Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. is considered the second biggest club ...
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