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Abdul Shamsid-Deen
Abdul Rahman Shamsid-Deen (born August 1, 1968) is an American retired professional basketball player. College years Shamsid-Deen played college basketball for the Providence College Friars, primarily at the center position. Professional career Shamsid-Deen was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round (53rd overall pick) of the 1990 NBA draft. He never played a game for Seattle, but went on to play abroad, in Spain, Puerto Rico, Germany and Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ....- - References 1968 births Living people AEL Limassol B.C. players American expatriate basketball people in Argentina American expatriate basketball people in Austria American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus American expatriate basketball people in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center (basketball)
The center (C), or the centre, also known as the five or the pivot, is one of the five Basketball position, positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well. In the NBA, the center is typically close to tall. They traditionally play close to the basket in the low post. Centers are valued for their ability to protect their own goal from high-percentage close attempts on defense, while scoring and rebounding with high efficiency on offense. In the 1950s and 1960s, George Mikan and Bill Russell were centerpieces of championship dynasties and defined early prototypical centers. With the addition of a three-point field goal for the 1979–80 NBA season, 1979–80 season, however, NBA basketball gradually became more perimeter-oriented and saw the importance of the center position diminished. The most recent center to win an NBA Most Valuable Player Award was Nikola Jokić, win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEL Limassol (basketball)
) , logo = AEL Limassol BC logo.png , leagues = Cyprus Basketball Division A , founded = , arena = Nicos Solomonides , capacity= 2,500 , location = Limassol, Cyprus , colors = Yellow and Blue , president = Kostas Christodoulou , coach = , championships = 13 Cypriot Championships9 Cypriot Cups8 Cypriot Super Cups 1 FIBA Regional Challenge Cup , h_pattern_b = _bluecollar_2 , h_body = ffff33 , h_shorts = ffff33 , h_pattern_s = _adidasblue , a_body = 000080 , a_pattern_b = , a_shorts = 000080 , a_pattern_s = Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού), often abbreviated as AEL ( el, ΑΕΛ), is a Cypriot professional basketball club based in Limassol. The club, nicknamed ''The Queen'', has been one of the most successful team in Cyprus since the beginning of the basketball in the island. AEL holds the record for the number of national championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Isla de Mona, Mona, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its Capital city, capital and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, most populous city is San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan. Spanish language, Spanish and English language, English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates. Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Madrid , coordinates = , largest_city = Madrid , languages_type = Official language , languages = Spanish language, Spanish , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = , ethnic_groups_ref = , religion = , religion_ref = , religion_year = 2020 , demonym = , government_type = Unitary state, Unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy , leader_title1 = Monarchy of Spain, Monarch , leader_name1 = Felipe VI , leader_title2 = Prime Minister of Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toros De Aragua
Toros de Aragua is a Venezuelan professional basketball club based in Aragua. The club competes in the Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (LPB). Notable former players - Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player. - Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time. * Kibwe Trim Kibwe Kambui Khary Trim is a businessman and former professional basketball player from Trinidad and Tobago. Early life Trim's mother was a teacher and his father was an engineer. He was a very good student. Originally a soccer player, Kibwe Tri ... External linksOfficial siteLatin-Basket.com Team Page Basketball teams in Venezuela {{SouthAm-basketball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traiskirchen Lions
Traiskirchen Lions is a professional basketball club based in Traiskirchen, Austria. The team plays in the Austrian Basketball Superliga. It was founded in 1966 and have won the Austrian championships 3 times. Trophies * Austrian Championship (3): :1991, 1994, 2000 * Austrian Cups (3): :1997, 2000, 2001 Logos File:Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions logo.png, Until 2013 File:Traiskirchen Lions logo 2014.png, 2013–2018 File:Logo - Traiskirchen Lions.png, 2018–present Current roster Notable players * Benedikt Danek * Jakob Pöltl * Nemanja Bjelica Nemanja Bjelica ( sr-cyr, Немања Бјелица, ; born 9 May 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Basketball Super League and EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Serbian national basketball team ... * Đorđe Drenovac References External linksOfficial websiteEurobasket.com Traiskirchen Lions Page{{Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga Basketball teams established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obras Sanitarias
Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (mostly known simply as Obras Sanitarias or Obras) is an Argentina, Argentine professional sports club that is located in the district of Núñez, Buenos Aires. Although originally conceived as a rugby union club, Obras Sanitarias is mostly known for its basketball team, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, which is the first division of the Basketball in Argentina, Argentine basketball league system. Apart from basketball and rugby union, other disciplines practiced at the club are chess, judo, swimming (sport), swimming, table tennis, and tennis. Obras Sanitarias has been nicknamed ''Los Tacheros'', a lunfardo word used to refer to Argentine taxi drivers, due to the fact that taxi cabs are painted in black and yellow, which are the same colors of Obras' jersey uniforms. History Obras Sanitarias was founded in 1917, by employees of the Government-owned corporation, state-owned water supply company, "Obras Sanitaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandt Hagen
Brandt Hagen Hagen is a professional basketball club from Hagen in Germany. History It is the successor of Brandt Hagen, a professional club that had considerable success in the German Basketball Bundesliga in the 90s. In April 1990, the club was formed by merging the basketball teams of SSV Goldstar Hagen and TSV Hagen 1860. The two clubs were among the founding members of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top league of German basketball. Also, at the time of merger, both teams played in the BBL. The name "Brandt Hagen", for the new club, originated from the main sponsor Brandt Zwieback, a well known producer of zwieback in Germany. The company has its roots in Hagen. Starting with the season 1990-91, Brandt Hagen was a member of the Basketball Bundesliga, continuously until 2004. In 1994, the German Cup was won. Until 2003, the club played in the gym Ischelandhalle in Hagen. Then the arena capacity of 1,800 was no longer sufficient for the BBL. In the 2003-04 season, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
