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Jordan Cohen
Jordan Cohen (ג'ורדן כהן; born July 31, 1997) is an American-Israeli basketball player for Maccabi Haifa in the Israel Basketball Premier League, who plays the point guard position. Early life Cohen was born in Tarzana, California, and is Jewish. He is 6" 2" tall, and weighs 185 pounds. He attended Campbell Hall High School ('16) in Studio City, California. Maccabiah Games and college Cohen played basketball on Team USA in the 2017 Maccabiah Games, as the youngest player on the team. He averaged 6.2 points per game, as the team won the gold medal. He played on the team with among others Sam Singer and Travis Warech. He attended and played basketball for Lehigh University, where Cohen majored in Finance ('20). Playing for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks he averaged 9.3 points per game as a sophomore. He was team captain his junior and senior years. His senior season he averaging 14.2 points per game, and ranked sixth in the Patriot League in three-point percentage (38.1 per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position. Point guards are expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that it gets to the right player at the right time. Above all, the point guard must understand and accept their coach's game plan; in this way, the position can be compared to a quarterback in American football. They must also be able to adapt to what the defense is allowing and must control the pace of the game. A point guard specializes in certain skills, like other player positions in basketball. Their primary job is to facilitate scoring opportunities for their team, or sometimes for themselves. Lee Rose (basketball), Lee Rose has described a point guard as a coach on the floor, who can handle and distribute the ball to teammates. This typically involves setting up plays on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
