Anas Osama Mahmoud ( ar, أنس أسامة محمود; born May 9, 1995) is an Egyptian professional basketball player who plays for
Al Ittihad Alexandria
Al Ittihad Alexandria Club ( ar, نادي الإتحاد السكندري), simply known as Al Ittihad, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in ...
of the
Egyptian Basketball Super League
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. He played
college basketball
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at the
University of Louisville
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. He represents the
Egypt national basketball team
The Egyptian national basketball team is organized and run by the Egyptian Basketball Federation ( ar, الاتحاد المصري لكرة السلة).
Winning the title of the EuroBasket 1949 is its most celebrated achievement. In addition i ...
.
High school career
Mahmoud attended West Oaks Academy in
Orlando, Florida
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for his senior year of high school. After garnering interest from college programs such as
Cincinnati
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,
Minnesota
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,
Georgia Tech
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, and
Louisville
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...
, Mahmoud signed a letter of intent to play and study at the
University of Louisville
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on April 22, 2014.
College career
Mahmoud enrolled at
Louisville
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...
on June 30, 2014. In Mahmoud's freshman season, he played in 30 games and averaged 1.2 points, 1.4 rebounds, and 0.7 blocks per game in 7.9 minutes per game. Mahmoud's sophomore season was cut short by a foot injury in mid-February 2016.
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2015–16
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2016–17
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2017–18
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Professional career
After going undrafted in the
2018 NBA draft
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, Mahmoud signed with the
Memphis Grizzlies
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for the
NBA Summer League
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. On August 25, 2018, Mahmoud returned to Egypt to sign his first professional contract with
Zamalek
Zamalek ( ar, الزمالك , ''al zamalek'') is an affluent district of western Cairo encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River. The island is connected with the river banks through three bridges each on the east an ...
.
Mahmoud was on the Zamalek roster for the
2021 BAL season
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and helped his team win the first-ever BAL championship. He led the team in steals and blocks and was named the
BAL Defensive Player of the Year
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at the end of the season. In the same 2020–21 season, Mahmoud won his second Super League title and was named the MVP of the competition for the first time.
In August 2021, Mahmoud played for the
Toronto Raptors
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for the
NBA Summer League
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. He was the first BAL player to ever play in the NBA Summer League.
On May 29, 2022, Mahmoud extended his contract with Zamalek for two more seasons, until 2024. In October 2022, he changed teams when he signed for
Al Ittihad Alexandria
Al Ittihad Alexandria Club ( ar, نادي الإتحاد السكندري), simply known as Al Ittihad, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in ...
in a reported three-year deal.
International career
Mahmoud represented
Egypt
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in the
2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship
The 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (Lithuanian: 2012 m. FIBA iki 17 metų pasaulio čempionatas) was the 2nd edition of the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U1 ...
, where he averaged 5.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 2.1 bpg.
He also represented
Egypt
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in the
AfroBasket 2013
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and
AfroBasket 2021
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.
BAL career statistics
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2021
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Zamalek
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2022
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Zamalek
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Awards and accomplishments
Club career
;Zamalek
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BAL champion
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2021
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)
* 2×
Egyptian Super League: (
2019
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2021
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)
Individual
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All-BAL First Team
The All-BAL First Team is an annual Basketball Africa League
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(
2021
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)
*
BAL Defensive Player of the Year
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(
2021
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)
*
Egyptian League MVP (
2021
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)
*
ACC
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* Atlantic Coast Conference, an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference located in the US
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All-Defensive Team (2018)
References
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1995 births
Living people
Centers (basketball)
Egyptian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Egyptian men's basketball players
Expatriate basketball people in the United States
Louisville Cardinals men's basketball players
Sportspeople from Giza
Zamalek SC basketball players
Al Ittihad Alexandria Club basketball players