D'or Anthony Naheem Fischer /ref> (born October 12, 1981) is an American-Israeli professional
basketball
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player for
Elitzur Eito Ashkelon
Elitzur Eito Ashkelon ( he, אליצור "איתו" אשקלון) is a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon in south west Israel. The club currently plays in Israeli National League.Israeli National League. He has also represented the senior Israeli national team. Standing at , he plays at the
power forward
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and
center
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positions.
College career
Fischer was born in
Philadelphia
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, Pennsylvania, and did not play basketball for the school when he attended
Upper Darby High School
Upper Darby High School (UDHS) is a four-year public high school located in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, as part of the Upper Darby School District. UDHS is also the oldest high school in Delaware County, ha ...
.
Fischer played
college basketball
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at
Northwestern State University
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and also at
West Virginia University
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with the
West Virginia Mountaineers
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. As a sophomore, he was honorable mention all-
Southland Conference
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selection after averaging 9.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 4.4 blocks per game, and totalling 133 blocks for the season (second in the nation).Hidden Gem /ref> He broke the NSU record for blocks in a game (with 13) and was just one short of the NCAA record of 14 shared by four players.
Professional career
After going undrafted at the
2005 NBA draft
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, Fischer signed his first professional contract with the Polish club
Anwil Włocławek
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History
Anwil is first mentioned in 1276.
Geography
Anwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 63.6% is used for agricultural purposes, wh ...
. However, he left Anwil after only three games. In January 2006, he signed with the
Roanoke Dazzle
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of the
NBA D-League
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.
For the 2006–07 season, he signed with
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
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of the
German Bundesliga
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. The following season, he played in Belgium with
Euphony Bree
Bree B.B.C. is a former professional basketball team based in Bree, Belgium. The club was dissolved in 2010, after going bankrupt. The club played multiple years as a professional team in the Ethias League and played its home games in the Tilman ...
.
On July 17, 2008, he signed a one-year contract with the Israeli club
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...
. On August 2, 2009, he re-signed with Maccabi for one more season.
On July 24, 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the Spanish club
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
. On August 1, 2011, he moved to another Spanish club,
Bilbao Basket
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, for the 2010–11 season.
On August 25, 2012, he signed with the Ukrainian club
Donetsk
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.
On September 27, 2013, he signed with the
NBA
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's
Washington Wizards
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. However, he was later waived by the Wizards on October 16.
On November 24, 2013, he signed a one-year contract with the German club
Brose Baskets
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. In April 2014, he was named to the German League's All-Basketball Bundesliga First Team.
On August 2, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Russian club
UNICS Kazan
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. In the 2014–15 EuroLeague season, he averaged 13.1 points per game, with a 75 percent field goal percentage from the field, and averaged 5.7 rebounds per game.Local champ Hapoel Jerusalem signs familiar face D'or Fischer /ref>
On July 15, 2015, Fischer signed a one-year contract with the Israeli club
Hapoel Jerusalem
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. On March 25, 2016, he parted ways with Hapoel, after averaging 8.7 points and 5 rebounds per game in the Israeli League.
On January 8, 2017, Fischer signed with the
Capitanes de Arecibo
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of Puerto Rico. He left Arecibo, after appearing in three games, and on March 14, 2017, he signed with Latvian club
Valmiera
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, for the rest of the season.
On August 8, 2017, Fischer signed with the
Shiga Lakestars
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Coaches
* Bob Pierce (2008–10)
*Takatoshi Ishibashi
* Hirokazu Nema
*Al Westover ...
, of the Japanese B.League.
On February 10, 2019, Fischer returned to Israel for a third stint, joining
Bnei Herzliya
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for the rest of the season.
On December 11, 2019, Fischer signed with
Elitzur Eito Ashkelon
Elitzur Eito Ashkelon ( he, אליצור "איתו" אשקלון) is a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon in south west Israel. The club currently plays in Israeli National League.Israeli National League for the rest of the season.
Israeli national team
Fischer has been a member of the senior
Israeli national basketball team
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. He played with Israel at the
2015 EuroBasket
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.
Career statistics
Domestic leagues
Personal
On March 1, 2009, Fischer was attacked outside of a club in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
with a glass bottle. He was injured in the face and his facial nerves were damaged, but he has fully healed.
In July 2014, after marrying an Israeli woman, Fischer became an Israeli citizen and joined the Israel national basketball team.
See also
*
List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 13 or more blocks in a game
In basketball, a block (short for blocked shot) occurs when a defender deflects or stops a field goal attempt without committing a foul. The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I players on this list all accomplished the ...