Osama Mohd Fathi Daghles, commonly known by the nickname Sam Daghles (born September 18, 1979), is a
Jordanian professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player of
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
origin. He currently works as an assistant coach for the
Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the
NBA G League
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.
Born in
Taiyuan,
Shanxi, he lived in
San Diego
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,
California
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, where he played for
James Madison High School.
In 2006, he was selected 4th in the 8th round by the
Idaho Stampede
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of the
NBA D-League
The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official minor league basketball organization. The league was known as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) from 2001 to 2005, and the NBA Dev ...
.
Early career
Daghles started playing basketball at age 14 during visits to local playgrounds. He made the
James Madison High School varsity in his first year.
Daghles met an automobile accident in his early college years. This was before he got involved with a travelling team called High Five America. He won an
MVP
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award at
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego Mesa College (Mesa College or Mesa) is a public community college in Clairemont Mesa in San Diego, California. It is part of the California Community Colleges and the San Diego Community College District. It is the largest communit ...
for his two years in junior college.
Daghles would then receive a scholarship to attend
Midwestern State University
Midwestern State University (MSU Texas) is a public liberal arts university in Wichita Falls, Texas. In 2020 it had 5,141 undergraduate students. It is the state's only public institution focused on the liberal arts.
History
Founded in 1922 as ...
in his junior year. As a junior in the 2001–2002 season, he averaged 10.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 4.5 assists while starting 24 of 26 games.
Pro career
Daghles started his professional career in 2003 by joining the
Fastlink Sports Club team in the
Jordanian Basketball League. He would lead Fastlink in securing the 2007 league championship. In addition, Daghles is a two-time MVP of the Jordanian Basketball League for the 2003–04 and 2005–06 seasons. He also was voted best playmaker in the
2006 FIBA Asia Champions Cup for leading his Fastlink team to first place.
In 2006, he was selected 4th in the 8th round by the
Idaho Stampede
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...
of the
NBA D-League
The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official minor league basketball organization. The league was known as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) from 2001 to 2005, and the NBA Dev ...
.
Daghles is a member of the
Jordan national basketball team
The Jordan national basketball team is the official basketball team of Jordan in international competitions.
The Jordanian team achievements in recent years beside qualifying to World Cup for two times (2010 and 2019), won the William Jones Cup ...
since 2003.
Daghles signed with the
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
The TNT (cellular service), TNT Tropang Giga is a professional basketball team currently owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of the PLDT, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), playing in the Philippine Basketball Associat ...
of the
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...
(PBA) as their Asian import during the
2015 PBA Governors' Cup
The 2015 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2015 PLDT Home TVolution-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2014–15 PBA season. The tournament began on May ...
.
References
External links
Player profileat Asia-Basket.com
at
2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Player profileat
2011 FIBA Asia Championship
The 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Men is the intercontinental championship for basketball organized by FIBA Asia that doubles as a qualifying tournament for the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United K ...
(
FIBA
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website).
Player profileat
2011 FIBA Asia Championship
The 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Men is the intercontinental championship for basketball organized by FIBA Asia that doubles as a qualifying tournament for the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United K ...
(
FIBA Asia
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Member associations
Tournaments Organized by FIBA Asia National teams
* FIBA Asia Cup – since 2017, also inclu ...
website).
Player profileat
2010 FIBA World Championship
The 2010 FIBA World Championship was the 16th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from 28 August to 12 September 2010. It was co-organised by the Inte ...
.
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1979 births
Living people
2010 FIBA World Championship players
American emigrants to Jordan
American expatriate basketball people in China
American expatriate basketball people in Jordan
American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines
American men's basketball players
American people of Palestinian descent
Applied Science University basketball players
Basketball coaches from California
Basketball players from San Diego
Jilin Northeast Tigers players
Jordanian men's basketball players
Jordanian people of Palestinian descent
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Midwestern State Mustangs men's basketball players
Philippine Basketball Association imports
Point guards
Rio Grande Valley Vipers coaches
Shooting guards
TNT Tropang Giga players
Zain Club basketball players
Jordanian expatriate basketball people in the Philippines