Stephen George "Steve" Zack (born December 10, 1992) is an American professional

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player who plays for

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of the

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. Zack played

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for

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, before playing professionally in Latvia, Bulgaria, Poland, and Israel. In 2019-20 he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League.

Early life and college career

Zack attended

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, where he averaged a double-double 15 points and 10 rebounds in his senior year. He was named a two-time Patriot News All-Big 15 team selection as he led his team to the District finals and elite eight of state tournament. Zack played four years of

, where he finished his career as La Salle second all-time in blocked shots (169), sixth in games played (123) and seventh in rebounding (843). Zack led his team and was fourth in the

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in rebounding, while also averaging 8.6 points and 1.8 blocks per game in his senior year. On March 11, 2014, Zack earned a spot in the

All-Defensive Team.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA Draft, Zack joined the

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for the

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, where he averaged 5.7 points and 5.2 rebounds in four games played for the Sixers. On August 14, 2015, Zack signed with Liepājas Lauvas of the Latvian LBL. In 12

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games played for Liepājas Lauvas, he finished the season as the league best rebounder with 11.0 rebounds per game, while also averaging 12.2 points. On July 29, 2016, Zack signed with

PBC Lukoil Academic BC Academic Metropol Region ( bg, БК "Академик" Метропол-Рийджън) is a reestablished Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia. In April 2022, Academic has been reborn and rebranded by the new own ...

of the Bulgarian NBL. On January 12, 2017, Zack was named

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Top Performer of the week, after recording 20 points and 15 rebounds for a PIR of 35, in an away win against Benfica. Zack went on to win the 2017 Bulgarian League championship title with Lukoil Academic. On August 11, 2017, Zack signed a one-year deal with

Trefl Sopot Trefl Sopot is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Sopot, Poland. The team plays in the Dominet Bank Ekstraliga, Polish Tauron Basket Liga. The club was founded as the replacement of Asseco Gdynia, Prokom Asseco Sopot that left the ci ...

of the

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(PLK). In 30 games played for Trefl Sopot, he averaged 12 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. On July 30, 2018, Zack signed with VEF Rīga of the

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and the

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. On March 3, 2019, Zack recorded double-double 11 rebounds with a career-high 25 points, in a 92–78 win over

Zielona Góra Zielona Góra is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (2021). Zielona Góra has a favourable geographical position, being close to the Polish-German border and on several international road ...

. In 56 games played during the 2018–19 season, he averaged 11.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, while shooting 57.7 percent from the field. On August 4, 2019, Zack signed a two-year deal with

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The c ...

of the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

. On January 17, 2020, Zack recorded a career-high 21 rebounds, along with 15 points and four assists in a 103–76 blowout win over

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

. In 2019-20 he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League. On July 24, 2020, he has signed with

Petkim Spor Petkim Spor Kulübü, more commonly known as Socar Spor is a Turkish professional basketball club based in İzmir which currently competes in the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). The team was founded by Petkim in 2013 and got promoted to th ...

of the Turkish

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. On July 21, 2021, he has signed with San Pablo Burgos of the

Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...

. He averaged 4.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. On November 27, 2021, Zack signed with

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli B ...

of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

References

External links

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