Zaid Abbaas (
Arabic: زيد عباس; born November 21, 1983 in
Nablus
Nablus ( ; ar, نابلس, Nābulus ; he, שכם, Šəḵem, ISO 259-3: ; Samaritan Hebrew: , romanized: ; el, Νεάπολις, Νeápolis) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a populati ...
) is a Jordanian retired professional
basketball player. He last played for
Al Ahli of the
Jordanian Premier Basketball League
The Jordanian Premier Basketball League is a professional basketball league in Jordan. It is the top league in the country with the second-tier league going by the name of ''First Division''. There are six teams competing in the 2022 league: ...
. He also was a member of the
Jordan men's 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 ...
.
Abbaas competed with the Jordanian team at the
FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and
FIBA Asia Championship 2009. In 2009, Abbaas helped the Jordanian team to a national best third-place finish by averaging 13.8 points and a team-leading 8.8 rebounds per game. The third-place finish meant that
Jordan qualified for its first ever
FIBA World Championship.
On the heels of his strong
2009 Asia Championship performance, Abbaas signed with
Chinese Basketball Association team
Shanghai Sharks, where he spent the 2009-10 season.
Asia-basket.com
"Officially: Sharks announce their signature with Abbaas" (November 28, 2009) Abbaas played for the Beijing Ducks for the 2010-11 season. For the 2011-12 season, Abbaas played for Fujian Xunxing
Fujian SBS Xunxing Sturgeons (Simplified Chinese: 福建SBS浔兴鲟) or Fujian Xunxing or Fujian SBS are a Chinese professional men's basketball team in the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian. The "SBS" reflects c ...
.
He is the younger brother of Islam Abbas.
References
1983 births
Living people
Beijing Ducks players
Beijing Royal Fighters players
Fujian Sturgeons players
Nanjing Tongxi Monkey Kings players
Jordanian men's basketball players
People from Nablus
Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin players
Shanghai Sharks players
Shanxi Loongs players
Basketball players at the 2006 Asian Games
Power forwards (basketball)
Small forwards
Tianjin Pioneers players
2010 FIBA World Championship players
Asian Games competitors for Jordan
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
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