D'or Anthony Naheem Fischer /ref> (; born October 12, 1981) is an American-Israeli professional
basketball
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who last played for
Elitzur Eito Ashkelon
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power forward
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Philadelphia
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, Pennsylvania, and did not play basketball as a student at
Upper Darby High School
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.
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, which was second-best in the nation.Hidden Gem /ref> He broke the Northwestern State record for blocks in a game with 13, which was just one short of the
NCAA
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record of 14 shared by four players.
Professional career
After going undrafted at the 2005 NBA draft, Fischer signed his first professional contract with the Polish club
Anwil Włocławek
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. However, he left Anwil after only three games. In January 2006, he signed with the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA D-League.
For the 2006–07 season, he signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the German Bundesliga. The following season, he played in Belgium with Euphony Bree.
On July 17, 2008, he signed a one-year contract with the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. 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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. 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. 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. 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, of the Japanese B.League.
On February 10, 2019, Fischer returned to Israel for a third stint, joining Bnei Herzliya for the rest of the season.
On December 11, 2019, Fischer signed with
Elitzur Eito Ashkelon
Elitzur Eito Ashkelon () is a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon in south west Israel. The club currently plays in Liga Leumit (basketball), Israeli National League.Israeli National League for the rest of the season.
Real Madrid
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Bilbao
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Bamberg
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On March 1, 2009, Fischer was attacked outside of a club in
Tel Aviv
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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
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.
See also
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List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 13 or more blocks in a game
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