James Terry (basketball)
James Terry (ג'יימס טרי; born November 26, 1960) is an American-Israeli former basketball player.[1][2] He played the center position.[3] He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League between 1983 and 1996.
Personal information | |
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Born | Cleveland, Ohio | November 26, 1960
Nationality | American-Israeli |
Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Career information | |
College | |
NBA draft | 1982 / Round: 9 / Pick: 196th overall |
Selected by the Washington Wizards | |
Position | Center |
Biography
Terry was born in Cleveland, Ohio.[4] He is 6' 11" (211 cm) tall, and weighs 220 pounds.[3][4]
He attended Howard University ('82), and played basketball for the Howard Bison from 1978 to 1982.[1][4][5] In 2016, Terry was inducted into the Howard University Athletic Hall of Fame.[6]
Terry was drafted in the 1982 NBA Draft in Round 9, Pick 196, by the Washington Wizards. [1][4]
In 1982 Terry played 44 games for the Maine Lumberjacks in the Continental Basketball Association.[7] That year he converted to Judaism.[8] He later became an Israeli citizen, and served in the Israeli Defense Forces.[9][10]
Terry played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League between 1983 and 1996, for Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Holon, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Ironi Nahariya, and Hapoel Eilat .[2]
In 2007, after retiring from basketball, Terry was working as a construction supervisor.[9]
References
- "James Terry Player Profile, Howard, NCAA Stats, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
- "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 1990-91 Season | Hapoel Tel Aviv | James Terry". basket.co.il.
- "James Terry College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- "James Terry". The Draft Review.
- "James Terry Basketball Player Profile, Hapoel Zefat Galil, News, Artzit, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards". Eurobasket LLC.
- "Howard Announces 2016 Hall of Fame Class". Howard University Athletics. July 11, 2016.
- "James Terry Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
- Stephen Franklin (March 29, 1989). "U.S. HOOPS IN THE HOLY LAND". Chicago Tribune.
- "Amir Bogen: Where They Are Today - James Terry". February 2, 2007.
- Goldstein, David A. (2017). Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land. Simon and Schuster – via Google Books.