James Terry (basketball)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 26, 1960 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Nationality | American-Israeli |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Howard University |
| NBA draft | 1982: 9th round, 196th overall pick |
| Selected by the Washington Wizards | |
| Playing career | 1982–1996 |
| Position | Center |
| Career history | |
| 1982-1983 | Maine Lumberjacks |
| 1983-1985 | Maccbi Haifa |
| 1985-1986 | Stefanel Trieste |
| 1986 | Caja de Álava |
| 1986-1988 | Hapoel Holon |
| 1988-1989 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 1989-1990 | Hapoel Holon |
| 1990-1991 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 1991 | Hapoel Holon |
| 1992-1994 | Hapoel Naharia |
| 1994-1995 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| 1995-1996 | Hapoel Eilat |
James Louis 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 Premier League between 1983 and 1996.
Biography
[edit]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 basketball p 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 Spain for Saski Baskonia,[11] and in Italy for Stefanel Trieste.
In 2007, after retiring from basketball, Terry was working as a construction supervisor.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "James Terry Player Profile, Howard, NCAA Stats, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
- ^ a b "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 1990-91 Season | Hapoel Tel Aviv | James Terry". basket.co.il.
- ^ a b "James Terry College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b "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. ISBN 9781510724815 – via Google Books.
- ^ James Louis Terry
- Living people
- Israeli men's basketball players
- Hapoel Holon players
- Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Hapoel Eilat basketball players
- Howard Bison men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Pallacanestro Trieste players
- Basketball players from Cleveland
- 1960 births
- Centers (basketball)
- American men's basketball players
- Maccabi Haifa B.C. players
- Ironi Nahariya players
- Maine Lumberjacks players
- Washington Wizards draft picks
- Saski Baskonia players
- 20th-century American Jews
- 20th-century Israeli Jews
- Converts to Judaism
- 21st-century American Jews
- Naturalized citizens of Israel