James Terry (basketball)

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.

James Terry
ג'יימס טרי
Personal information
Born (1960-11-26) November 26, 1960
Cleveland, Ohio
NationalityAmerican-Israeli
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
CollegeHoward University
NBA draft1982: 9th round, 196th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Wizards
Playing career1982–1996
PositionCenter
Career history
1982-1983Maine Lumberjacks
1983-1985Maccbi Haifa
1985-1986Stefanel Trieste
1986Caja de Álava
1986-1988Hapoel Holon
1988-1989Hapoel Tel Aviv
1989-1990Hapoel Holon
1990-1991Hapoel Tel Aviv
1991Hapoel Holon
1992-1994Hapoel Naharia
1994-1995Hapoel Tel Aviv
1995-1996Hapoel Eilat

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 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
  1. "James Terry Player Profile, Howard, NCAA Stats, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  2. "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 1990-91 Season | Hapoel Tel Aviv | James Terry". basket.co.il.
  3. "James Terry College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  4. "James Terry". The Draft Review.
  5. "James Terry Basketball Player Profile, Hapoel Zefat Galil, News, Artzit, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards". Eurobasket LLC.
  6. "Howard Announces 2016 Hall of Fame Class". Howard University Athletics. July 11, 2016.
  7. "James Terry Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  8. Stephen Franklin (March 29, 1989). "U.S. HOOPS IN THE HOLY LAND". Chicago Tribune.
  9. "Amir Bogen: Where They Are Today - James Terry". February 2, 2007.
  10. Goldstein, David A. (2017). Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781510724815 – via Google Books.
  11. James Louis Terry
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