James Terry (basketball)

James Terry
ג'יימס טרי
Personal information
Born (1960-11-26) November 26, 1960 (age 64)
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

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

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

  1. ^ a b c "James Terry Player Profile, Howard, NCAA Stats, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  2. ^ a b "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 1990-91 Season | Hapoel Tel Aviv | James Terry". basket.co.il.
  3. ^ a b "James Terry College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  4. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b "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