D'or Fischer Explained

D'or Fischer
Position:Power forward / center
Height Ft:6
Height In:11
Weight Lbs:255
Nationality:American / Israeli
Birth Date:12 October 1981
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
High School:Upper Darby
(Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania)
College:
Draft Year:2005
Career Start:2005
Career End:2020
Years1:2005
Team1:Anwil Włocławek
Years2:2006
Team2:Roanoke Dazzle
Years3:2006–2007
Team3:EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Years4:2007–2008
Team4:Euphony Bree
Years5:2008–2010
Team5:Maccabi Tel Aviv
Years6:2010–2011
Team6:Real Madrid
Years7:2011–2012
Team7:Bilbao Basket
Years8:2012–2013
Team8:Donetsk
Years9:2013–2014
Team9:Brose Baskets
Years10:2014–2015
Team10:UNICS Kazan
Years11:2015–2016
Team11:Hapoel Jerusalem
Years12:2017
Team12:Capitanes de Arecibo
Years13:2017
Team13:Valmiera
Years14:2017–2019
Team14:Shiga Lakestars
Years15:2019
Team15:Bnei Herzliya
Years16:2019
Team16:Real Estelí
Years17:2019–2020
Team17:Elitzur Eito Ashkelon
Highlights:

D'or Anthony Naheem Fischer[1] (born October 12, 1981) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He has also represented the senior Israeli national team. Standing at, he plays at the power forward and center positions.

College career

Fischer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and did not play basketball as a student at Upper Darby High School.[2]

Fischer played college basketball at Northwestern State University and also at West Virginia University with the West Virginia Mountaineers. As a sophomore, he was honorable mention all-Southland Conference 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.[3] He broke the Northwestern State record for blocks in a game with 13, which was just one short of the NCAA 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. However, he left Anwil after only three games.[4] In January 2006, he signed with the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA D-League.[5]

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.[6] On August 2, 2009, he re-signed with Maccabi for one more season.[7]

On July 24, 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the Spanish club Real Madrid.[8] On August 1, 2011, he moved to another Spanish club, Bilbao Basket, for the 2010–11 season.[9]

On August 25, 2012, he signed with the Ukrainian club Donetsk.[10]

On September 27, 2013, he signed with the NBA's Washington Wizards.[11] However, he was later waived by the Wizards on October 16.[12]

On November 24, 2013, he signed a one-year contract with the German club Brose Baskets.[13] In April 2014, he was named to the German League's All-Basketball Bundesliga First Team.[14]

On August 2, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Russian club UNICS Kazan.[15] 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.[16]

On July 15, 2015, Fischer signed a one-year contract with the Israeli club Hapoel Jerusalem.[17] [18] On March 25, 2016, he parted ways with Hapoel, after averaging 8.7 points and 5 rebounds per game in the Israeli League.[19]

On January 8, 2017, Fischer signed with the Capitanes de Arecibo of Puerto Rico.[20] He left Arecibo, after appearing in three games, and on March 14, 2017, he signed with Latvian club Valmiera, for the rest of the season.[21] [22]

On August 8, 2017, Fischer signed with the Shiga Lakestars, of the Japanese B.League.[23]

On February 10, 2019, Fischer returned to Israel for a third stint, joining Bnei Herzliya for the rest of the season.[24]

On December 11, 2019, Fischer signed with Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League for the rest of the season.[25]

Israeli national team

Fischer has been a member of the senior Israeli national basketball team. He played with Israel at the 2015 EuroBasket.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

Led the league

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Maccabi| 13 || 13 || 28.5 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|.701* || 1.000 || .808 || 7.6 || 1.2 || .5 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|1.7* || 14.8 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|21.5*|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10| 20 || 14 || 19.9 || .660 || .000 || .846 || 5.0 || 1.5 || .6 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|1.8* || 8.1 || 12.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11| style="text-align:left;"| Real Madrid| style="background:#CFECEC;"|23* || 2 || 18.5 || .569 || || .871 || 5.9 || .4 || .5 || 1.4 || 6.2 || 10.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12| style="text-align:left;"| Bilbao| 19 || 19 || 24.5 || .663 || .500 || .710 || 5.9 || 1.6 || .4 || 1.1 || 7.9 || 11.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14| style="text-align:left;"| Bamberg| 4 || 0 || 23.0 || .625 || || .750 || 2.8 || .3 || .5 || 2.0 || 9.0 || 10.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| style="text-align:left;"| UNICS| 10 || 5 || 25.8 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|.750* || || .793 || 5.7 || 1.2 || .9 || 1.8 || 13.1 || 18.1|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career| 89 || 53 || 22.6 || .662 || .500 || .802 || 5.8 || 1.1 || .5 || 1.6 || 9.2 || 13.6

Domestic leagues

SeasonTeamLeague
2005–06 3 24.0 .417 .750 9.0 1.0 .7 1.3 4.3
27 20.1 .579 .838 5.0 .6 .2 1.3 6.0
2006–07 34 26.1 .624 .715 6.6 .9 .3 2.6 11.9
2007–08 41 32.5 .578 .765 10.8 1.8 1.2 2.7 14.2
2008–09 25 22.8 .741 .842 6.6 1.7 .8 2.0 10.4
2009–10 28 19.1 .667 .000 .717 5.8 1.4 .7 1.3 6.9
2010–11 40 19.6 .613 .778 4.7 .7 .3 1.4 6.2
2011–12 33 24.6 .603 .333 .774 5.5 1.3 1.2 1.9 8.5
2012–13 38 28.2 .623 .000 .784 7.4 2.8 1.0 1.9 11.0
2013–14 Brose Baskets Bamberg 28 22.0 .641 .000 .783 6.1 1.1 .4 2.6 10.7
2014–15 29 25.5 .628 .000 .865 5.3 1.9 .6 1.5 10.1
2017–18 59 30.1 .624 .364 .843 9.9 3.1 1.0 2.2 13.6

Personal

On March 1, 2009, Fischer was attacked outside of a club in Tel Aviv with a glass bottle. He was injured in the face and his facial nerves were damaged, but he has fully healed.[26]

In July 2014, after marrying an Israeli woman, Fischer became an Israeli citizen and joined the Israel national basketball team.[27]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Dor%20Anthony%20Naheem%20FISCHER/pid//_//players.html Dor Anthony Naheem FISCHER (ISR).
  2. http://qctimes.com/sports/college/illinois/fischer-takes-long-road-to-ncaa-tourney/article_77a8aa7c-f906-5de6-8790-490d3e0ec9bf.html Fischer takes long road to NCAA tourney
  3. http://www.wvusports.com/page.cfm?story=4264&cat=netnews&print=1 Hidden Gem
  4. News: D'or Fischer. July 15, 2015. Plk.pl.
  5. News: D'or Fischer Becomes Second Mountaineer to Join Dazzle. July 15, 2015. Oursportscentral.com. January 12, 2006.
  6. News: Maccabi Electra lands center D'or Fischer. July 15, 2015. Euroleague.net. July 17, 2008.
  7. News: D'Or Fischer stays with Maccabi. July 15, 2015. Sportando.com. August 2, 2009.
  8. News: Real Madrid tabs center D'or Fischer. July 15, 2015. Euroleague.net. July 24, 2010.
  9. News: Bizkaia Bilbao gets shot-block ace Fischer. July 15, 2015. Euroleague.net. August 1, 2011.
  10. News: BC Donetsk nets shot-blocking stud Fischer. July 15, 2015. Eurocupbasketball.com. August 25, 2012.
  11. News: Wizards Sign Four For Training Camp. July 15, 2015. NBA.com. September 27, 2013.
  12. News: Wizards Waive Fischer. July 15, 2015. NBA.com. October 16, 2013.
  13. News: D'or Fischer verstärkt Brose Baskets. July 15, 2015. Brosebaskets.de. November 24, 2013. de. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715152951/http://www.brosebaskets.de/saison/news/artikel/dor-fischer-verstaerkt-brose-baskets/. July 15, 2015. dead.
  14. News: Münchens Point Guard Malcolm Delaney zum "Most Valuable Player" gekürt, Wölfe-Trainer Silvano.... July 15, 2015. Beko-bbl.de. April 24, 2014. de. July 15, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715204406/http://www.beko-bbl.de/de/n/newsarchiv/2014/muenchens-point-guard-malcolm-delaney-zum----most-valuable-player----gekuert--woelfe-trainer-silvano---/. dead.
  15. News: Д'ор Фишер в УНИКСе. July 15, 2015. Unics.ru. August 2, 2014. ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715182338/http://unics.ru/news/unics/?id=2375. July 15, 2015. dead.
  16. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Local-champ-Hapoel-Jerusalem-signs-familiar-face-Dor-Fischer-409134 Local champ Hapoel Jerusalem signs familiar face D'or Fischer
  17. News: ד'אור פישר מצטרף לאלופה . he . July 15, 2015 . Hapoel.co.il . July 15, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150715153051/http://hapoel.co.il/he/article/677 . July 15, 2015 . dead .
  18. News: Hapoel brings in veteran center Fischer. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715151453/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/67cf87e9earhnjab. dead. July 15, 2015. July 15, 2015. Eurocupbasketball.com. July 15, 2015.
  19. News: D'or Fischer, Hapoel Jerusalem part ways. March 25, 2016. Sportando.com. March 25, 2016.
  20. News: D'or Fischer inks with Capitanes de Arecibo. January 8, 2017. Sportando.com. January 8, 2017.
  21. News: "Valmiera/ORDO" papildina sastāvu ar Eirolīgā rūdīto Doru Fišeru. March 14, 2017. bkvalmiera.lv. March 14, 2017. lv. https://web.archive.org/web/20170315174220/http://www.bkvalmiera.lv/posts/valmiera-ordo-papildina-sastavu-ar-eiroliga-rudito-doru-fiseru. March 15, 2017. dead.
  22. News: D'or Fischer (ex Arecibo) agreed terms with Valmiera. March 14, 2017. Eurobasket.com. March 14, 2017.
  23. News: D'Or Fischer will play with Shiga Lakestars. August 8, 2017. Sportando.com. August 8, 2017.
  24. News: Jerome Dyson, D'or Fischer sign with Bnei Herzliya. Sportando.basketball. February 10, 2019. February 10, 2019. Lupo . Nicola .
  25. Web site: ד'אור פישר חתם באליצור אשקלון עד תום העונה. ONE.co.il. December 11, 2019. December 11, 2019. he.
  26. News: ISR – Maccabi's Fischer hurt in weekend attack. https://web.archive.org/web/20150809081719/http://www.fiba.com/news/ISR---Maccabi-s-Fischer-hurt-in-weekend-attack. live. August 9, 2015. July 15, 2015. Fiba.com. March 4, 2009.
  27. News: D'or Fischer getting Israeli passport. July 15, 2015. Sportando.com. July 3, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073802/http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/125543/d-or-fischer-getting-israeli-passport.html. January 2, 2018. dead.