Josh Fisher (basketball) explained

Josh Fisher
Height M:1.89
Weight Kg:85
Nationality:American / Spanish
Birth Date:1980 10, mf=yes
Highschool:Mercer Island
(Mercer Island, Washington)
College:Saint Louis (2000–2004)
Draft Year:2004
Career Start:2004
Career End:2014
Coach Start:2015
Years1:2004
Years2:2004–2005
Years3:2005
Years4:2005–2006
Years5:2006
Years6:2006–2007
Years7:2007–2008
Years8:2008–2010
Years9:2010–2011
Years10:2011
Team10:Real Madrid
Years11:2011–2012
Team11:Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
Years12:2012–2013
Years13:2013
Years14:2014
Cyears1:2015–2016
Cteam1:UCAM Murcia (assistant)

Joshua Lee Fisher (born October 24, 1980) is an American retired basketball player and a current coach. He is a 1.89m (06.2feet) 85kg (187lb)[1] guard. He also has Spanish citizenship.

College career

Fisher played college basketball at Saint Louis University with the Saint Louis Billikens.

Pro career

Fisher began his professional career in 2004 with the Spanish third division club Pamesa Castellón. He then joined the ACB club Pamesa Valencia later in 2004 for one month, before returning to Castellón. He then spent the next two seasons with second division clubs CAI Zaragoza and Farho Gijón before moving to ACB powerhouse Real Madrid for the second half of 2006.

He then spent half a season with Polaris World Murcia before moving to Etosa Alicante where they were relegated from the ACB at the end of 2007. Fisher remained for one more year with Alicante and then returned to the ACB where he spent two seasons with CB Gran Canaria until 2010, when he signed for Bizkaia Bilbao Basket. His spell in Bilbao lasted 3 games and then moved back to Real Madrid on a 3-month contract to replace the injured Pablo Prigioni,[2] but returned to Bilbao until the end of the 2010–11 season, after his contract with Real Madrid expired.[3]

On September 28, 2012, Fisher signed with Asefa Estudiantes.[4]

In January 2014, he signed with Panelefsiniakos of the Greek Basket League for the rest of the 2013–14 season.[5]

Coach career

Fisher started his coach career in 2015 as assistant coach of Fotios Katsikaris at Spanish UCAM Murcia.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ACB.com player profile . 2010-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101103114110/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=B6H . 2010-11-03 . dead .
  2. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330019986678/noticia/Noticia/Josh_Fisher_to_play_for_Real_Madrid.htm Announcement of Fisher's Madrid return
  3. http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=72152 Josh Fisher ha asegurado tras su vuelta al Bizkaia Bilbao Basket que la oferta hasta final de temporada fue lo que le convenció para regresar al conjunto vizcaíno
  4. Web site: Asefa Estudiantes inks Josh Fisher . Sportando.net . September 28, 2012 . September 28, 2012.
  5. News: Panelefsiniakos signs Josh Fisher. March 31, 2014. sportando.com. January 29, 2014.
  6. Web site: Josh Fisher y Francis Sánchez serán los ayudantes de Fotis Katsikaris. 21 June 2015. Spanish. ACB.com. 21 July 2015. 22 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150722184705/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=114795. dead.