Mohab Yasser Explained

Mohab Yasser
مهاب ياسر
Number:15
Position:Shooting guard / point guard
Height M:1.96
Weight Kg:83
League:Basketball Africa League
Team:Zamalek
Birth Date:2002 6, df=y
Birth Place:Cairo, Egypt
Nationality:Egyptian
High School:NBA Academy Africa
(Saly, Senegal)
College:East Tennessee State (2021–2022)
Career Start:2020
Years1:2020–2021
Team1:Zamalek
Years2:2022–present
Team2:Zamalek
Highlights:

Mohab Yasser Abdalatif (Arabic: مهاب ياسر; born 7 June 2002) is an Egyptian basketball player for Zamalek of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), as well as for the Egypt national basketball team. Standing at, he plays as shooting guard or point guard.

Early life

Born in Cairo, Yasser went on to play in the NBA Academy Africa in Saly, Senegal.[1] He also appeared at Basketball Without Borders camps.

Professional career

Abdalatif was on the Zamalek roster for the 2020–21 season. He was on the Zamalek roster for the 2021 BAL season and was the youngest player to play in the inaugural season of the league at age 18. He was also the first prospect from an NBA Academy to play in the BAL.[2] Yasser started in all games and won the first-ever BAL championship with his team, averaging 9 points over six games.[3]

In the same season, the 2020–21 season, Yasser won his first Egyptian Basketball Super League title with Zamalek, after helping defeating Al Ittihad in the finals. In the deciding Game 5, Yasser added 17 points to the 84–80 overtime win.[4] After the season, he was named the league's Best Young Player.[5]

On 9 May 2022, Yasser returned to Zamalek and signed a 4-year contract after his one-year playing college basketball with East Tennessee State.[6]

College career

On 10 June 2021, Yasser was officially announced as a player for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers for the 2021–22 season.[7] [8] As a true freshman at ETSU, Yasser played in all 32 games for the Buccaneers. He averaged 7.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.[9] Yasser was also named to the 2021–22 SoCon All-freshman team.[10]

National team career

Yasser played in the 2020 FIBA U18 African Championship with the Egyptian under-18 team. He led the tournament in scoring with 27.6 points per game,[11] and was named to the All-Star Five of the tournament.[12]

In June 2021, Yasser was selected for the Egyptian senior team for the first time by head coach Ahmed Marei.[13]

Career statistics

BAL

|-|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2021†|style="text-align:left;"|Zamalek| 6 || 6 || 20.8 || style="background:#cfecec;"| .697* || .286 || .600 || 3.5 || 1.7|| 1.0 || .0 || 9.0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2022|style="text-align:left;"|Zamalek| 3 || 0 || 16.7 || .529 || .167 || .500 || 2.3 || 1.0 || 0.7 || .0 || 7.0

College

|-| align=left|2021–22 | align=left| East Tennessee State | 32 || 1 || 22.1 || .503 || .319 || .745 || 3.8 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 7.2|-|}

Personal life

Yasser is the son of a former Egyptian national team player.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: #10 Mohab Yasser Abdalatif . ScoreBreak . 25 May 2021.
  2. News: Basketball Africa League unveils rosters ahead of inaugural season . 18 May 2021 . nba.com .
  3. News: 18-year-old Mohab Yasser stars as Egypt's Zamalek win first ever BAL title . 31 May 2021 . Olympics.com.
  4. Web site: Al Zamalek clinches 2019-2020 Super League title . Afrobasket.com . 29 June 2021 . en.
  5. News: EBBFED . 29 June 2021 . Twitter .
  6. 1523712691969282050. لدينا الآن الفرصة لسماع زئير الأسد من جديــــد. مرحباً بعودتك إلى بيتك مهاب ياسر. . zamalekshalls. 9 May 2022. 9 May 2022.
  7. News: Men's Basketball announces the signing of Mohab Yasser . 19 June 2021 . ETSUBucs.com . en.
  8. Web site: Verbal Commits . www.verbalcommits.com . 31 May 2021.
  9. Web site: ESPN. espn.com. 8 March 2022.
  10. Web site: All-SoCon men's basketball teams announced. soconsports.com. 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022.
  11. Web site: Players statistics of the FIBA U18 African Championship 2020 . FIBA.basketball . 9 May 2022 . en.
  12. News: Bourama Coulibaly named FIBA U18 African Championship 2020 MVP . 9 May 2022 . FIBA.basketball . en.
  13. Web site: https://twitter.com/EBBFED/status/1410275036267692035 . Twitter . 30 June 2021 . en.
  14. News: Sons follow in fathers footsteps for Egypt . 24 May 2021 . FIBA.basketball . en.