D'or Fischer
American-Israeli basketball player
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D'or Anthony Naheem Fischer[1] (Hebrew: ד'אור אנתוני נהים פישר; born October 12, 1981) is an American-Israeli professional basketball who last played for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He has also represented the senior Israeli national team. Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in), he plays at the power forward and center positions.
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Fischer with the Shiga Lakestars in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 12, 1981 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Upper Darby (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2005: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2005–2020 |
| Position | Power forward / center |
| Career history | |
| 2005 | Anwil Włocławek |
| 2006 | Roanoke Dazzle |
| 2006–2007 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg |
| 2007–2008 | Euphony Bree |
| 2008–2010 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2010–2011 | Real Madrid |
| 2011–2012 | Bilbao Basket |
| 2012–2013 | Donetsk |
| 2013–2014 | Brose Baskets |
| 2014–2015 | UNICS Kazan |
| 2015–2016 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| 2017 | Capitanes de Arecibo |
| 2017 | Valmiera |
| 2017–2019 | Shiga Lakestars |
| 2019 | Bnei Herzliya |
| 2019 | Real Estelí |
| 2019–2020 | Elitzur Eito Ashkelon |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
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.[3]
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.[1]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance index rating |
| Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
| * | Led the league |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Maccabi | 13 | 13 | 28.5 | .701* | 1.000 | .808 | 7.6 | 1.2 | .5 | 1.7* | 14.8 | 21.5* |
| 2009–10 | 20 | 14 | 19.9 | .660 | .000 | .846 | 5.0 | 1.5 | .6 | 1.8* | 8.1 | 12.6 | |
| 2010–11 | Real Madrid | 23* | 2 | 18.5 | .569 | — | .871 | 5.9 | .4 | .5 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 10.3 |
| 2011–12 | Bilbao | 19 | 19 | 24.5 | .663 | .500 | .710 | 5.9 | 1.6 | .4 | 1.1 | 7.9 | 11.4 |
| 2013–14 | Bamberg | 4 | 0 | 23.0 | .625 | — | .750 | 2.8 | .3 | .5 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.3 |
| 2014–15 | UNICS | 10 | 5 | 25.8 | .750* | — | .793 | 5.7 | 1.2 | .9 | 1.8 | 13.1 | 18.1 |
| Career | 89 | 53 | 22.6 | .662 | .500 | .802 | 5.8 | 1.1 | .5 | 1.6 | 9.2 | 13.6 | |
Domestic leagues
| Season | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | Anwil Włocławek | Polish PLK | 3 | 24.0 | .417 | – | .750 | 9.0 | 1.0 | .7 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| Roanoke Dazzle | D-League | 27 | 20.1 | .579 | – | .838 | 5.0 | .6 | .2 | 1.3 | 6.0 | |
| 2006–07 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | German BBL | 34 | 26.1 | .624 | – | .715 | 6.6 | .9 | .3 | 2.6 | 11.9 |
| 2007–08 | Euphony Bree | Ethias League | 41 | 32.5 | .578 | – | .765 | 10.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 14.2 |
| 2008–09 | Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. | Ligat HaAl | 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 | Real Madrid | Liga ACB | 40 | 19.6 | .613 | – | .778 | 4.7 | .7 | .3 | 1.4 | 6.2 |
| 2011–12 | Bilbao Basket | 33 | 24.6 | .603 | .333 | .774 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 8.5 | |
| 2012–13 | BC Donetsk | Ukraine SuperLeague | 38 | 28.2 | .623 | .000 | .784 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 11.0 |
| 2013–14 | Brose Baskets Bamberg | German BBL | 28 | 22.0 | .641 | .000 | .783 | 6.1 | 1.1 | .4 | 2.6 | 10.7 |
| 2014–15 | UNICS Kazan | VTB United League | 29 | 25.5 | .628 | .000 | .865 | 5.3 | 1.9 | .6 | 1.5 | 10.1 |
| 2017–18 | Shiga | B.League | 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][16]