Английская Википедия:Bassel Bawji

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Update Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox basketball biography Fahedbassel Nazih Bawji[1] (born December 26, 1989) is an American/Lebanese professional basketball player who plays as a power forward/center for Dynamo Lebanon of the Lebanese Basketball League. He is Шаблон:Convert tall and weighs Шаблон:Convert.

Junior career

At age 15, Bawji started his international career with the Lebanese Junior National Team. In 2006, Bawji travelled to the United States to continue his high school education and compete at the high school level. In 2006, he registered in Cypress Christian school located in Houston TX. The same year Bawji got to win the Texas state championship. The following year Bawji attended Klein Collins High school, where he averaged a double-double (11 pts 12 rebs),[2] which helped him get selected to the Texas All-Star game event, in which he had 14 points and 18 rebounds. In 2009 Bawji got recruited to the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma (NCAA Division 1), which he decided to leave one year later to pursue a professional career overseas. In 2010 Bawji signed a 1-year contract with Mouttahed club (Tripoli). He then renewed his contract for two more years.

Professional career

National Team Senior

Year Event Games Played
2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Men 7
2015 FIBA Asia Championship 9
2017 WABA Men Championship 3
2017 FIBA Asia Cup 7
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers 10

Leagues

Year League Club Games Played
2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup Al Riyadi 5
2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup Al Riyadi 5

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Personal life

Bassel Bawji was born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles on December 26, 1989, to parents Nazih Bawji and Sawsan El Sayed. His father Nazih, a former basketball player and captain of Riyadi Club and the Lebanese National team, established the Harlem Basketball Academy (Beirut), the first one in the region.[4] Bassel joined the academy when he was 10 years old.

Player profile

Bawji is a power forward. The main weakness cited in Bawji is his lack of ability in three-point range; he has averaged 26.7% on three-point field goal percentage throughout his first three seasons.

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