Ibrahim Jaaber

Ibrahim Jaaber
Personal information
Born (1984-02-03) February 3, 1984
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Nationality American / Bulgarian
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Elizabeth (Elizabeth, New Jersey)
College Penn (2003–2007)
NBA draft 2007 / Undrafted
Playing career 2007–2013
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
Career history
2007–2008 Egaleo BC
2008–2010 Lottomatica Roma
2010–2011 AJ Milano
2012–2013 Žalgiris Kaunas
2013 Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Career highlights and awards

Ibrahim mosa (pronounced Jabber) (born February 3, 1984) is an American-born naturalized Bulgarian former professional basketball player. He plays both the point guard and shooting guard positions and is 1.88 m (6'2") in height. He plays for the Bulgarian national basketball team even though he is American.

College career

As a former men's basketball player at the University of Pennsylvania, he won the Ivy League Player of the Year in his junior and senior years, in the process breaking the league's career record for steals (303) and finishing among the top pickpockets in college basketball (2nd nationally in steals his junior year and 3rd nationally in steals his senior year). With Mark Zoller, Ibby also led the Quakers to three straight Ivy League titles between his sophomore and senior years; he also played well in the team's three NCAA Tournament games getting 16 points against Texas A&M and 15 against Texas and he scored 21 points when Penn visited a top North Carolina team. Jaaber will go down as one of the best players ever to play for the Quakers and is the all-time leader in steals at Penn and in the Ivy League.

Career college stats

Professional career

Ibrahim Jaaber was not drafted by any NBA teams, but he played for the Detroit Pistons' Summer League squad from July 7–14, 2007 and he subsequently signed a contract to play professionally for a Greek League team called Egaleo ΒC. He then moved to the premiere Euroleague to play with Lottomatica Roma. In the 2010 NBA Summer League, he played for the Los Angeles Lakers. In August 2010 he signed with AJ Milano.[1]

On January 30, 2013, Jaaber announced that he is leaving his former team Žalgiris Kaunas due to personal reasons. He also stated that he will not play for any other European team.[2] Jaaber explained in a letter to the club he left Lithuania because he could not stand to see the dances too suggestive of Zalgiris cheerleaders and he disagreed with advertisements appearing on T-shirts team. "I am well aware that this might prevent me from earning money through basketball for the rest of my life, but I am willing to make this sacrifice because of my beliefs(Islam)," he wrote.[3]

Career statistics

Legend
  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

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08 Lottomatica Roma 6 1 22.4 .405 .273 .286 3.3 1.5 2.5 .3 7.5 6.5
2008–09 Lottomatica Roma 16 15 26.3 .576 .280 .594 3.3 1.9 1.9 .3 10.4 10.4
2009–10 Lottomatica Roma 10 10 31.0 .463 .225 .625 4.4 2.5 2.2 .1 10.4 8.8
2010–11 AJ Milano 10 1 24.4 .588 .353 .750 1.7 2.4 .7 .3 10.8 9.6
2012–13 Zalgiris 14 10 21.1 .515 .333 .619 2.2 2.2 1.9 .1 5.9 7.4

Bulgarian national team

Jaaber plays internationally for the Bulgarian national basketball team.

References

  1. ↑ Armani Jeans Milano signs Ibrahim Jaaber "2012/10/10 Zalgiris Kaunas sign Ibrahim Jaaber" Check |url= value (help).
  2. ↑ Jaaber leaves Zalgiris "2013/01/30Jaaber leaves Zalgiris" Check |url= value (help).
  3. ↑ http://french.irib.ir/radioislam/info/ameriques/item/81064-basket-%E2%80%93-ibrahim-jaaber-joueur-musulman-quitte-son-club-pour-des-raisons-islamiques Muslim player leaves his club for reasons Islamic

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