Bassel Bawji

Bassel Bawji

Personal information
Born	(1989-12-26) December 26, 1989 (age 35) Los Angeles, California
Nationality	Lebanese / American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Klein Collins (Spring, Texas)
College	Tulsa (2008–2009)
Playing career	2009–2021
Position	Power forward
Career history
2009–2014	Al Mouttahed Tripoli
2014–2015	Champville SC
2015–2016	Byblos Club
2016–2017	Champville SC
2017–2018	Beirut Club
2018–2020	Riyadi SC
2020–2021	Dynamo Lebanon
Career highlights
All Lebanese First Team (2012)* 2× Lebanese League Most Improved Player (2009, 2010) Lebanese Basketball League Champion (2019)

Fahed Bassel Nazih Bawji ^[1] , known as Bassel Bawji (born December 26, 1989) is a Lebanese-American retired professional basketball player who played as a power forward. He last played for Dynamo Lebanon of the Lebanese Basketball League.

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.

References

1. "Fahedbassel Nazih Bawji was born on December 26, 1989 in Los Angeles County, California". californiabirthindex.org. California Birth Index . Retrieved May 8, 2020.
3. "Bassel Bawji - Player Profile".
4. Abboud, Dany (March 3, 2012). "Bawji keeps high pressure on himself".