Israeli Basketball Premier League awards, stats, and honours |
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The Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet, or Israeli Basketball Super League Quintet, is an award given to the 5 best players of each season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, which is the top-tier level men's professional basketball league in Israel.
Player (×) | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected. |
Player | Bold text indicates the Israeli League MVP in the same year. |
Ligat HaAl, or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball competition. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL or ISBL. For sponsorship reasons, the league is also referred to as Ligat Winner Sal, lit. Winner Basket League, with "Winner" being the name of a game operated by the league's primary sponsor, Toto Winner.
Hapoel Galil Elyon, also known as Hapoel Nofar Energy Galil Elion for sponsorship reasons, is an Israeli basketball club. The team competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli basketball, and internationally in the Balkan League. The team represents the northern region of the country – the Upper Galilee, and the Golan Heights.
The Israeli Basketball State Cup is the second most important professional basketball competition in Israel, after the Israeli Super League. It is the national federation cup of Israel. The tournament began in the 1955–56 season, and is run by the Israel Basketball Association.
Patrick Sean Calathes is a Greek-American former professional basketball player. At a height of 6' 10" tall, he played at both the small forward and power forward positions. He was the 2013 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP.
Bryant Kevin Dunston Jr. is an American-born naturalized Armenian professional basketball player for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Armenian national team in international competition. Standing at a height of 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), Dunston plays at the center position.
Liga Leumit is the second tier level league of basketball competition in Israel. It is the league level that is below the first tier Israeli Premier League.
The Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP, or Israeli Basketball Super League Finals MVP, is an annual basketball award that is presented to the most valuable player of the finals of the playoffs of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, which is the top-tier level professional basketball league in Israel.
Brad Leaf is an American-Israeli basketball coach and former player. He played 17 years of professional basketball in Israel, first for Hapoel Galil Elyon and later for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israel Premier League and Euroleague. He won the Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP award in 1989–90. He played college basketball for the Evansville Purple Aces from 1979 to 1982, and was the school's first All-American in NCAA Division I.
Kelvin Gibbs is an American former professional basketball player who played for among others Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League for whom he was named to the Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet, and Riesen Ludwigsburg in the German Basketball Bundesliga, playing the forward and center positions.
Danny Lewis is an American-English former basketball player. He played the point guard position. In 2001-02 he was named to the Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet.
Shmulik Brener is an Israeli former professional basketball player and coach. He played the point guard position. In 2010 Brener was named to the Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet.
Or Eitan is an Israeli former basketball player. He was named to the 2006 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet.
Siniša Kelečević is a Croatian former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He was named to the 2002 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet.
Yoav Saffar is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the power forward position. He was a member of the 2000 and 2001 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet.
Doron Shefa is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the guard and forward positions. He was named to the Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet in 1991.
Radenko Dobraš is a Serbian former basketball player. He played the guard position. He was named to the 1993 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet.
Amir Muchtari is an Israeli former basketball player. He was named to the 2000 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet.
Israel Elimelech is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the point guard position. He was named to the 1992 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet.
Steven Mark Kaplan is an American-Israeli former basketball player and coach. Kaplan played 14 seasons in the Israel Basketball Premier League. He played the forward position. He is 8th all-time in career points in the league.
Boaz Janay is an Israeli former basketball player. He scored a total of 6,985 career points in the Israeli Premier League, which is the 4th-most points scored all-time in the league's history. He also represented the Israeli national team.