Amar'e Carsares Jehoshaphat Stoudemire is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as a player development assistant for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2003 with the Phoenix Suns, who selected him with the ninth overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft. He made six appearances in the NBA All-Star Game and was named to the All-NBA Team five times, including one first-team selection in 2007.
Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club, known for sponsorship reasons as Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, is a professional basketball club based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and internationally in the EuroLeague. Maccabi Tel Aviv is known as one of the best teams in Europe, having won 6 Euroleague titles since joining, and having sent numerous players to the NBA draft.
Kevin Michael Loughery is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
The Miami Majesty was a team of the Continental Basketball Association based in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
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.
Maccabi Haifa Basketball Club known for sponsorship reasons as Maccabi Next Urban Haifa is a professional basketball club based in the city of Haifa in Israel. It is the basketball section of the Maccabi Haifa association. The team plays in the Liga Leumit and internationally in the Balkan International Basketball League. The team currently plays in the Romema Arena, which is home to 5,000 spectators, the club plays in the arena alongside fellow rivals Hapoel Haifa.
The Israeli Basketball Super League (BSL) 2008-2009 season was the 55th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 26 October 2008 and ended on 21 May 2009. Maccabi Tel Aviv won its 48th league title, defeating Maccabi Haifa Heat 85–72 in the final. The defending champion was Hapoel Holon.
The Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team represents Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. They compete in the NCAA Division I as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
The 2010–2011 Israeli Basketball Super League was the 57th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 17 October 2010 and ended on 26 May 2011.
The 2011–2012 Israeli Basketball Super League was the 58th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 16 October 2011 and ended on 24 May 2012.
Uri Kokia is an Israeli professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. He is the current head coach for Ironi Ramat Gan of the Liga Artzit. Kokia played as a center/power forward position and was a member of the Israel national basketball team. He was named the Israeli Basketball Super League Most Improved Player in 2009. In November 2017, Kokia publicly came out as gay.
Maccabi Hod HaSharon is a professional basketball club based in Hod HaSharon in the Sharon region, Central District of Israel. The team plays in the Israeli National League.
Amir Celestin is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Campbell University in NCAA Division Iwhere he starred in his four seasons with the Campbell Fighting Camels.
Danny Rubin is an American-Israeli professional basketball player who last played for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
The Florida Basketball Association (FBA) is a semi-professional men's basketball league that began play in the fall of 2012 with teams in Orlando, Lake Wales, and Palm Beach Gardens.
Rami Hadar is an Israeli basketball coach for the Peja of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.
Tomer Moshe Steinhauer is an Israeli professional basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently the assistant coach for Maccabi Haifa of the Liga Leumit. Steinhauer played for the Israel national basketball team in 1986-2001, and was an Israeli Cup winner in 1993 with Hapoel Tel Aviv and Israeli champion in 1996 with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He was the 1997 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP.
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.
Oren Aharoni is an Israeli basketball coach and former basketball player. He played the guard position. Aharoni played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and on the Israeli national basketball team.
Jeffrey H. Rosen is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder, chairman, and owner of Triangle Financial Services, a sports and entertainment investment firm, and the owner of both the Maccabi Haifa basketball team in Israel and the Miami Midnites basketball team in the United States.
