Bar Timor

{{short description|Israeli basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Bar Timor
בר טימור

| image = Bar Timor (2).JPG

| image_size = 270px

| position = Shooting guard / Point guard

| height_m = 1.91

| weight_lbs = 185

| league = Israeli Premier League

| team = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| number = 10

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|3|2}}

| birth_place = Haifa, Israel

| nationality = Israeli

| draft_year = 2014

| career_start = 2009

| career_end =

| years1 = 2009–2010

| team1 = Hapoel Haifa

| years2 = 2010–2011

| team2 = Hapoel Kiryat Tivon

| years3 = 2011–2013

| team3 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| years4 = 2013–2014

| team4 = Alba Berlin

| years5 = 2014–2020

| team5 = Hapoel Jerusalem

| years6 = 2020–present

| team6 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| highlights =

}}

Bar Timor ({{Langx|he|בר טימור}}; born March 2, 1992) is an Israeli professional basketball player and the team captain for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League. He also represents the Israeli national team.

Professional career

Timor was the Israeli Super League's Rising Star in 2013.

In June 2013, he signed a three-year deal with Alba Berlin.http:{{cite news|title=Timor signs with Alba Berlin |url=http://www.sportando.com/en/germany/bbl/101752/alba-berlin-signs-bar-timor-to-a-three-year-deal.html |accessdate=7 June 2013 |newspaper=sportando.com}} He played in only 10 games with the team due to a season ending injury. In the end of 2013/14 season he parted ways with Alba Berlin.

In July 2014, Timor signed a three-year deal with Hapoel Jerusalem.http:{{cite news|title=Timor signs with Hapoel Jerusalem |url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/127442/bar-timor-signs-a-three-year-deal-with-hapoel-jerusalem.html |accessdate=15 July 2015 |newspaper=sportando.com}} In 2015, helped the club win its first ever Israeli championship.http:{{cite news|title=HAPOEL JERUSALEM first championship |url=http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=274&docID=192401 |accessdate=25 June 2015 |newspaper=sport5.co.il}} He was named the Israeli Super League's 6th Man of the Year in 2016. In 2017, Timor won his second championship with Hapoel Jerusalem.http:{{cite news|title=HAPOEL JERUSALEM second championship |url=http://www.eurohoops.net/en/others/465213/hapoel-jerusalem-israeli-league-champion/ |accessdate=15 June 2017 |newspaper=Eurohoops.net}}

On July 12, 2017, Timor signed a three-year contract extension with Hapoel Jerusalem.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/240903/hapoel-jerusalem-signs-bar-timor-to-a-contract-extension-till-2020.html|title=Hapoel Jerusalem signs Bar Timor to a contract extension till 2020}}

On August 9, 2020, Timor signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv.{{cite news |title=Hapoel Tel Aviv tabs Bar Timor |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/hapoel-tel-aviv-tabs-bar-timor/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=August 9, 2020 |date=August 9, 2020}}

Israeli national team

Timor played with the senior Israeli national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.teamID_306.playerID_70699.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906214257/http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.teamID_306.playerID_70699.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 6, 2015|title=Profile|publisher=eurobasket2015.org|accessdate=5 September 2015}}

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