D'or Fischer

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = D'or Fischer
ד'אור פישר

| image = D'or Fischer (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Fischer with the Shiga Lakestars in 2018

| position = Power forward / center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 11

| weight_lbs = 255

| league =

| team =

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| nationality = American / Israeli

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|10|12}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| high_school = Upper Darby
(Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania)

| college = *Northwestern State (2000–2002)

West Virginia (2003–2005)

| draft_year = 2005

| career_start = 2005

| career_end = 2020

| years1 = 2005

| team1 = Anwil Włocławek

| years2 = 2006

| team2 = Roanoke Dazzle

| years3 = 2006–2007

| team3 = EWE Baskets Oldenburg

| years4 = 2007–2008

| team4 = Euphony Bree

| years5 = 2008–2010

| team5 = Maccabi Tel Aviv

| years6 = 2010–2011

| team6 = Real Madrid

| years7 = 2011–2012

| team7 = Bilbao Basket

| years8 = 2012–2013

| team8 = Donetsk

| years9 = 2013–2014

| team9 = Brose Baskets

| years10 = 2014–2015

| team10 = UNICS Kazan

| years11 = 2015–2016

| team11 = Hapoel Jerusalem

| years12 = 2017

| team12 = Capitanes de Arecibo

| years13 = 2017

| team13 = Valmiera

| years14 = 2017–2019

| team14 = Shiga Lakestars

| years15 = 2019

| team15 = Bnei Herzliya

| years16 = 2019

| team16 = Real Estelí

| years17 = 2019–2020

| team17 = Elitzur Eito Ashkelon

| highlights = * Belgian League MVP (2008)

Liga ACB Defensive Player of the Year (2012)
All-Bundesliga First Team (2014)
Israeli League champion (2009)
Israeli Cup winner (2010)
EuroLeague blocks leader (2010)

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D'or Anthony Naheem Fischer[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Dor%20Anthony%20Naheem%20FISCHER/pid//_//players.html Dor Anthony Naheem FISCHER (ISR).]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ({{Langx|he|ד'אור אנתוני נהים פישר}}; born October 12, 1981) is an American-Israeli professional basketball who last played for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He has also represented the senior Israeli national team. Standing at {{height|m=2.11}}, he plays at the power forward and center positions.

College career

Fischer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and did not play basketball as a student at Upper Darby High School.[http://qctimes.com/sports/college/illinois/fischer-takes-long-road-to-ncaa-tourney/article_77a8aa7c-f906-5de6-8790-490d3e0ec9bf.html Fischer takes long road to NCAA tourney]

Fischer played college basketball at Northwestern State University and also at West Virginia University with the West Virginia Mountaineers. As a sophomore, he was honorable mention all-Southland Conference selection after averaging 9.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 4.4 blocks per game, and totalling 133 blocks for the season, which was second-best in the nation.[http://www.wvusports.com/page.cfm?story=4264&cat=netnews&print=1 Hidden Gem] He broke the Northwestern State record for blocks in a game with 13, which was just one short of the NCAA record of 14 shared by four players.

Professional career

After going undrafted at the 2005 NBA draft, Fischer signed his first professional contract with the Polish club Anwil Włocławek. However, he left Anwil after only three games.{{cite news|title=D'or Fischer|url=http://www.plk.pl/archiwum/3/zawodnicy/p/32024|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Plk.pl}} In January 2006, he signed with the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA D-League.{{cite news|title=D'or Fischer Becomes Second Mountaineer to Join Dazzle|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3258049|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Oursportscentral.com|date=January 12, 2006}}

For the 2006–07 season, he signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the German Bundesliga. The following season, he played in Belgium with Euphony Bree.

On July 17, 2008, he signed a one-year contract with the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.{{cite news|title=Maccabi Electra lands center D'or Fischer|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/33923/maccabi-electra-lands-center-d-or-fischer|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Euroleague.net|date=July 17, 2008}} On August 2, 2009, he re-signed with Maccabi for one more season.{{cite news|title=D'Or Fischer stays with Maccabi|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/euroleague/78525/d-or-fischer-stays-with-maccabi.html|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=August 2, 2009}}

On July 24, 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the Spanish club Real Madrid.{{cite news|title=Real Madrid tabs center D'or Fischer|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/73972/real-madrid-tabs-center-d-or-fischer|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Euroleague.net|date=July 24, 2010}} On August 1, 2011, he moved to another Spanish club, Bilbao Basket, for the 2010–11 season.{{cite news|title=Bizkaia Bilbao gets shot-block ace Fischer|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/87004/bizkaia-bilbao-gets-shot-block-ace-fischer|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Euroleague.net|date=August 1, 2011}}

On August 25, 2012, he signed with the Ukrainian club Donetsk.{{cite news|title=BC Donetsk nets shot-blocking stud Fischer|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/news/|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Eurocupbasketball.com|date=August 25, 2012}}

On September 27, 2013, he signed with the NBA's Washington Wizards.{{cite news|title=Wizards Sign Four For Training Camp|url=http://www.nba.com/wizards/news/wizards-sign-four-training-camp-0|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=NBA.com|date=September 27, 2013}} However, he was later waived by the Wizards on October 16.{{cite news|title=Wizards Waive Fischer|url=http://www.nba.com/wizards/wizards-waive-fischer|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=NBA.com|date=October 16, 2013}}

On November 24, 2013, he signed a one-year contract with the German club Brose Baskets.{{cite news|title=D'or Fischer verstärkt Brose Baskets|url=http://www.brosebaskets.de/saison/news/artikel/dor-fischer-verstaerkt-brose-baskets/|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Brosebaskets.de|date=November 24, 2013|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715152951/http://www.brosebaskets.de/saison/news/artikel/dor-fischer-verstaerkt-brose-baskets/|archive-date=July 15, 2015|url-status=dead}} In April 2014, he was named to the German League's All-Basketball Bundesliga First Team.{{cite news|title=Münchens Point Guard Malcolm Delaney zum "Most Valuable Player" gekürt, Wölfe-Trainer Silvano...|url=http://www.beko-bbl.de/de/n/newsarchiv/2014/muenchens-point-guard-malcolm-delaney-zum----most-valuable-player----gekuert--woelfe-trainer-silvano---/|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Beko-bbl.de|date=April 24, 2014|language=de|archive-date=July 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715204406/http://www.beko-bbl.de/de/n/newsarchiv/2014/muenchens-point-guard-malcolm-delaney-zum----most-valuable-player----gekuert--woelfe-trainer-silvano---/|url-status=dead}}

On August 2, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Russian club UNICS Kazan.{{cite news|title=Д'ор Фишер в УНИКСе|url=http://unics.ru/news/unics/?id=2375|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Unics.ru|date=August 2, 2014|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715182338/http://unics.ru/news/unics/?id=2375|archive-date=July 15, 2015|url-status=dead}} In the 2014–15 EuroLeague season, he averaged 13.1 points per game, with a 75 percent field goal percentage from the field, and averaged 5.7 rebounds per game.[http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Local-champ-Hapoel-Jerusalem-signs-familiar-face-Dor-Fischer-409134 Local champ Hapoel Jerusalem signs familiar face D'or Fischer]

On July 15, 2015, Fischer signed a one-year contract with the Israeli club Hapoel Jerusalem.{{cite news |url=http://hapoel.co.il/he/article/677 |title=ד'אור פישר מצטרף לאלופה |language=he |access-date=July 15, 2015 |work=Hapoel.co.il |date=July 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715153051/http://hapoel.co.il/he/article/677 |archive-date=July 15, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=Hapoel brings in veteran center Fischer|url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/67cf87e9earhnjab|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715151453/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/67cf87e9earhnjab|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2015|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Eurocupbasketball.com|date=July 15, 2015}} On March 25, 2016, he parted ways with Hapoel, after averaging 8.7 points and 5 rebounds per game in the Israeli League.{{cite news|title=D'or Fischer, Hapoel Jerusalem part ways|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/195152/d-or-fischer-hapoel-jerusalem-part-ways.html|access-date=March 25, 2016|work=Sportando.com|date=March 25, 2016}}

On January 8, 2017, Fischer signed with the Capitanes de Arecibo of Puerto Rico.{{cite news|title=D'or Fischer inks with Capitanes de Arecibo|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/world/america/222515/d-or-fischer-inks-with-capitanes-de-arecibo.html|access-date=January 8, 2017|work=Sportando.com|date=January 8, 2017}} He left Arecibo, after appearing in three games, and on March 14, 2017, he signed with Latvian club Valmiera, for the rest of the season.{{cite news|title="Valmiera/ORDO" papildina sastāvu ar Eirolīgā rūdīto Doru Fišeru|url=http://www.bkvalmiera.lv/posts/valmiera-ordo-papildina-sastavu-ar-eiroliga-rudito-doru-fiseru|access-date=March 14, 2017|work=bkvalmiera.lv|date=March 14, 2017|language=lv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315174220/http://www.bkvalmiera.lv/posts/valmiera-ordo-papildina-sastavu-ar-eiroliga-rudito-doru-fiseru|archive-date=March 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=D'or Fischer (ex Arecibo) agreed terms with Valmiera|url=http://www.eurobasket.com/Latvia/news/483574/D'or-Fischer-(ex-Arecibo)-agreed-terms-with-Valmiera|access-date=March 14, 2017|work=Eurobasket.com|date=March 14, 2017}}

On August 8, 2017, Fischer signed with the Shiga Lakestars, of the Japanese B.League.{{cite news|title=D'Or Fischer will play with Shiga Lakestars|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/world/asia/243751/d-or-fischer-will-play-with-shiga-lakestars.html|access-date=August 8, 2017|work=Sportando.com|date=August 8, 2017}}

On February 10, 2019, Fischer returned to Israel for a third stint, joining Bnei Herzliya for the rest of the season.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/jerome-dyson-dor-fischer-sign-with-bnei-herzliya/|title=Jerome Dyson, D'or Fischer sign with Bnei Herzliya|work=Sportando.basketball|access-date=February 10, 2019|date=February 10, 2019|last1=Lupo |first1=Nicola }}

On December 11, 2019, Fischer signed with Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League for the rest of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.one.co.il/Article/349315.html|title=ד'אור פישר חתם באליצור אשקלון עד תום העונה|work=ONE.co.il|access-date=December 11, 2019|date=December 11, 2019|language=he}}

Israeli national team

Fischer has been a member of the senior Israeli national basketball team. He played with Israel at the 2015 EuroBasket.

Career statistics

=EuroLeague=

class="wikitable"

style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"|*

| Led the league

| style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Maccabi

| 13 || 13 || 28.5 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|.701* || 1.000 || .808 || 7.6 || 1.2 || .5 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|1.7* || 14.8 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|21.5*

| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10

| 20 || 14 || 19.9 || .660 || .000 || .846 || 5.0 || 1.5 || .6 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|1.8* || 8.1 || 12.6

| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11

| style="text-align:left;"| Real Madrid

| style="background:#CFECEC;"|23* || 2 || 18.5 || .569 || {{sort|-|—}} || .871 || 5.9 || .4 || .5 || 1.4 || 6.2 || 10.3

| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12

| style="text-align:left;"| Bilbao

| 19 || 19 || 24.5 || .663 || .500 || .710 || 5.9 || 1.6 || .4 || 1.1 || 7.9 || 11.4

| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14

| style="text-align:left;"| Bamberg

| 4 || 0 || 23.0 || .625 || {{sort|-|—}} || .750 || 2.8 || .3 || .5 || 2.0 || 9.0 || 10.3

| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15

| style="text-align:left;"| UNICS

| 10 || 5 || 25.8 || style="background:#CFECEC;"|.750* || {{sort|-|—}} || .793 || 5.7 || 1.2 || .9 || 1.8 || 13.1 || 18.1

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career

| 89 || 53 || 22.6 || .662 || .500 || .802 || 5.8 || 1.1 || .5 || 1.6 || 9.2 || 13.6

=Domestic leagues=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" ! Season ! Team ! League ! {{Tooltip\|GP\|Games played}} ! {{Tooltip\|MPG\|Minutes per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|FG%\|Field goal percentage}} ! {{Tooltip\|3P%\|3-point field goal percentage}} ! {{Tooltip\|FT%\|Free throw percentage}} ! {{Tooltip\|RPG\|Rebounds per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|APG\|Assists per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|SPG\|Steals per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|BPG\|Blocks per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|PPG\|Points per game}}
rowspan="2"\| 2005–06	Anwil Włocławek	Polish PLK	3	24.0	.417	–	.750	9.0	1.0	.7	1.3	4.3
Roanoke Dazzle	D-League	27	20.1	.579	–	.838	5.0	.6	.2	1.3	6.0
2006–07	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	German BBL	34	26.1	.624	–	.715	6.6	.9	.3	2.6	11.9
2007–08	Euphony Bree	Ethias League	41	32.5	.578	–	.765	10.8	1.8	1.2	2.7	14.2
2008–09	rowspan="2"\| Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.	rowspan="2"\| Ligat HaAl	25	22.8	.741	–	.842	6.6	1.7	.8	2.0	10.4
2009–10	28	19.1	.667	.000	.717	5.8	1.4	.7	1.3	6.9
2010–11	Real Madrid	rowspan="2"\| Liga ACB	40	19.6	.613	–	.778	4.7	.7	.3	1.4	6.2
2011–12	Bilbao Basket	33	24.6	.603	.333	.774	5.5	1.3	1.2	1.9	8.5
2012–13	BC Donetsk	Ukraine SuperLeague	38	28.2	.623	.000	.784	7.4	2.8	1.0	1.9	11.0
2013–14	Brose Baskets Bamberg	German BBL	28	22.0	.641	.000	.783	6.1	1.1	.4	2.6	10.7
2014–15	UNICS Kazan	VTB United League	29	25.5	.628	.000	.865	5.3	1.9	.6	1.5	10.1
2017–18	Shiga	B.League	59	30.1	.624	.364	.843	9.9	3.1	1.0	2.2	13.6

Personal

On March 1, 2009, Fischer was attacked outside of a club in Tel Aviv with a glass bottle. He was injured in the face and his facial nerves were damaged, but he has fully healed.{{cite news|title=ISR – Maccabi's Fischer hurt in weekend attack|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/ISR---Maccabi-s-Fischer-hurt-in-weekend-attack|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809081719/http://www.fiba.com/news/ISR---Maccabi-s-Fischer-hurt-in-weekend-attack|url-status=live|archive-date=August 9, 2015|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Fiba.com|date=March 4, 2009}}

In July 2014, after marrying an Israeli woman, Fischer became an Israeli citizen and joined the Israel national basketball team.{{cite news|title=D'or Fischer getting Israeli passport|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/125543/d-or-fischer-getting-israeli-passport.html|access-date=July 15, 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=July 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073802/http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/125543/d-or-fischer-getting-israeli-passport.html|archive-date=January 2, 2018|url-status=dead}}

References

External links

[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Dor_Fischer/58543 D'or Fischer] at eurobasket.com
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=tel&pcode=KZY D'or Fischer] at euroleague.net
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150809065414/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6026188/playerview.html D'or Fischer] at fiba.com
[http://www.msnsportsnet.com/profile.cfm?id=100219&sport=mbball D'or Fischer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526235507/http://www.msnsportsnet.com/profile.cfm?id=100219&sport=mbball |date=May 26, 2011 }} at msnsportsnet.com

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