James Terry (basketball)

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| name = James Terry
ג'יימס טרי

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| position = Center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 220

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|11|26}}

| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio

| nationality = American-Israeli

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| college = Howard University

| draft_year = 1982

| draft_round = 9

| draft_pick = 196

| draft_team = Washington Wizards

| draft_league = NBA

| career_start = 1982

| career_end = 1996

| years1 = 1982–1983

| team1 = Maine Lumberjacks

| years2 = 1983–1985

| team2 = Maccbi Haifa

| years3 = 1985–1986

| team3 = Stefanel Trieste

| years4 = 1986

| team4 = Caja de Álava

| years5 = 1986–1988

| team5 = Hapoel Holon

| years6 = 1988–1989

| team6 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| years7 = 1989–1990

| team7 = Hapoel Holon

| years8 = 1990–1991

| team8 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| years9 = 1991

| team9 = Hapoel Holon

| years10 = 1992–1994

| team10 = Hapoel Naharia

| years11 = 1994–1995

| team11 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| years12 = 1995–1996

| team12 = Hapoel Eilat

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James Louis Terry ({{Langx|he|ג'יימס טרי}}; born November 26, 1960) is an American-Israeli former basketball player.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/James-Terry/Summary/64522|title=James Terry Player Profile, Howard, NCAA Stats, Awards – RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=6870&lang=en|title=ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 1990–91 Season | Hapoel Tel Aviv | James Terry|website=basket.co.il}} He played the center position.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/james-terry-1.html|title=James Terry College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}} He played in the Israeli Premier League between 1983 and 1996.

Biography

Terry was born in Cleveland, Ohio.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9622:james-terry&catid=92&Itemid=342|title=James Terry|website=The Draft Review}} He is {{convert|6|ft|11|in|cm|abbr=on}} tall, and weighs 220 pounds.

He attended Howard University ('82), and played basketball for the Howard Bison basketball p from 1978 to 1982.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/James-Terry/Israel/Hapoel-Zefat-Galil/15769|title=James Terry Basketball Player Profile, Hapoel Zefat Galil, News, Artzit, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards |website=Eurobasket LLC}} In 2016, Terry was inducted into the Howard University Athletic Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://hubison.com/news/2016/7/11/general-howard-announces-2016-hall-of-fame-class|title=Howard Announces 2016 Hall of Fame Class|website=Howard University Athletics|date= July 11, 2016}}

Terry was drafted in the 1982 NBA draft in Round 9, Pick 196, by the Washington Wizards.

In 1982, Terry played 44 games for the Maine Lumberjacks in the Continental Basketball Association.{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-terryjam001|title=James Terry Statistics on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}} That year he converted to Judaism.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-03-29-8903310159-story.html|title=U.S. HOOPS IN THE HOLY LAND|author=Stephen Franklin|website=Chicago Tribune|date=March 29, 1989}} He later became an Israeli citizen, and served in the Israeli Defense Forces.{{Cite web|url=http://amirbogen.blogspot.com/2007/02/where-they-are-today-james-terry.html|title=Amir Bogen: Where They Are Today – James Terry|date= February 2, 2007}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1maCDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22James+Terry%22+basketball+%22israel%22&pg=PT108|title=Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land|first=David A.|last=Goldstein|date= 2017|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781510724815|via=Google Books}}

Terry played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League between 1983 and 1996, for Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Holon, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Ironi Nahariya, and Hapoel Eilat, in Spain for Saski Baskonia,[http://www.acb.com/jugador/temporada-a-temporada/id/20202502 James Louis Terry] and in Italy for Stefanel Trieste.

In 2007, after retiring from basketball, Terry was working as a construction supervisor.