Michael Brisker
{{short description|Israeli basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Michael Brisker
מייקל מור בריסקר
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| position = Shooting guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 176
| league = Israeli Premier League
| team = Ironi Kiryat Ata
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|2|21}}
| birth_place = Tel Aviv, Israel
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| years1 = 2020–2021
| team1 = Maccabi Haifa
| years2 = 2021–2022
| team2 = Hapoel Gilboa Galil
| years3 = 2022–present
| team3 = Ironi Kiryat Ata
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Michael Mor Brisker ({{Langx|he|מייקל מור בריסקר}}; born February 21, 1998) is an Israeli basketball player for Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Premier League.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Michael-Brisker/Summary/76093|title=Michael Brisker Player Profile, Maccabi Bazan Haifa, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Michael-Brisker/Israel/Maccabi-Haifa/335437|title=Michael Brisker Basketball Player Profile, Maccabi Haifa, News, Winner League, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards|website=Eurobasket LLC}} He plays the shooting guard position.
Biography
Brisker is from Tel Aviv, Israel. His father is American-Israeli former basketball player Mark Brisker.{{Cite web|url=https://sportsrabbi.com/israel-preseason-basketball-week-2-michael-brisker-interview-maccabi-hapoel-tel-aviv-update-lior-eliyahu-is-back-scores-schedule-more/|title=Israel Preseason Basketball Week 2 - Michael Brisker Interview, Maccabi & Hapoel Tel Aviv update, Lior Eliyahu is back, Scores, Schedule & More!|date=September 12, 2019}}
Brisker represented gold-medal-winning Israel at the 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship in Germany.{{Cite web|url=https://www.israel21c.org/israels-youth-basketball-team-crowned-european-champions/|title=Israel's youth basketball team crowned European champions|date=July 23, 2018|website=ISRAEL21c}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-s-under-20-national-basketball-team-is-european-champion-1.6295566|title=Israel's under-20 national basketball team wins first-ever European championship|website=Haaretz|date=July 22, 2018}} He averaged 15.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.9 steals per game.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latestbasketballnews.com/michael-brisker-moves-to-maccabi-haifa-on-loan-deal/|title=Michael Brisker moves to Maccabi Haifa on loan deal|work=Latest Basketball News|date=January 6, 2020}}
On January 5, 2020, he signed with Maccabi Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/michael-brisker-joins-maccabi-haifa/|title=Michael Brisker joins Maccabi Haifa|last=|first=|date=January 5, 2020|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 19, 2021}} In 2020-21 he averaged 9.7 points and 1.6 assists per game, and had an .896 free throw percentage.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Michael-Brisker/Summary/76093|title=Michael Brisker Player Profile, Elitzur Kiryat Ata - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}
On August 8, 2021, he signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/brisker-signs-with-hapoel-gilboa-galil/|title=Brisker signs with Hapoel Gilboa/Galil|last=|first=|date=August 8, 2021|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 19, 2021}} In 2021-22 he averaged 11.6 points and 2.4 assists per game, and shot .426 from three-point range and .851 from the free-throw line. He was named 2021-2022 Israeli BSL Most Improved Player.
In the summer of 2022 he signed with Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. In 2022-23 he averaged 7.8 points and 2.2 assists per game, while shooting 84% from the free throw line.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Michael-Brisker/Summary/76093|title=Michael Brisker Player Profile, Rouen Metropole Basket - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}
References
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External links
- {{Basketball-Reference.com international player|michael-brisker-1}}
{{Ironi Kiryat Ata B.C. current roster}}
{{Israeli Basketball Super League Most Improved Player}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brisker, Michael}}
Category:Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
Category:Hapoel Gilboa Galil players
Category:Israeli men's basketball players
Category:Maccabi Haifa B.C. players