Mohab Yasser
{{short description|Egyptian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Mohab Yasser
مهاب ياسر
| image =
| number = 15
| position = Shooting guard / point guard
| height_m = 1.96
| weight_kg = 83
| league = Basketball Africa League
| team = Zamalek
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|2002|6|7}}
| birth_place = Cairo, Egypt
| high_school = NBA Academy Africa
(Saly, Senegal)
| college = East Tennessee State (2021–2022)
| career_start = 2020
| years1 = 2020–2021
| team1 = Zamalek
| years2 = 2022–present
| team2 = Zamalek
| highlights = *BAL champion (2021)
- Egyptian League champion (2021)
- Egyptian League Best Young Player (2021)
- SoCon All-freshman team (2022)
}}
Mohab Yasser Abdalatif ({{langx|ar|مهاب ياسر}}; born 7 June 2002) is an Egyptian basketball player for Zamalek of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), as well as for the Egypt national basketball team. Standing at {{height|m=1.96}}, he plays as shooting guard or point guard.
Early life
Born in Cairo, Yasser went on to play in the NBA Academy Africa in Saly, Senegal.{{cite web |title=#10 Mohab Yasser Abdalatif |url=https://games.nbaacademy.nba.com/federation/18/team/3459/players/9992 |website=ScoreBreak |access-date=25 May 2021}} He also appeared at Basketball Without Borders camps.
Professional career
Abdalatif was on the Zamalek roster for the 2020–21 season. He was on the Zamalek roster for the 2021 BAL season and was the youngest player to play in the inaugural season of the league at age 18. He was also the first prospect from an NBA Academy to play in the BAL.{{cite news |title=Basketball Africa League unveils rosters ahead of inaugural season |url=https://www.nba.com/news/basketball-africa-league-unveils-rosters-ahead-of-inaugural-season |access-date=18 May 2021 |work=nba.com }} Yasser started in all games and won the first-ever BAL championship with his team, averaging 9 points over six games.{{cite news |title=18-year-old Mohab Yasser stars as Egypt's Zamalek win first ever BAL title |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/egypt-zamalek-winners-first-basketball-africa-league-bal-final-yasser- |access-date=31 May 2021 |work=Olympics.com}}
In the same season, the 2020–21 season, Yasser won his first Egyptian Basketball Super League title with Zamalek, after helping defeating Al Ittihad in the finals. In the deciding Game 5, Yasser added 17 points to the 84–80 overtime win.{{cite web |title=Al Zamalek clinches 2019-2020 Super League title |url=https://www.afrobasket.com/Egypt/news/691245/Al-Zamalek-clinches-Egyptian-Super-league-2020-2021-Title |website=Afrobasket.com |access-date=29 June 2021 |language=en}} After the season, he was named the league's Best Young Player.{{cite news |title=EBBFED |url=https://twitter.com/EBBFED/status/1409625662512640005 |access-date=29 June 2021 |work=Twitter }}
On 9 May 2022, Yasser returned to Zamalek and signed a 4-year contract after his one-year playing college basketball with East Tennessee State.{{Cite tweet|number=1523712691969282050|title=لدينا الآن الفرصة لسماع زئير الأسد من جديــــد. 🦁 مرحباً بعودتك إلى بيتك مهاب ياسر. 🏹|user=zamalekshalls|date=9 May 2022|accessdate=9 May 2022}}
College career
On 10 June 2021, Yasser was officially announced as a player for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers for the 2021–22 season.{{cite news |title=Men's Basketball announces the signing of Mohab Yasser |url=https://www.etsubucs.com/mbasketball/news/2020-21/17912/mens-basketball-announces-the-signing-of-mohab-yasser/ |access-date=19 June 2021 |work=ETSUBucs.com |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Verbal Commits |url=https://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/east-tennessee-state |website=www.verbalcommits.com |access-date=31 May 2021}} As a true freshman at ETSU, Yasser played in all 32 games for the Buccaneers. He averaged 7.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.{{cite web |title=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4897386/mohab-yasser|website=espn.com|access-date=8 March 2022}} Yasser was also named to the 2021–22 SoCon All-freshman team.{{cite web|title=All-SoCon men's basketball teams announced|url=https://soconsports.com/news/2022/3/2/all-socon-mens-basketball-teams-announced.aspx|website=soconsports.com|date=2 March 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022}}
National team career
Yasser played in the 2020 FIBA U18 African Championship with the Egyptian under-18 team. He led the tournament in scoring with 27.6 points per game,{{cite web |title=Players statistics of the FIBA U18 African Championship 2020 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africa/u18/2020/playerstats |website=FIBA.basketball |access-date=9 May 2022 |language=en}} and was named to the All-Star Five of the tournament.{{cite news |title=Bourama Coulibaly named FIBA U18 African Championship 2020 MVP |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africa/u18/2020/news/bourama-coulibaly-named-fiba-u18-african-championship-2020-mvp |access-date=9 May 2022 |work=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}
In June 2021, Yasser was selected for the Egyptian senior team for the first time by head coach Ahmed Marei.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/EBBFED/status/1410275036267692035 |website=Twitter |access-date=30 June 2021 |language=en}}
Career statistics
{{BAL player statistics legend|leader=y|champion=y}}
=BAL=
{{BAL player statistics start}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2021†
|style="text-align:left;"|Zamalek
| 6 || 6 || 20.8 || style="background:#cfecec;"| .697* || .286 || .600 || 3.5 || 1.7|| 1.0 || .0 || 9.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2022
|style="text-align:left;"|Zamalek
| 3 || 0 || 16.7 || .529 || .167 || .500 || 2.3 || 1.0 || 0.7 || .0 || 7.0
{{s-end}}
=College=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align=left|2021–22
| align=left| East Tennessee State
| 32 || 1 || 22.1 || .503 || .319 || .745 || 3.8 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 7.2
|-
|}
Personal life
Yasser is the son of a former Egyptian national team player.{{cite news |title=Sons follow in fathers footsteps for Egypt |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/africa/u18/2020/news/sons-follow-in-fathers-footsteps-for-egypt |access-date=24 May 2021 |work=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Mohab-Yasser-Abdallatif/Summary/151779 Mohab Yasser] at RealGM
- [https://www.etsubucs.com/mbasketball/roster/2021-22/11638/mohab-yasser/ East Tennessee State Buccaneers bio]
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{{Zamalek 2021 BAL Champions}}
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Category:Egyptian men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Cairo
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