Moti Daniel
{{short description|Israeli basketball player}}
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| name = Mordecai "Moti" Daniel
מוטי דניאל
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| position = Forward
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| league = Israeli Basketball Premier League
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|7|24}}
| birth_place = Holon, Israel
| nationality = Israeli
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Mordecai "Moti" Daniel ({{Langx|he|מוטי דניאל}}; also "Motti"; born July 24, 1963) is an Israeli former basketball player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-03-18-9001230574-story.html|title=FROM TEL AVIV, WITH TALENT|date=March 18, 1990|author=Frank Dell`Apa|website=Chicago Tribune}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/moti-daniel-1.html|title=Moti Daniel College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}} He played the forward position. He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team.
Early and personal life
Daniel is from Holon, Israel, and is Jewish.{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=JPOST19870401-01.1.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title= All-American Jewish basketball team|date=April 1, 1987|author=Shel Wallman|website=Jewish Post}} He is {{convert|6|ft|7|in|cm|abbr=on}} tall.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Motti-Daniel/Israel/Hapoel-Zefat-Galil/12141|title=Motti Daniel Basketball Player Profile, Hapoel Zefat Galil, News, Artzit, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards|website=Eurobasket LLC}} He met his wife, Kerry Winter, when she was also a basketball player at George Washington University.{{Cite web|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1991/03/11/shalom-which-is-to-say-hello-goodbye-and-peace-the-maccabi-tel-aviv-basketball-team-reflected-on-those-words-while-scuds-fell|title=SHALOM; WHICH IS TO SAY HELLO, GOODBYE AND PEACE. THE MACCABI TEL AVIV BASKETBALL TEAM REFLECTED ON THOSE WORDS WHILE SCUDS FELL|date=March 11, 1991 |first=William|last=Nack|website=Sports Illustrated Vault}} They were married in 1988, and moved to Holon.
Basketball career
Daniel attended George Washington University ('87). He played for the George Washington Colonials in 1985–87. In 1985-86 he averaged 9.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game as a freshman, and was named to the Atlantic 10 Conference All-Freshmen Team.{{Cite web|url=https://gwsports.com/sports/2018/7/23/sports-m-baskbl-spec-rel-MBB-100-html.aspx|title=100 Players, 100 Days Countdown to 100th Season|website=George Washington University Athletics|date=July 23, 2018}}{{Cite book|url=https://issuu.com/atlantic10conference/docs/completemg/136|title=Atlantic A-10 Conference 2014-15 Men's Basketball Media Guide}} In 1987 his true shooting percentage was .579, fourth in the Atlantic 10 Conference, and he scored 13.1 points per game, 11th in the conference.
He then played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Daniel played for Israeli teams Hapoel Holon, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem, and Maccabi Rishon LeZion.{{Cite web|url=https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=7897&lang=en|title=ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 1997-98 Season | Hapoel Jerusalem | Motti Daniel|website=basket.co.il}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/sports/maccabi-from-the-other-side-1.5296517|title=Seeing Maccabi from the other side|website=Haaretz|author=Arie Livnat|date=December 12, 2013}}
Daniel also played for the Israeli national basketball team at the 1986 FIBA World Championship for Men.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q//pid/84067/_//players.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925034016/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp/q/pid/84067/_/players.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2021|title=Motti DANIEL (ISR) |website=archive.fiba.com}}
References
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External links
- [https://twitter.com/motidaniel5?lang=en Twitter page]
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Category:Sportspeople from Holon
Category:Israeli men's basketball players
Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Category:Jewish basketball players