Mohab Yasser

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Mohab Yasser
مهاب ياسر
No. 15 – Zamalek
Position
Zamalek
2022–presentZamalek
Career highlights and awards

Mohab Yasser Abdalatif (

Egypt national basketball team. Standing at 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in), 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.[1] He also appeared at Basketball Without Borders camps.

Professional career

Abdalatif was on the

BAL championship with his team, averaging 9 points over six games.[3]

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.[4] After the season, he was named the league's Best Young Player.[5]

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.[6]

College career

On 10 June 2021, Yasser was officially announced as a player for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers for the 2021–22 season.[7][8] 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.[9] Yasser was also named to the 2021–22 SoCon All-freshman team.[10]

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,[11] and was named to the All-Star Five of the tournament.[12]

In June 2021, Yasser was selected for the

Egyptian senior team for the first time by head coach Ahmed Marei.[13]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 †  Won an
BAL championship
 *  Led the league

BAL

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021 Zamalek 6 6 20.8 .697* .286 .600 3.5 1.7 1.0 .0 9.0
2022 Zamalek 3 0 16.7 .529 .167 .500 2.3 1.0 0.7 .0 7.0

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021–22 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.[14]

References

  1. ^ "#10 Mohab Yasser Abdalatif". ScoreBreak. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Basketball Africa League unveils rosters ahead of inaugural season". nba.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ "18-year-old Mohab Yasser stars as Egypt's Zamalek win first ever BAL title". Olympics.com. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Al Zamalek clinches 2019-2020 Super League title". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  5. ^ "EBBFED". Twitter. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  6. ^ @zamalekshalls (May 9, 2022). "لدينا الآن الفرصة لسماع زئير الأسد من جديــــد. 🦁 مرحباً بعودتك إلى بيتك مهاب ياسر. 🏹" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 May 2022 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Men's Basketball announces the signing of Mohab Yasser". ETSUBucs.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Verbal Commits". www.verbalcommits.com. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  9. ^ "ESPN". espn.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  10. ^ "All-SoCon men's basketball teams announced". soconsports.com. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Players statistics of the FIBA U18 African Championship 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Bourama Coulibaly named FIBA U18 African Championship 2020 MVP". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  13. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/EBBFED/status/1410275036267692035. Retrieved 30 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ "Sons follow in fathers footsteps for Egypt". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

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