| Intro | American basketball player |
| Is |
Athlete Basketball player |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 12 October 1981, Philadelphia |
| Age: | 38 years |
D’or Fischer (born October 12, 1981) is an American–Israeli professional basketball player for the Capitanes de Arecibo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in), he plays at the power forward and center positions.
Fischer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and did not play basketball for the school when he attended Upper Darby High School.
College career
Fischer played college basketball at Northwestern State University and also at West Virginia University with the West Virginia Mountaineers. As a sophomore he was honorable mention all-Southland Conference selection after averaging 9.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 4.4 blocks per game, and totalling 133 blocks for the season (second in the nation). He broke the NSU record for blocks in a game (with 13) and was just one short of the NCAA record of 14 shared by four players.
Professional career
After going undrafted at the 2005 NBA draft, Fischer signed his first professional contract with the Polish club Anwil Włocławek. However he left Anwil after only three games. In January 2006, he signed with the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA D-League.
For the 2006–07 season he signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the German Bundesliga. The following season he played in Belgium with the Euphony Bree.
On July 17, 2008, he signed a one-year contract with the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. On August 2, 2009, he re-signed with Maccabi for one more season.
On July 24, 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the Spanish club Real Madrid. On August 1, 2011, he moved to another Spanish club Bilbao Basket for the 2010–11 season.
On August 25, 2012, he signed with the Ukrainian club Donetsk.
On September 27, 2013, he signed with the Washington Wizards. However, he was later waived by the Wizards on October 16.
On November 24, 2013, he signed a one-year contract with the German club Brose Baskets. In April 2014, he was named to the All-Basketball Bundesliga First Team.
On August 2, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with UNICS Kazan. In 2014–15 Euroleague, he averaged 13.1 points per game with a 75 percent field goal percentage from the field and averaged 5.7 rebounds per game.
On July 15, 2015, Fischer signed a one-year contract with the Israeli club Hapoel Jerusalem. On March 25, 2016, he parted ways with Hapoel after averaging 8.7 points and 5 rebounds per game in Israeli League.
On January 8, 2017, Fischer signed with the Capitanes de Arecibo.
Career statistics
Domestic leagues
| Season | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | Anwil Włocławek | Polish PLK | 3 | 24.0 | .417 | — | .750 | 9.0 | 1.0 | .7 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| Roanoke Dazzle | D-League | 27 | 20.1 | .579 | — | .838 | 5.0 | .6 | .2 | 1.3 | 6.0 | |
| 2006–07 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | German BBL | 34 | 26.1 | .624 | — | .715 | 6.6 | .9 | .3 | 2.6 | 11.9 |
| 2007–08 | Euphony Bree | Ethias League | 41 | 32.5 | .578 | — | .765 | 10.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 14.2 |
| 2008–09 | Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. | Ligat HaAl | 25 | 22.8 | .741 | — | .842 | 6.6 | 1.7 | .8 | 2.0 | 10.4 |
| 2009–10 | 28 | 19.1 | .667 | .000 | .717 | 5.8 | 1.4 | .7 | 1.3 | 6.9 | ||
| 2010–11 | Real Madrid | Liga ACB | 40 | 19.6 | .613 | — | .778 | 4.7 | .7 | .3 | 1.4 | 6.2 |
| 2011–12 | Bilbao Basket | 33 | 24.6 | .603 | .333 | .774 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 8.5 | |
| 2012–13 | BC Donetsk | Ukraine SuperLeague | 38 | 28.2 | .623 | .000 | .784 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 11.0 |
| 2013–14 | Brose Baskets Bamberg | German BBL | 28 | 22.0 | .641 | .000 | .783 | 6.1 | 1.1 | .4 | 2.6 | 10.7 |
| 2014–15 | UNICS Kazan | VTB United League | 29 | 25.5 | .628 | .000 | .865 | 5.3 | 1.9 | .6 | 1.5 | 10.1 |
Personal
On March 1, 2009, Fischer was attacked outside of a club in Tel Aviv with a glass bottle. He was injured in the face and his facial nerves were damaged, but he has fully healed.
In July 2014, after marrying an Israeli woman Fischer became an Israeli citizen, and joined the Israel national basketball team.