Fahed Bassel Nazih Bawji, known as Bassel Bawji (born December 26, 1989) is a Lebanese-American retired professional basketball player who played as a power forward. He last played for Dynamo Lebanon of the Lebanese Basketball League.
Junior career At age 15, Bawji started his international career with the Lebanese Junior National Team. In 2006, Bawji travelled to the United States to continue his high school education and compete at the high school level. In 2006, he registered in Cypress Christian school located in Houston TX. The same year Bawji got to win the Texas state championship. The following year Bawji attended Klein Collins High school, where he averaged a double-double (11 pts 12 rebs), which helped him get selected to the Texas All-Star game event, in which he had 14 points and 18 rebounds. In 2009, Bawji got recruited to the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma (NCAA Division 1), which he decided to leave one year later to pursue a professional career overseas. In 2010, Bawji signed a 1-year contract with Mouttahed club (Tripoli). He then renewed his contract for two more years.
Professional career
National Team Senior +YearEventGames played2011FIBA Asia Championship for Men72015FIBA Asia Championship92017WABA Men Championship32017FIBA Asia Cup72019FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers10
Leagues +YearLeagueClubGames played2018FIBA Asia Champions CupAl Riyadi52019FIBA Asia Champions CupAl Riyadi5
Personal life Bassel Bawji was born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles on December 26, 1989, to parents Nazih Bawji and Sawsan El Sayed. His father Nazih, a former basketball player and captain of Riyadi Club and the Lebanese National team, established the Harlem Basketball Academy (Beirut), the first one in the region. Bassel joined the academy when he was 10 years old.
Player profile Bawji is a power forward. The main weakness cited in Bawji is his lack of ability in three-point range; he has averaged 26.7% on three-point field goal percentage throughout his first three seasons.
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