Oded Kattash
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Oded Katash or Kattash (born October 10, 1974) is an Israeli basketball coach and former player. As a player, he was most connected with Maccabi Tel Aviv, while he also earned a Euroleague title in the 1999-2000 season while playing with Panathinaikos.
[edit] Playing Career
He is 194 cm tall and he played as a point guard. When he was 9 years old he joined the junior department of Maccabi Tel Aviv. He played for Maccabi Darom, Maccabi Ramat Gan, and Hapoel Galil Elyon, before returning in 1995 to Maccabi Tel Aviv to join the senior team. With Macabbi's senior team he won 4 Israeli Championships and 2 Israeli Cups.
He played at the Eurobasket 1997 European Championship with the Israeli national basketball team, scoring 22 points per game during the tournament. He subsequently agreed to play with the New York Knicks, but he never actually played in the NBA because of the 1998-99 NBA season lockout that came into place on July 1, 1998.
Eventually, he signed a three year contract with Panathinaikos BC. In the 2000 Euroleague final game he scored 17 points against his former team Maccabi Tel Aviv to win the Euroleague Championship with Panathinaikos. His career unfortunately ended prematurely a few months later after he suffered a serious knee injury.
[edit] Coaching Career
After he retired from playing he took up basketball coaching, and first coached with Hapoel Galil Elyon. He was the coach of Macabbi Tel Aviv from summer of 2007 until January 1, 2008, when he resigned. Shortly after he returned to Galil Elyon, helping the team stay in the first division.
[edit] External Links
- Article about Katash
- Katash and Knicks
- News piece about coaching Maccabi
- Sinai, Allon. "Local Hoops: Katash steps down as Maccabi TA coach", Jerusalem Post, January 1, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- [http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=5684&idioma=3 Career
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