Ibrahim Jaaber

Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Ibrahim Jaaber
nickname = EB


caption =
position = Point guard
Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lbs = 175
team = Lottomatica Roma
league = Italian League
Euroleague
nationality = American / Bulgarian
birth_date = birth date and age|1984|2|3
birth_place = Elizabeth, New Jersey
highschool =
college = University of Pennsylvania
draft = Undrafted
draft_year = 2007
draft_team =
career_start = 2007
former_teams = Egaleo BC (2007–2008)

Ibrahim Jaaber (pronounced Jabber) (born February 3, 1984 in Elizabeth, New Jersey), is a naturalized Bulgarian professional basketball player, originally from the United States. He plays both the point guard and shooting guard positions and is 1.88 m (6'2") in height.

College career

As a former men's basketball player at the University of Pennsylvania, he won the Ivy League Player of the Year in his junior and senior years, in the process breaking the league's career record for steals (303) and finishing among the top pickpockets in college basketball (2nd nationally in steals his junior year and 3rd nationally in steals his senior year). With Mark Zoller, Ibby also led the Quakers to three straight Ivy League titles between his sophomore and senior years; he also played well in the team's three NCAA Tournament games getting 16 points against Texas A&M and 15 against Texas and he scored 21 points when Penn visited a top North Carolina team. Jaaber will go down as one of the best players ever to play for the Quakers.

Career college stats

*2003-2004 (Penn): Pts: 6.5 Rbs: 2.4 Stls: 1.3 Ast: .6

*2004-2005 (Penn): Pts: 11.5 Rbs: 4.6 Stls: 2.9 Ast: 2.8

*2005-2006 (Penn): Pts: 18.2 Rbs: 3.4 Stls: 3.3 Ast: 2.2 (Ivy League Player of the Year)

*2006-2007 (Penn): Pts: 15.9 Rbs: 4.5 Stls: 2.9 Ast: 5.2 (Ivy League Player of the Year, Big 5 Player of the Year, AP All-American Notable)

*Career: Pts: 13.3 Rbs: 3.8 Stls: 2.7 Ast: 2.8

Pro career

Ibrahim Jaaber was not drafted by any NBA teams, but he played for the Detroit Pistons' Summer League squad from July 7-14, 2007 and he subsequently signed a contract to play professionally for a Greek League team called Egaleo ΒC. In the middle of the season, after leading the Greek League in many statistical categories (including points scored and steals), he was traded to the premiere Euroleague to play for Lottomattica Roma.

Bulgarian national team

Jaaber plays internationally for the Bulgarian national basketball team.

ources

* [http://www.pennathletics.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1700&ATCLID=50729 Biography] @ pennathletics.net