Gal Mekel
Mekel with the Dallas Mavericks
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| No. 9 – Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League |
Israeli Premier League Eurocup |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
March 4, 1988 Ramat HaSharon, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 191 lb (87 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Wichita State (2006–2008) |
| NBA draft | 2008 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2008–present |
| Career history | |
| 2008–2010 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2008–2010 | →Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
| 2010–2011 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
| 2011–2012 | Benetton Treviso |
| 2012–2013 | Maccabi Haifa |
| 2013–2014 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2014 | →Texas Legends |
| 2014 | New Orleans Pelicans |
| 2015 | Nizhny Novgorod |
| 2015 | Crvena zvezda |
| 2016–present | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Gal Mekel (Hebrew: גל מקל, pronounced [ˈɡal meˈkel]; born March 4, 1988) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League.
He played college basketball for two years at Wichita State. He then played in the Israeli Basketball Super League for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Gilboa Galil, and Maccabi Haifa, and in the Italian Serie A League for Benetton Treviso. He was a two-time Israeli Basketball Super League MVP, in 2011 and 2013.
In 2013, he signed a three-year minimum fully guaranteed contract with the Dallas Mavericks, becoming the second Israeli to join the NBA.
Mekel is Jewish, and was born in Ramat HaSharon to Alon and Ariela Mekel, Israeli Jews. He has four brothers and two sisters. He attended Alliance High School in Tel Aviv.
He started his way in the Hapoel Tel Aviv youth team. Shortly after, he moved to the A.S. Ramat HaSharon youth team where he demonstrated a good playmaking ability. His ability caught the eyes of basketball giant Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he moved at the age of 17, and subsequently won the 2005–06 Israeli Youth League.
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