Name Jake Cohen Parents David Cohen, Kate Cohen Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg) Weight 107 kg | Height 2.08 m Nationality American / Israeli Role Basketball player Siblings Josh Cohen | |
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League Greek Basket LeagueEurocup College Davidson Wildcats men's basketball | ||
Listed height 6 ft 10.75 in (2.10 m) | ||
Jake cohen highlights season 2014 2015 full hd
Jacob Greer Cohen (born September 25, 1990) is an American-Israeli 6' 10¾" (2.10 m) tall professional basketball player who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League and EuroLeague.
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- Jake cohen highlights season 2014 2015 full hd
- Jake cohen welcome to maccabi
- Early life
- High school
- College career
- Professional career
- International career
- References
Cohen played college basketball at Davidson College, with the Davidson Wildcats from 2009 through 2013. He was a two-time Southern Conference Player of the Year, as both a junior and senior. He finished his college career in the top 10 all-time in the conference in career defensive rebounds, offensive rebounds, free throw percentage, free throws, and blocks.
Jake cohen welcome to maccabi
Early life
Cohen is Jewish, and was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to David (who had played basketball at Haverford College) and Kate Cohen. Growing up he was a member of and attended Hebrew school at Temple Sholom in Broomall, where he had his Bar Mitzvah. His older brother, Josh, played football at Dartmouth College.
He was raised in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. By seventh grade, he was 6' 1".
High school
While a high school student, he played for the Philadelphia Jewish Community Center (JCC) team, which won a gold medal at the 2007 JCC Maccabi Games as he scored 33 points in the finals.
In high school, he played basketball at Conestoga High School in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. As a junior in 2008 he averaged 16 points and 12 rebounds per game, and was named All-Central League, All-Chester County, and Main Line Player of the Year.
As a senior in 2009 he averaged 17.6 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocked shots a game. He was named All-Main Line, Chester County Player of the Year, third-team Class AAAA All-State, Central League MVP, and was a McDonald’s All-American nominee in 2009. He was a four-year Honor Roll student.
College career
Cohen, a 6' 10" power forward, came to Davidson College in the 2009–10 season, and quickly joined the starting lineup of the Wildcats. He became the first freshman to lead Davidson in scoring since All-American Stephen Curry, averaging 13.3 points per game. He was named Southern Conference Freshman of the Year.
As a sophomore in the 2010–11 season, he averaged 12.2 points and 6.2 rebounds a game, ranked 2nd in the SoCon in blocked shots (and was 2nd in the Conference with 1.5 blocked shots per game) and 9th in rebounding and field-goal percentage, and was named a first-team All-American by the Jewish Sports Review.
As a junior in the 2011–12 season, Cohen scored 14.3 points (10th in the Conference) and grabbed 6.1 rebounds per game, led the Conference in free throws (141), blocked shots (55), and blocked shots per game (1.7), was 2nd in free throw percentage (.876), and was named Southern Conference Player of the Year by the league's media. In an unusual move, Cohen's teammate De'Mon Brooks was named player of the year by the league's coaches.
As a senior in the 2012–13 season, he averaged 14.9 points (6th in the Conference), 5.3 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game. He shot 39% from 3-point range, 50% from two-point range (5th in the Conference), and 83% from the free throw line (4th in the Conference), and had 128 free throws (2nd in the Conference) and 56 blocks (2nd in the Conference), 1.6 blocked shots per game (2nd in the Conference), and 508 points (3rd in the Conference). He was voted as SoCon Player of the Year by the league's head coaches and the media.
Cohen ended his college career as Davidson's all-time leader in blocks (197) and starts (123). He was also 2nd in free-throws made (451), 6th in points (1,795), 7th in field-goals made (611), 8th in free-throw percentage (.805), and 9th in rebounds (747). He was 2nd all-time in the Southern Conference in defensive rebounds (515), 5th in offensive rebounds (232), 7th in free throw percentage (.805) and free throws (451), and 8th in blocks (197).
Professional career
Cohen went undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft. He was signed to the Phoenix Suns summer league team immediately following the draft, and played for it in July 2013.
He signed a four-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv in July 2013. In the 2013–14 season, he played 10 games for Maccabi Tel Aviv, and 14 games on loan for Maccabi Rishon Le Zion. He moved back to Maccabi Tel Aviv for the 2014–15 season.
On August 18, 2015, Cohen signed an annual contract with Greek team Aris.
On June 27, 2017, Cohen returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv and signed a two-year contract.
International career
Cohen, who was granted Israeli citizenship on the basis of his being Jewish, represented Israel in the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B in Austria in 2010. He led the tournament in scoring at 20 ppg, led all players in the tournament with 87% free throw shooting, led all players in fouls drawn per game (6.4), and was named to the all-tournament team.
He was on the Team USA roster for the 2013 Maccabiah Games, but did not play because he instead was playing in the NBA summer league in an effort to be picked by an NBA team.