Guy Pnini

Guy Pnini

No. 10 – Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
Position	Small forward
League	Israeli Super League Euroleague
Personal information
Born	(1983-09-04) September 4, 1983 Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2005 / Undrafted
Playing career	2001–present
Career history
2001–2002	Maccabi Ra'anana (Israel)
2002–2006	Bnei Hasharon (Israel)
2006–2008	Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel)
2008–2009	FMP Belgrade (Serbia)
2009	Keravnos (Cyprus)
2009–present	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
Career highlights and awards
Euroleague champion (2014) 3x Israeli League champion (2011, 2012, 2014) Israeli League All-Israeli Team (2006) Israeli League All-Starting Team (2010)

Guy Pnini (Hebrew: גיא פניני) (born September 4, 1983) is an Israeli professional basketball player who currently plays for the Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he plays at the small forward position.

Early life

Pnini is Jewish, and was born in Israel.

Professional career

Bnei Hasharon

After the 2001 season, Guy began his professional career playing for Maccabi Rannana in the Israeli Super League.

Maccabi Rannana merged with Bnei Herzeliya and became Bnei Hasharon. Guy became the captain of the team in 2004–05, and in 2006 he was chosen for the "All Israeli League Team".

Hapoel Jerusalem

Main article: Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.

In the 2006–07 season, Guy signed with Hapoel Jerusalem, winning two state cups – one in 2007 after beating his former team, Bnei Hasharon, in the final, and the other in 2008 after beating Maccabi Tel Aviv. In Jerusalem, Pnini became one of the most dominant Israeli players in the league.

Year on exile

Before the 2008–09 season, with one year remaining in his contract with Hapoel Jerusalem, Pnini signed a 3-years contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv starting from the 2009–10 season. Hapoel Jerusalem appealed against the agreement to the IBA court, claiming that it is an unsportsmanlike situation that their player has a signed contract with their opponent. IBA's court determined that Pnini must spend the 2008–09 season outside of the Israeli League. After the verdict, Pnini signed with the Serbian team KK FMP. In January 2009, Pnini left KK FMP and signed with the Cypriot team Keravnos where he reached the Cyprus Basketball Division final, losing 3:1 to APOEL Nicosia.

Maccabi Tel Aviv

After spending a season abroad, Pnini was allowed to fulfill his 3-year contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv and joined the team for the 2009–10 season. In December 2012 he was fined NIS 100,000, stripped of his role as captain and suspended over a Nazi slur against another player

Israeli national team

Pnini is a regular member of the senior Israeli National Team, and took part in the 2007 and 2009 Eurobaskets.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

†	Denotes season in which Pnini won the Euroleague

Euroleague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2009–10	Maccabi	20	11	15.2	.414	.400	.680	1.8	.9	.5	.1	4.7	3.1
2010–11	Maccabi	22	5	19.8	.486	.458	.778	1.7	1.1	.4	0	7.2	6.0
2011–12	Maccabi	19	0	12.6	.367	.317	.889	1.3	1.1	.4	.1	3.4	3.3
2012–13	Maccabi	23	2	13.4	.431	.302	.810	1.2	1	.3	.1	4.0	3.7
2013–14†	Maccabi	27	20	18.4	.424	.413	.583	1.8	1.8	.4	.1	5.6	5.2
2014–15	Maccabi	4	1	20.7	.565	.467	.625	2.0	1.5	.8	.0	9.5	7.5
Career		115	39	16.3	.438	.396	.719	1.6	1.2	.4	.1	5.2	4.5

External links

• Guy Pnini at draftexpress.com
• Guy Pnini at eurobasket.com
• Guy Pnini at euroleague.net