Background
Abdelnaby was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and moved to the United States with his family in 1971 at the age of two.
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Alaa Abdelnaby
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Bloomfield High School.
Career
He played for Duke University and then played in the National Basketball Association and College of Business Administration, among other leagues. Abdelnaby is currently a basketball broadcaster/analyst for Comcast Sports Network, Columbia Broadcasting System Sports Network, and Westwood One Radio. He was raised in Nutley and Bloomfield, New Jersey and played on the Bloomfield High School basketball team
Abdelnaby was selected as a standout American high school athlete as both a McDonald"s All-American and a Parade All-American.
Abdelnaby played at Duke University from 1986 to 1990, where he was a Third-Team All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination selection as a senior. Abdelnaby commented on Duke University"s academic requirements: "The only way I can make five A"s is when I sign my name."
Abdelnaby was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association with the 25th pick of the 1990 National Basketball Association Draft, and he spent five years in the league, playing for Portland as well as the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire, Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, and Sacramento Kings.
He was signed by the Golden State Warriors but he never played for that franchise. After leaving the National Basketball Association, Abdelnaby played for the Papagou British Columbia (Greece) (1995–1996), the Omaha Racers (College of Business Administration) (1996–1997), Olympique Antibes (France) (1997–1998), and the Idaho Stampede (College of Business Administration) (1999–2000).
Transactions
1990, June 27 – First round, 25th pick of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1990 National Basketball Association Draft
1992, July 1 – Traded for Milwaukee Buckinghamshire" rights to Tracy Murray
1992, December 4 – Traded for Boston Celtics" rights to Jon Barry
1994, July 26 – Free agent, signed by the Sacramento Kings
1995, March 21 – Released by the Sacramento Kings
1995, March 24 – Free agent, signed by the Philadelphia 76ers to a 10-day contract
1995, April 3 – Re-signed by the Philadelphia 76ers to a second 10-day contract
1995, April 12 – Released by the Philadelphia 76ers
1995, October 6 – Free agent, signed by the Golden State Warriors to a one-year contract
1995, October 18 – Released by the Golden State Warriors
Abdelnaby began broadcasting National Basketball Association games in Arabic in 1995 with Orbit Satellite Television and later worked for other Arabic channels.
Abdelnaby currently serves as the color analyst for the Philadelphia 76ers, working alongside play-by-play commentator Marc Zumoff (Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia). He is also a Columbia Broadcasting System Sports Network college basketball in-studio analyst and provides color commentary for on-site National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball games. Additionally, Abdelnaby does color commentary for Westwood One Radio.
