1. Sylven Joshua Landesberg is an American-Israeli-Austrian professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Premier League.
20 Facts About Sylven Landesberg
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Sylven Landesberg was named First-Team All-City by the New York Daily News and the New York Post.
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Sylven Landesberg scored a school-record 2,149 career points in three years on the team.
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Sylven Landesberg was a 2008 McDonald's High School All American, and was named New York State Mr Basketball.
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Sylven Landesberg was a second-team Parade All-American, first-team All-State, New York Gatorade Player of the Year, New York Post Player of the Year, and a US All Star in the 2008 Capital Classic.
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Sylven Landesberg's parents said he chose the University of Virginia over St John's University because he felt it was a superior academic school.
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Sylven Landesberg led the team in scoring, and was second in rebounds and assists.
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Sylven Landesberg led Atlantic Coast Conference freshmen in scoring, and was third in rebounds and assists.
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Sylven Landesberg set a UVA freshman record with 12 20-point games.
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Sylven Landesberg was named ACC Rookie of the Year, six-time ACC Rookie of the Week, a unanimous selection to the ACC All-Freshmen Team, honorable mention All-ACC, second-team Freshman All-American by CBS, CollegeHoops.
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Sylven Landesberg was named second-team All-ACC, 2-time ACC Player of the Week, USBWA All-District III, NABC All-District 2 first team.
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On March 6,2010, Sylven Landesberg was suspended for the remaining game of the season for failing to meet academic obligations.
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On July 25,2010, Sylven Landesberg signed a two-year deal with the Israeli team Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Super League.
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On May 24,2018, Sylven Landesberg was named All-Liga ACB First Team and finished in the fifth place in voting for the Liga ACB MVP of the season.
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Sylven Landesberg helped Turk Telekom reach the 2019 BSL Playoffs, where they eventually were eliminated by Fenerbahce in the Quarterfinals.
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On July 14,2019, Sylven Landesberg signed with the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association.
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On December 30,2021, Sylven Landesberg signed with the Beijing Royal Fighters of the Chinese Basketball Association.
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On November 9,2018, Sylven Landesberg was named a member of the Austria national basketball team for the EuroBasket 2021 qualification.
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On November 29,2018, Sylven Landesberg recorded 49 points in his debut, scoring 40 points in the first half.
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Sylven Landesberg is Jewish, and was born in Brooklyn to an Austrian-Jewish father, Steven, and a Trinidadian and Tobagonian mother, Ingrid.