{"id":701,"date":"2026-10-07T22:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbabasketballschool.ge\/coaches\/julius-isaac\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T21:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:57:56","slug":"julius-isaac","status":"publish","type":"coach","link":"https:\/\/nbabasketballschool.ge\/ka\/coaches\/julius-isaac\/","title":{"rendered":"\u10ef\u10e3\u10da\u10d8\u10e3\u10e1 \u10d0\u10d8\u10d6\u10d4\u10d9\u10d8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KA\n \u10ef\u10e3\u10da\u10d8\u10e3\u10e1 \u10dc\u10d5\u10dd\u10e1\u10e3 \u10d0\u10d8\u10d6\u10d4\u10d9\u10d8 \u10dc\u10d8\u10d2\u10d4\u10e0\u10d8\u10d8\u10e1 \u10d8\u10e1\u10e2\u10dd\u10e0\u10d8\u10d0\u10e8\u10d8 \u10e7\u10d5\u10d4\u10da\u10d0\u10d6\u10d4 \u10e2\u10d8\u10e2\u10e3\u10da\u10dd\u10d5\u10d0\u10dc\u10d8 \u10d9\u10d0\u10da\u10d0\u10d7\u10d1\u10e3\u10e0\u10d7\u10d4\u10da\u10d8\u10d0. \u10d8\u10e1 \u10d8\u10db\u10dd\u10e1 \u10e8\u10e2\u10d0\u10e2\u10d8\u10d3\u10d0\u10dc \u10d0\u10e0\u10d8\u10e1. 14 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At just 14, he founded a basketball team at his school, Government Secondary School Owerri, and went on to dominate the state competition. By 15, he was playing for the senior state team and representing Nigeria\u2019s Junior National Team. He received the Imo Sports Writers\u2019 Award as Best Basketball Player of the Year, and in 1988 won a silver medal at the National School Sports Festival. He continued his career in the United States at Liberty University. There he served as team captain, was a two-time team MVP and earned All-Conference honors. The university retired his jersey in 1997 and inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2017, its highest athletic honor. As a professional, Julius played for some of the world\u2019s leading clubs: NBA: the San Antonio Spurs (1994\u20131995, Western Conference champions) and the Boston Celtics (1996) Europe: CSKA Moscow (Russian champions), Panathinaikos (Greek Cup winners), Galatasaray, \u00c9lan B\u00e9arnais Pau-Orthez (French champions), C\u00e1ceres CB and CSU Asesoft Ploie\u0219ti (Romanian champions) Beyond Europe: Isuzu Giga Cats (Japanese league and cup winners), Al Jalaa (Syrian Cup winners), Ararat (Iran), and championship-winning teams in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela Julius captained the Nigerian National Team for 10 years. After returning home in 1997, he led Nigeria to its first-ever Basketball World Cup qualification and repeated the feat in 2005. 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