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Standing at 1.91 m (6\u00a0ft 3 in)[1] he can play as either a point guard or a shooting guard. He was the 2009 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, and the 2010 and 2011 Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year.College career[edit]Perkins played two years of college basketball at Santa Clara University with the Santa Clara Broncos, playing in the WCC, where he was twice selected to the All-WCC First Team (2004, 2005). He also led the league in steals during the 2003\u201304 and 2004\u201305 seasons.Professional career[edit]Perkins started his professional career in the 2005\u201306 season in the Japanese League, where he played for Toyota Alvark.  He was named the MVP of the league, after leading his team to the championship. In the final game, Perkins had 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists.Perkins then signed with the German League club EWE Baskets Oldenburg for the 2006\u201307 season. He averaged 12 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 4.1 assists in 27 minutes per game. In the 2007\u201308 season, Perkins led his team, Bree, to the Belgian League’s final. He had an outstanding season. He finished the season averaging 15.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists, and 3.1 steals in 31 minutes per game.For the 2008\u201309 season, Perkins signed with the Israeli Super League club Maccabi Haifa. He averaged 17 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 3 steals in 31 minutes per game. He had his best game against Ashkelon, finishing the game with 27 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. He was rewarded for his efforts with the Super League’s MVP award. Perkins was named the MVP of his league in two out of his first four pro seasons.In August 2009, Perkins was invited to join the senior men’s Russian national team. As citizenship was a prerequisite to joining the team, Perkins was offered Russian citizenship.[2] He decided however not to take Russian citizenship.  Perkins playing for Maccabi Tel AvivHe then returned to the Israeli Super League, and signed with the league’s defending champions Maccabi Tel Aviv. During the 2010\u201311 season, Perkins earned the nickname “who if not” (“\u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0”), due to his uncanny knack for coming up with loose balls, and for the way the Hebrew speaking game announcers constantly used the phrase, “who if not, Doron Perkins”. He was the 2010 and 2011 Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year.On March 29, 2011, during game 3 of the EuroLeague playoff series between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Caja Laboral, for the ticket to the EuroLeague Final Four, Perkins suffered an injury to his right knee. A medical examination later showed that he suffered two tears in his Meniscus, in his ACL and MCL, and he subsequently underwent surgery to repair the damaged knee. A prognosis of nine months rehabilitation time was published in the media.In early February 2012, Perkins returned to the court, after nearly one year off from basketball. He signed with the Italian League club Cant\u00f9, and played in his first EuroLeague game against Spanish League power Barcelona. Perkins finished the game with 12 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals. Perkins was also named the player of the week in his second week in the Italian League.He then signed with the Ukrainian League club Donetsk.[3] After playing in the Chinese Basketball Association with Foshan Long Lions, Perkins joined the Greek League club Olympiacos in February 2013.[4] With Olympiacos, he won the 2012\u201313 season championship of the EuroLeague. He was released by Olympiacos in May 2013.[5]He signed a contract with Be\u015fikta\u015f Integral Forex on September 30, 2013.[6]On September 6, 2014, Perkins signed a one-year contract with the Spanish team Laboral Kutxa Vitoria.[7] On December 12, 2014, he parted ways with Laboral. On January 27, 2015, he signed with Krasny Oktyabr of Russia for the remainder of the season.[8] However the next month he was released, before making official debut for the team.[9][10]In August 2015, Perkins signed with Turkish club Ye\u015filgiresun Belediye for the 2015\u201316 BSL season.[11]On December 11, 2016, Perkins signed with Sanat Naft Abadan of the Iranian Super League.[12]On August 18, 2017, Perkins signed with Goyang Orions of the Korean Basketball League.[13]Awards and achievements[edit]Santa Clara University[edit]Toyota Alvark[edit]Bree[edit]Maccabi Haifa[edit]Maccabi Tel Aviv[edit]Olympiacos[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki8\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki8\/doron-perkins-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Doron Perkins – Wikipedia"}}]}]