Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american-israeli professional basketball player for maccabi tel aviv of the israeli super league”. Today it says “american-born naturalized israeli professional basketball player for hapoel haifa of the israeli basketball pre”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American-Israeli professional basketball player”. It now reads “American-Israeli basketball player”.
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Alexander Trent Tyus ( Hebrew : אלכס טיוס ; born January 8, 1988) is an American-born naturalized Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League (IBSL). He was the 2018 Finals MVP . Having been naturalized as an Israeli citizen , he also represented the senior Israeli national basketball team . Standing at 2.03 meters (6' 8") tall, he is an athletic frontcourt player and good rebounder.
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Alexander "Alex" Trent Tyus (born January 8, 1988) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League . Having naturalized as an Israeli citizen, he also represents the Israeli national basketball team . He is a 2.03 m tall, 220-pound power forward .
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Alexander Trent Tyus (born January 8, 1988) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player, who lastly played for UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League .Having been naturalized as an Israeli citizen, he also represented the senior Israeli national basketball team .Standing at 2.03 meters (6'8") tall, he is an athletic frontcourt player and good rebounder.
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American-Israeli professional basketball player Alexander Trent Tyus (born January 8, 1988) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for ASVEL Basket of the LNB Pro A . Having been naturalized as an Israeli citizen , he also represented the senior Israeli national basketball team . Standing at 2.03 meters (6' 8") tall, he is an athletic frontcourt player and good rebounder.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american-israeli professional basketball player for maccabi tel aviv of the israeli super league”. Today it says “american-born naturalized israeli professional basketball player for hapoel haifa of the israeli basketball pre”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American-Israeli professional basketball player”. It now reads “American-Israeli basketball player”. Read the current article and compare.
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american-israeli professional basketball player for maccabi tel aviv of the israeli super league
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american-born naturalized israeli professional basketball player for hapoel haifa of the israeli basketball pre
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