Constantin Popa

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Constantin Popa (born February 18, 1971 in Romania) is a 7' 4" (2.22 m) Romanian-Israeli former professional basketball player.

Popa played for Dinamo Bucureşti in his native Romania before going overseas to play college basketball in the United States for the University of Miami. In large part on the strength of a highly effective hook shot, he was selected by the L.A. Clippers with the 53rd pick in the 1995 NBA Draft. In the same year he was selected by the Miami Tropics of the USBL. He never ended up playing a game in either league, although he did play for the Florida Beachdogs of the American CBA, where he developed somewhat of a cult fan following.

He also played in France with Pau-Orthez and with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem of Israel. Although not Jewish, he holds Israeli citizenship because his wife is from there. He retired from professional basketball in 2001.