List of Israeli NBA players

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A List of an Israeli players from the NBA:

1 Currently active NBA players
2 Drafted but did not play in the NBA
3 Former Undrafted NBA players
4 Former players that allmost became the first Israeli in the NBA

[edit] Currently active NBA players

Draft Year	Round	Pick	Entry Year	Player	Drafted by	NBA teams played for
2006	2^nd	#44	Feb. 2006	Lior Eliyahu	Houston Rockets	None
2006	2^nd	#53	Feb. 2006	Yotam Halperin	Seattle SuperSonics	None

[edit] Drafted but did not play in the NBA

Draft Year	Round	Pick	Player	Drafted by
1965	2^nd	#15	Tal Brody	Washington Bullets
1996	2^nd	#36	Doron Sheffer	Los Angeles Clippers

[edit] Former Undrafted NBA players

Draft Year	Round	Pick	Player	Drafted by	NBA teams played for
2004	2^nd	#Undrafted	Amit Tamir	Undrafted	Tried his luck with Orlando Magic in the NBA summer league.
2005	2^nd	#Undrafted	Robert Rothbart	Undrafted	was Undrafted and move to France to play with Paris Basket Racing.

[edit] Former players that allmost became the first Israeli in the NBA

Year	Player	got an offer from	NBA teams played for
1975	Miki Berkovich	the New Jersey Nets and from the Atlanta Hawks.	didn't play.
1995	Nadav Henefeld	the Washington Bullets.	didn't play.
1999	Oded Katash	the New York Knicks	didn't play.