Robert Rothbart
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| Position | Center |
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| Height | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) |
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Born | June 16, 1986  Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality |  Serbia,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Israel |
| Pro career | 2004–present |
| Former teams | Paris Basket Racing 2004-2006 Borac Nektar, Banjaluka, Republic of Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007-present |
Robert Rothbart (Hebrew: רוברט רות'בארט, born, AKA Boris Kajmaković on June 16, 1986 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina is a Bosnian-Israeli professional basketball player playing the position of center for Borac Nektar, Banjaluka in the D1 basketball league of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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[edit] Biography
Robert was born in Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the time part of the former Yugoslavia. Due to the raging war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Robert's family emigrated to Israel, where they stayed for two years before moving to United States
After graduating from elite elementary The Harker School in San Jose, California, Robert has successfully played high school basketball for Monta Vista High School (Cupertino, California) and Natomas (Sacramento, California). During his stay in Sacramento, Robert was supervised by Serbian-born NBA star Vlade Divac.
Although he initially committed to Indiana University, Rothbart decided in the summer of 2004, to skip college and move to Europe where he's active today. After two seasons with Paris Basket Racing in the French Ligue Nationale de Basketball and one season with Israeli Hapoel Galil Elyon, Rothbart returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina where he was born. Robert holds multiple nationalities, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Israel.
[edit] Trivia
- He pulled out of the 2004 NBA Draft and decided to try his luck in the 2005 NBA Draft, but went undrafted.
