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Born |
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey |
February 7, 1984 ||||||||||||
Nationality | American / Israeli / Romanian | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school | Nicolet (Glendale, Wisconsin) | ||||||||||||
College | Stanford (2002–2006) | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2006 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
Playing career | 2006–present | ||||||||||||
Position | Swingman | ||||||||||||
Number | 21 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
2006–2007 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | ||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Aguas de Valencia Gandía Bàsquet | ||||||||||||
2008–2010 | CB Valladolid | ||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Bnei Hasharon | ||||||||||||
2011 | Hapoel Holon | ||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Hapoel Jerusalem | ||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Bnei Herzliya | ||||||||||||
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Daniel Leslie Grunfeld (Hebrew: דן גרונפלד; born February 7, 1984) is an American professional basketball player, who last played as a small forward for Bnei Herzliya in the Israeli Basketball Super League. He played briefly for Hapoel Holon, but left the team due to its financial problems, and signed a two-year contract with Hapoel Jerusalem starting at the beginning of November 2011.
He is the son of former New York Knicks guard, and current Washington Wizards executive, Ernie Grunfeld. In high school, he averaged 23.9 points per game and was the MVP of his conference. In college, at Stanford University, he was first team All Pacific-10 Conference as a junior. He has also played professionally for EWE Baskets Oldenburg, Aguas de Valencia Gandía Bàsquet, CB Valladolid, and Bnei Hasharon.
Grunfeld is Jewish, and the son of former New York Knicks guard, and current Washington Wizards executive, Ernie Grunfeld. His father was also general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks, before becoming President of Basketball Operations for the Washington Wizards.
Grunfeld grew up in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, while his father was the GM of the New York Knicks. Due to this, Grunfeld grew up a die-hard Knicks fan, but was just an average player on his middle school team during the late 1990s. When his father became the Milwaukee Bucks GM, Grunfeld moved to Wisconsin. It was there that he developed his game, shot up in height, and became a dominating high school player.