Yotam Halperin
Halperin with Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| No. 10 – Hapoel Jerusalem | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Point guard |
| League |
Israeli Basketball Super League EuroCup |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
January 24, 1984 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2006 / Round: 2 / Pick: 53rd overall |
| Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | |
| Playing career | 2001–present |
| Career history | |
| 2001–2005 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2005–2006 | Union Olimpija |
| 2006–2008 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2008–2011 | Olympiacos Piraeus |
| 2011–2012 | Spartak Saint Petersburg |
| 2012–2013 | Bayern Munich |
| 2013–present | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Yotam Halperin (Hebrew: יותם הלפרין; born January 24, 1984) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Super League. He is a 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall combo guard. He was named to the 2007–08 All-EuroLeague Second Team.
Halperin is Jewish, and was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He played in the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team and won two Israeli Youth League titles (2000–01, 2001–02). Simultaneously, He led his high school basketball team into winning the national title.
Halperin debuted in Maccabi senior team at the age of 17 in a EuroLeague game against Alba Berlin. In his first years with Maccabi, Yotam had barely gained minutes behind stars as Ariel McDonald and Šarūnas Jasikevičius. In his first three seasons he averaged 12.3 minutes per game in the Israeli BSL.
Halperin has won the 2003–04 Euroleague title with Maccabi. He scored 7 points and passed 4 assists in the final against Skipper Bologna. The team were able to win the 2004–05 Euroleague as well, but Halperin didn't have a major part in the success.
On August 31, 2005 Yotam signed a one-year contract with Slovenian League Champions Union Olimpija. Maccabi agreed to release Halperin, in order for him to gain experience at the EuroLeague level. Halperin immediately took a leading role in the team, averaging 13.9 points in 36 minutes per game during the 2005–06 Euroleague, but the team failed to reach the Top 16.
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