<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Yotam Halperin is good. The 22-year-old, 1.96-meter guard is so good that in the 2005/06 season, playing for Olimpija Ljubljana in Slovenia, he earned the Slovenian league's guard of the year award while leading the team to both the Slovenian Cup and the league championship. At last week's Pre-Draft Camp for international players at Treviso, Italy, he was named to the first team. Some scouts even had Halperin listed as the number one player in the entire camp. The question Israeli basketball fans are asking has changed from, "Will Halperin be the first Israeli to be drafted by the NBA since 1996 (when Doron Sheffer was selected in the second round)?" to "Will Halperin be the first Israeli to be picked in the first round?" "[Halperin] should be considered late in the first round by some teams," Jeff Lenchiner, NBA analyst and editor of InsideHoops.com, told The Jerusalem Post by e-mail. "But it's likely he'll be taken in the second round." Lenchiner also noted that Yotam is a player who "can pick-and-roll, cut, move without the ball, and play smart" and is liked by most teams. While the analyst's second-round prediction for Halperin is echoed by other experts, the NBA hopeful's agent, Jason Levien, is confident that his client will be taken by in the opening round. Levien, who also represents Miami Heat star Udonis Haslem, indicated that three teams who have picks in the first round have expressed interest in Halperin.</div> Source
Don't see it happening. First of all, 1.96 meters is just under 6 feet for a point guard, that's not going to work. Honestly I haven't heard of the guy but there's no way that he'll be a first round pick like his agent says. What a stupid comment by this agent: <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">While the analyst's second-round prediction for Halperin is echoed by other experts, the NBA hopeful's agent, Jason Levien, is confident that his client will be taken by in the opening round. Levien, who also represents Miami Heat star Udonis Haslem, indicated that three teams who have picks in the first round have expressed interest in Halperin.</div> Sure they might have picks in the first round but that doesn't mean they're going to pick him. It might be a team with a first round pick and then a pick later in the second round and may want to take a chance with him in the 2nd. Even a team with just a first round pick that has no intentions on picking him but they're interested in him as a free agent.
Yup Yotam was drafted and he is going to play. Oh and in Union Olimpija Yotam was almost always playing shooting guard and not point guard. A lot of team are probably interested 'cos year or 2 ago halperin was the best player on the earth (younger than 21)
Isnt he going back to Europe? I read some where that he isnt playing in the NBA, not yet at least. Despite being drafted by Seattle.
