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Sports » Basketball
Dolph Schayes

Dolph Schayes

Dolph Schayes - Was born Adolf Schayes. He is in the Basketball Hall of Fame. During his career he was an NBA all-start 12 times and coached the Warriors.

Tal Brody

Tal Brody

Tal Brody - Brody is a local Trenton basketball legend where he played under another Jewish local sports legend, Scott Moscovich. 2nd team All-American at Illinois was drafted #13 by the Baltimore Bullets. After a contract dispute and a stint in the U.S. Army he decided to make aliyah. He Enjoyed a successful international career and helped Israeli basketball immeasurably.

Amit Tamir

Amit Tamir

Amit Tamir - Tamir is an Israeli professional basketball player. He is a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall center/forward and he currently plays for Maccabi Rishon LeZion.

Art Heyman

Art Heyman

Art Heyman - Heyman was the NCAA Tournament MVP in 1963 and All-American with Duke. He played for the Knicks in the 1960s.

Donna Orender

Donna Orender

Donna Orender - Orender is a sports executive and a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She was recently president of the WNBA. She grew up on Long Island, New York and was a five-sport athlete in high school, lettering in basketball, field hockey, volleyball, softball, and tennis.

Ernie Grunfeld

Ernie Grunfeld

Ernie Grunfeld - Grunfeld is the General Manager of the Washington Wizards. He was also once a professional basketball player. He served as general manager of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association from 1989 to 1999, and as the Bucks' general manager from 1999–2003, at which time he became the President of Basketball Operations for the Washington Wizards.

Rudy LaRusso

Rudy LaRusso

Rudy LaRusso - LaRusso was an American 6' 7" five-time National Basketball Association All-Star. His mother was Jewish and father was not.

Abe Saperstein

Abe Saperstein

Abe Saperstein - Saperstein was founder, owner and coach of the Savoy Big Five, which later became the Harlem Globetrotters. He was born in London, England to a Jewish family.

Amare Stoudemire

Amare Stoudemire

Amare Stoudemire - Stoudemire is an American professional basketball player who plays as a power forward and center for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. He has Jewish roots in his mother's family heritage. Stoudemire has visited Israel and is one of the few players in the league with Jewish ties.

Barney Sedran

Barney Sedran - Hudson River League & New York State League 5 4" guard, Hall of Fame

Danny Schayes

Danny Schayes - Now playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Son of Dolph Schayes. Only Jewish player in the NBA currently. Put on players negotiating team during strike to deflect any possible criticism that strike was ethnic/religious in view of the fact that some owners and commish are Jewish. Update: Danny has been dropped and it looks like he is retired for good. First time in decades that there is not a single Jew in the NBA.

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  • Dave Wohl

    Guard for NBA Buffalo Braves in mid 70s.

  • David Adler

    Basketball player from University of South Florida

  • David Blu (formerly "Bluthenthal")

    Euroleague 6 7" forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

  • David Stern

    David Stern

    Stern is the Commissioner of the NBA. Generally agreed to be the most successful commissioner of any sport in decades. Turned the NBA around in the early 1980s. (Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Byrd, did not hurt either).

  • Don Forman

    Second team All-American with NYU in 1948. Played guard. Also played pro ball with the Lakers. Why are they called the Lakers? Because they were in Minneapolis for a time.

  • Doron Sheffer

    UConn Division One star from Israel. Currently plays for the Macabees, Israeli team.

  • Doug Gottlieb

    Point guard for Oklahoma.

  • Earl Strom

    Former NBA referee. Now deceased. There was a nice tribute to him published in the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent.

  • Eddie Fogler

    Head Basketball coach, University of South Carolina. Played freshman ball at North Carolina for Larry Brown

  • Edward Gottlieb

    Basketball coach of the Philadelphia Warriors from 1947-55. Owner of the club from 1952-62. In Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Dolph Schayes

Was born Adolf Schayes. He is in the Basketball Hall of Fame. During his career he was an NBA all-start 12 times and coached the Warriors.

Tal Brody

Brody is a local Trenton basketball legend where he played under another Jewish local sports legend, Scott Moscovich. 2nd team All-American at Illinois was drafted #13 by the Baltimore Bullets. After a contract dispute and a stint in the U.S. Army he decided to make aliyah. He Enjoyed a successful international career and helped Israeli basketball immeasurably.

Amit Tamir

Tamir is an Israeli professional basketball player. He is a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall center/forward and he currently plays for Maccabi Rishon LeZion.

Art Heyman

Heyman was the NCAA Tournament MVP in 1963 and All-American with Duke. He played for the Knicks in the 1960s.

Donna Orender

Orender is a sports executive and a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She was recently president of the WNBA. She grew up on Long Island, New York and was a five-sport athlete in high school, lettering in basketball, field hockey, volleyball, softball, and tennis.

Ernie Grunfeld

Grunfeld is the General Manager of the Washington Wizards. He was also once a professional basketball player. He served as general manager of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association from 1989 to 1999, and as the Bucks' general manager from 1999–2003, at which time he became the President of Basketball Operations for the Washington Wizards.

Rudy LaRusso

LaRusso was an American 6' 7" five-time National Basketball Association All-Star. His mother was Jewish and father was not.

Abe Saperstein

Saperstein was founder, owner and coach of the Savoy Big Five, which later became the Harlem Globetrotters. He was born in London, England to a Jewish family.

Amare Stoudemire

Stoudemire is an American professional basketball player who plays as a power forward and center for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. He has Jewish roots in his mother's family heritage. Stoudemire has visited Israel and is one of the few players in the league with Jewish ties.

Barney Sedran

Hudson River League & New York State League 5 4" guard, Hall of Fame

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