{"id":762498,"date":"2026-06-26T13:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/762498\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:24:12","slug":"nbas-sacramento-kings-draft-tel-aviv-born-emanuel-sharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/762498\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA’s Sacramento Kings draft Tel Aviv-born Emanuel Sharp"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sacramento Kings have drafted Tel Aviv-born guard Emanuel Sharp, who will become the fourth Israeli citizen currently in the NBA.<\/p>\n

Sharp, who won MVP playing for the University of Houston Cougars in the Big 12 last year, is the son of former Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball star Derrick Sharp and previously played for Israel\u2019s under-16 national team.<\/p>\n

He was selected in the draft\u2019s second round at Brooklyn\u2019s Barclays Center on Wednesday, the 45th of 60 players tapped for the NBA this week.<\/p>\n

Another Israeli hopeful, the University of Utah\u2019s Noam Yaacov, did not make the draft.<\/p>\n

Emanuel Sharp will be the second Israeli citizen to ever play for the Kings, who in 2009 drafted Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in an NBA game.<\/p>\n

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