EuroBasket 2009

Yotam Halperin

Israel

Born :	24.01.1984
Place of birth:	Tel-Aviv (ISR)
Nationality:	ISR
Height (m):	1.93
Position:	SG
Current club (2008/09):	OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS (Greece-HEBA)

Statistics

Points per game:	10.7
Rebounds per game:	0.7
Assists per game:	2.3

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Accumulated statistics

G	Min	2P FG		3P FG		FT		Reb			AS	PF	TO	ST	BS	Pts
G	Min	M/A	%	M/A	%	M/A	%	O	D	Tot	AS	PF	TO	ST	BS	Pts
3	23.0	8/12	66.7	2/10	20.0	10/12	83.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.3	1.7	1.3	1.0	0.0	32

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PLAYER HISTORY

Yotam Halperin - EuroBasket 2009 Profile

Team 2008-09: OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS (Greece-HEBA)
Career: Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel-BSL, 2001-05), Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia-Division 1A, 2005-06), Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel-BSL, 2006-08), Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece-HEBA, 2008-09)

All eyes are set on Yotam Halperin to be the leader of one of the best generations of Israeli basketball. He was the go-to-guy in every youth national team he played for, and his best achievement was the silver medal in the 2004 U20 European Champion Men, where he played the whole final round on one foot due to an ankle injury, but still shined. After winning back-to-back Euroleague titles with Maccabi as a back up, he went to a greenhouse of prospects in Olimpija Ljubljana where he had a break through season. Coming back to Maccabi he was already a starter on the team that made the Euroleague finals in 2008, enough to win a spot on the All-Euroleague second team, which led to a multi-year big money deal with the giants from Piraeus - Olympiacos. Halperin is the type of player who can score 25-30 points but still prefers to share the ball and get his team-mates involved. This could be a great asset for Israel as Halperin will draw most of the attention, but at the end of the day he's the one who will need to deliver.