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A ‘lefty jitterbug’ and a ‘funky’ forward: Get to know the Jewish players in the 2025 NBA Draft

JL;DR SUMMARY Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf are two Jewish basketball players anticipated to be drafted in the 2025 NBA Draft, marking a rare occasion with two Jewish prospects in the same year. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityJewish AthletesUniversity Of MichiganBasketballPhoenix SunsDanny WolfBen SarafNba Draft 2025Los Angeles Clippers

Places mentioned

Gan Yoshiya, Central District, Israel
"Like his countryman Avdija, Saraf grew up not in an Israeli city but in a village called Gan Yoshiya."
Israel
"Israeli point guard Ben Saraf does it for a a religious reason: 77 is the Jewish numerical value of the word mazal, which means luck."
Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"coming from the German league. But as a teenager playing against grown men, Saraf impressed, averaging 12.8 points and 4.6 assists to help his team, Ratiopharm Ulm, to the league final."
Glencoe, Illinois, United States
"Wolf wasn't a blue-chip prospect when he graduated high school in the Chicago suburb of Glencoe, so he wound up at the lesser-known basketball powerhouse of, uhh, Yale University."
Michigan, United States
"Wolf, 21, a seven-footer described by one draft expert as one of the funkiest players in his class, projected as a mid- to late-first round pick, and potentially as early as 10th overall."
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"Saraf will be in Munich, Germany, playing in the finals winner-takes-all Game 5."
Spain
"Wolf held court on his religious background in 2024 while starring for the Israeli national team that took home silver in the Under-20 European Championships."

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