Position Guard Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg) Height 2.03 m League Israeli Super League NBA draft 2011 / Undrafted Weight 91 kg | Nationality Israel Name Nimrod Tishman Pro career 2011 Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Role Basketball player | |
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Born May 12, 1991 (age 32)
Tel Aviv, Israel ( 1991-05-12 ) Current team Maccabi Kiryat Gat B.C. (#31 / Guard) College Florida Gators men's basketball | ||
Billy Donovan Press Conference 5/24/2010
Nimrod Tishman (born May 12, 1991) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Kiryat Gat of the Liga Leumit. He played college basketball for the University of Florida for the 2009–2010 season.
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College career
Tishman successfully representing Israel at the 2009 European Under-18 Championships in France, leading the team with 8.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists for the tournament. Florida Gators associate head coach Larry Shyatt recruited him. Tishman had to be cleared by the NCAA because of his international status, and it was not until October 2009 that he could play for the team. Tishman returned home after the 2009–2010 season to play professionally after playing limited minutes, the last game being against the LSU Tigers.
Professional career
Tishman did not play during the 2010–2011 season. He went undrafted during the 2011 NBA Draft. In July 2011 Hapoel Gilboa Galil signed him to a contract.
On July 27, 2015 he was signed by Maccabi Kiryat Gat after playing for Hapoel Gilboa Galil from 2011 to 2014
On August 15, 2016 he was signed by Maccabi Ashdod B.C.
On September 14, 2017, he returned to Maccabi Kiryat Gat for the 2017–18 season.