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Nationality | American / Israeli | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
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High school |
Collingswood ( Collingswood, New Jersey) | ||||||||||||||
College | Rutgers (1969–1972) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1972: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
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?–? | Hapoel Ramat Gan | ||||||||||||||
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Steven Mark Kaplan (סטיב קפלן) is an American-Israeli former basketball player and coach. Kaplan played 14 seasons in the Israel Basketball Premier League. [1] He played the forward position. [2] He is 8th all-time in career points in the league.
Kaplan is Jewish, and has dual American-Israeli citizenship. [3] [1] He grew up in Collingswood, New Jersey [4] and played prep basketball at Collingswood High School. [5] He is 6' 6" (198 cm) tall. [2] He served in the Israel Defense Forces, moved to Ramat Gan, Israel, and is married to Israeli-born Irit Kaplan. [6] [4] [7] [8] His son Tom Kaplan played for the Israel 17-under national basketball team, and attended Monmouth University. [8]
Kaplan played basketball for Team USA in the 1969 Maccabiah Games winning a silver medal alongside Ronald Green, Jack Langer, and Neal Walk, and for Team Israel in the 1977 Maccabiah Games. [9] [10]
He attended Rutgers University-New Brunswick ('72). [1] Kaplan was captain of the Rutgers basketball team in his senior year. [1] In his Rutgers career, he averaged 16.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, with a 48.2 field goal percentage and an 88.8 free throw percentage (the second-highest in school history). [2] [11] His .927 free throw percentage in 1989–90 is the highest in Rutgers history. [11]
Kaplan played 14 seasons of professional basketball in Israel with Hapoel Ramat Gan, in the Israel Basketball Premier League. [4] [12] He is 8th all-time in career points in the league, with 5,913. [12]
He also played on the Israeli national basketball team, and competed in EuroBasket 1979, in which the Israeli national team won the silver medal, its greatest achievement of all time. [13]
After his basketball career, Kaplan became the director of logistics for a chemical company. [4]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | American / Israeli | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school |
Collingswood ( Collingswood, New Jersey) | ||||||||||||||
College | Rutgers (1969–1972) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1972: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
?–? | Hapoel Ramat Gan | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
As player:
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Medals
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Steven Mark Kaplan (סטיב קפלן) is an American-Israeli former basketball player and coach. Kaplan played 14 seasons in the Israel Basketball Premier League. [1] He played the forward position. [2] He is 8th all-time in career points in the league.
Kaplan is Jewish, and has dual American-Israeli citizenship. [3] [1] He grew up in Collingswood, New Jersey [4] and played prep basketball at Collingswood High School. [5] He is 6' 6" (198 cm) tall. [2] He served in the Israel Defense Forces, moved to Ramat Gan, Israel, and is married to Israeli-born Irit Kaplan. [6] [4] [7] [8] His son Tom Kaplan played for the Israel 17-under national basketball team, and attended Monmouth University. [8]
Kaplan played basketball for Team USA in the 1969 Maccabiah Games winning a silver medal alongside Ronald Green, Jack Langer, and Neal Walk, and for Team Israel in the 1977 Maccabiah Games. [9] [10]
He attended Rutgers University-New Brunswick ('72). [1] Kaplan was captain of the Rutgers basketball team in his senior year. [1] In his Rutgers career, he averaged 16.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, with a 48.2 field goal percentage and an 88.8 free throw percentage (the second-highest in school history). [2] [11] His .927 free throw percentage in 1989–90 is the highest in Rutgers history. [11]
Kaplan played 14 seasons of professional basketball in Israel with Hapoel Ramat Gan, in the Israel Basketball Premier League. [4] [12] He is 8th all-time in career points in the league, with 5,913. [12]
He also played on the Israeli national basketball team, and competed in EuroBasket 1979, in which the Israeli national team won the silver medal, its greatest achievement of all time. [13]
After his basketball career, Kaplan became the director of logistics for a chemical company. [4]