Roman Sorkin (Hebrew: רומן סורקין, Belarusian: Раман Соркін; born August 11, 1996) is a Belarusian-born Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the University of Oregon, before playing professionally in Israel.[citation needed]
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Position | Power forward / Center |
League | Ligat HaAl EuroLeague |
Personal information | |
Born | (1996-08-11) August 11, 1996 (age 26) Minsk, Belarus |
Nationality | Israeli |
Listed height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) |
Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Oregon (2014–2018) |
NBA draft | 2018 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2018–present |
Career history | |
2018–2021 | Maccabi Haifa |
2021–present | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
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Sorkin was born in Minsk, Belarus. At the age of two, he immigrated to Israel, and grew up in Ashdod, Israel.[1][2]
Sorkin played four years of college basketball at the University of Oregon. On November 10, 2017, Sorkin recorded a career-high 23 points and seven rebounds in his career start, while shooting 8-of-9 from the field, in a 70–54 win over Coppin State.[1] In his college career, he had a 56.9% two-point shooting percentage, and shot 83.3% from the line.[3]
On April 28, 2018, Sorkin started his professional career with Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Premier League, signing a three-year deal.[4] That season, Haifa finished the season in the last place out of 12 teams and was relegated to the Israeli National League (the second-tier league in Israel).
On April 12, 2019, Sorkin recorded a season-high 19 points, while shooting 7-of-11 from the field, along with eight rebounds in a 77–79 loss to Hapoel Afula.[5] In 30 games played during the 2018–19 season, he averaged 8.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. Sorkin won the 2019 Israeli National League Championship title with Haifa, earning a promotion back to the Israeli Premier League.
On December 8, 2019, Sorkin scored a game-winner shot with 1.6 seconds left, giving Haifa a 77–75 win over Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[6] On February 3, 2020, Sorkin recorded a career-high 22 points, while shooting 6-of-6 from three point range, along with five rebounds in a 93–84 win over Hapoel Gilboa Galil.[7]
On July 21, 2021, he signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League.[8]
Sorkin was a member of the Israeli under-18 and under-20 national teams.[citation needed]
In August 2014, Sorkin participated in the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B, where he averaged 14.1 points and 9.9 rebounds per game.[1]
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