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Line 1: {{~~short~~Short description\|Israeli basketball player (born 1972)}} {{Infobox basketball biography \| name = Doron Sheffer Line 20: \| career_end = 2014 \| career_number = \| career_position = [[Point guard]] / [[~~Shooting~~shooting guard]] \| years1 = 1990–1993 \| team1 = [[Hapoel Galil Elyon]] Line 41: * [[Big East Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year\|Big East Rookie of the Year]] (1994) }} '''Doron Sheffer''' ({{lang-he\|דורון שפר}}; born 12 March 1972), is an Israeli retired professional [[basketball]] player. He spent most of his club career playing with [[Maccabi Tel Aviv BC\|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]. During his playing career he played at the [[point guard]] and [[shooting guard]] positions. During his playing days, his nickname was "The Iceman".<ref>~~[http~~{{Cite web\|url=https://~~articles~~www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-03-17~~/sports/~~-sp-~~48135_1_regional~~48135-~~opener~~ story.html\|title='Israeli Ice Man' Is the Name and a Starring Effort Is the Game.]\|first=Mike\|last=Downey\|date=March 17, 1996\|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>[{{Cite news\|url=https://www.haaretz.com/~~1.5112231~~ 2009-12-03/ty-article/the-ice-man-melting/0000017f-f0d5-d487-abff-f3ffb3680000\|title=The Ice Man, Melting.]\|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref><ref>[{{Cite web\|url=http://www.jewishledger.com/2014/08/doron-sheffer-holds-court/ \|title=Doron Sheffer holds court.]\|date=August 13, 2014}}</ref> ==Early career== Line 49 ⟶ 50: Following fellow Israeli [[Nadav Henefeld]],<ref>[http://www.uconnhooplegends.com/menslegends/HenefeldNadav.html Henefeld Biography] uconnhooplegends.com</ref> Sheffer then played [[college basketball]], under head coach [[Jim Calhoun]], at the [[University of Connecticut]], with the [[Connecticut Huskies men's basketball\|UConn Huskies]], from 1993 to 1996. In the 1993–94 season, Sheffer was the [[Big East Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year\|Big East Conference Rookie of the Year]]. While at UConn, Sheffer formed a trio with fellow starters [[Ray Allen]] and [[Kevin Ollie]], that won the Big East basketball championship in three straight years.<ref name=":0" /> He is the only player from UConn with 1,000 points and 500 assists, in three varsity seasons.<ref name=":1" /> He was named to the school's All-20th Century team.<ref>[{{Cite web\|url=http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/071901aaa.html \|title=UCONN ALL-CENTURY ~~MEN’S~~MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AWARDS CELEBRATION POSTPONED.]\|access-date=2018-05-15\|archive-date=2018-05-16\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516103416/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/071901aaa.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Professional career== Sheffer was selected in the [[1996 NBA ~~Draft~~draft]], by the [[Los Angeles Clippers]], with the 36th overall pick, but he chose to sign with [[Maccabi Tel Aviv BC\|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]. After four years with Maccabi, where he won four straight [[Israeli Basketball Super League\|Israeli League]] championships and played in the [[2000 EuroLeague Final Four]], Sheffer retired suddenly, walking away from the public's eye, to travel the world, to [[India]], [[South America]], and [[Costa Rica]]. During this time, he had a [[cancerous tumor]] removed from his ~~nuts~~testicles. Despite the illness, and the time away from basketball, Sheffer decided to make a comeback. After finishing his contract with Maccabi, he signed with [[Hapoel Jerusalem BC\|Hapoel Jerusalem]]. In 2004, he won the [[ULEB Eurocup]] ([[EuroCup Basketball\|EuroCup]]) championship with Hapoel.<ref name=":1">[http://uconnhooplegends.com/menslegends/ShefferDoron.html Sheffer Biography] UconnHoopLegends.com</ref><ref>[{{Cite web\|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/eurocup/game-center/~~?seasoncode~~\|title=~~U2003%20%20%20%20%20~~Game Center &~~gamecode~~#124; EuroCup\|date=October 17, 2023\|website=Euroleague Basketball}}{{Dead link\|date=February 2024 \|bot=~~209~~InternetArchiveBot ~~2003~~\|fix-04attempted=yes ~~Finals.]~~}}</ref> Sheffer retired again in 2005, and then made another comeback in 2006. He then retired again in 2008.<ref name=":0" /> 5 years later, in 2013, he made a final comeback to the game, before finally retiring in 2014. ==National team career== Sheffer was a member of the senior [[Israeli national basketball team]]. With Israel, he played at the [[1993 EuroBasket]], the [[1995 EuroBasket]], the [[1997 EuroBasket]], and the [[1999 EuroBasket]].<ref>~~[http~~{{Cite web\|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/doron%20sheffer/pid//_//players.html ~~Doron SHEFFER (ISR)~~\|title=archive.]fiba.com: Players}}</ref> ==References== Line 64 ⟶ 65: ==External links== * {{official website\|http://doronsheffer.com}} * [~~http~~https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/doron%20sheffer/pid//_//players.html FIBA profile] * [http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2001.roundID_228.playerID_8995.teamID_306.html FIBA Europe profile] * [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=BTP&seasoncode=E2002#!careerstats Euroleague.net profile] Line 72 ⟶ 73: * [http://uconnhooplegends.com/menslegends/ShefferDoron.html UConn Legends profile] {{1996 NBA ~~Draft~~draft}} {{Hapoel Jerusalem 2003–04 ULEB Cup Champions}} {{Israeli Basketball Super League Rising Star}} Line 92 ⟶ 93: [[Category:Israeli Basketball Premier League players]] [[Category:Israeli expatriate basketball people in the United States]] [[Category:Israeli expatriate sportspeople in the United States]] [[Category:All-American college men's basketball players]] [[Category:Los Angeles Clippers draft picks]]