Sacramento Picks Emanuel Sharp in Draft as Yaakov Still Awaits Selection
It was a notable night for Israeli basketball on June 25, 2026, as Sacramento selected American-Israeli guard Emanuel Sharp with the 45th pick in the second round of the NBA Draft. Sharp, a sharpshooter from the University of Houston and the son of Maccabi Tel Aviv legend Derrick Sharp, is now hoping to secure an NBA contract and realize his dream of reaching the league.
The Kings, the former team of Omri Casspi, took Sharp late in the draft and could soon add him to one of the NBA's youngest rosters. Sacramento had already used the seventh overall pick the day before on promising point guard Darius Acef Jr.
The article also noted that another Israeli guard, Yaakov, was still waiting to hear whether he would be chosen in the second round. The live draft updates left open the possibility that he, too, could still come off the board.
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