Amit Yosef Tamir (Hebrew: עמית יוסף תמיר)(born December 2, 1979 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli professional basketball player. He is a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall center/forward and he currently plays for Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
Tamir started to play on Hapoel Jerusalem's youth team in 1997, and got the chance to play in the professional team from 1998 until 2001.
He spent three years in the Israeli Army before enrolling in college. During that time he...
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Amit Yosef Tamir (Hebrew: עמית יוסף תמיר)(born December 2, 1979 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli professional basketball player. He is a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall center/forward and he currently plays for Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
Tamir started to play on Hapoel Jerusalem's youth team in 1997, and got the chance to play in the professional team from 1998 until 2001.
He spent three years in the Israeli Army before enrolling in college. During that time he played for the Israeli Under-22 team at the 1998 European Championships.
Tamir went to the U.S. and played for the University of California in 2001. As a freshman he scored a career-best 39 points – the fifth-highest total ever at Cal – in a double-overtime win over Oregon to earn both Pac-10 and ESPN.com National Player of the Week honors. He was co-winner of Cal’s Best Academic Performance Award. As a junior in 2002–03 he led the Bears in rebounding, while also ranking 2nd in assists and 3rd in scoring. His 61 three-pointers were the third...
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