Ben Saraf

About

Ben Avraham Saraf (Hebrew: בן שרף; born 14 April 2006) is an Israeli professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Saraf is Jewish and was born to Israeli parents in South Africa, where his father worked in the diamond industry. The family returned to Israel when Saraf was three.
Saraf grew up in Moshav Gan Yoshiya in the Emek Hefer Regional Council in Israel. His father Yedid played one season for Bnei Herzliya Basket in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. His mother, Ella Amir Sharaf, grew up in Kibbutz Givat Haim and played basketball for the Israeli men’s national team and for a number of years in Israel’s second basketball division. He attended Ramot Yam Emek Hefer high school.

Saraf began his professional career at 16 years old playing for Elitzur Netanya in the second division Israeli Basketball National League. He averaged 14 points, 3.3 rebounds, and three assists per game during the 2022–23 season. In April 2023, he was named the National League’s Sixth Player of the Season and Rookie of the Year.
He signed with Elitzur Kiryat Ata of the top division Israeli Basketball Premier…