Constantin Popa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Constantin Popa

Romanian basketball player

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1971

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: Romania, Israel

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Constantin Popa

  • Constantin Popa (Hebrew: ????????? ?????; born February 18, 1971) is a 2.21 m (7' 3") retired Romanian–Israeli professional basketball player. Popa played for Dinamo Bucuresti in his native Romania before going overseas to play college basketball in the United States for the University of Miami.
  • The tallest person ever to play for the Hurricanes, he was twice a third team All-Big East selection.In large part on the strength of a highly effective hook shot, he was selected by the L.A.
  • Clippers with the 53rd pick in the 1995 NBA draft.
  • In the same year he was selected by the Miami Tropics of the USBL as a first round territorial selection (4th pick overall).
  • He never ended up playing a game in either league, although he did play for the Florida Beachdogs of the American CBA, where he developed somewhat of a cult fan following. He also played in France with Pau-Orthez and with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem of Israel. Although not Jewish, he obtained Israeli citizenship as his wife is Jewish. Popa retired from professional basketball in 2001.
  • He served 4 seasons as assistant coach of the University of Indianapolis Greyhound Women's basketball team, before becoming head coach in April 2011.
  • Popa served five seasons as coach of the Greyhounds, compiling a record of 83–66.
  • He was relieved of his duties in March 2016.

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