Rosen signs with Israeli top division club Hapoel Holon

 

Former Penn guard Zack Rosen is finally a professional basketball player.

The three-time first team All-Ivy guard posted a photo of himself signing a contract on twitter at around 9 p.m. Penn's all-time leader in assists went undrafted and struggled to gain playing time while with the Philadelphia 76ers team in the Orlando Summer League.

Nevertheless, he will be playing professionally next year in one the world's most competitive basketball leagues, Ligat HaAl, Israel's premier league.

Hapoel Holon is based in Holon, Israel just south of Tel Aviv. The team, which sports yellow and purple uniforms, won the championship in 2008 defeating perennial champion Maccabi Tel Aviv.

The team finished fifth (out of 11) last year in the regular season and won their first-round playoff matchup before bowing out to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Rosen will join fellow Americans Patrick Sullivan, Ron Lewis, Tasmin Mitchell and Bryant Dunston. Dunston and Lewis, played for Fordham and Ohio State, respectively. He will leave for Israel in late August.

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