MARK TWAIN ABOUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE, published in the year 1899:

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2. Dolph Schayes!!! and a few others!!!

On Nov. 1, 1946, one year after the end of World War II, the New York Knickerbockers and Toronto Huskies tipped off at Maple Leaf Gardens. Ossie Schectman, a Queens native born to Jewish immigrants from Russia, scored the first official basket of the BAA, as the NBA was known at the time. Schectman only played one season, but he started a Jewish legacy that is still present today.

After Schectman, it continued with stars including Dolph Schayes, Art Heyman and Ernie Grunfeld. On Hanukkah, we celebrate the eight greatest Jewish players to pick up an NBA basketball.

http://www.thepostgame.com/8-best-jewish-basketball-players-all-time