Played for Galil Elyon in Israel prior to attending UConn. Let them to the Israeli National Championship in 1992-93. He was the MVP of the Israeli Club League in 1992-93 while completing a three-year military obligation. He also led Galil Elyon to the Israeli Cup title in 1991-92. Enrolled at UConn with 3 years of NCAA eligibility.
Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers with their second pick in the 2nd round (36th pick overall) of the 1996 NBA Draft making him the only player in Israeli basketball history to be selected in the NBA draft. Chose to play for Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel, where Nadav Henefeld is his teammate, when the Clippers couldn't guarantee him a roster spot or release/trade him to another team.
Maccabi Tel-Aviv made it to the finals of the Euroleague Championship in 2000, only to lose to Panathinaikos (Greece) 73-67. Retired from basketball on June 25, 2000 stating that it was no longer fun for him. Last word was that he was on a trek across Australia and was studying Buddahism and involved in holistic medicine. Participate in Jim Calhoun's Celebrity Classic Charity All-Star Game on August 10, 2002.
Involved in a strange trade on Oct. 29, 2001. The Portland Trailblazers traded Will Purdue and some cash to the LA Clippers in exchange for the rights to Doron. The Clippers immediately released Purdue. Since a team can't just give a player to another team, including Doron's right's gave the Trailblazers a way to get rid of Purdue's salary and free up room under the salary cap. The Clippers apparently had some salary cap room they didn't need so they took the cash from the Trailblazers as compensation for absorbing Purdue's salary for salary cap purposes.
It was reported by Andy Katz that Doron was diagnosed with testicular cancer in early 2002 but following surgery, he was told the cancer had not spread. Rumored to be working toward a comeback, either in Israel or possibly toward another shot at the NBA.
Doron Sheffer, Connecticut, 6-5, G
G MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS
93-94 UConn 34 1036 142 280 50 123 72 98 128 87 164 87 7 79 406
94-95 UConn 33 954 121 302 38 104 85 113 155 76 183 103 2 50 365
95-96 UConn 35 1116 182 423 95 234 101 119 169 68 212 108 13 65 560
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TOTALS 102 3106 445 1005 183 461 258 330 452 231 559 298 22 194 1331
MIN FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG TPG BPG SPG PPG
93-94 UConn 30.5 50.7 40.7 73.5 3.8 4.8 2.6 0.2 2.3 11.9
94-95 UConn 28.9 40.1 36.5 75.2 4.7 5.5 3.1 0.1 1.5 11.1
95-96 UConn 31.9 43.0 40.6 84.9 4.8 6.1 3.1 0.4 1.9 16.0
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TOTALS 30.5 44.3 39.7 78.2 4.4 5.5 2.9 0.2 1.9 13.0
Named to the All-Big East Second Team in junior and senior years
Big East Rookie of the Year in '93-94
UConn's all-time Assists/Game leader with 5.5 apg.
Ranks 3rd at UConn all-time for total assists (559)
Second player in UConn history (along with Tate George) to score more than 1,200 career
points (1,329) and hand out more than 500 assists (559)
Tied UConn's single-season assists record with 212 his senior year
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