Israeli guard Nimrod Tishman is officially a Gator student and might soon join the Florida basketball team, according to Kevin Brockway of the Gainesville Sun.
Tishman and the Gators are waiting for the NCAA Clearinghouse to verify Tishman’s amateur status after he made a name for himself in Israeli leagues. He recently averaged 18.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game at the Under-18 European Championships.
As Brockway mentions, the Gators could use another guard in the backcourt after Nick Calathes left for the NBA and coach Billy Donovan struck out on the recruiting trail with the top prospects.
Florida has just one true point guard on scholarship, sophomore Erving Walker. The Gators failed on attempts to land point guard recruits John Wall, Eric Bledsoe and Lamont Jones this spring. Wall and Bledsoe both ended up at SEC East rival Kentucky. Jones went to Arizona.
