Emanuel Sharp

Emanuel Christopher Sharp (; born March 7, 2004) is an Israeli-American basketball shooting guard for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Sharp played college basketball for the Houston Cougars, with whom in 2026 he was named First-team All-Big 12 and to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. He was drafted by the Kings in the second round of the 2026 NBA draft,

Early life Sharp was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. His father is naturalized Israeli and former Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball guard and captain Derrick Sharp. Derrick Sharp played college ball at the University of South Florida, where he averaged 15.1 points, 3.1 assists, and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 38.6% from three-point range and 82.5% from the free throw line. He then played his entire professional career in Israel, mostly with Maccabi Tel Aviv (for 15 years, from 1996 to 2011), helped them win the 2001 FIBA SuproLeague title and two EuroLeague titles, and was subsequently the assistant coach of the team from 2011 to 2013 under David Blatt.

Emanuel's Canadian-born mother Justine Ellison Sharp played basketball for the University of Toronto, led the team to two national silver medals, was named the women's 1996 university athlete of the year in her senior season, and was inducted into the school's Varsity Blues hall of fame in 2009.

High school He was coached by his father in high school.

He did not compete as a senior in 2021-22, as he was recovering from a severe injury in which he broke his fibula and dislocated his ankle in a pickup game in May 2021; it took 18 months for him to recover from the injury. ESPN ranked Sharp the number 60 player nationally and the number 11 shooting guard nationally (he was ranked number 18 nationally by 247Sports, and number 20 by Rivals), and he was considered a 4-star recruit by ESPN, 247Sports, and Rivals. As a redshirt freshman in 2022–23, he averaged 15.6 minutes, 5.9 points, and 2.2 rebounds per game while shooting 88.1% from the free throw line in 33 games off the bench. He was named to the 2022-23 AAC All-Freshman team. In the second round of the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Sharp led the way with 30 points and seven threes in a win over Texas A&M.

On November 22, 2024, Sharp hit five threes in a win over Hofstra. On November 30, he put up 23 points in an overtime loss to San Diego State. On February 18, he notched 17 points with four threes in a victory versus Arizona State. During the 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament and NCAA Midwest Regional, Sharp helped lead his team to a conference title, where he was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. In the March Madness tournament, Sharp and the Cougars would reach the championship game, where they fell short at the buzzer against Florida, with the final score being 65–63.

During the 2024–25 season, he averaged 12.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 40.7% from three-point range and 86.8% from the free throw line (4th in the conference) in 37 games (36 of which he started). Sharp also set the Cougars' record for career three-pointers, with 309. At the time, there were three other Israeli players playing in the NBA: Deni Avdija, Ben Saraf, and Danny Wolf. He was projected to specialize in shooting three-point shots and play top perimeter defense.

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