Amir Coffey is taking his game overseas for the first time.
The seven-year NBA veteran has signed a one-year deal with Hapoel Tel Aviv, the Israeli club announced in a press release. Coffey, 29, spent his entire pro career in the NBA before this move, beginning with the Clippers in 2019 after going undrafted out of Minnesota.
His path in Los Angeles started on a two-way contract, and for most of his first three seasons he worked under those kinds of deals. By March 2022, he had done enough to earn a standard roster spot, becoming a regular part of the Clippers’ rotation. That led to a three-year, $11MM contract in the 2022 offseason to stay with the team.
Coffey’s last season with the Clippers was his most productive stretch in years. In 2024/25, the 6’7″ wing put up 9.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game in 24.3 minutes across 72 appearances, including 13 starts, while shooting .471/.409/.891 from the field, from three, and at the line.
That performance landed him with the Bucks last August, where he reunited with former head coach Doc Rivers. But things never really clicked in Milwaukee, and Coffey was traded to Phoenix at February’s deadline. Across 46 games between the two teams in 2025/26, he averaged 3.2 points and 1.2 rebounds in 10.7 minutes per night.
Now he joins a Hapoel Tel Aviv squad that went 23-15 in EuroLeague play in 2025/26 before falling to Real Madrid in the first round of the playoffs. In Israel’s domestic league, Hapoel finished 22-4 in the regular season and lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the finals last month.
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