2017 EuroCup Semifinals, where they eventually were eliminated by Valencia. On August 21, 2018, Halperin announced his retirement from playing professional basketball. Israeli national team Halperin was a member of the Israel national U-21 team leading the team to the second place of the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. Yotam finished as the 2nd best scorer with an average of 20.4 points per game. He was also selected to the All-Tournament Team. At the 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship Halperin finished as the top scorer, averaging 23.5 points per game as Israel finished at 10th place. Halperin served as the captain of the Israeli national basketball team. He competed in 6 European Championships:2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013. Coaching career Hapoel Jerusalem After retiring as a player, Halperin was hired as the Sporting Director for Hapoel Jerusalem in 2018. He served in this post until he was hired as the team's new interim head coach following the firing of Oren Amiel in 2021. EuroLeague career statistics |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2001–02 | style="text-align:left;"| Maccabi | 3 || 1 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || -1.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2002–03 | style="text-align:left;"| Maccabi | 8 || 0 || 4.0 || 1.00 || 1.00 || .500 || .3 || .1 || .1 || .0 || 1.0 ||0.6 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2003–04† | style="text-align:left;"| Maccabi | 17 || 0 || 6.2 || .416 || .273 || .857 || 1.1 || .8 || .5 || .0 || 2.1 || 3.1 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2004–05† | style="text-align:left;"| Maccabi | 15 || 1 || 10.0 || .424 || .429 || .636 || 1.1 || .7 || .5 || .1 || 2.7 || 2.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06 | style="text-align:left;"| Union Olimpija | 14 || 11 || 36.0 || .462 || .373 || .900 || 3.1 || 3.6 || 2.2 || 0.1 || 13.9 || 15.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07 | style="text-align:left;"| Maccabi | 19 || 13 || 24.4 || .371 || .348 || .852 || 2.1 || 2.0 || 1.1 || .1 || 6.5 || 5.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08 | style="text-align:left;"| Maccabi | 25 || 23 || 28.0 || .536 || .444 || .873 || 2.1 || 4.0 || 1.0 || .1 || 10.2 || 13.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09 | style="text-align:left;"| Olympiacos | 22 || 15 || 21.5 || .539 || .458