query: position_played_on_team_/_speciality constantin popa
supports: Jerusalem , is a city located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. One of the oldest cities in the world, Jerusalem was named as ""Urusalima"" on ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets, probably meaning "City of Shalem" after a Canaanite deity, during the early Canaanite period (approximately 2400 BCE). During the Israelite period, significant construction activity in Jerusalem began in the 9th century BCE (Iron Age II), and in the 8th century the city developed into the religious and administrative center of the Kingdom of Judah. It is considered a holy city in the three major Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Jordan ('), officially The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ('), is an Arab kingdom in Western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the east and south, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north, Israel, Palestine and the Dead Sea to the west and the Red Sea in its extreme south-west. Jordan is strategically located at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe. The capital, Amman, is Jordan's most populous city as well as the country's economic, political and cultural centre. Constantin Popa ( born February 18 , 1971 ) is a 2.20 m ( 7 ' 2 `` ) retired Romanian - Israeli professional basketball player . Popa played for Dinamo Bucureti in his native Romania before going overseas to play college basketball in the United States for the University of Miami . The tallest person ever to play for the Hurricanes , he was twice a third team All - Big East selection . In large part on the strength of a highly effective hook shot , he was selected by the L.A. Clippers with the 53rd pick in the 1995 NBA Draft . In the same year he was selected by the Miami Tropics of the USBL as a first round territorial selection ( 4th pick overall ) . He never ended up playing a game in either league , although he did play for the Florida Beachdogs of the American CBA , where he developed somewhat of a cult fan following . He also played in France with Pau - Orthez and with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem of Israel . Although not Jewish , he obtained Israeli citizenship as his wife is Jewish . Popa retired from professional basketball in 2001 . He served 4 seasons as assistant coach of the University of Indianapolis Greyhound Women 's basketball team , before becoming head coach in April 2011 . Tel Aviv-Yafo is a major city in Israel, located on the country's Mediterranean coastline. It is known to be the financial center and the technology hub of Israel, with a population of , making it Israel's second largest city. Tel Aviv is the largest city in the Gush Dan region of Israel. Tel Aviv is also a focal point in the high-tech concentration known as the "Silicon Wadi". Israel , officially known as the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel's financial and technology center is Tel Aviv, while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although the state's sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized. Basketball is a sport that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and mounted at a height of to backboards at each end of the court. The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, who would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks, one of the most successful programs in the game's history. 
candidates: center centre end
answer: center