BREAKING: Miami lands 6-foot-5 point guard Noam Dovrat

Trinton Breeze

Jul 29, 2025 1 min read

University of Miami men’s basketball head coach Jai Lucas added another piece to his inaugural roster with the addition of Noam Dovrat, it was announced Tuesday.

“We are excited to bring Noam to our program as he brings a wealth of playing experience in Israel and in international play,” Lucas said. “He is someone that has the ability to score and facilitate the offense while also using his size and physicality to play and guard multiple positions.”

Dovrat, a 6-foot-5 guard, spent last season playing in the Israeli Winner Legue for Maccabi Urban Ramat Gan and Hapoel Jerusalem where he averaged 5.0 points, 2.5 assists and 1.9 rebounds per game.

During his time with Hapoel Jerusalem, Dovrat helped the team win Israeli Cup in 2023 and 2024 as well as the 2024 League Cup.

The 2020 Israeli Basketball Premier League Discovery of the Year, Dovrat made an impact on the international stage as he played for the Israeli U16 and U18 national teams.

He was named MVP in the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B after averaging 16.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.3 steals.

Prior to his time at Hapoel Jerusalem, Dovrat began his career at Maccabi Rishon LeZion where he played from 2019-2021.

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Cribby

Jul 30, 2025

King of Allapattah said:
Based off some videos I've seen of him, we may have found our shooter. He looks like a combo guard that can play on the ball or on the wing. He seems adept in the pick & roll game who won't hesitate to bury defenders who go under on the P&R screens. Need him to be a shot-maker, not a shot-taker though. He's got a ton of experience at 23 years old. I anticipate he'll crack the rotation to play good minutes. Can't imagine him coming to America. to sit the pine.

You can tell by his style of play he’s played a lot of bball. Very much under control playing at his own pace. I agree with the Pnr, he looks most comfortable with the high screen and playing off it . He’ll definitely be in the rotation. He’s the only guy that brings his skill set to the guards. Being a veteran helps too. The tourney is about veteran guard play.

JZCane0825

Jul 30, 2025

King of Allapattah said:
Based off some videos I've seen of him, we may have found our shooter. He looks like a combo guard that can play on the ball or on the wing. He seems adept in the pick & roll game who won't hesitate to bury defenders who go under on the P&R screens. Need him to be a shot-maker, not a shot-taker though. He's got a ton of experience at 23 years old. I anticipate he'll crack the rotation to play good minutes. Can't imagine him coming to America. to sit the pine.

Malovec to me may have the highest upside as a pure shooter on the roster. I understand he played in the second division of Serbian basketball but 37% from three (granted on 3 attempts per game) 55% from 2 and 84% from the line are good predictive metrics on how he may fare in the college game.

What I like overall is that we're bringing in guys who either have played a ton of college games or have overseas pro experience against fairly strong competition.

gogeta4

Jul 30, 2025

is this donaldsons back up?

Jul 30, 2025

Beth am fundamentals with an archbishop curley frame

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hotshot

Jul 30, 2025

JZCane0825 said:
Best guess is we start the year with a rotation that looks like this:

Donaldson/Dante Allen
Washington/Dovrat
Henderson/Marcus Allen
Reneau/Malovec
Udeh/Altuntas

In a perfect world/once they adjust to the college, we stagger Reneau and Udeh and shift Malovec up to play small ball 4. Then have Dovrat as the starting 2 and Washington in the 6th man role. Much more positional versatility and floor spacing with a group like that.

You think Lucas will use a 10 man rotation? This isn't Duke. My guess is a 7 man rotation, maybe 8 max as we start the ACC schedule.

MiamiFloMax

Jul 31, 2025

IncaneInTheBrain said:
What were the injuries?

One was a knee injury that required surgery, not sure which ligament, I assume ACL because he was out for a while. The other was an ankle injury, don't believe it required surgery but was out for a while.

Gables Canes

Jul 31, 2025

A projection of where we start the season. I'm not used to having a roster with 13 scholarship players:

Starters
Donaldson
Washington
Henderson
Reneau
Udeh

Bench
Dante Allen
Marcus Allen
Malovec
Dovrat
Altunas

Deep bench/redshirt candidates
Kee
Laboy
Maddox

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JZCane0825

Jul 31, 2025

hotshot said:
You think Lucas will use a 10 man rotation? This isn't Duke. My guess is a 7 man rotation, maybe 8 max as we start the ACC schedule.

To start the season, yes, I expect a deeper rotation.

Brains

Jul 31, 2025

With college basketball's fluid landscape, it pays to have a couple of 30-year old bruisers in the 2-deep.

Da Jumbo Mutombo

Jul 31, 2025

Cribby said:
Not comparing him to Luka but there’s some of the same qualities to his skill set. Like Luka he plays at his own pace , doesn’t get sped up. Uses his body on offense to feel defenders especially on the drive , creates contact. He’ll definitely be able to handle the physicality with his body type. Shoots pretty well off the dribble and spotting up. I like the addition. He brings something different to the team.

When i first saw the tape, first comp that came to mind was Goran Dragic, for most of the same reasons you just listed.

gogeta4

Jul 31, 2025

Da Jumbo Mutombo said:
When i first saw the tape, first comp that came to mind was Goran Dragic, for most of the same reasons you just listed.

wrong slovenian. goran way more athletic n quick.

i see miami heat legend

Notsince1985

Aug 1, 2025

ben said:
Beth am fundamentals with an archbishop curley frame

The Beth Am league made me who I am today (not sure what that means, but it sounded good in my head).

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caneworld

Aug 1, 2025

Notsince1985 said:
The Beth Am league made me who I am today (not sure what that means, but it sounded good in my head).

I knew a Beth once.. pretty good looking one too

Brooklyndee

Aug 1, 2025

Gables Canes said:
Not sure what to make of this guy. Anyone seen or have a good scouting report on him?

Brains

Aug 1, 2025

Brooklyndee said:

Mr. Miss!!!

Aug 2, 2025

Brooklyndee said:

Brooklyndee

Aug 2, 2025

ben said:

That ****** movie was hysterical

IncaneInTheBrain

Aug 2, 2025

MiamiFloMax said:
One was a knee injury that required surgery, not sure which ligament, I assume ACL because he was out for a while. The other was an ankle injury, don't believe it required surgery but was out for a while.

Not ideal

Aug 3, 2025

Gables Canes said:
A projection of where we start the season. I'm not used to having a roster with 13 scholarship players:

Starters
Donaldson
Washington
Henderson
Reneau
Udeh

Bench
Dante Allen
Marcus Allen
Malovec
Dovrat
Altunas

Deep bench/redshirt candidates
Kee
Laboy
Maddox

Iirc, Kee already redshirted