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"Oh, Lovey," they sang out, "Lovey Dovey." Being The Day can have its downside, too. Henefeld, who will be 22 in June, grew up in Ramat- Hasharon, Israel, which is located about 15 minutes from Tel Aviv. His mother died when he was 6, and he was raised by his father, Zeev, and his sister, Anat, who is four years older and a student studying language and liter- ature at Tel Aviv University. "Yes, it was a sad time," Henefeld says, "I remember my mother, but I was very young when she died." Although Henefeld is re- served and shows little out- ward emotion on and off the court, when he talks about his father, and when he talks about his country, the affec- tion and pride he feels for each is apparent. "My father worked so hard and he also raised two kids," he says. "I think my father is just great." Zeev Henefeld, who is an engineer and runs a small metal factory, is 6-foot-3, which is tall for an Israeli, and according to Nadav played a little basketball in his youth. He has yet to see his son play in America. "He's working, but I really hope he can come over and see me play here," Nadav says. "It's getting near the end of the season. We talk about him coming all the Jim Shea covers the University of Connecticut Huskies for the Hartford Courant. time. I really want him to come." Nadav began playing bas- ketball at age 9. He was taller than most of his friends and picked up the game quickly. There was no rusting hoop in the Henefeld driveway, his skills being honed at the local athletic club. The organized games at the club, as opposed to playground ball, helped mold the sound fundamental style that is evident in his play today. After graduating from high school, Henefeld was inducted into the army to begin serv- ing his mandatory three years of active duty. Everyone in Israel, men and women, "His game is unspectacular, but he does things that other people don't do. Rebounding, he's a clinic." — Jim Calhoun must serve in the military and then remain on reserve status until age 55. "In the United States, if a kid is a good athlete in high school, he's thinking about what college he wants to go to," says Hoffman, who was born in Brooklyn but lived in Israel for a year. "If he's a basketball player he's looking at the Big East, or if he's a football player maybe it's the Big 10. In Israel, that same 18-year-old athlete is looking to get into one of the elite military units. "That is what you are judged on in Israel. When you go for a job, people aren't in- terested in what college you went to — unless there are educational requirements — they want to know what unit you were in. If, for example, you were a commando, you can do no wrong." Although much has been made of Henefeld's military experience, some portraying him as the second coming of Moshe Dayan, in truth, Hene- feld patrolled a desk. Prob- ably the closest thing he had to a rank was small forward. "I went through basic train- ing, but my job in the army was not that of a regular soldier," Henefeld says. "I was allowed to play basketball, go to practice every day, travel abroad with the national team. There is more than one way to represent Israel. The government and the army understand this and a certain number of athletes are allowed to play." Henefeld says there is no