The Sonics wanted to get a long look at 2006 second-round pick Yotam Halperin this summer and evaluate his chances to make the club this fall.

That won't happen.

Halperin, hoping to be the first Israeli to play in the NBA, rejected the Sonics' offer to play in the Las Vegas summer league and won't come to the states this summer.

According to Sonics' director of player personnel David Pendergraft, Halperin wanted a guarantee to make the Sonics' roster. Pendergraft, despite his admiration for Halperin's improved skills, would not make that promise.

"There's a good reason for us as a team to do what we did and a good reason for him to do what he did," Pendergraft said from the NBA pre-draft camp. "I saw him a month ago and he's (talented). I have no doubt he will be in the NBA soon, but I don't want to make that commitment without a new general manager."

Halperin, 23, averaged 6.5 points, two assists and 1.1 steals for Maccabi Tel Aviv this season in 24 minutes per game.