Editor Elisma, a top recruit out of high school, played for the Georgia Technical basketball team, where he finished four-year stint as the school’s third all-time leading shot-blocker, behind only former National Basketball Association players John Salley and Malcolm Mackey.
Among his teammates were future National Basketball Association players Stephon Marbury, Travis Best, Matt Harpring and Drew Barry. Elisma started the last 93 games of his career at center for the Yellow Jackets. Career highs include 36 points against Wake Forest and 15 rebounds against Louisville in his senior season.
In 122 games, he averaged 7.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks a game on 55.0 percent field-goal shooting.
After his solid four-year college career, Elisma participated in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament and the Nike Desert Classic prior to the National Basketball Association Draft. He entered the 1997 National Basketball Association Draft and was selected as the #41 pick by the Seattle SuperSonics.
Elisma did not sign a contract with the Sonics and moved to play in Israel with a team called Hapoel Eilat, whom he led to the 1998 playoffs final. Afterwards he left to play in Italy for the season.
Elisma also played in Belgium, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela before he returned to Israel.
He has played in various summer leagues with the Seattle SuperSonics, Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors and also the American Bar Association. He also played in the Philippines and Iran.
