For the Nets, Saturday’s game against Hapoel Jerusalem will be their preseason opener.

For Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf — both Israeli citizens — it will be so much more.

“It’s going to be really special for me,” Saraf said after Tuesday’s practice.

Saturday will mark the second time in three years that Brooklyn has hosted an Israeli team in the preseason, after beating Maccabi Ra’anana in 2023-24. But this time, the tilt will feature Jewish rookies Saraf and Wolf — and quite possibly protests outside Barclays Center as well.

The Nets took Saraf and Wolf with consecutive first-round picks in the June draft, making them just the second Jewish teammates in the league after Omri Casspi and Jordan Farmar.

Wolf is a naturalized Israeli who won silver with Israel at the 2023 FIBA U20 European C

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