The 2022 EuroCup Champion with Bologna – and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 2018 second-round draft pick had arrived in Israel to help Holon make a big push to get to the promised land.
Hapoel Tel Aviv downed Hapoel Holon 90-78 to exact an ounce of revenge for the last time the two faced one another in a game that the Purples won at home.
One would hope that all of these problems can be corrected when Israel plays a desperate 0-2 Ukraine in November, but other concerns will need to be addressed before that window as well.
NOT PLAYING with the Israel National Team during the international break has allowed Maccabi Tel Aviv veteran Jake Cohen to be rejuvenated for upcoming crunch-time games in Europe.
“Slovenia played very well and deserved the win,” Israel head coach Ariel Beit Halachmi said.
On Thursday's Raptors match in Toronto, a spectator was asked to leave for wearing a sweatshirt saying: "free our hostages"
Jared Armstrong’s season was about to start on Oct. 7. Now he’s using basketball to help Israeli children escape the realities of war.
Led by Beit Halachmi and Ginat, Israel's National Team visits Portugal and Slovenia in the first games since the war.
Amid a challenging season across Israeli basketball, yellow-and-blue can count on key role guard.
"Basketball Ireland fully supports our players in their decision," the national governing body for basketball in Ireland said in a statement regarding the refusal to shake hands with Israel's team.