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*** ISRAELI MEN BASKETBALL MAIN PAGE ***
| Rishon LZ | 10/26/2008 | Kiryat Ata |
| Ironi Nahari. | 10/26/2008 | Givat Shmuel |
| Macc.Haifa | 10/26/2008 | Ramat Gan |
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| | Hapoel Holon | 10/26/2008 | Bnei Hasharon |
| Jerusalem | 10/26/2008 | Ashkelon |
| Galil Gilboa | 10/26/2008 | Maccabi T-A |
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| |  | Ronald Ross (188-G-83, college: Texas Tech) left Givat Shmuel but shortly found a new home, and not too far from there. Ross signed with Haifa Heat for 2 months to replace the injured BJ McKie.
- Ironi Nahariya is once again looking for a power forward after Philip Ricci (202-F-80, college: Oregon St.) decided not to return to Israel according to the club. Ricci is the third foreigner in that position to leave the club since the season started after following Ashante Johnson (203-F-76, agency: Edge Sports, college: Kansas) and Greg Brunner (201-F-83, college: Iowa).
- Guy Pniny (201-G/F-83, agency: Arik Krayn Services) will continue this season in the neighbour island of Cyprus, after signing till the end of the season with Keravnos. Pniny started the season with FMP in Serbia, but the sides didn't adjust to each other. The National Team forward is signed on a three years deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv, that will become effective starting the next season. |
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| National League Round: 12 (Regular Season) | |
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by Eurobasket News - Dec 31, 2008 | | | Benyamina - Hod Hasharon 83-106
Hod Hasharon improved to 8-4 after the win over Benyamina 106:83. Nahum Shai had a great night with 28 points and Hamilton Blake nailed 21. Williams Kenny collected 23 points, 7 assists and 6 boards in defeat.
Bar.Netanya - Kohav Yair 88-72
Netanya is 12-0 already on top after beating Kohav Yair 88:72. Five players scored in double digits for the winners as Lexer Ryan led all of them with 17 points. Morgan Stacey had the same number of points in the losing effort.
Lev Hashar. - Megido/Yok. 111-69
Lev Hasharon stun Megido 111:69 behind 28 points and 11 rebounds from Uter Adrian. Rav Itamar followed him with 18 and Stolero Nir scored 17. Williams Jamal finished the night with 18 points in defeat.
Hap.Afula - Hap.Beeri 113-95
Hapoel Afula beat Hapoel Beeri 113:95 in Regular Season Round 12. Six players scored in double figures as Peleg Barak top-scored with 26 points. Nave Yonatan posted 21 points in the losing effort.
Elitzur Ramla - Ironi N-Ziona 79-92
Elitzur Ramla lost to Ironi N-Ziona 79:92 as Dan Tal led the winners with 20 points and Bank Dan had 19. Peterson Damon collected 22 points and 12 rebounds in the losing effort.
Natzrath Elite - Macc.Ashdod 55-67
Natzrath Elite was beaten by Maccabi Ashdod 55:67. Assaf Dori paced all the winners with 25 points and 8 rebounds, whilst Dotan Asaf scored 15. Menashe Raz ended up with 15 points in the losing effort.
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| The recess transfers and the training games results | |
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| | | Maccabi Rishon Le-Zion released two foreigner players, the first is Ken Tutt (185-G-84, agency: Strategic Sports, college: ORU), and the second is James Lang (207-C-83), now Maccabi Rishon Le-Zion looking for more two players to replace Ken and James.
Altshuler Saham Galil Gilboa also released foreigner player Aaron Nixon (188-G-83, college: Long Beach St.), Altshuler Saham Galil Gilboa want now Chester Simmons (198-G-82, agency: ZAG Advocates, college: Washington) Maccabi's Guard who played before two years at the team, but Altshuler Saham Galil Gilboa not alone according to news that showed in our website the Serbian team Hemofarm Versac want Simmons the full news.
And Maccabi Givat Shmuel is testing Lamont Jones (196-F-82, college: Keystone), if Lamont signes with the team he will be the replacement of Ronlad Ross.
The training games results:
Maccabi Electra Tel-Aviv, flew to training camp in Germany and played two games against the German team Frankfurt, on the first game Maccabi lost 73-70 when Chester Simmons scored 18 points, the second game stopped at the fourth quarter the score was 65-55 to Maccabi.
Scores of Maccabi: Green 13 points, Arroyo 12 points, Brown 11 points, Eliyahu 8 points, Burstein 7 points, Fischer and Simons 5 points each, Fizer scored 4 points.
And Hapoel Holon won Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem 87-74. |
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The changes in Maccabi Rishon keep on going. After the nomination of Ofer Berkovic as the new head coach two players are now leaving the team. The first is the American guard Ken Tutt (185-G-84, agency: Strategic Sports, college: ORU) that arrived in Israel after playing in the second Div, in France. In eight games in the Israeli league Tutt averaged 8.9 ppg in 20.5 mpg and 2.1 apg. His best performance was against Givat Shmuel where he scored 18 points, and his worst game was Vs. Holon where he made 2 points in 18 minutes. His team mate the American center James Lang (207-C-83) was also released from the club. Lang like Tutt played eight games in the Israeli league and made only 3.6 ppg and 2.5 rpg.
Hapoel Gilboa/Galil released one of the American players, the guard Aaron Nixon (188-G-83, college: Long Beach St.). Nixon came to Galil in the beginning of 2007/08, he broke his leg during pre-season but when he came back he did well. This season Nixon averaged 8.3 ppg, 1.3 asp and 1.4 spg.
On the other hand, Givat Shmuel is using winter break to strengthen the team and the American Guard Lamont Jones (183-G-72, agency: Passing Lane, college: Bridgeport) might sign in the next couple of weeks. |
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| Avis Wyatt propels Amsterdam to Haarlem Basketball Week trophy | |
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by Eurobasket News - Dec 31, 2008 | | | Amsterdam - Israel 65:64
Avis Wyatt (211-F/C-84, agency: Elfus-Siegel Management (ESM), college: Virginia St.) scored 21 points and grabbed 7 rebounds to lead EclipseJet Amsterdam to a narrow win over Israel in the Haarlem Basketball Week tournaments Final. Amsterdam won all of their five games at the competition and deservedly claimed the prize. Israel did not manage to avenge the loss to Amsterdam at the group stage. The visitors lost their leader Omri Casspi (204-F/G-88, agency: Interperformances) with just eight minutes gone in the encounter and failed to deliver when it needed the most.
The teams traded baskets throughout the opening frame with neither side able to take over. The scoreboard read 19:19 after ten minutes of action. The second term was a defensive battle with the teams combining for just 24 points. Amsterdam managed to secure a 32:30 lead at the interval. Amsterdam jumped to the biggest lead of the game late in the third stanza when they were up by 11 points 47:36. But Elishay Kadir (203-F-87, agency: Avi Zilberman) allowed Israel to enter the fourth stanza trailing by only 2 points. Amsterdam maintained the lead and succeeded in the highly contestant dying minutes of the game.
Teddy Gipson (193-G/F-80, agency: 540 Sports, college: Arkansas) produced 18 points, 10 boards and 5 assists for Amsterdam. Orien Greene (193-G-82, agency: Arik Krayn Services, college: La-Lafayette), CC Harrison (194-G-76, agency: Court Side, college: N.Carolina St.) and Victor Thomas (201-F-79, college: La Salle) all finished with 8 points each in the victory. Elishay Kadir and Yogev Ohayon (189-G-87, agency: Interperformances) answered with 16 points apiece for Israel. Kukia had 10 points and 8 boards in the losing case.
Amsterdam: Avis Wyatt 21, Teddy Gipson 18+10 boards
Israel: Elishay Kadir 16, Yogev Ohayon 16 |
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| Israel sneak past EiffelTowers | |
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by Eurobasket News - Dec 30, 2008 | | | Israel - EiffelTowers 90:86
The Israeli National Team secured a tough victory over EiffelTowers in the semifinal of the Haarlem Basketball Week in Amsterdam. Thus the team ent |
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