Macabi’s foreign players decided to remain in Belgrade, where the team plays its Euroleague basketball matches behind closed doors, after the outbreak of the armed conflict in the Gaza Strip, and did not return to Tel Aviv to play their next local league matches.
“At the end of the Euroleague match (Thursday against Red Star), the foreign players spoke to the team management and today announced their decision not to come to Israel. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv will play the next two matches with its Israeli team,” he announced on his social media.
The team has in its ranks this season Americans, Lorenzo Brown, a nationalized Spaniard, Wade Baldwin, James Web III, Antonius Cleveland, Bonzie Colson and Josh Nebo, and the Cuban Jasiel Rivero, who will not participate in the next confrontations of the Israeli team. Saturday against Hapoel Haifa and the Monday before Hapoel Beer Shevá.
On its official website, Maccabi announced that he had been called up for this Saturday – in SP’s first game in his country since October 5 last year. They are the Israelis John DiBartholomeo, Rafi Manko, Roman Sorkin, Jake Cohen, Omer Meir, Tamir Blatt and young Shahar Doron, Roi Bacher, Yaron Goldman, Ziv Barko and Oren Sahar.
The next Euroleague match of the team he coaches, Oded Kattash, will take place on December 28 in Kaunas, ahead of Lithuanian Zalgiris.
(With information from EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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