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Maccabi Electra celebrates crucial win against Bennet Cantu
February 2012
David
Bluthenthal
| Maccabi Electra - Bennet Cantu 75-60
Maccabi Electra did a great job against Bennet Cantu on Thursday night. The Israeli powerhouse handed 75-60 loss to its rival and joined it with 2-2 record in Group H of the Euroleague Top 16. This victory also gave Maccabi the potential tiebreaker over Cantu. David Blu (201-F-80, college: USC) top-scored for the winners with 14 points. Lior Eliyahu (206-F/C-85, agency: Z |
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Best players of Israeli National League round 17
February 2012
Ramon
Clemente
| American-Puerto Rican Ramon Clemente (200-PF-85) had an amazing evening in the last round for Kiryat Tivon and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com National League Player of the Week award for round 17.
The 26-year old power forward had a double-double of 27 points and fourteen rebounds, while his team edged out Elitzur Ramla (#12, 6-11) 106-105. |
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Hapoel Tel-Aviv beats Feni 83-76
February 2012
Curtis Kelly | Hapoel T-A - Feni Industrija 83-76
Hapoel Tel-Aviv was better than the reigning FYROM champion Feni Industri last night 83-76. It was a game of the Balkan league - Round 8. The hosts started the game with a very strong first quarter 25-15 and later managed to keep the lead for rest of the way. The hosts made 22-of-29 charity shots (75.9 percent) during the game. Worth to mention a great performance of American Curtis Kelly (205-PF-88, college: Kansas St |
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Maccabi Haifa hires Rami Hadar
February 2012
Rami Hadar | Maccabi Haifa has named Rami Hadar who was coaching Maccabi Haifas affiliated team Maccabi Hod Hasharon. He replaced Mickey Gorka.
Haifa also announced that Offer Rahimi will remain on the staff as assistant coach.
We are looking forward to having Rami Hadar as head coach of Maccabi Bazan Haifa, said Haifa's owner Jeff Rosen.
Rami Hadar impressed our organization during his time with Maccabi Hod Hasharon, said Vice Chairman Arnon Shiran |
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Interview with Derwin Kitchen, Maccabi Rishon
February 2012
Derwin
Kitchen
| Derwin Kitchen (193-G-86, agency: VVG Sports, college: Florida St.) , the premier league's MVP in January, turned Maccabi Rishon into the hottest team of the league
Derwin, after a slow start Maccabi Rishon has become a pleasant surprise with a 6-win strike. What's the reason for that?
At the beginning nobody knew each other very well. The more we played together and got to know each other, the more the team took shape and now we have better understanding of each player's role |
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Chaisson Allen Leaves Galil/Gilboa, Joins Karsiyaka
February 2012
Chaisson
Allen
| Altshuler Saham Galil/Gilboa released it's 22-year-old American Rookie point guard Chaisson Allen of Northeastern University. The young guard who began the season as a starter, slowly saw his playing minutes decreasing when signs of on-court adjusting difficulties began to appear. Shortly after, Galil signed Chris Thomas, resulting into Allen playing spotty minutes. However, Allen still managed to post decent plus averages of 11.7ppg, 3.6rpg and 3 |
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Micov leads Cantu to 82-74 win against Maccabi
February 2012
Vladimir
Micov
| Bennet Cantu - Maccabi T-A 82-74
Both teams had 1-1 record in Group H of the Euroleague Top 16 before this meeting. Bennet Cantu won every single quarter to beat Maccabi Electra 82-74 on Thursday night. Vladimir Micov (203-F-85, agency: Beo Basket) stepped up for the home squad with 17 points and 9 assists (valuation 24). Gianluca Basile (192-G-75) had 14 points, Giorgi Shermadini (216-C-89) (5 rebs) scored 13 and Manuchar Markoishvili (196-G-86) followed them with 11 points, plus 7 rebounds |
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Best players of Israeli Premier League round 15
February 2012
Adrian Uter | Jamaican-American Adrian Uter (201-F/C-84, agency: Gross Zeev ISA) had an amazing evening in the last round for Maccabi Rishon and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 15.
The 27-year old power forward had a double-double of 23 points and fifteen rebounds, while his team beat Bnei Hasharon (#10, 3-11) 90-80. |
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Israeli National League round 16 best performance: Nate Miller
February 2012
Nate Miller | American forward Nate Miller (193-F-87) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for top-ranked Macc.B.Yaakov, receiving a Eurobasket.com National League Player of the Week award for round 16.
The 24-year old player had a double-double of 32 points and 12 rebounds, while his team beat Elitzur Yavne (#3, 11-5) 91-86. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. It allowed Macc.B.Yaakov to consolidate first place in the Israeli National League |
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Basketball Arbitral Tribunal: 0209/11 (Pargo v/ Maccabi Tel Aviv)
February 2012
Jeremy Pargo | The American player Jeremy Pargo (188-PG-86, agency: Priority Sports, college: Gonzaga) filed a claim against the Israli club Maccabi Tel Aviv seeking a declaration that he had validly terminated his employment contract. The player argued that the aforementioned contract provided for a right of early termination for him to sign a contract with an NBA team |
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